lyric

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The lyric, "I'll cry my eyes violet", refers to the star's famously entrancing eyes; and the line "what could you possibly get for the girl who has everything" namechecks one of her films.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The dynamic singer delivered every lyric with his whole body as he frenetically tapped the buttons of his brightly colored accordion, doing his best to make the squeezebox sound like an electric guitar.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

The lyric, essentially one long sentence, closes by saying that ignoring problems “is fine if you’re a child or aim to remain as one,” and the track ends the moment he sings the final word.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

“When people go around talking to God, it always ends in tears” is absolutely the most Bono lyric, not taking himself too seriously but also still being completely, 100% sincere.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

Tom did not have his father’s lyric softness or his gay good looks.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck