So sorry it's taken me so long to respond to your thoughtful comment.

To date I've done A (continue the narrative arc), which was a natural choice because the songs were lyrically dense.

But I'm interested in trying out B (explore theme, character, etc. in a new way.) The song I'm currently thinking about (I can't say working with since I've been so focused on writing over vidding this year, and have only started to clip), has minimal lyrics and a lot of instrumentals. Which works with the source in question, but presents challenges since I can't simply match images to words.