How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Surrender
Surrender is messy and poetic at the same time. It can be the slow unclenching after a long fight. It can be the quiet handwave that si...
How to Write Lyrics About Imagination
This is your permission slip to get weirder on purpose. If you are tired of the same tired romantic metaphors and want to write lyrics ...
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 Plot
You want a song that tells a story like a tiny movie. You want verses that feel like scenes and a chorus that works like the emotional ...
How to Write Lyrics About Struggle
You want your song to hit like someone remembered your exact worst day and put it into a melody. You want listeners to nod, cry, laugh,...
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 Conflict
Conflict is the engine of every good story. You want lines that make listeners nod, wince, laugh, and sing along while their chest tigh...
How to Write Lyrics About Friendship
Friendship songs are the social glue of playlists. They make people think about inside jokes, late night drives, the friend who always ...
How to Write Lyrics About Animals
You want a song about animals that feels true and not like a school project or a viral meme that died on sight. You want a hook that ma...
How to Write Lyrics About Partnership
Partnership songs are everywhere. Whether you write about lovers, bandmates, business allies, or friends who bail you out at 4 a.m., pa...