How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Rights
You want to write about rights and not sound like a pamphlet read aloud by a caffeinated law student. You want lines that make people f...
How to Write Lyrics About Religion
This is the guide for when you want to write a song about faith, doubt, ritual, or a church basement pizza that changed your life. Reli...
How to Write Lyrics About Motion
Motion is a storytelling cheat code. A moving thing makes a picture. A moving person carries desire. Motion gives your lyric a spine an...
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 Forgiveness
You want to write a song about forgiveness that feels true not cheesy. You want lines that sting and then soothe. You want a chorus tha...
How to Write Lyrics About Environmentalism
You want a song that hits like a wake up call without sounding like a guilt trip from a very smug science teacher. You want lines that ...
How to Write Lyrics About Rivalry
You want lyrics that cut like a text left on read and still sound like art. Rivalry songs can be a rocket ship for streams, engagement,...
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 Tone
Tone is the attitude your lyric wears when it walks into a room. Tone tells the listener if they are being told a secret, roasted, sedu...
How to Write Lyrics About Identity crisis
So you are standing on the emotional border between who you were and who everyone expects you to be. You have questions. You have outfi...