How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Happiness
You want a song that makes people grin without feeling syrupy. You want lines that hit like sunlight through blinds rather than a motiv...
How to Write Lyrics About Pessimism
You want lines that sting and make people laugh at themselves while they cry a little. Pessimism in lyrics can read as clever, resigned...
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 Trust
Trust is the thing that either turns a song into a warm hug or a mugging in the parking lot of feelings. If you write about trust badly...
How to Write Lyrics About Evaluation
You want to write a song about being judged and still make people laugh cry and think you are a prophet of receipts. Whether you are wr...
How to Write Lyrics About Decisions
Decisions are drama with a deadline. If you can turn the moment before or just after a choice into a vivid picture, you will have a son...
How to Write Lyrics About Literature
You love books and you want songs that sound like they read your diary. Good news. Literature is an unlimited buffet of emotion, detail...
How to Write Lyrics About Mystery
You want your song to feel like a locked room with a neon sign outside that says enter if you dare. Mystery lyrics make listeners lean ...
How to Write Lyrics About Love
Love songs are easy to feel and hard to write without sounding like a Hallmark card from a sad vending machine. You want something that...
How to Write Lyrics About Power
You want a lyric that hits like a mic drop. You want lines that make people stand straighter, or that make someone who wronged you squi...