Tag Archives: Deep Song Lyric Breakdown
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 ...
Ben Folds Five - Brick Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Brick</strong is the quiet wrecking ball of late nineties piano rock. It moved people the way only a small, honest confession can. I...
Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
This is not a warm and fuzzy nostalgia piece. This is a rowdy, honest, sometimes ugly master class in how a songwriter makes fury feel ...
John Prine - Angel from Montgomery Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
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...
Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All the Way Down Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
You want to learn from a lyric that feels both outlaw country raw and cosmic at the same time. You want lines that read like a late nig...
Angélique Kidjo - Agolo Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
If you want to steal the lesson not the melody then you are in the right place. We are not transcribing the entire lyric. That would be...
Ryan Adams - Oh My Sweet Carolina Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Want to steal the soul of a country rock whisper and write songs that feel like someone read your diary aloud at 2 a.m. Ryan Adams wrot...
Don McLean - American Pie Song Lyric Breakdown For Songwriters
Welcome to the mother of all lyrical deep dives. If you are a songwriter who has ever opened a notebook, scribbled a line, and wondered...
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...
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...