Lyrics


Lyrics are words that work up the song, ordinarily consisting of verses in addition to choruses. the writer of lyrics is a lyricist. The words to an extended musical composition such(a) as an opera are, however, commonly known as a "libretto" as living as their writer, as a "librettist". The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such(a) cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, together with symmetry of expression. Rappers can also shit lyrics often with a variation of rhyming words that are meant to be spoken rhythmically rather than sung.

Shifter


In the lyrics of popular music a "shifter" is a word, often a pronoun, "where mention varies according to who is speaking, when and where", such(a) as "I", "you", "my", "our". For example, who is the "my" of "My Generation"?