I suggest not getting inspiration from the lyrics but rather the melody. the lyrics will screw you up ryally, because it messes up what you want to say for yourself instead of what it supposed to mean. I always start with a nice melody. and remember songs dont have to mean anythign literally, but rather in a philosophical, not so understandable way. but if you take the literal route, remember dont write sentences, you want to write down what you want to say, and shorten it to about 4-5 words for each line. and also remember if your making up a lyric, it doesnt have to rhyme it jsut has to flow. soem things that sound good together are same syllables, and Suffix TH,and suffix PH. If your in a song that has a repetitve melody, repeat a word, dont rhyme it. ex. Today your gonna lose it (make damn sure) Today your gonna Screw Up (Mke Damn Sure) She Was so Lonely (was no Cure) She coudlnt Help her Ways (No Cure) Feeling Trapped and helpess (Crucify Her) dealing with all of her madness (crucify Her) blah blah. its quite easy. BTW thats like nothing...i jsut wrote that in like 1 minutes..seriosuly. so dont take it seriosuly.