Lyrics and Poetry

Lyrics

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Poetry and lyrics are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Poetry" instead a noun "Lyrics".

Poetry noun - Writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response.

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Lyrics and poetry are semantically related. You can use "Lyrics" instead a noun "Poetry".

Nearby Words: poetic, poem, poet, poetical, poetically

old	old lyrics	old poetry
original	original lyrics	original poetry
real	real lyrics	real poetry
cryptic	cryptic lyrics	cryptic poetry
Other adjectives: bad, dark, humorous, personal, new, early, traditional, worst, spoken, nonsensical, surreal, Latin.

The lyrics are a mishmash of random words found in a book of 19th-century poetry that Jeff Tweedy was looking through as he wrote the song.

Source: Word Salad Lyrics
Word Salad Lyrics: Mike's poetry and lyrics are definitely this.

Source: Music / Eyehategod
He does this intentionally because he doesn't like writing lyrics and doesn't think that lyrics should be read as poetry.

Source: Lyrical Shoehorn

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