lyrics is vs lyrics are

Some examples from the web:

• Personally, I think the problem with my lyrics is your music.
• The time between those two lyrics is 14 seconds.
• Writing lyrics is easy.
• Writing lyrics is easy.
• My favorite lyric is this one:
• Ted, your lyric baritone is outstanding.
• The lyric is "If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with."
• This is the Lyric King 9000.
• It would destroy his confidence and he's a little shaky on the lyrics as it is.
• And inside he's written out the entire lyrics of "Love Is A Losing Game" by Amy Winehouse.
• But as far as beats and lyrics go, Biggie is the bomb.
• Supports the two standards to introduce lyrics in midi files, that is, lyrics or text events (and guess which one a song uses automatically).
• Quite complex lyrics, and the lyrics were quite important.
• Those notations - they're song lyrics.
• Those notations, they're song lyrics.
• I need my runaway sleigh lyrics.
• J-J-Stryke's lyrics were mostly inspirational.
• I always enjoyed lyrics, words, stories.
• Check the lyrics, check the lyrics.
• The Add button opens (in an external browser) the Add Lyrics page on the lyrics website, depending on which script you run.

Some examples from the web:

• The lyrics are from Matsumoto Takashi.
• Peter, these lyrics are filthy.
• Darnell, these lyrics are so beautiful and moving.
• These new lyrics are really explicit.
• Your own lyrics are even more inciting than the ones that you're defending.
• The lyrics are weird, man.
• Darnell, these lyrics are so beautiful and moving.
• Even though the lyrics are pretty dark if you look at them closely, nonetheless, it's such a...
• It's overly produced, the lyrics are completely banal. I mean, Facebook even has a group called I Want To Kill Tyler Martin.
• His lyrics are so real, you know?
• It's so upbeat, but the lyrics are so dark.
• Your lyrics are a bit weird, Neil.
• Your lyrics are brilliant.
• The lyrics are great.
• The lyrics are half finished.
• His lyrics are so honest.
• The lyrics are very simple.
• Pagansymbols adorning album covers... from bands like Mayhem, Hades and Darkthrone... their lyrics are difficult to discern, but contain negative messages.
• Lyrics are little different.
• You know, some of those lyrics are Shakespeare's.