No ofense, really, but WTF is wrong with you guys?
So the OP says what do you think of their talent as writers on songs and lyrics and all you talk about is lyrics??
Please!
I respect poetry and the ability to write great lyrics but this is ridiculous, this is a music forum!
Why don't you talk about vocal production, vocal melodies, music hooks, the instruments used, the fake instruments used, how original the songs are, the beats, the riffs, the genres mixed, the chorus melodies, the verses melodies, the bridge melodies, the instrumentals, good production or whatever?!?!?
I mean the title doesn't say "Better Lyricist", says writer, and I think it'd be much more worthwhile discussion to talk about the music rather than the lyrics, cause for all I know, that's all you care for, right?
If you want good lyrics go buy a poetry book.
For all I know Gaga or Taylor could pay a lyricist and and get away with it with good music.
I do love a good lyric but if you want to compare Taylor and Gaga, compare their craft as song makers, honestly.
A lyric is not a song, go sing to some Edgar Allan Poe poems if you can. You wouldn't be here if you were fan of words, you'd be in a poetry forum, you're fan of pop music, talk about it.
