How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Monologue
You want the kind of lyric that makes a listener whisper the line to a stranger on the subway. You want an interior voice that reads li...
How to Write Lyrics About Platonic love
You want to sing about someone you love but not in a romantic way. You want a lyric that smells like late night text threads and shared...
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 Aging
Growing older is messy and hilarious and dark and sacred all at once. You want a lyric that makes someone laugh and then choke up in th...
How to Write Lyrics About Fear
Fear is a song waiting to be written. It is loud, it is small, it smells like burnt toast at three a.m., and it makes your hands shake ...
How to Write Lyrics About Juxtaposition
You want tension that feels smart and emotional at the same time. You want lines that make a listener laugh and wince in the same breat...
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 Past vs. Future
You want a song that feels like time in music. One ear hears yesterday and the other hears tomorrow. You want imagery that makes the pa...
How to Write Lyrics About Trees
Trees are dramatic without trying. They hold seasons, arguments, gossip, scars, and secrets. They offer textures for metaphors and spac...
How to Write Lyrics About Modernity
You want a song that smells like the present without sounding like a tech brochure. You want lines that snap, images that land, and met...