How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Redemption
You want a redemption song that feels honest and earned. You want lyrics that do not sound like apology notes with a chorus. You want a...
How to Write Lyrics About Start
You need a beginning that feels like an event. Whether you are writing about the first drink after a long dry spell, the moment you mov...
How to Write Lyrics About Weakness
You want to write about being weak without sounding needy, preachy, or like a sad diary entry in public. You want lines that sting in t...
How to Write Lyrics About Volunteering
You want a song that makes people want to roll up their sleeves rather than roll their eyes. You want a chorus that people sing while h...
How to Write Lyrics About Protest
So you want to write a protest song that actually matters. Good. The world needs songs that do more than sound righteous on Instagram. ...
How to Write Lyrics About Compassion
You want a song that makes people feel seen and less alone without sounding like a fortune cookie or a sermon. Compassion is tricky to ...
How to Write Lyrics About Mood
You want your song to feel like a room. Not just a collection of lines and chords. You want the listener to enter a place that smells a...
How to Write Lyrics About Fantasy
You want to lure listeners into another world and make them feel like they lived there for three minutes and thirty seconds. Fantasy ly...
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 Treaty
You want a song about treaty that hits like an anthem not like a classroom lecture. You want lines that land in the chest and lyrics th...