How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Motifs
You want a phrase, image, or sound that keeps coming back and makes the whole song feel like one long delicious bruise on the brain. Mo...
How to Write Lyrics About Home
Home is the smell of burned toast at 7 a.m. The key under the mat. The quiet you carry like a bruise. Writing about home is deliciously...
How to Write Lyrics About Authority
Authority is loud, messy and delicious for writers. It is that voice that tells a crowd what to do. It is the jerk who stole your lunch...
How to Write Lyrics About Contrast
You want to write lyrics that feel like a slap and a hug at the same time. Contrast gives your lines teeth. It makes listeners tilt the...
How to Write Lyrics About Communication
Communication is the secret sauce of every relationship, fight night, and awkward group chat. It is what makes someone stay or leave. I...
How to Write Lyrics About Duty
Duty is not a nice word. Duty is an obligation with attitude. It can feel noble, boring, crushing, heroic, petty, or quietly catastroph...
How to Write Lyrics About Insecurity
You want your listeners to feel seen when they hear your song. You want lines that crack open and do not sound like advice from a self ...
How to Write Lyrics About Leisure
Leisure is an idea that feels soft until you try to write about it. You want a lyric that makes someone put their phone down, breathe o...
How to Write Lyrics About Union
You want a song about union that actually lands. Maybe union means two people signing a lease together. Maybe union means a picket line...
How to Write Lyrics About Spirituality
Want to write songs about spirituality that do not sound like a Sunday morning sermon or a generic Pinterest quote? Good. You are in th...