REAL STORIES • ORIGINAL SONGS
Your life already has a song in it.
Real stories turned into original songs — love, loss, family, survival, memories, milestones, and everything in between.
One story. One song. Yours to keep.
About Joshua Cryar
I listen for the truth in the story — and I give it a melody.
I’m Joshua Cryar — captain, songwriter, storyteller, and founder of Life2Lyrics. I’ve spent a lot of my life in places where people don’t always have the words for what they’ve lived through — boats, prisons, storms, rescues, family heartbreak, second chances, and the quiet moments that change everything.
I don’t start with a rhyme scheme or a template. I start with the story. The details. The one sentence nobody else would know to write. The thing that still catches in your throat when you talk about it.
Then I turn that into a song that feels like it belonged to your life all along.
Some stories are painful. Some are beautiful. Some are funny, messy, romantic, grateful, or impossible to explain any other way. They all deserve to sound like themselves.
Joshua has also written original songs for animal-welfare organizations, including the Humane Society, along with other community and cause-based projects.
That’s what I do.
Song Examples
Original songs, built from the inside out.
Three personal story songs from the LIFE2LYRICS Listening Room — made for real people, real loss, and the moments that stay with us.
Hear the Songs →
LISTENING ROOM 01
Custom Commission Title — Coming Soon
Personal story details will be shared here when approved.
How It Works
Tell me the truth. I’ll find the song.
You don’t need perfect words. Bring the names, the moments, the old stories, the rough edges. We’ll start there.
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Tell me your story
Share the people, places, memories, and details that matter.
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I find the heart of it
I listen for the emotional truth and the line only your story could say.
03
I write the song
The story becomes lyrics, melody, and a recording shaped around its soul.
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You receive something uniquely yours
A finished original song made to be kept, shared, and returned to.
WHAT CAN BECOME A SONG
What Can Become a Song
If it mattered enough to remember, it can become a song.
Stories that deserve their own song.
LOVE & FAMILY
Love & Family
Stories about relationships, family bonds, and the people who shaped your life.
MEMORIALS & REMEMBRANCE
Memorials & Remembrance
Songs that preserve the voice, memories, details, and presence of someone you never want forgotten.
PET TRIBUTES
Pet Tributes
Songs honoring the animals who became family and left a permanent place behind.
RECOVERY & REDEMPTION
Recovery & Redemption
Survival, recovery, second chances, rebuilding, and the road forward.
BIRTHDAYS & MILESTONES
Birthdays & Milestones
Birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, new chapters, and moments worth preserving.
FRIENDSHIP
Friendship
The people who stayed, the memories you still laugh about, and friendships that became family.
ADVENTURE & LIFE STORIES
Adventure & Life Stories
Travels, careers, crazy memories, life-changing experiences, and stories too good to disappear.
SECOND CHANCES
Second Chances
Comebacks, reunions, reconciliation, starting over, and finding another way forward.
FUNNY / UNFORGETTABLE MEMORIES
Funny / Unforgettable Memories
The strange, ridiculous, hilarious moments that only the people who lived them would understand.
CAUSES & ORGANIZATIONS
Causes & Organizations
Songs for nonprofits, shelters, awareness campaigns, community groups, and missions that need a story people will remember.
LIFE2LYRICS
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
Kind words from stories entrusted to LIFE2LYRICS.
Stories are being gathered.
Approved testimonials will appear here.
SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCE
A private note, reviewed with care.
Your submission stays private until it is personally reviewed and approved. Nothing is published automatically.
LIFE2LYRICS PRICING
A real story, made into something lasting.
Every song is built from the details that make a life feel like yours.
CUSTOM SONG
Starting at $199
A fully original song built from your real story.
Includes story intake, custom lyrics, song concept, production, and final MP3.
MEMORIAL / TRIBUTE SONG
Starting at $249
For loved ones, pets, family members, and meaningful remembrance.
Built around the real details, memories, and personality that made them yours.
PREMIUM STORY SONG
Starting at $349
For deeper, more complex stories that need more development, additional revisions, or a more detailed production approach.
RUSH DELIVERY +$75
Available when schedule allows.
Every story is different. Final pricing depends on complexity, revisions, and production needs.
Tell Your Story
Let’s make something that sounds like you.
Start wherever you are. A few rough notes, a name, an old photo, a date that still matters — it’s enough to begin.
LIFE2LYRICS
REAL STORIES, WRITTEN IN SONG
Your life already has a song in it.
A small creative service by Joshua Cryar
Inquiries welcome
© 2026 LIFE2LYRICS. Real stories, written in song.