How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Rhythm
You want your lyrics to move like a drum kit on caffeine. You want lines that feel like they bounce, push, pull, and land with the same...
How to Write Lyrics About Truth
Truth in a song is not just facts. Truth is feeling, texture, and the little guilty things people do at three AM that make them human. ...
How to Write Lyrics About Disorder
You want a lyric that feels honest and sharp. You want listeners to feel seen or jolted or both. You want to avoid sounding exploitativ...
How to Write Lyrics About Performance
You want lyrics that taste like the stage. You want lines that smell of sweat and smoke machines and still hit like poetry when the cro...
How to Write Lyrics About Art
You want a song about art that does not sound like a grad school paper. You want language that feels alive, not airless. You want liste...
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 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 Guidance
You want lyrics that point, soothe, push, or roast the idea of guidance without sounding like a fortune cookie. Guidance in songs can m...
How to Write Lyrics About Choice
Choice is the secret currency of the human soundtrack. Songs about choosing are emotionally magnetic because choice means stakes. Choic...
How to Write Lyrics About Diversity
You want a song that counts and does not come off like a performative Instagram post. You want lyrics that show real lives, honest comp...