This song is about being jilted by a lover and going through the process of opening yourself back up again afterward. From X Factor to Hit Single "Bleeding love is about feeling the deepest kind of love," Leona Lewis herself said. "I would go and perform the song in...
"See You Again" was written to honor the memory of Paul Walker from the Fast and the Furious franchise. Charlie Puth said in an interview with American Songwriter that the writing process for this song took place in July 2014 when he was in Los Angeles. Puth had set...
"Despacito" is a song about being intimate with a special person and slowing down the relationship so you can enjoy it to the fullest. The English translation of the song's title is "Slowly," which could mean any number of things, but once you know all the lyrics, it...
In this song, Taylor Swift calls out her own tendency to plot grand schemes and drop subtle hints in all areas of her life. She opens her pop hit with a classic fairy tale opening, which provides the listener with a fantasy vibe to go along with her mythological...
This song appears on the surface to be a loving lullaby, but there's a story of unrequited love beneath the surface. "You Are My Sunshine" is just one of the numerous songs that came about before modern recording technology, the music industry and copyright laws. This...
Rihanna's hit, "Stay," is a song about romantic desires that are held back by the fear of vulnerability. Rihanna's Process Rihanna has said that her songwriting method is often reversed compared to what others in the industry might expect, and she believes this comes...
This is a song about yearning for a meaningful relationship when all you got was a one-night stand. The Words Came Naturally Sam told American Songwriter that it didn't take a drawn-out process to write this song. It all took place in one burst of creative songwriting...
"Use Somebody" is a song about the desperate need to find somebody who wants to be with you and fulfill your emotional needs. In the opening lyrics stanza, Caleb Followill sings: "I've been roamin' around, always lookin' down at all I see / Painted faces fill the...
Ed Sheeran wrote this tender love ballad for the woman who would eventually be his wife. A Slow Burn Cherry Seaborn was just Ed Sheeran's girlfriend when he penned what some fans call the perfect love song - until they announced their engagement in 2018. This was,...
"Levitating" is a pop anthem all about dancing, having fun and falling in love. As such, one might not think that the song's meaning goes remarkably deep. But there are plenty of golden nuggets of added lyrical significance that Dua Lipa manages to pack into almost...
This nu metal track from the album Meteora depicts the experience of a child who doesn't feel accepted by their parents. Writing These Lyrics Couldn't Have Come More Naturally Just like the song's general mood and feel, the lyrics make this jam highly recognizable as...
This is a song about feeling consumed by nostalgia and your regrets from the past. Mike Shinoda spilled the beans about a song that Linkin Park wrote and recorded during the Meteora era in 2003, but it wasn't released until two decades later on February 10th. The...
