How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
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 Closeness
Closeness is a drug and a grocery list at the same time. It can be soft, urgent, boring, erotic, safe, or the reason you cannot sleep. ...
How to Write Lyrics About Depression
This is for songwriters who want to write honestly without exploiting pain. You want lyrics that feel true. You want lines that land on...
How to Write Lyrics About Celebration
You want a lyric that makes people grin, cry happy tears, and reach for their phone to share it. Celebration can be confetti loud or qu...
How to Write Lyrics About Begin
You want a song that nails what it feels like to start something. Maybe it is the awkward first day, the delicious first kiss, the sobe...
How to Write Lyrics About Compassion
You want a song that makes people feel seen and less alone without sounding like a fortune cookie or a sermon. Compassion is tricky to ...
How to Write Lyrics About Tone
Tone is the attitude your lyric wears when it walks into a room. Tone tells the listener if they are being told a secret, roasted, sedu...
How to Write Lyrics About Assessment
You want a song about being judged that actually slaps. Whether it is a school exam, a job review, an AGREE or a friend scoring your da...
How to Write Lyrics About Activism
You want to write songs that do more than play on a playlist. You want lyrics that make people march, sign a petition, share a post, hu...
How to Write Lyrics About Pattern
Patterns are the secret currency of great songs. We notice them everywhere. The way your ex keeps apologizing then disappears. The same...