How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Theater
You want a song that smells like old velvet, spilled coffee, and a five minute standing ovation. You want lyrics that do more than name...
How to Write Lyrics About Doubt
Doubt is a gold mine for writers who are brave enough to admit they do not have all the answers. It is messy and petty and deeply human...
How to Write Lyrics About Reflection
You want songs that feel like staring at your life through a cracked window and then laughing at what you see. Reflection songs are emo...
How to Write Lyrics About Judgment
Judgment makes great fuel for a song. It is sharp, honest, and often funny when you are brave enough to look at the mirror and the grou...
How to Write Lyrics About Imagery
Imagery is the difference between a lyric you hum and a lyric that haunts you. You want listeners to see the room, smell the rain, tast...
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...
How to Write Lyrics About Growth
You want a lyric that proves you changed without sounding like a self help pamphlet. You want lines that sting and land, not ones that ...
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 Education
You want a song about school that does not sound like a Netflix after school special. You want lines that make teachers nod, students l...
How to Write Lyrics About Natural disasters
Want to write a song about a hurricane, earthquake, wildfire, tsunami, or freak weather event without sounding like a tabloid poem or a...