How to Write Lyrics About Life Situations
How to Write Lyrics About Sacrifice
Sacrifice is a loud, messy, glorious subject to write about. It can be noble, petty, tragic, or hilariously small like trading your las...
How to Write Lyrics About Civil Rights
You want your song to matter without sounding preachy or performative. You want lyrics that honor lived experience and move people to f...
How to Write Lyrics About Escapism
You want to make people feel like they can leave their life for three minutes and twenty two seconds. You want lyrics that open a door,...
How to Write Lyrics About Opera
Opera is dramatic, over the top, and deliciously theatrical. It also seems intimidating to anyone who did not grow up at the Met or in ...
How to Write Lyrics About Arranging
You want a song that sings about arranging and still feels emotional, not nerdy. You want lines that make producers nod and fans feel s...
How to Write Lyrics About Suburban Life
You live in a place full of perfectly ordinary details that sound like love songs when you point a camera at them. Suburban life is not...
How to Write Lyrics About Losing A Loved One
You want to write something true about loss without sounding like a greeting card or a tragic playlist staple. You want lines that make...
How to Write Lyrics About Captivity And Imprisonment
You want a lyric that feels true not exploitative. You want images that make listeners lean forward. You want a chorus that sounds like...
How to Write Lyrics About Cooking And Food
Food is the quickest route to a listener's gut and a songwriter's ego. A good food lyric can be sweet, bitter, messy, gross, sexy, nost...
How to Write Lyrics About Organic Farming
You want songs that make people smell dirt and feel sunlight through their phone screen. You want lines that avoid sounding like a pamp...