lyrics
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thumb|350px|Lyrics in sheet music. This is a [[homorhythmic (i.e., hymn-style) arrangement of a traditional piece entitled "" (the original Latin lyrics to "O Come, All Ye Faithful") in standard two-staff format for mixed voices. ]] Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, as a "librettist". Rap songs and grime contain rap lyrics (often with a variation of rhyming words) that are meant to be spoke
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thumb|350px|Lyrics in sheet music. This is a [[homorhythmic (i.e., hymn-style) arrangement of a traditional piece entitled "" (the original Latin lyrics to "O Come, All Ye Faithful") in standard two-staff format for mixed voices. ]] Lyrics are words that make up a song, usually consisting of verses and choruses. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are, however, usually known as a "libretto" and their writer, as a "librettist". Rap songs and grime contain rap lyrics (often with a variation of rhyming words) that are meant to be spoken rhythmically rather than sung. 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.
==Etymology== right|thumb|175px|A lyre|lyrist on the [[Standard of Ur, BC]]