Tag Archives: Deep Song Lyric Breakdown

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...

Here is the deal. You want to learn how a song like Colter Wall's Sleeping on the Blacktop does emotional work with spare words and a g...

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

Brick</strong is the quiet wrecking ball of late nineties piano rock. It moved people the way only a small, honest confession can. I...

If you want to steal craft and not copyright, this is your manual. Tyler Childers is one of those rare artists who writes like someone ...

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...

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...

If you want to learn how to write small brutal songs that feel like being punched by the past and then held, study this one. Snail Mail...

If you want to steal the emotional gravity of a classic without sounding like a knockoff, this is the literature class you actually wan...

Quick promise You will leave this breakdown with concrete tools you can steal for your own songs. We will pry open Hozier's lyrics line...