How to Write Rock Song Bridge Lyrics

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"In talking about the lyrical structure of the bridge, this really is, is going to be something depending on what you choose, really going to be very varied. And this is going to be one of your more varied elements in writing rock music. Whereas traditionally, in a lot of like folk music or something like that, the bridge is going to be something where you really are doing a turn in the lyrical structure, and the lyrical content's going to be really important. With the bridge, because you've already used your verse to set up the problem, because you've already used the chorus to set up a solution, whether it's a love song, or whether it's a protest song, or just kind of a, kind of in your face we're going to do whatever we want song, the bridge really is more about the music. So the lyrical structure you can really use the same thing that you used for a verse, or you can really use nothing at all. You don't have to sing in a bridge in a rock song. You can really do like a guitar solo or something like that. Or just kind of change it around just a little bit, do a quick turn. There are all, those are all important things. Because we're, because of the verse we're using, I want to use an example of actually taking a verse and changing it into actually being used as a bridge. We're going to still maintain the A, B, C, B format that was found in our verse earlier. But like I said, it doesn't have to follow that. It can go a number of different ways. And it doesn't have to be any lyrics at all. The bridge in a rock song is a great time to have a guitar solo or something like that. So as you're writing this, remember, even though we're writing on an acoustic guitar, we've got to think for an electric guitar and think for a full band because rock music happens with a band. So you're going to want to draw on all those elements. What are the drums going to do? What is the different feels, what are the different feels? If you have two guitars, can somebody do a lead guitar solo or something like that? And those are the things that are going to become very important when thinking about the bridge."