7 tips to write better lyrics for beginners (from the pros)
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Lyric Writing Exercise
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In real life, big words might make you sound clever. When it comes to songwriting they are usually more trouble than they are worth.
They can be hard to sing and a nightmare to rhyme.
But, this can depend on your lyric writing style.
Because the whole idea is to bring people into the song and let them get lost in it. If they have to think about what you said, you’ve lost their attention.
Even slow songs happen quickly, so make it easier on the listener and give it to them straight. As a beginner, this can be an essential practice.
For that reason, take advantage of single-syllable words. The English language has so many words that mean the same thing.
Using short and common words makes it easier on the listener and they are easier to sing,
Look at the first verse of I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
Well, you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill, but you’re so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
Now I’m trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I’ll be giving it my bestest
And nothing’s gonna stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it’s again my turn
To win some or learn some
There are 69 words and only 11 have more than one syllable.
It can also open our lyrics up to more rhyme options. We can use a combination of single-syllable words to rhyme with multiple syllable words
Like “melted” and “felt it”
And they also make it easier to match up the rhythm of your lyric lines. Because it’s easier to arrange and manage the stressed syllables.

Keep it conversational.
Lyric writing exercise
Have a conversation or listen to a conversation. It’s better if the topic is kind of important to the people having it. like, a conversation about a breakup.
Listen to how people express their emotions without any preparation or editing (as we would do when writing lyrics).
If you can, record, remember or write down some of the phrases. Then without changing the conversational quality, construct a quick song verse.
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When we want to say a lot with a few words, we want to choose words that have motion, that paint a picture and have emotion.
For that reason, Verbs are our best friend. Have a look at these verbs…
‘I got out of bed’, Vs ‘I jumped out of bed’ Vs ‘I crawled out of bed’.
Got is generic,
Jumped has motion,
Crawled hints at emotion.
So each of these words is showing us something about the emotional state of the singer?
Because a specific verb will create a picture in the listener’s mind. That being so, we can decide how they see that picture.
Make no mistake, they will see their own bed in their own room. But we can point them to what experiences they are remembering.
In other words, everyone gets out of bed every day. But not every day do we jump or crawl out of bed.
So when we do, there is a reason for it. That reason will have an emotion or a feeling behind it. And that is what we want them to relive when they hear our lyrics.
Let’s look at a real-world example…
“Woke up, fell out of bed. Dragged a comb across my head”.
What feelings, state, or emotions do those verbs suggest? Compared to …
“Woke up, sprung out of bed. Breezed a comb across my head”.
They are saying the same thing, right?
But they both feel very different. Those external verbs are showing us the inner life of the singer.
Verbs describe actions and actions speak louder than words.
“Love”, as a verb is generic.
A word like “fall”, as in ‘fall for’, has motion.
Through sense memory, the physical sensations are easier for the listener to recall.
We can use external verbs to express and describe inner feelings, thoughts, and emotions.
Try it now, pick a verb, and have a look at thesauras.com. See how many emotions you can express with the synonyms you find.
Identify with details
Give it a go…, generate a random noun and see if you can find a version that paints a more vivid mental picture.
Then, give that noun a human emotion.
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The one thing you should take away from this post is…You can’t get better at writing lyrics if you don’t write.
Even if it’s just ten minutes a day. Write something every day and don’t judge it. Apply these tips on lyric writing and see what difference it makes.
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