Lyrics are the written words in a song. Lyrics can be written during composition of a song or after the accompanying music is composed. Sometimes, however, music is adapted to or written for a song or poem that has already been written.

From the Greek, a lyric is a song sung with a lyre. Now, it is commonly used to mean a song of no defined length or structure. A lyric poem is one that expresses a subjective, personal point of view.

  I would be the Lyric
  Ever on the lip,
  Rather than the Epic
  Memory lets slip.
    —Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Chinese lyrics (詞) are Chinese poems written in the set metrical and tonal pattern of a particular song.

Related topics

• music
• song
• Wikipedia:Lyrics

External link

• LyricsONE - Organized lyrics archive, also includes search engine
• Song lyrics search engine
• Rare Lyrics
• Lyred: A-Z Lyrics
• iLyric
• GoldLyrics.com Lyrics and album reviews
• A-Z Lyrics Archive
• Lyrics Universe
• Songtext.net Lyrics Archive
• Active Lyrics
• Most Up To Date Lyrics Database