Tag Archives: Deep Song Lyric Breakdown
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
You love the song because it feels like a memory you do not remember making. Sufjan Stevens has a way of turning specific images into u...
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...
Bonnie Raitt - I Can’t Make You Love Me Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you are a songwriter who cries in the shower and then calls it research, welcome. Bonnie Raitt's recording of the song commonly call...
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...
Beth Orton - She Cries Your Name Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you write songs and you have ever wanted to unpack how a quiet lyric can feel like a punch to the throat, welcome. Beth Orton wrote ...
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you have ever listened to Fake Plastic Trees and felt that weird mix of beauty and guilt you are not alone. This song is a tiny emot...
Lucinda Williams - Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you want to steal the emotional gravity of a classic without sounding like a knockoff, this is the literature class you actually wan...
Stevie Wonder - Superstition Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Stevie Wonder wrote a cultural lightning bolt and named it Superstition. The tune hits like a statement and keeps hitting because every...
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you want to steal like a brilliant poet without sounding like a terrible imitator study this song. Joni Mitchell wrote a lyric that ...
PJ Harvey - Rid of Me Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you want to write a song that feels like being shoved into a shower of gravel while someone reads your diary out loud then this is t...