How To Write Songs Like A Professional (pt 5)

Welcome back to episode 5 of How To Write Songs Like An Actual Professional. Today’s highlighted literary device is Hyperbole!

Me: ‘I could eat a horse.’ Also me: ‘You are the universe, the sun, the ocean, and my last breath.’ 🌌

What’s the best over-the-top, dramatic lyric you’ve heard?

#songwriter #embracevulnerability #Lemon8Diary #artist #creativewriting

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