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Well I know what you're going through. I often have that same problem with songs i write but something that I've found works is listening to songs that have metaphors and picking up on what they mean. Example Shout at the devil this song is not about telling off satan himself it's about standing up to authority and how authority will control everything if someone doesn't stop it. Just try stuff like that it's worked for me also you might try using a thesaurus I had one song that i had trouble coming up with any metaphors for, and the ones that i did come up with sounded to cheesy. I went back to my original lyrics and found synonyms to make the song deeper and less cheesy. any way as paul stanley of kiss once said, "sometimes the more you embellish something the less powerful it becomes" this was when they did the mtv unplugged session but i feel that it could apply to lyrics as well.

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Submitted by: Anonymous

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To make phrases more memorable, you can use dificult words, sentences that seem to be controdicting, etc.

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Submitted by: Rob Boucher

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Mentioned this in another post. I've found that the best way to find uniqueness is to twist the word associations that people are used to, but just slightly. It's a contrast between concepts. You need things that most people can identify with emotionally or visually. one of the following 1. take a cliche, then twist it slightly. ex. A recent country song takes the cliche "It's a pleasure doing business with you" and makes it "It's a business doing pleasure with you" and talks about how he has to earn money for his wife. 2. Take two things that don't normally go together and see how they are similar and how you can use them together. Love and Broccli - What's this bring up? most people don't like vegitables, but they are good for you. Couldn't that be like some relationships we have? I have a line about "My horse to freedom melted into glue" in one of my songs. Might be a bit much, but many people know that glue is made from horses. And it's a good image that not common. 3. Find analogies for something. I remember songs about walking on a gravel road. You could use brushing your teeth as a description for a boring love. Find an image that conveys a similar feeling or concept and tie them together. 4. Only do a little of this. Too many concepts in a row can confuse people. Pick a few of these and use them, but don't string together a bunch in a row that aren't related.

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