How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Deserts
You want desert lyrics that feel sunburned and true. You want lines that taste like grit in the teeth and breath that sounds hot and sm...
How to Write Lyrics About Motifs
You want a phrase, image, or sound that keeps coming back and makes the whole song feel like one long delicious bruise on the brain. Mo...
How to Write Lyrics About Achieving goals
You want a song that makes people feel like they can climb a mountain in sneakers and a hoodie. You want lines that land like a fist pu...
How to Write Lyrics About Deconstruction
You want to write about falling apart so people feel less alone when they do. Deconstruction is messy. It looks like late night Google ...
How to Write Lyrics About Chorus
You want a chorus that people know two seconds after they hear it. You want a line that becomes a text quote, a tattoo idea, and that o...
How to Write Lyrics About Beat
So you have a beat and a little panic in your chest. Good. That is the creative engine. Whether the beat is two minutes of lo fi coffee...
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 Environmental rights
You want a song that slaps and also makes people care about the planet. Good. That is possible without sounding like a lecture in a lec...
How to Write Lyrics About Recovery from addiction
This is not another twee anthem about getting clean like breakfast cereal solves your problems. If you are writing about recovery you a...
How to Write Lyrics About Unmaking
Unmaking is a mood and a ritual. It is the slow ruin of a thing you once loved and the tiny brave acts that follow. It can be a breakup...