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[To find out more and get involved visit](To find out more and get involved visit www. rcm.ac.uk/sparks)[ www. rcm.ac.uk/sparks](To find out more and get involved visit www. rcm.ac.uk/sparks)  \nIn this section you will find handy tips for writing the lyrics to your song.  \nFinding a theme  \nThe first thing you need to decide is what you want your song to be about! What’s your theme? Here are some ideas for the subject of your song:  \nSpring – Think of how the world changes as spring approaches!  \nLockdown - Having to stay at home/missing friends and family and what you hope will happen when things open up again..  \nFriendship/love – Think about the people who mean a lot to you – can you put into wordshow it feels when you think about them?  \nSomething you feel needs to change – This could be a protest song about things that you think should be different.  \nOR, you can choose any theme you like for your song.  \n Listen  \nHave a listen to these songs - they are all about subjects that are a bit unusual! You can write your lyrics about anything!:  \nOctopus’s Garden by The Beatles (Click the link) .  \nStarman by David Bowie (Click the link) .  \nBig Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell (Click the link) .  \nTell a story  \nWhen you are writing a song, think about telling a story. Think about if you were telling a  \nstory, or a joke to your friends – you wouldn’t put all the information at the beginning – you would tell the details as you go along.  \nA good tip is to tell the details of the story in the verses and for the chorus to contain the main idea or message of your song.  \nMy chosen theme is ‘spring’, because at the moment the days are getting longer and the weather is warming up – it’s making me feel cheerful!  \nIn the next few slides I am going to give examples for some lyrics for a song about spring. This is to show you some ideas for how  \nto approach your song, and what kind of lyrics make a good verse, chorus and pre-chorus.  \nHow to write a Verse:  \nIn the verse you are introducing your idea, maybe giving lots of detail and descriptions.  \nA good length for a verse is four lines long.  \nTry to keep the lines short and interesting.  \nIn my example verse I have put in lots of details about spring, and what happens in spring-time:  \nVerse:  \nSnowdrops are peeking at the sun, The earth gets warmer, day by day, Lost frost runs down the window panes, New beginnings start again  \nHow to write a Pre-chorus  \nYou can decide on the RCM Song-writing Track-maker whether or not to choose a structure with pre-chorus sections.  \nThe pre-chorus comes in between the verse and the chorus.  \nIt acts like a link between them and builds excitement for the chorus. 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