LYRICS


Meaning of LYRICS in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ hip-hop , pop , rap , song

▪ poetic

▪ confessional , heartfelt , insightful , introspective , poignant , thoughtful

▪ clever , witty

▪ cryptic

▪ catchy ( informal ), memorable

▪ explicit

▪ banal , cheesy , inane , nonsensical

▪ homophobic , misogynistic

VERB + LYRICS

▪ compose , pen , write

▪ translate

▪ set

Strauss set several of Mackay's ~ to music.

▪ read

▪ belt out , deliver , scream , sing

▪ mouth

▪ quote , recite

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ about

~ about death and misery

▪ ~ by

a song with ~ by Lorenz Hart

▪ ~ for

the ~ for a new tune

▪ ~ to

He wrote the ~ to our first song.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .