How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Go
You want a song about going that actually lands. You want the word go to mean more than a traffic command. You want a chorus that can b...
How to Write Lyrics About Wholeness
Wholeness is not a trophy you win. It is a messy, confusing, occasionally glorious apartment you learn to live in. If your songs want t...
How to Write Lyrics About Forbidden love
Forbidden love is deliciously dramatic. It is the neon at 2 a.m. the secret playlist you never admit to and the text thread you delete ...
How to Write Lyrics About Warriors
You want a warrior song that slaps like armor on a drum kit. You want lines that land like a sword strike and hooks that feel like a ba...
How to Write Lyrics About Detachment
You want a song that feels like the soft click of a door closing. You want lines that tell listeners they are not alone in the slow sli...
How to Write Lyrics About Description
Want your songs to paint movies inside a listener brain? You want lines that make people nod and text their friends the hook the second...
How to Write Lyrics About Sacrifice
Sacrifice is a lyric writer gold mine. It contains pain and pride, regret and glory, and the kind of messy human detail that makes list...
How to Write Lyrics About Failure
Failure is a weirdly rich songwriting subject. It is messy, awkward, embarrassing, and sometimes hilarious. It is also universal. Every...
How to Write Lyrics About Isolation
You want to write about being alone and not sound like a Hallmark card for sad people. You want lines that land like a truth, images th...
How to Write Lyrics About Rights
You want to write about rights and not sound like a pamphlet read aloud by a caffeinated law student. You want lines that make people f...