lyric
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Early in her career, Dean would sometimes worry that a lyric might be too personal, only to find that those were the lines that fans would mention when they approached her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
So I was like, “Oh, OK that lyric definitely will make people kind of stop and think.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
“Leap of Faith” has a country-style lyric of struggles to get by in a “gritty old town,” but the sound more closely resembles cheerful “heartland rock.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
There are lyric sheets involved, and some players are laughing as if struggling with a task set by a self-proclaimed comedy best man at a wedding.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
“What else? Homer, surely. And the lyric poets.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Dark as the story is, though, co-writer Joss Holden-Rea’s tunes are stunners with limber melodies and creatively off-kilter lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
That’s the benefit of employing the easiest lyrics in the world to blast an emotional message into the sky.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
The insider further revealed that the lovers spent 20 minutes exchanging their handwritten vows, and that they handed out custom handkerchiefs, embroidered with a “TT” and lyrics from Swift’s 2014 song “Blank Space.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026
Inspired by Talking Heads and Grace Jones, it's a record whose shimmering surfaces disguise lyrics of deep emotional complexity.
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
They would quote the Bible like regular people toss out song lyrics.
From "The Rock and the River" by Kekla Magoon
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