Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37135433-20181014214615/@comment-26239285-20181014222734

It depends on each individual writer and what motivates and inspires them.

One place to start is to think of things you have strong feelings about, e.g., a pet you love, someone whom you miss, a fun experience you had, a moving story you read.

For example, I wrote a song based on the relationship between two characters in an anime series. An example here is Neri no Hoshizora.

Another approach is to tell a story. Classic Vocaloid song examples include mothy's Daughter of Evil and Servant of Evil, but there are many traditional songs such as The WIld Colonial Boy. You can base a song on a folktale from where you live or on your own original story.

NB if you base a song on another work, don't quote words directly as that could result in copyright infringement. Be guided by the feelings evoked by the other work and express them in your own words. But even if the work is very old and out of copyright, it's better to work with the feelings the work arouses and express them in words that make sense to you.

Hope this helps.