How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Reflection
You want songs that feel like staring at your life through a cracked window and then laughing at what you see. Reflection songs are emo...
How to Write Lyrics About Death
Death is a heavy topic and a songwriting goldmine when handled with respect and craft. You want lines that land, not lines that limp. Y...
How to Write Lyrics About Genre
You want to sing about genre without sounding like a music nerd at a party who will not stop talking. You want lines that punch, that w...
How to Write Lyrics About Physical health
This guide teaches you how to write honest, memorable, and respectful lyrics about bodies, illness, recovery, fitness, pain, aging, and...
How to Write Lyrics About Authenticity
You want a lyric that feels like you. Not the version of you that looks good in a mood board. Not the version of you that sounds like e...
How to Write Lyrics About Generations
You want a song that gets the room nodding and texting their friend with a single line. Whether you are writing about your own generati...
How to Write Lyrics About Self-love
You want a song that makes your listener put down their phone and whisper, That is exactly me. You want language that is raw without be...
How to Write Lyrics About Aging
Growing older is messy and hilarious and dark and sacred all at once. You want a lyric that makes someone laugh and then choke up in th...
How to Write Lyrics About Followership
You want a lyric that captures loyalty, crowd energy, obsession, or the weird power play of followers and leaders. Maybe you want a sta...
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...