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lyric

[lir-ik] / ˈlɪr ɪk /


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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

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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