From tear-jerkers to mic-drops, NPR's music critics share the 2025 lyrics that made them laugh, cry and hit replay.

The lyrics website Genius has released its top 10 lyrics of 2025, based on "annotation views." In other words, people clicking on specific lyrics to understand what they mean or what they refer ...

Finish the lyric sounds easy until the pressure hits. The Sidemen quickly realize memory is not as reliable as expected.

Some of the lyrics on this modern classic were brave, but they helped laid the foundations for what was to come ...