Sentence examples for lyric singing from inspiring English sources

It's a wrenching, unadorned ballad about trading stability for risk, and as she moved through the lyric, singing with admirable intensity, she slid more and more off the beat until it wasn't clear if she could hear the music at all.

The production gives a cast that excels in the art of lyric singing — including the soprano Diana Damrau (above), who portrays the Hindu priestess Leïla — the chance to render Bizet's characters in three dimensions.

I finally hit on an explanation: 'wood' sounded statelier and therefore suited a lyric sung by someone outside the action".

To borrow a lyric sung by the manic-depressive Diana, I miss the mountains, I miss the highs.

It began with washes of organ from Smith's keyboard, and a plangent lyric sung by Madley Croft: "I used to escape / into my hiding place.

Its last lyric, sung twice and meaningfully, is "DC 450": the catalog number of the album, released last week on the label Drag City.

He invents lyrics, singing along with the music's spare, otherworldly themes.

Bowie nails the outrageous lyrics, singing the words "pathetic little fat man" as if he were performing a ballad.

Meanwhile, Mr. Corgan has simplified his lyrics, singing about love, fear and hope: "Now and then, I could be a friend," he promises.

Knowles altered the bridge's lyrics, singing: "Oprah, your persuasion can build a nation".

Brandy changed some of the lyrics, singing like having a conversation.