核心畫面

One way to hold lyrically is to picture a song split in two: on one side the tune, on the other side the words being sung. The word always has its hand on the words side. From there it does two jobs — it can mean 'I am talking about that side', or it can mean 'this is as beautiful as that side is when it is done well'.

「lyrically」可以想成把一首歌剖成兩半:一半是旋律,一半是被唱出來的字。這個字的手,永遠放在「字」那一半上。更多收起「lyrically」可以想成把一首歌剖成兩半:一半是旋律,一半是被唱出來的字。這個字的手,永遠放在「字」那一半上。從這裡它分出兩件事:一是「我現在只談這一半」,二是「這東西美得像唱出來的那一半」。兩個意思看起來差很多,其實站在同一個位置上。

From the word’s history

The adverb is lyrical plus -ly, so it inherits whatever lyrical already carried: belonging to song.

這個副詞是 lyrical 加上 -ly,所以它直接繼承 lyrical 原本就帶的東西——「跟歌有關」。兩個用法會分岔,是因為「跟歌有關」本來就可以指歌的字,也可以指歌的那種美。

Wiktionary (kaikki extract), entry 'lyrically': 'From lyrical + -ly.', source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1184785425:3006

Two branches

只談歌詞這一半

核心畫面的直接用法:手指著「字」那一半,說接下來只談它。

r · C1

Used to show that you are talking about the words of a song, and not about the music, the singing or anything else about it.

歌詞上

像歌一樣美

不再指著歌的哪一半,而是把「歌唱起來的那種美」借去形容別的東西。

r · C1

In a way that is beautiful and song-like: writing, speaking or playing so that the words or sounds flow and please the ear.

優美地