Tag Archives: Deep Song Lyric Breakdown
Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
One song. A city of feeling. A masterclass in saying big things in small lines. If you write songs and you have not sat with Marvin Gay...
Jackson Browne - Running on Empty Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
This is a song about motion, fatigue, and being gloriously human in low battery mode. Jackson Browne wrote Running on Empty as more tha...
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you want to steal lessons from a songwriting saint without sounding like a choir kid at open mic night then this is your clinic. Jon...
Lorde - Royals Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you want a masterclass in saying a lot with very few words, Royals is a cheat code. Lorde and producer Joel Little turned tiny detai...
Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you are a songwriter who wants to steal wisdom without sounding like a Lightfoot impersonator, you are in the right place. This brea...
Paul McCartney - Maybe I’m Amazed Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Paul McCartney wrote Maybe I’m Amazed in a bathtub of feelings and piano chords. He recorded the song in 1970 for his first solo album ...
Jason Isbell - Cover Me Up Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
This is not a fan club poster. This is a scalpel guided tour through one of the modern era's most naked love songs. If you want to lear...
Sting - Fields of Gold Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
This is not a dusty musicology lecture. This is a rowdy, affectionate, slightly tipsy dissection of how Sting built one of those songs ...
Noah Kahan - Stick Season Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Quick truth You are here because Noah Kahan wrote a song that feels like sitting in your parents kitchen at three in the morning and se...
Miranda Lambert - The House That Built Me Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
This is the song that makes adults cry in Target while holding a scented candle. Miranda Lambert turned a humble, heartbreaking story a...