Tag Archives: Deep Song Lyric Breakdown

Short version You want to decode how Aimee Mann took a tiny human confession and turned it into a cinematic song that sounds like it un...

You love this song because it feels like freedom in fuzzy velvet boots. Janis Joplin took a country tune and gutted it with raw heart a...

This is a lyric autopsy with personality. We are taking Annie Clark a.k.a St. Vincent's song New York and pulling it apart like a vinta...

This is not a scholarly obituary for a lyric. This is a map. We are going to unpack Joan Baez Diamonds & Rust like it is a luggage ...

If you want to learn how a song can feel like an entire life in three minutes, read this. John Prine wrote "Angel from Montgomery" as a...

Townes Van Zandt wrote songs like he was smuggling truth across the border: small, sharp, and impossible to forget. Pancho and Lefty is...

Short version You are about to learn how Elliott Smith makes a tiny, whispery song feel like a confession written on the inside of your...

If you ever wanted a masterclass in writing a conversation song that makes people ugly cry in their kitchens, this is it. Cat Stevens c...

Want to steal the emotional blueprint behind Michael Bublé Home and use it to write songs that feel like warm soup for lonely hearts? G...

You want a story song that grabs an ear, guts a heart, and makes strangers sing along on the subway. Brandi Carlile and the song known ...