Lyric studio

Axiomical

One picture. One line you can sing back.

SituationTitle hint

Genre

Subgenre

Tone

Narrator

The narrator is a woman. She can say I. If the camera pulls back, she is she — do not switch her gender mid-song.

Address

Second person. Someone in the room, or on the phone.

Time

2020s. Current speech, no future coinage, no antique costume. Slang only if it still sounds like a person.

Form

Language

Craft for this setting

Slow the camera down. Touch, temperature, and a metaphor you can taste beat a stack of adjectives.
Image before explanation. One metaphor family per song, not a new one every line.
Current speech, no future coinage, no antique costume. Slang only if it still sounds like a person.

Try a line

0 syllables

Opening your pages…

R&B / Soul · Neo-soul · Now

Write when the picture is specific enough to sing. The craft notes beside the controls are already tuned to this genre, tone, and year.

D minor · straight

Dm – G – C – Am

86 bpm

Level

Performance voice

The bed is a sketch you can sing over. The voice reads what is on the page.