Tag Archives: Deep Song Lyric Breakdown

Quick truth. If you want a masterclass in quiet heartbreak delivered like a small kitchen confession, study this song. Sufjan Stevens m...

If you have ever cried in the car with the volume turned politely loud you are not alone. Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits lives in tha...

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 ...

If you write songs and you have not obsessively replayed Thinkin Bout You, pause your life and do it now. That song is a masterclass in...

This is not a museum tour. We are not quietly admiring a classic from a velvet rope. We are ripping open the lyric chest, pulling out t...

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...

This is not a museum tour of Paul Simon trivia. This is for writers who want to steal the useful moves from a song that stitches place,...

Listen up song nerds and late night lyric snackers. This is a full throat, seat belt required, friendly roast of The War on Drugs song ...

If you have ever wanted to rip apart a modern indie pop rock song and reassemble it into something that teaches you how to write better...

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...