The Struggling Writer

I'm often amazed at how some songwriters can come up with the most beautifully written lyrics.
I'm also amazed at how they have such confidence to put the words from their hearts and minds on paper and into a song..
I've been struggling in doing the same..I wasn't like this in school. I thought I was a great writer back then.
Suddenly, the confidence slowly fades away. I wish I can gain it again.

Piledriver Waltz
written by Alex Turner

I etched the face of a stopwatch
On the back of a raindrop
And did a swap for the sand in an hourglass.
I heard an unhappy ending it sort of sounds like you leaving
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning.

You look like you've been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel
And sat in the back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose.
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food.
If you're gonna try and walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable shoes.

Mysteries flashing amber go green when you answer but the red on the rest of the questionnaire never changes.
I heard the news that you're planning to shoot me out of a cannon.
I heard the piledriver waltz, it woke me up this morning.

You look like you've been for breakfast at the heartbreak hotel
And sat in the back booth by the pamphlets and the literature on how to lose.
Your waitress was miserable and so was your food.
If you're gonna try and walk on water make sure you wear your comfortable shoes.

*The lines in bold are my favorites. He's a genius.