Stupid Easy Trick to Write Better Lyrics🔥

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My dad have about 45 years of experience in the industry. When I started writing songs, he told me this : "Every line that's not an image, you cut it. Every single one of them. No filler." I've basically been doing this subconsciously for years!

" a very plastic bag thing to do." made me laugh so hard. love it

i feel like a cinnamon roll always spiraling, never in control because.... i dont know myself

It's always fun when you find a really important piece of advice and realize you've already been following it for years :) Not quite the same as validation or feeling like you've been doing it "right", because in a creative space like songwriting there isn't really a right or a wrong, but it's encouraging all the same.

"I'm gonna fly as a bird through the night" from Chandelier is not a WHY, but rather more HOW. The lyrics of that song just gives you metaphors that sets the listener in the scene and help convey the current feeling and somewhat dark actions of the person in the song. The lyrics talks about being mentally in a bad place (the reasons left to interpretation) and overall the song means you’re holding on for dear life. The WHY isn't given to the listener.

I tend to break the rules quite a bit in every regard(I don’t write pop music), but one thing I always do on every song or verse is the ‘why’. I always figure out a way to tie my lyrics and structure together with some intent. It makes the song feel like it has a purpose. Now this video brings new ideas, especially with regard to working with other artists who are more pop oriented. Good shit! 🤘

Thanks. This helps out a lot. True story. I've been writing music ever since I was a young kid, and when I was a kid, I wrote songs like crazy. They just popped out like nothing. I would see the things you're describing. The thing now is that when I was in high school, I got some head injuries playing football that I only just recently found out about in the last few years. Im not stupid, it's like my brain just works in a entirely different way. I can't seem to write good lyrics to save my life now, but I'm glued to my guitar now. Just one of those things. Seeing this really kinda reminded me how I used to write though. I guess I was doing some of this stuff just not knowing it at the time. I'm gonna see what I can do now. Thanks again

I heard it said once that the art of writing poetry is essentially alienation. That is, taking something familiar and looking at it or expressing it in an unfamiliar way, making the mundane seem extraordinary. If you can do it in a particulary interesting or striking or beautiful way, you have poetry - or in this case, song lyrics. This is really what this "SHY method" is really about.

An example of a song i wrote using this method: they say numbers tell no lies i stop and think before i dial it would you tell me you cant hear me i bet that club so crowded or could you hear it in my voice that im alone and i feel surrounded tell me that you’ll be right there breathe count to a thousand your love is like a deep breath at the top of a mountain they say you cant get over it then you go around it i cant get over it there’s no way around it i cant get over you and i need you need you around me i need you around me your love is like the finish line lookin back at those who doubted your love is like the sun and sky still keeps me grounded your love is like a deep breath at the top of a mountain they say you cant get over it then you go around it i cant get over it there’s no way around it i just cant get over you and i need you need you around me

I'm a singer/songwriter just starting in Brazil and I'm really glad that I found the SHY method on my lyrics even in Portuguese, I never forget that, thank you!!!

Honestly read (especially older) poetry to learn how poetic devices are actually supposed to work. View the world as if it is actually full of meaning and look through objects and situations to find their ultimate truth.

"Do you feel like a chain store? Practically floored"

Btw this is the best songwriting channel on YT. Helped me tremendously

Been struggling with the music for new song. Even more so with the lyrics. This actually helped!

thanks for your videos! Great advice every time and straight to the point. Keep up the good work, song writers (and their listeners) will benefit greatly!

Thank you for this! Your advice is on point.

Have been writing songs forever and took a break recently.. now it feels like I can't write anymore. Going to try this method and let you know how it goes. Thanks!

Yay thanks! You guys inspire me to become a better song writer. Cheers!

Glad I watched this and good examples to back up the SHY method, gonna apply that technique on my 1st song!