Mixed and hybrid, song lyrics oscillate between three main poles: poetry, narration and speech. Three different ways of conveying emotions and ideas.
Narrative lyrics, which tell a story, feature one or more plots, more or less complete: at the very least, they represent situations; sometimes, they focus on a character, portraying him or her or making him or her speak.
Hymns or elegies, epics or diatribes, these often dramatic, necessarily dense texts employ numerous narrative effects, such as ellipsis, collage and polyphony.
As lyricists, take a leaf out of the book of the great French songwriters, renowned the world over for the literary quality of their “chansons à texte”.
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