Also some vowels sing better with one melody or note over another. Lyrics are lyrical which means they can’t necessarily just be nice to read, they have to have an inherent rhythm and cadence to them. Honestly I find it incredibly difficult to put a melody to lyrics. Oh, and sometimes, it's better to say less than more. Know that lyrics aren't set in stone and are malleable and should be malleable so they can beautifully flow with the rest of your arrangement. Let go of your ego and allow yourself to feel vulnerable and silly. Good luck, keep trying, be honest with yourself on what works and what doesn't. Anyway, I'm on my phone and this is a wall of rambling text. I've got a back log of recordings going back 12 years that I still reference today when looking for something to build upon. Allow your recordings to sound terrible and make adjustments until it flows. Listening to your recordings will let you clearly hear( if you're honest with yourself) where things are getting forced in it sound terrible. It's then you can start to adjust your lyrics to play nicely with the melody and structure of the song, by changing and adjusting your prewritten words to fit in naturally. Also, record every awful and forced, contrived, foolish bullshit attempt.( Harsh, I know, but That's what you'll tell yourself when your ego continuously beats the shit out of you) I can't say this enough. Now, if you're dead set on writing lyrics first, (lots of people do and I have too successfully)you still have to let your ego go. Its the best way to get down to what I truly want to say. So you can just let go and let the the gibberish fly unincumbered by your ego and personal judgement. It's best to do this alone with just you and your instrument in a safe and cozy place. To do this successfully you've got to learn to let go of your ego completely. So I get that out first and then piece together what it(I) was trying to say. It almost like my subconscious self has something to say that I was not aware of just yet. Also, the wonderful melodies that can be achieved this way when there's no pressure to try and squeeze lyrics into an already built structure. I've surprised myself many times, the thoughts and lyrics that come rushing out of my mouth on a whim, just singing nothing. This exercise sort of relates to the "Steam of consciousness" writing. This is probably because when you're just singing the gibberish it naturally just sort of fits/melds with the song. When doing it this way, I find that the lyrics that eventually come from it flow much better and feel less forced.
It's then I can go back and listen and start piecing together that emotion and gibberish into lyrics. Sure, you have no true concrete lyrics, but if you let yourself go in that moment, lots of times you'll find yourself fleshing out a great melody and also the emotion of the song. You'd be surprised when taking this approach. I liken it to those religions that speak in "tongues". there's no reason not to, delete it later if nothing comes from it) It's then, I go back and listen to my gibberish and form lyrics from them. I set my recorder to record myself singing gibberish.
Have you ever come up with a good chord arrangement that you like and just started singing whatever comes out of your mouth? Sort of gibberish? That's where most of my songs start. For me, most of my success has come from the opposite way. It's So easy for them to feel forced and just jammed into your chord progression. It's always been more a challenge for me to write lyrics first and then melody.
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