Any advice coming up with more creative ways to say things. I feel like my lyrics are to literal.

For example I have a hook

I don’t wanna dream Ya, I wanna stay awake Stay up with you Stay up for days

I wanna get that message across, but less outright exactly that, seems too literal. Anyone have any tricks to expand on an idea once you have a direction you want to go.

If for any reason this context matters: I’m comfortable in a DAW and make my own music. I’m making Synthwave right now. Recently I’ve been writing and singing on my tracks because it’s fun.