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Definition of Lyric

Lyric

  1. Alt. of Lyrical
  2. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
  3. A composer of lyric poems.
  4. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
  5. The words of a song.

Lyric Quotations

When I'm stuck for a closing to a lyric, I will drag out my last resort: overwhelming illogic.
David Bowie

The point about melody and beat and lyric is that they exist to engage you in a very particular way. They want to occupy your attention.
Brian Eno

Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.
Bryan Adams

I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny.
Harry Connick, Jr.

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.
Stephen Sondheim
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Lyric Translations

lyric in Afrikaans is teks
lyric in Dutch is tekst
lyric in Finnish is teksti
lyric in French is lyrique, texte
lyric in German is lyrisch
lyric in Italian is lirico
lyric in Norwegian is lyrisk
lyric in Spanish is texto
lyric in Swedish is lyrisk

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