How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
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...
How to Write Lyrics About Learning
Learning is messy, funny, embarrassing, and often the best fuel for a song. Whether you are writing about learning a new chord, learnin...
How to Write Lyrics About Tradition vs. Change
You want a song that feels true and provocative. You want to hold an old ritual in one hand and a smartphone in the other. You want a l...
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...
How to Write Lyrics About Failure
Failure is a weirdly rich songwriting subject. It is messy, awkward, embarrassing, and sometimes hilarious. It is also universal. Every...
How to Write Lyrics About Philanthropy
You want to write a song that moves wallets and souls without sounding like a charity ad read by a robot. You want people to cry in the...
How to Write Lyrics About Conflict
Conflict is the engine of every good story. You want lines that make listeners nod, wince, laugh, and sing along while their chest tigh...
How to Write Lyrics About Guidance
You want lyrics that point, soothe, push, or roast the idea of guidance without sounding like a fortune cookie. Guidance in songs can m...
How to Write Lyrics About Metaphor
Metaphor is the secret sauce that makes a lyric feel smarter than it actually is. You want listeners to feel something and to repeat a ...
How to Write Lyrics About Confidence
You want lyrics that hit like a mic drop and also land like a friend saying you got this. Confidence songs can be huge stadium anthems ...