How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Realism
You want lyrics that feel true to life and not like a movie script someone wrote after one espresso. You want lines that make listeners...
How to Write Lyrics About Allegory
You want to write songs that feel deep without sounding like a philosophy lecture. You want listeners to discover new layers on repeat ...
How to Write Lyrics About Makeups
You want a song about makeup that slaps in the best way. You want lines that are witty without being shallow. You want images that feel...
How to Write Lyrics About History
History is not just dates and dusty textbooks. History is a pile of personal stories, messy contradictions, scandalous gossip, and weir...
How to Write Lyrics About Fear
Fear is a song waiting to be written. It is loud, it is small, it smells like burnt toast at three a.m., and it makes your hands shake ...
How to Write Lyrics About Fairy tales
You want lyric magic that feels like childhood myth and late night drama at once. You want lines that smell of old books and of instant...
How to Write Lyrics About Activism
You want to write songs that do more than play on a playlist. You want lyrics that make people march, sign a petition, share a post, hu...
How to Write Lyrics About Past vs. Future
You want a song that feels like time in music. One ear hears yesterday and the other hears tomorrow. You want imagery that makes the pa...
How to Write Lyrics About Change
You want a song about change that does not sound like a motivational poster read by a robot. You want lines that make people nod like t...
How to Write Lyrics About Critique
Critique is messy, personal, and gold for songwriting. Whether someone told you your voice is thin, a producer said your chorus is bori...