Hey man, great to hear from you, honestly if the lyrics succeed in moderately entertaining you then I think I'm doing okay. I always fit my lyrics to a progression/melody, and often improvise them while playing. I do write poetry, and it turns out a bit different than my lyrics, not better or worse, just different.
Hope you get a chance to listen to the songs at some point, it's the context of what I'm trying to do with the lyrics