How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
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 Expression
You want lyrics that feel like a truth punch delivered with a wink. You want lines that make listeners nod, laugh, cry, or send a scree...
How to Write Lyrics About Inequality
You want to write about injustice without sounding like a lecture from your high school civics teacher. Good. No one wants that. You wa...
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 Interpretation
You want a lyric that can be read ten ways and still land like a punch line in the gut. You want listeners to argue in the comments, ca...
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...
How to Write Lyrics About Vulnerability
You want to write a song where someone hears you and thinks I get you. You want lines that feel like a secret told in the kitchen at th...
How to Write Lyrics About Disassembly
Disassembly is not just a physical act. It is an emotional genre. You can write about taking things apart with the same tenderness and ...
How to Write Lyrics About Begin
You want a song that nails what it feels like to start something. Maybe it is the awkward first day, the delicious first kiss, the sobe...
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...