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lyric

[lir-ik] / ˈlɪr ɪk /


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“These Days” comes next in the track listing, with the beautiful lyric: We are young despite the years/ we are old despite the times.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

That prompted the lyric, "She's from Texas, I can tell."

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The singer is already remembering the present before it has ended, the lyric moving backward and forward in time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

I was already writing songs, but when we met, he gave me a lyric and I straightaway put a tune to it, and we didn’t even discuss that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

The tears start rolling down my face faster than I can catch them as I watch his deep-blue eyes, focused on reading every lyric off that crumpled piece of paper.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

His lyrics reference life in parts of the city, avoiding jail and being a product of your environment.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

“Hey Siri, play that song Eric texted me about” prompted the assistant to sift through messages to find the requested track, then play the Bad Bunny song with lyrics highlighted on screen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

“I think that honesty in System of a Down and that honesty in the songwriting and the lyrics and the band still speaks to people,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

He'd initially recorded the lyrics as a guide for Gwangwa - but the musician decided to keep some of them intact "as a gesture of brotherhood".

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

I wrote the lyrics down and memorized them.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez


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