How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
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 Animal rights
You want to make people care about animals and not just scroll past a cute video. You want lines that land like a headline but feel lik...
How to Write Lyrics About Start
You need a beginning that feels like an event. Whether you are writing about the first drink after a long dry spell, the moment you mov...
How to Write Lyrics About Fairness
Fairness is a mood and a magnifying glass. It can be the low simmer of a relationship argument. It can be the roar on a protest sign. I...
How to Write Lyrics About Insecurity
You want your listeners to feel seen when they hear your song. You want lines that crack open and do not sound like advice from a self ...
How to Write Lyrics About Justice
Want to write a justice song that actually lands and does not sound like a lecture on a podium? Good. This guide is for artists who wan...
How to Write Lyrics About Trees
Trees are dramatic without trying. They hold seasons, arguments, gossip, scars, and secrets. They offer textures for metaphors and spac...
How to Write Lyrics About Consequences
You want a lyric that lands like a truth bomb. You want people to sing it in the shower and immediately feel something messy, human, an...
How to Write Lyrics About Fantasy
You want to lure listeners into another world and make them feel like they lived there for three minutes and thirty seconds. Fantasy ly...
How to Write Lyrics About Finish
Finish is the little word that carries the whole apocalypse and the quiet relief at once. Writing about finish is a sweet spot for song...