Lyrics (in singular form lyric) are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of expression. The lyricist of traditional musical forms such as Opera is known as a librettist.

Copyright and royalties

See Royalties

Currently, there are many websites featuring song lyrics (e.g. www.lyrics.com). This offering, however, is controversial, since some sites include copyrighted lyrics offered without the holder's permission. The U.S. Music Publishers' Association (MPA), which represents sheet music companies, launched a legal campaign against such websites in December 2005, the MPA's president, Lauren Keiser, said the free lyrics web sites are "completely illegal" and wanted some website operators jailed. Today there are several organizations that operate in the lyric licensing field (e.g. Gracenote™ & LyricFind™ and MusiXmatch™) that can provide legally licensed lyrics, which can be used online with permission from their respected owner publishers.

These are quotations from song lyrics, especially from (but not limited to) musicians who are unlikely to have their own quote articles, sorted by band name and artist last name.

Contents

• 1 Sourced
  • 1.1 0-9
  • 1.2 A-E
  • 1.3 F-J
  • 1.4 K-R
  • 1.5 S-Z
• 2 Unsourced
• 3 External links

Sourced

0-9

• 'Cause now again I've fucked myself So far down, away from the sun That shines into the darkest place
  • 3 Doors Down, "Away From The Sun", Away From The Sun (2002)

A-E

• There was a man, had a face that looked a lot like me, I saw him in the mirror and I followed him in the street, then when he turned away, I shot him in the head, then I came to realise I had killed myself.
  • Audioslave, "Exploder", Audioslave (2002)

• Don't want to learn what I'll need to forget
  • Audioslave, "Doesn't Remind Me" Out of Exile (2005)

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