Happy World Poetry Day: The most beautiful lyrics of 2016 so far
From Bowie to Chairlift - a brilliant lyric is as powerful as any poem
Tags: Chairlift, The 1975, David Bowie
Today, 21 March 2016, is World Poetry Day. It's an opportunity to recognise an underrated but beautiful art - one to which GCSE English classes often fail to do justice. It's easy to forget though, while we Instagram our favourite Seamus Heaney quote (where to begin?) that song lyrics are poetry too.
Some musicians, in fact, craft such beautiful prose that they'd have almost the same impact without the music. Here's some of the best of the year so far.