How to Write Lyrics About Specific Emotions
How to Write Lyrics About Insecurity
You want your listeners to feel seen when they hear your song. You want lines that crack open and do not sound like advice from a self ...
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 Motivation
You want a lyric that makes people stand up, open a new tab, text their friend, or finally do the thing they have been talking about fo...
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 Gratitude
Gratitude songs do not have to be saccharine, boring, or sound like a motivational poster reading itself aloud. You can write gratitude...
How to Write Lyrics About Connection
You want a song that makes people feel seen. You want a line that hits like a friend's text at two AM. Connection songs are the emotion...
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 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 Overcoming adversity
You want your song to feel like a fist pump and a therapy session at the same time. You want lines that make people text their ex a scr...
How to Write Lyrics About Dispute
Arguments make great songs. They are raw, charged, and full of obvious detail. They give you verbs, objects, and a clear emotional prom...