lyrics

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A punk-vicious “Subdivisions” — “Be cool or be cast out,” go the lyrics — benefited from added grit, while 1984’s “Distant Early Warning” burrowed into nuclear anxiety with unstoppable momentum.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

Its baroque, acoustic sounds of a pastoral countryside in ye olde England mesh disturbingly well with softly sung, darkly opaque lyrics.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

He has also published a book of his lyrics, reissued his post-Beatles singles in a wooden crate, and pushed for the completion and release of the Beatles’ final single, “Now and Then.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

He didn't take much convincing and belted out the lyrics of the Vanilla Ice hit - to the delight of the Gunners fans.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

The musical forms, phrases, harmonies and the poetic structure reveal a great deal of material apart from the content of the lyrics.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin