lyric
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As to who Perry is without the pain that shaped so much of her life, a question she poses in a lyric on her new record, she pauses.
From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026
The 67-year-old described this lyric as a "manifesto" for her new music.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
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 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
I am an avid reader of all signs, and I find that in the historical markers the prose of statehood reaches its glorious best, and most lyric.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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