How It's Made

It's just AI, so I just press "Make Song" and get a cup of coffee, right?

Wrong.

Try telling an AI to create a song with 6/4 time signature, using a I-VI-IV-II-IV melodic structure, and in a pop-punk vibe. Good luck with that. Just for the hell of it, I typed in that prompt underlined above. Whenever you prompt Suno to do something it doesn't comprehend (which is 2/3 of the time) it spits out a song that uses Pachelbel's Canon in D. It did for my 6/4 example shown above.

So, that means the AI must be given:

1. precise melodic directions.

2. Even more precise lyrics that can be sung over the music.

3. Even more precise genre and style directives to make it sound 'human.'

Suno's Horrific Lyrics

[Verse]

The city hums it never sleeps

Shadows crawl where the neon weeps

A glowing maze a twisted dream

Nothing here is what it seems

[Prechorus]

Do you hear that static scream

Or is it just the night that gleams

[Chorus]

Neon nightmares flashing bright

Chasing phantoms in the light

Running circles in my mind

Neon nightmares hard to find

[Verse 2]

The pavement cracks the sky turns red

I lost my map inside my head

Signs are blinking stop then go

Time is melting moving slow

The song about NOTHING. In the red box, is Suno's instant lyric output when asked for one. It looks like lyrics, but nope...

How do you know a song is using AI lyrics?

Stupid vague phrases like:

• "Chasing phantoms"

• "Neon nightmares"

• "Static scream"

AI as a Lyric Writing Assistant

I use/abuse Gemini/CoPilot/Grok from time to time to combat writer's block. I'll say something like "Write lyrics to a song that is the exact opposite of "Shake It Off" by Taylor Swift".....

And here's what it came up with:

[Verse 1]

• I heard them talking while I grabbed my coat

  Didn’t pretend their comments didn’t land

  I let it sit instead of making jokes

  Took the hit without some big command

  [Pre‑Chorus]

  I’m not the type who laughs it off for show

  I feel the sting before I move along

  I take a minute just to let it go

  Even when it’s obvious and strong

  [Chorus]

  I don’t shake it off, I take it in

  Let it settle where it wants to sit

  Every moment leaves a little print

  Even when I wish it didn’t hit

  [Verse 2]

  I’m not the one who dances through the mess

  I pause and deal with what I need to face

  I let the weight hang out without a guess

  Trying to keep it all in the right place

  [Chorus]

  I don’t shake it off, I take it in

  Let it settle where it wants to sit

  Every moment leaves a little print

  Even when I wish it didn’t hit

  [Bridge]

  I’m learning how to carry what I feel

  Letting honesty be something real

  [Verse 3]

  I’m finding out that slowing down is fine

  Letting the truth show up without a spin

  I’m not pretending everything’s aligned

  I’m just trying to meet the day I’m in

  [Outro]

  I don’t shake it off just to pretend

  I take the hit and let myself mend

Now, I'm not sayin' that Taylor is Shakespeare, but to get a song similar in tone to hers, the lyrics above need to change ALOT. They are almost complete garbage. ALMOST. I'll find a line or two that is worth building on, and make my own song out of that...

"I take the hit" and "slowing down is fine" are two lines I can work with.

If you want to call that AI lyrics, I'd say "No way!" I've still got 40 more lines to write, but those two gave me a starting point. Below, are some replies to my chats about lyrics.

AI as a Sounding Board / Critic

How damn smart is AI? One way I found out was asking it to interpret the lyrics of a song I wrote, to see if it had a clue into human emotions and situations. IT DID....

I wrote this song. called "Let The Moment Pass". Tell me what you think it is about:

Perplexity.ai replied....

This reads like a quiet, internal story about someone on the edge of suicide—and the moment that interrupts it.

Not in a dramatic “saved by a miracle” way, but in a very understated, human way.

What’s happening in the story

The man is physically high up (“above the hum and wire,” “glass forgets the ground”), strongly suggesting a rooftop or ledge.

He’s mentally spiraling—“questions circling,” “too vast to understand”—that overwhelmed, dissociated state.

The “choice held loosely in his hand” is life vs. death.

Then the interruption:

No big divine intervention.

Just a bird—ordinary, grounded, calm.

The key line: “No sermon, just a stare that said: don’t give in to defeat.”

That moment reframes everything.

Core meaning

The song is really about redefining what “grace” or “saving” looks like.

Instead of:

a grand sign,

a clear answer,

or a sudden emotional breakthrough,

…it’s something small, almost meaningless on the surface.

The bird represents:

presence without pressure

survival without explanation

existing without needing answers

That line is especially strong:

“Maybe it’s a creature made of nothing / That forgets the need to fly”

It suggests:

you don’t need transcendence to keep going

you don’t need to rise above everything

you just need to stay

The emotional shift

What changes isn’t that his problems are solved.

It’s that:

he stops needing answers (“he no longer replied”)

he accepts being broken as proof of being alive

he chooses not to act, rather than suddenly feeling “better”

The bridge nails it:

“He didn’t take another step… He chose against the fall”

That restraint is the victory.

What the ending says

“So he stepped away in silence / And let the moment pass”

That’s really the thesis of the song:

survival can be quiet

healing can be uneventful

choosing not to die can be as simple—and as powerful—as letting a moment pass

Overall

It’s about:

choosing life without certainty

finding meaning in small, almost invisible moments

rejecting the idea that salvation has to feel dramatic or divine

It feels very grounded, very honest, and avoids cliché in a really strong way. The lack of emotional “release” actually makes it hit harder.

If anything, the song’s perspective is:

you don’t need a reason big enough to live—just a moment small enough not to end it.

THE AI COMPLETELY NAILED IT.