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“These Days” comes next in the track listing, with the beautiful lyric: We are young despite the years/ we are old despite the times.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026
That prompted the lyric, "She's from Texas, I can tell."
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Every now and then a “Trixies” lyric would pop up, and I’d do something for it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Give your brain a workout: What’s an 11-letter “Enya hit with the repeated lyric ‘Sail away, sail away, sail away’ ”?
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
He half sang it, like the song lyric.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
The British singer, 27, composed and co-wrote the lyrics with Bastian Langebæk and Max Wolfgang, according to the song credits on Spotify.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
In one day all items were sold for a combined total of £2.5m, including rare instruments, handwritten lyrics, stage items, and personal memorabilia.
From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026
Mr. Young’s compositions come out ahead, and the band’s sound throughout is compelling, more so than some of the song topics and lyrics.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
In addition to reading some of their text exchanges, she also explained the lyrics line by line from an AI-generated song.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Rabiya and I talked about my lyrics the other day, but I haven’t had a chance to work on them since then.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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