lyric
adjective
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expressing deep emotion“the dancer's lyrical performance”lyrical
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used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range“a lyric soprano”
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of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)“lyric poetry”
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relating to or being musical drama“the lyric stage”
noun
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a short poem of songlike qualitylyric poem
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the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number“Our compositions always started with the lyrics.”languagewords
verb
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write lyrics for (a song)