What do YOU do?

[-Bean]

For the last few days I've had a tune that I thought up playing through my head over and over again. My wife and I went to see a movie tonight, and when we got home, something just clicked and I had to start writing. I had all of the lyrics laid out in my head, wrote down the first two verses and half of the chorus, and as life would have it, had my attention torn away, just for a second, to answer a vitally important question. Oh, wait, that was just sarcasm. But really, just that tiniest fraction of a second of distraction and bang, it all disappeared. So my question is this, what do you do when you get writers block, do you just put it down, come back to it later, or do you try to power through it? What works for you? I'm struggling here and it's driving me nuts, and I know if I put it down now, it'll be six months to a year before that inspiration hits me again. I really don't want to wait that long to finish my song.
-Bean

[mr_thebrain]

it happens.
a lot.

whenever it happens to me. i have a couple of ways to try to get back on track. i realize i will never get back on the same exact track i was on before. so usually i'll write down what i already have into a music editing program (like finale or guitar pro) and then hope that kick starts me back into creativity. if it doesn't, a lot of times, i'll start writing crazy stuff in there in the hopes that something good will come of it. sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't. the most effective way i found was to take it to my band and work on it together with them.

i don't know what you would do.