How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Knowledge
So you want to write a song about knowledge. Maybe you want to celebrate curiosity. Maybe you want to roast someone who thinks reading ...
How to Write Lyrics About Society
You want to write songs about the world you live in without sounding like a lecture from your uncle at Thanksgiving. You want lines tha...
How to Write Lyrics About Control
Control is the human condition served with a ridiculous topping of ego. Some people want it. Some people lose it. Most of us pretend to...
How to Write Lyrics About Community
Community songs are not just anthems. They are invitations, roast sessions, love letters, protest signs, block party playlists, and sec...
How to Write Lyrics About Fate
You want a song that makes people feel spooky and seen. You want lines that make a friend text you I felt that in my bones. Fate is the...
How to Write Lyrics About Talk
Talking is the easiest thing people do and the hardest thing to make sound honest in a song. You have a million tiny conversations acro...
How to Write Lyrics About Symbols
You want a line that hits like a memory. You want a symbol that does heavy lifting without you explaining it like a clumsy college lect...
How to Write Lyrics About Deception
Deception is the perfect songwriting subject. It is messy, juicy, and dramatic. It lets you play with truth and lies, with what is said...
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 Enchantment
You want your song to feel like a secret the listener just discovered. You want lines that glitter but still land like something a real...