There is much to be said for "craft" in songwriting -- introspective or otherwise. What puts an introspective song over the top, as it were; pulls it out of the navel of the songwriter and into the hearts and minds of the audience is the potential for identification with the story being told. If the listeners can hear it and say something to effect of, "Been there. Done that." the work becomes a communication and a sharing rather than merely a public whine.

Stephen Lee