Lyric Writing

Before I started writing I listened to other material with the same themes as mine. For example; Adele’s “Someone Like You” which is about moving on after a break-up. Taylor Swift’s “Stay” which is about arguing with her boyfriend and Ellie Goulding’s “How Long Will I Love You” .

I found that these songwriters write with compassion and they feel what other people feel. Which makes for a song that people can find themselves in. The melody and lyrics of the songs are very sincere and written with great passion, something I wanted to replicate. Artists like Sheeran, Swift and James Morrisson also compose their own music, again something I wanted to do.

I noted down lyrics with resonance to me, which I took inspiration from in my own song.

“I’m pretty sure we almost broke up last night, I threw my phones across the room, at you.” – Taylor Swift, ‘Stay’, Red (2013)

“How long will I love you? As long as you want me to, and longer if I can”- Ellie Goulding, ‘How Long Will I Love You’. (2014)

I find writing about personal experience the easiest way to create meaningful lyrics and so I started by recounting memories and feelings and then began to try and make rhyming couplets. Once I was happy with my verses I began my chorus, I found this slightly harder as I felt a bit like I was repeating myself which was very frustrating. However I eventually had lyrics I was happy with and then I began constructing a melody. I wrote about an argument I had had with my boyfriend late one night and how we had made up.