lyric

Song lyrics in your terminal via the Genius API.

Usage

Search by song name, artist, parts of lyrics, or a combination.

lyric "bohemian rhapsody"
lyric "queen"
lyric "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"

...or run without any arguments to attempt to fetch lyrics for the currently playing song (spotify + ncspot are currently supported.)

lyric

Install

Install with go:

go install github.com/liamg/lyric/cmd/lyric@latest

...or download the latest binary.

Configuration

You don't need to do any real configuration, but you'll need a Genius account. Lyric will pop your browser open to authenticate with Genius on first use, then you're all set. You'll be prompted again if reauthentication is ever needed.