How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Go
You want a song about going that actually lands. You want the word go to mean more than a traffic command. You want a chorus that can b...
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 Solitude
You want solitude that sounds true and not like a diary entry someone left on a bus. You want lines that make people sit up in a cafe a...
How to Write Lyrics About Betrayal
Betrayal songs hit like a slap that also teaches you a lesson while the replay button is still warm. You want a lyric that tells the tr...
How to Write Lyrics About Sacrifice
Sacrifice is a lyric writer gold mine. It contains pain and pride, regret and glory, and the kind of messy human detail that makes list...
How to Write Lyrics About Revolution
You want a lyric that feels like a fist in the air and a shoulder to lean on at the same time. You want words that can scream from a st...
How to Write Lyrics About Magic
You want to write a song about magic that does not sound like a middle school Dungeons and Dragons fanfic read aloud by a fortune cooki...
How to Write Lyrics About Asymmetry
You want songs that feel alive and slightly off center. Asymmetry in lyrics gives listeners the delicious itch of surprise. It is the s...
How to Write Lyrics About Sentiment
You want a lyric that makes a listener blink, laugh, or ugly cry in their shower. You want a line that gets texted to exes and tattooed...
How to Write Lyrics About Simile
Similes are the secret sugar that makes lyrics taste like something you remember and hum in the shower. If you sing like a thrift shop ...