for the ones we can't find words for —
A custom song written from your story
Skip the gifts they'll forget. Tell us about someone you love — the drive they made, the way they laugh, the year everything changed — and get back a real, finished song: their name, your memories, a melody they'll keep.
P.S. — you read & approve every lyric before a note is sung.
To Leo, on turning thirty —
“You drove four hours through the night,
brought me soup, showed me right…”
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Written from a two-paragraph story, exactly like yours.
the birthday boy
12 songs we’ve actually made — press play on any of them
- Hear a real one first
- Ready in 3–8 minutes
- No musical skills needed
The problem
The gift is easy. Saying what you mean is the hard part.
You stand in the aisle for twenty minutes, read nine cards written by strangers, and pick the least embarrassing one. The feeling was real. The gift never carries it.
The card says nothing
Four printed words and your signature. Nobody keeps it past the week.
thrown out by Sunday
The gift is about the object
A candle, a voucher, another mug. Thoughtful, briefly, then shelved.
used twice
Writing it yourself is terrifying
You start three times, delete it, and settle for “love you heaps”.
draft 1 of 1
Big feelings arrive at the worst times
Funerals, diagnoses, weddings, goodbyes — exactly when words fail hardest.
nothing feels enough
So we built the one gift that can only be about them.
The solution
Write them a letter. We'll teach it to sing.
You bring the memories, in your own plain words. Our songwriting engine finds the melody hiding in them, and a real production turns it into something they can play on repeat.
What you write
We met on the pitch ten years ago — five-a-side nights we'd never slow. You made me laugh from day one, and you've been my best mate since the game begun.
Then there was the night I was stuck, and you drove four hours through the dark with soup in the passenger seat. You never take life too serious, and now you're turning thirty and you still won't take a compliment.
What they hear
Thirty looks good on you, Leo
Don't ever change, that's my plea
You drove four hours through the night
Brought me soup, showed me right
Interactive preview
Walk through a real one
Leo's song, start to finish — the story that went in, the lyrics that came back for approval, and the track that arrived.
The letter
We met on the pitch ten years ago — five-a-side nights we'd never slow. You made me laugh from day one, and you've been my best mate since the game begun.
Then there was the night I was stuck, and you drove four hours through the dark with soup in the passenger seat. You never take life too serious, and now you're turning thirty and you still won't take a compliment.
What the song knows
Occasion
Birthday
Feel
Playful
Style
Birthday Pop
Voice
male vocals
4 questions answered · about ten minutes
How it works
about ten minutes of your evening
the letter
Your story
the draft
Your lyrics
the gift
Their song
- one,
Tell us about them
Four gentle questions and one box for the memories. Plain words are perfect — no writing skill needed.
about ten minutes
- two,
Read your lyrics
A full lyric draft, built from your story. Change any line, or send it back for another angle.
under a minute
- three,
Approve, then we record
Once you say yes, it is composed and sung in the voice you chose.
3–8 minutes
- four,
Give it to them
A private gift page with their name on it, plus files to download and a link that never expires.
yours to keep
Hear more
The difference a real story makes
Every sample below was generated from a short written story — no studio, no session singers, no retouching.
Mira's First Dance
Rain at the bus stop, you beside me
Talked until the last bus left
You kept me dry under your umbrella
I knew that night you were my answer
What's in the studio
Everything a songwriter would ask you, and nothing they wouldn't
STORY INTAKE
Questions a songwriter would ask
Not a prompt box. Four guided questions and one box for the memories, pulling out the detail only you have — the drive, the nickname, the thing they always say.
LYRIC CONTROL
You approve every line
The full lyric comes back in under a minute, before any music exists. Edit a word, rewrite a verse, or ask for a completely different angle. Nothing is sung until you say yes.
PRODUCTION
24 genres, 16 languages
Plus each language's own styles, from Bollywood playback to fado. Pick the mood, the energy and one of four voice settings, or let the story choose.
THE GIFT PAGE
Their name at the top
A private page with their name, your dedication underneath, the player and the full lyrics — and a link that doesn't expire and needs no login.
KEEPSAKES
The lyrics, on the wall
Wall art in four styles, as vector-text PDFs at A4, A3, 18 × 24 in, plus a PNG. Print at home or send it to a poster service.
DELIVERY
Give it however you like
Send the link straight from your phone's share sheet, message it, or download the file and hand it over yourself.
And what arrives
Everything you get to keep
The song, the artwork and a private page that never expires — everything a gift needs, and nothing to post. When it's time, you slip the gift link inside a real envelope, or send it the moment it lands.
MP3
The song itself
256 kbps, 44.1 kHz. Download it and play it anywhere.
ART
Album artwork
Cover art made for this song, on the page and the prints.
LINK
Private gift page
Unlisted, not indexed, no login, and it doesn't expire.
MP4
Lyric video
The words appear as they're sung, in three styles.
Wall-art print
Vector text, so it stays sharp at poster size.
PNG
Screen version
The same print as an image, for a phone or a quick print.
The song, the artwork and the gift page come with every tier. The lyric video and the prints come with Song + Print and The Works.
why people keep coming back
A gift that keeps working long after the day
01
They hear that you paid attention
The proof is in the details only you could have known — that is what breaks people, not the production.
02
You finally get to say the whole thing
All the words you would never say out loud, carried by a melody so they land softly.
03
It survives the day it was given
A song goes into playlists, speeches, first dances and long drives. A card goes into a drawer.
04
No talent required from you
You do not need to sing, rhyme, or own a guitar. You need one honest memory and ten minutes.
Written for days like these
and for the ordinary Tuesdays too
Birthday
A birthday song they'll replay all year
“Thirty looks good on you, Leo”
from Thirty Candles for Leo
Wedding
A first dance no other couple has
“Whatever the weather, I'm staying”
from Mira's First Dance
Anniversary
An anniversary song about your actual story
“Priya, you're the bravest one I know”
from Ten Years of Paint Colours
Mother's Day
A Mother's Day song about her, specifically
“Rosa, everything good started in your kitchen”
from Rosa's Kitchen Radio
Or start from who they are — songs by relationship.
Honest comparison
Against the other ways to say it
| What you are comparing | LyricsGift | A card or a voucher | Commissioning a songwriter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made from your story | Every line comes from what you wrote | A printed line and your signature | Yes, after a few conversations |
| You approve the words | The whole lyric, before anything is sung | — | Usually, on their schedule |
| Time to delivery | About ten minutes of writing, then 3–8 minutes | Same day, if a shop is open | Weeks, typically |
| What it costs | A$39 once — no subscription | The price of a card | A commission, agreed up front |
| If it misses | Broken or wrong words: free remake, 14 days | — | Whatever you agreed |
| Made by | AI, from your story — said plainly, everywhere | A shop | A person you hire |
Security & privacy
Your story stays your story
You're handing us something private. We treat it that way — no public gallery, no training on your words, and nothing sent to the person you wrote about unless you send it.
delete it yourself, from your account, any time
Never used to train
Your story and your song are not sold, and not used to train AI models.
Private by default
Gift pages are unlisted and carry a noindex, so they don't turn up in search. There is no public gallery.
Delete it yourself
Deleting your account removes your stories, songs and gift pages from the live service at once. Weekly backups roll off within 90 days.
Cards never reach us
When checkout opens, card details will go straight to Stripe — we never see or store them.
The full detail is in the privacy policy.
Questions people ask before they trust us with this
Still unsure? Every question, answered properly — including the ones that make us look worse.
More ways in
some feelings need a melody
Write the letter. We'll teach it to sing.
A$39 per song · you approve the lyrics · most songs ready in 3–8 minutes