Q: was it melodically motivated wherein the lyrics were driven by the song intuitively, or was it just right in the moment
A: the core of that song is about the desire to write songs embracing free-will more fully. at least that's probably what the beginning is about. the first few lines are expressing the wanting to be free from doing what is expected. i cannot guarantee that the later parts of the song are about that, because if i followed through with this then it wouldn't be