# Cut up and rearrange lyrics Cut up some lyrics that you've been working on, either line-by-line, phrase-by-phrase, or word-by-word. Sometimes taking the last line of a verse, for example, and putting it first in the stanza can unmask something.^[ [[How to Write One Song]] ch. 10] I heard Thom York wrote Idioteque and other songs on that album by drawing lyrics from a hat.