You are My Life, a Song for Vocal and Rhythm Section is a song written using popular songwriting techniques. To make the song memorable, the musical theme has been repeated and developed several times into a popular song form. The development of the melody includes changing melodic contour, fragmentation, and the amount of space between each musical phrase. The harmony of the song uses simple chord progressions with many modulations made through the usage of relative major/minor, common tone modulation, common chord modulation, and pivot chord. The popular songwriting techniques used in this song are discussed. The discussion of the lyrics writing techniques such as object writing and making metaphors is also covered.