Some people will do it simultaneously with lyrics and music at the same time, but you mostly, write the music and then the lyrics. Pretty much because it puts you into a certain space. Then you mix that with certain things that may be going on in your life, or something that you've read, or a movie that you saw. I mean, you have a lifetime of experiences that you can draw from, and there is always more. I mean, that's just how I do it.
Some people get really conceptual when they want to write.
You know, it's a little of both. It's like I will start something off, and it'll be this or that. It's kind of weird because sometimes when everything is done, and you'll look at it, and go, 'That's cool', because you're working at this whole different level where it's almost like beyond comprehension. Sometimes, I will start to realize what a song is really about a year after it is written. Sometimes you're too close to it, you can't see it, and you have to zoom out.