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Use strong metaphors in your Lyrics!

Metaphors enrich lyrics, they can paint vivid images and evoke strong emotions. Here's 10 examples!

  1.  "Love is a battlefield."
  2.  "Her laughter was a melody in the chaos."
  3. "His heart was a stone, unyielding and cold."
  4. "Life is a journey, with twists and turns."
  5. "The city streets were veins pulsing with life."
  6. "She wore her sadness like a heavy cloak."
  7. "Hope was a fragile candle in the storm."
  8. "His words were arrows, piercing my soul."
  9. "The moon was a silent guardian in the night sky."
  10. "Time is a thief stealing moments we cherish."


How Chords Can Enhance the Power of Your Lyrics.

Special Guest Writer to Songbay Gary Ewer This month we are honored to receive a a fantastic article written for us by Gary Ewer, a true Songwriting Advice expert. Gary is a former senior instructor in the Dalhousie University Dept. of Music, Halifax, Canada. He is a composer, arranger, conductor and music clinician and regarded as one of the foremost authorities on the art of modern songwriting. He is the author of “Beating Songwriter’s Block: Jump-Start Your Words and Music”, as well Continue