How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Metaphor
Metaphor is the secret sauce that makes a lyric feel smarter than it actually is. You want listeners to feel something and to repeat a ...
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 Faith
You want a song that says something true about faith without sounding like a sermon, a sales pitch, or a Pinterest quote that fell into...
How to Write Lyrics About Alienation
You want a lyric that makes people feel less alone while also making them say yes when the chorus hits. Alienation is that deliciously ...
How to Write Lyrics About Cynicism
You want your song to be smart without sounding smug. You want lines that land like a punchline and leave a bruise that makes people la...
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 Confrontation
Okay so you want to write a song where someone gets called out and it slaps like a reality show roast. You want the lines to sting but ...
How to Write Lyrics About Legacy
You want a lyric that feels like a time capsule and a mic drop at the same time. Legacy is the kind of theme that either becomes sentim...
How to Write Lyrics About Service
You want a song that makes someone who works nights feel seen. You want lyrics that turn the clink of a coffee cup into a revelation. Y...
How to Write Lyrics About Philanthropy
You want to write a song that moves wallets and souls without sounding like a charity ad read by a robot. You want people to cry in the...