alt‐J — Lyric Analysis

LyricScope analyzed the lyrics of 44 songs across 4 albums by alt‐J. They use 1,430 unique words out of 3,845 (lexical richness MATTR 0.64), with an average of 87 content words per song. Emotional tone: 80% of songs positive, 0% neutral, 20% negative.

Most used words by alt‐J

1. love (82)
2. man (52)
3. heart (46)
4. make (32)
5. quelea (32)
6. blood (30)
7. please (30)
8. one (28)
9. night (27)
10. flood (26)
11. pool (25)
12. know (24)
13. makes (22)
14. hold (21)
15. hands (21)
16. darker (20)
17. happier (19)
18. say (19)
19. coming (19)
20. left (18)

Signature phrases

• “mind losing mind” (13)
• “losing mind losing” (13)
• “blood heart” (13)
• “make make money” (12)
• “afraid make make” (12)
• “love love please” (12)
• “line night line” (11)
• “night line night” (11)
• “sound sea makes” (11)
• “left hands free” (10)

Colors in the lyrics

• green (17)
• gold (8)
• black (7)
• blue (6)
• red (4)
• white (3)
• yellow (2)
• rose (2)

Albums analyzed

• An Awesome Wave (2012)
• This Is All Yours (2014)
• Relaxer (2017)
• The Dream (2022)