How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
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 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 Destruction
You want a lyric that smells like ash and still hums with humanity. Whether you mean a city falling apart, a relationship burning up, o...
How to Write Lyrics About Vulnerability
You want to write a song where someone hears you and thinks I get you. You want lines that feel like a secret told in the kitchen at th...
How to Write Lyrics About Lies
Lies are juicy. Lies are wrecking balls. Lies make people look bad in bathroom mirror videos and fuel stadium chants. If you want to wr...
How to Write Lyrics About Form
You want to write a song that hacks the idea of structure and turns it into emotion. Maybe you want to write about paperwork and bureau...
How to Write Lyrics About Nonconformity
You want songs that punch through the noise. You want lines that make people nod, laugh, and maybe spit coffee on their boss. Nonconfor...
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...
How to Write Lyrics About Mentorship
Mentorship is not a magic filter that makes you better overnight. Mentorship is a messy, human, awkward, beautiful transfer of knowledg...
How to Write Lyrics About Naivety
Naivety is not a weakness on the page. Naivety is a lens. It can make a song feel tender, tragic, hilarious, or wildly unreliable. This...