Is Art Limited?

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Lyrics are not part of the music. The melody is.

The dictionary disagrees

1 a : the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession, in combination, and in temporal relationships to produce a composition having unity and continuity b : vocal, instrumental, or mechanical sounds having rhythm, melody, or harmony

I hate to sound like I know more then your dictionary but in this case your dictionary is wrong.

Let me pull from Websters.

1. (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and esp. the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
2. pertaining to or writing lyric poetry: a lyric poet.

The word that means the ordering of tones or sounds is melodious not lyric.

While the meaning of lyrical certainly is pertaining to the use of employing singing there is a clear difference between lyric and melody.

The lyrics are the words/story told in a song. The words don't become music until you employ a melody to those words. Lyrics alone have no musical context.

My Row Row Row Your Boat reference should explain this perfectly.

The US national anthem is another perfect example of this. Please see the attached link.

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