How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Inaction
You want a song about doing nothing that actually does something to the listener. That is the paradox and it is delicious. Songs about ...
How to Write Lyrics About Opinion
You have an opinion. Now make it sing. Whether your view is petty, righteous, ridiculous, or brilliant, a lyric can carry it into a cho...
How to Write Lyrics About Childhood
Childhood is a gold mine for songs. It holds small bright details that become universal hooks. It also holds complicated stuff that can...
How to Write Lyrics About Desire
You want the ache to feel real on the first listen. Desire in lyrics is a flashlight that reveals tiny, intimate details and hides the ...
How to Write Lyrics About Inspiration
You want a lyric that wakes someone up from their phone scroll and makes them consider getting off the couch. You want a chorus that fe...
How to Write Lyrics About Idealism
You want a song that makes people believe something again. You want lines that feel brave without feeling naive. You want imagery that ...
How to Write Lyrics About Home
Home is the smell of burned toast at 7 a.m. The key under the mat. The quiet you carry like a bruise. Writing about home is deliciously...
How to Write Lyrics About Flowers
You want a flower lyric that smells like truth not like a Hallmark card. Flowers are everywhere in songs. They can be gorgeous, gross, ...
How to Write Lyrics About Equality
You want to write a lyric about equality that slaps harder than a reality check. You want words that are brave without being performati...
How to Write Lyrics About Devotion
You want devotion that sounds true and not like a sappy Hallmark commercial written by a robot. You want lyrics that land in the chest,...