lyric
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And if there's one way to get a UK dancefloor going, it's cracking out The Killers' Mr Brightside, and the crowd at the main stage thanked him by chanting back every lyric.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
The 67-year-old described this lyric as a "manifesto" for her new music.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
That lyric is heard over a minor-key piano in “Love Story,” the last track on the first side.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 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 description of Danaë in the wooden chest was the most famous passage of a famous poem by Simonides of Ceos, a great lyric poet who lived in the sixth century.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Poetry: Genres
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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