Song Seed

Problem Addressed

When writing lyrics, the blocker is often not rhyme or meter, but vague emotion: a writer may know the song is about regret without knowing which scene creates the regret, or want to rebuild an old song without finding an entry point. Song Seed targets the pre-writing stage where inspiration is stuck. It reframes the task from “generate a finished lyric” to “make the emotion writable” by turning fuzzy feelings into questions, angles, and short opening-line options.

How It Works

The skill selects a workflow based on the user's state:

• Theme exists but no angle: confirm the core emotion, translate it into a concrete scene, then propose options such as bitter humor, concrete imagery, or an ordinary-person perspective, followed by short opening-line examples.
• No direction yet: start from a recent trigger, such as work stress or a film that felt emotionally heavy, and convert it into a theme like “urban fatigue” or “the line the film did not say.”
• Reusing an old song: identify the most moving line in the reference song, then decide whether the current emotion matches or opposes it. Matching emotions can be moved into a new scene; opposing emotions become “same starting point, different ending.”
• Writing for a film or short piece: focus on the strongest feeling, the unsaid line, and what the protagonist wanted but did not receive, then derive an image and two opening-line options.

Its output is intentionally interactive. It usually provides two short options, keeps each example small, and asks whether the direction feels right. The source material also includes a Zhao Yingjun-inspired reference library for urban displacement, bitter humor, farewell, missed love, and small-person perseverance, used as anchors rather than rigid templates.

Boundaries

It is best suited for topic selection, angle exploration, emotion-to-theme translation, and refining opening lines before drafting a full lyric. It is not intended to deliver a finished song in one pass, nor does it cover composition, arrangement, copyright clearance, or adaptation compliance. If the user has no emotional input, continued questioning is required. For second-degree creation based on existing songs, rights and licensing should be confirmed before rewriting.