How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Presence
You want lyrics that make listeners stop scrolling and actually breathe with you. Presence is the rare kind of lyric that turns a casua...
How to Write Lyrics About Play
You want a song that smells like laughter and sticky fingers. You want lines that feel mischievous without sounding childish. You want ...
How to Write Lyrics About Passion
Passion is loud, weird, beautiful, and sometimes a little embarrassing. You want lyrics that make a listener feel like they are standin...
How to Write Lyrics About Empowerment
You want lyrics that make people stand taller in their kitchen at three a.m. You want lines that get texted to a friend, posted to a st...
How to Write Lyrics About Intelligence
Want to rap about smarts without sounding like a TED talk or a smug encyclopedia? Good. Intelligence is a juicy topic for songwriting. ...
How to Write Lyrics About Time
Time is the one thing every listener lives inside. You want lyrics that make a minute feel like a movie and a decade feel like a blink....
How to Write Lyrics About Society
You want to write songs about the world you live in without sounding like a lecture from your uncle at Thanksgiving. You want lines tha...
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 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 Feeling
You want people to feel something when they hear your song. Not just a murmur of empathy. Not a polite head nod. You want a full on int...