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When 10th Street Entertainment’s merchandising director Ian Dietrich came across fanmade clothing with the Papa Roach lyric “Cut my life into pieces,” he didn’t try to take the shop down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
At the end, the entire block shouts the only lyric required.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
Three bottles in, Lightbody stumbled on a chord sequence and a lyric: "If I lay here / If I just lay here / Would you lie with me and just breathe in the world?"
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
A much-rumoured Kylie duet doesn't appear on Confessions II, but this would have been the perfect track for it; all brightness and light, with a loved-up lyric about a "movie star with deep blue eyes".
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
The instinct passed through me in the form of a word, a bold lyric, strong, declarative.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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If the lyrics include the word ‘millionaire,’ it is usually in expressing a preference for love.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Or at least it makes enough sense: In Mr. Simon’s own words, the lyrics “would come by you so quickly that all you would get was a feeling.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Her relatable lyrics also brought friends Tara and Emma to the Planetarium for Tuesday's first showing.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
I’m participating in writing lyrics and tracks and toplines.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
My brain won’t drop the pulsing and the flames, so I try to trick it into thinking about something else—song lyrics.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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