How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Heritage
You want a song that feels like family without sounding like a tourist at a family reunion. You want lines that hit the gut and make pe...
How to Write Lyrics About Draft
Draft is a weirdly versatile word. It can be a cold breeze that betrays you at 2 a.m. It can be a first draft that feels both embarrass...
How to Write Lyrics About Battle
You want a lyric that feels like armor and a headline at the same time. You want words that bruise and inspire. You want imagery that r...
How to Write Lyrics About Wholeness
Wholeness is not a trophy you win. It is a messy, confusing, occasionally glorious apartment you learn to live in. If your songs want t...
How to Write Lyrics About Lecture
You sat through seventy five minutes of someone reading slides and you came out with a metaphor, a line, and a headache that might be a...
How to Write Lyrics About Sacrifice
Sacrifice is a lyric writer gold mine. It contains pain and pride, regret and glory, and the kind of messy human detail that makes list...
How to Write Lyrics About Satire
You want to be funny and savage without sounding like a mean clown. Satire in song is tricky because music makes people feel first and ...
How to Write Lyrics About Villains
You want a song about a villain that people sing on the tram and whisper about in group chats. You want danger, charisma, and a line th...
How to Write Lyrics About Movement
You want motion in your words. Not the legal kind. The kind of motion that tugs at knees, loosens shoulders, and makes a listener want ...
How to Write Lyrics About Procrastination
You are late to your own life. You have a to do list that judges you silently. You keep writing the list instead of doing anything on t...