How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Storms
Storms are drama you can sing about without apologizing for the melodrama. They are loud, messy, cinematic, and everyone has stood in o...
How to Write Lyrics About Narration
So you want to write lyrics about narration. Nice. That means you are ready to write songs that tell stories with a voice that matters....
How to Write Lyrics About Pessimism
You want lines that sting and make people laugh at themselves while they cry a little. Pessimism in lyrics can read as clever, resigned...
How to Write Lyrics About Enchantment
You want your song to feel like a secret the listener just discovered. You want lines that glitter but still land like something a real...
How to Write Lyrics About Disorder
You want a lyric that feels honest and sharp. You want listeners to feel seen or jolted or both. You want to avoid sounding exploitativ...
How to Write Lyrics About Inequality
You want to write about injustice without sounding like a lecture from your high school civics teacher. Good. No one wants that. You wa...
How to Write Lyrics About Natural disasters
Want to write a song about a hurricane, earthquake, wildfire, tsunami, or freak weather event without sounding like a tabloid poem or a...
How to Write Lyrics About Recovery from illness
This is not a therapy session but it is a map. Songs about recovery from illness can hit harder than a surprise waterworks scene in a r...
How to Write Lyrics About Civil rights
You want lyrics that matter and do not sound like a bad history essay or an edgy tweet gone wrong. You want to move people, tell truth,...
How to Write Lyrics About Idealism
You want a song that makes people believe something again. You want lines that feel brave without feeling naive. You want imagery that ...