How many here have tried writing a song?

I've written many songs. I find that what works for me is to write the music first and decide what is going to be the verse, chorus, bridge, etc. Then I record a rough demo of the music and listen to it as much as I can. As I'm listening to it I start to hear the melody and start coming up with a rough draft for the lyrics. Ususally the chorus comes first and that dictates what the song will be about and I write the verses based on that. Once I'm done I present the song to our singer who learns the song and makes whatever changes to the lyrics he needs to in order to make the song easier for him to sing.

Not written music in years but I always wrote the music first, added words later (or keep it instrumental). Or when I was in a rock band, one of my bandmates wrote most of the lyrics.