lyric

(lĭrˈĭk)

1. a. Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style or form.
   b. Relating to or constituting a poem in this category, such as a sonnet or an ode.
   c. Of or relating to a writer of poems in this category.
2. Lyrical.
3. Music
   a. Having a singing voice of light volume and modest range.
   b. Of, relating to, or being musical drama, especially opera: the lyric stage.
   c. Having a pleasing succession of sounds; melodious.
   d. Of or relating to the lyre or harp.
   e. Appropriate for accompaniment by the lyre.

1. A lyric poem.
2. Music The words of a song. Often used in the plural.