How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Decisions
Decisions are drama with a deadline. If you can turn the moment before or just after a choice into a vivid picture, you will have a son...
How to Write Lyrics About Exclusion
You want a lyric that makes strangers nod, cry, laugh, and maybe screenshot a line for their story. You want to turn the nasty little a...
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 Wind
You want your song about wind to feel like a weather app notification that actually means something. Wind is cheap to mention and expen...
How to Write Lyrics About Voice
Voice is more than sound. It is identity, power, memory, and the thing that gets stolen, silenced, celebrated, or autotuned into someth...
How to Write Lyrics About Control
Control is the human condition served with a ridiculous topping of ego. Some people want it. Some people lose it. Most of us pretend to...
How to Write Lyrics About Contrast
You want to write lyrics that feel like a slap and a hug at the same time. Contrast gives your lines teeth. It makes listeners tilt the...
How to Write Lyrics About Rural life
You want songs that smell like diesel, sweat, and sweet tea without sounding cheesy. You want lines that make a listener from a town of...
How to Write Lyrics About Destiny
You want a lyric that feels fated. You want listeners to feel like the song was waiting for them at a crossroads. Destiny can sound che...
How to Write Lyrics About Success
You want a success song that lands like a high five and not like a humble brag from a motivational poster. You want lines people can te...