Q: i have had some words come into my head with a rhythm and rhyme scheme that i like, but no melody. i'm not in the business of writing poetry, so what do i do? how to deal with music-less lyrics
A: you just have to start trying ways. it's that simple. there must be 700 wrong ways to build an ice cream cone (resulting in no ice cream cone) but the thing is, eventually you will run out of ways to get it wrong, and ice cream cones will start getting built. and the non- ice cream cones are pretty much harmless. it's that simple