Swift composition (5)

I believe the answer is:

lyric

(Other definitions for lyric that I've seen before include "Words to a song" , "part of song" , "Poetic lines" , "Melodic" , "Short poem of songlike quality" .)

I've seen this clue in the New York Times and the LA Times.

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