Jeff Tweedy's Subconscious Songwriting

Jeff Tweedy’s Subconscious Songwriting

From the article “Lyrics are a very tricky thing to write, because songs, in my mind, are ruled by melody. I really believe that melody does all the heavy lifting emotionally. When I write lyrics, or when I adapt a poem to a song, what I really want to do is not interfere with the spell that’s being cast by the melody”