lyric

the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial language"

a short poem of songlike quality

write lyrics for (a song)

expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"

used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"

relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"

of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"