Audio

Generate Lyrics audio

Generate song lyrics from a topic, mood and style.

Category: Music · suno-generate-lyrics

How to use & limits

Generates song lyrics from a topic, mood and style.
Output is text (the lyrics), not audio.
Be specific in prompt about theme, emotional tone and narrative.
Use the generated lyrics in a music generator's custom mode.

Capabilities

What this model supports, straight from the schema — no pricing, no infrastructure detail.

Capability	Value
`music` Music	Yes
`lyrics_only` Lyrics only	Yes
`max_prompt_length` Max prompt length	5000

Parameters

Fields accepted in params (or first-class, where applicable) for POST /generations.

Name	Label	Type	Required	Default	Options	Min / Max	Description
`style`	Style / genre	text	Optional	—	—	—	Optional style/genre to steer the lyrics.
`prompt`	Prompt	textarea	Required	—	—	—	Description of the desired lyrics (theme, mood, story).

Example request

bash

curl -X POST https://caranguejo.art/api/v1/dev/generations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CK" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "model": "suno-generate-lyrics",
  "prompt": "A nostalgic song about reuniting with a childhood friend.",
  "params": {
    "style": "acoustic folk"
  }
}'

javascript

const res = await fetch("https://caranguejo.art/api/v1/dev/generations", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.CK,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "suno-generate-lyrics",
    "prompt": "A nostalgic song about reuniting with a childhood friend.",
    "params": {
      "style": "acoustic folk"
    }
  }),
});
const { data } = await res.json();

Example response

json

{
  "id": "9f0c1a7e-…",
  "object": "generation",
  "model": "suno-generate-lyrics",
  "type": "audio",
  "status": "completed",
  "output": {
    "assets": [
      {
        "url": "https://media.caranguejo.art/outputs/example.mp3",
        "type": "audio"
      }
    ]
  }
}

The job's real cost is returned as credits_charged on the completed response — check GET /balance for the account balance.

Common errors for this job type:

`insufficient_credits`	Account balance can't cover the job cost.
`content_policy_violation`	Prompt or media rejected by content policy.
`generation_timeout`	The job exceeded the maximum processing time.
`rate_limited`	Too many requests per minute.
`invalid_input`	A required parameter is missing or outside the model's schema.
`generation_failed`	Generic processing failure.