Lyric tattoo ideas

60 photos and flash · 77% Lettering, 18% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Black ink drawing of a howling wolf beneath a curling ribbon banner with hymn lyrics, in a dotwork and lettering style, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Howling wolf with hymn banner design
Black ink line sketch of a man with a quiff and a lightning bolt across his face, with lyrics in handwritten lettering and radiating lines, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Line drawing of a lightning bolt face with lyric
Hand-drawn flash design of a syringe wrapped in grey banners with lyrics, with two purple flowers, in a traditional style.
Syringe with lyric banners and flowers
Hand-drawn black lettering design in a sketchbook reading 'Cause I'm as free as a bird now and this bird you cannot change, with decorative letterforms and shading.
Lettering design with a bird lyric
Black ink handwritten lettering design on a light background reading a short line of lyrics, with the words sleepwalking, night, lost, broken and right emphasised in larger script.
Handwritten lyric lettering design
Black handwritten script lettering on a white background reading Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, with The Beatles written beneath, suitable as a lettering design.
Script quote from The Beatles lyric
Black ink line drawing of a figure seen from behind, with antlers rising through wavy hair inside an oval hatched frame, above the words Sugar we're goin down.
Antlered figure with lyric lettering
Black hand-drawn script lettering of the lyric Whisper words of wisdom, let it be, with The Beatles beneath, drawn as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Whisper words of wisdom lettering
Pencil sketch flash design of a woman with long flowing hair embracing herself, framed by script lettering and floral flourishes, shown without a body placement.
Woman with script lettering design
Pencil sketch of a flaming sun behind a crescent moon, with script lettering across the moon and stars scattered below, drawn as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon with script lyric
Hand-drawn red geometric sigil of an inverted triangle within a circle, with handwritten lyrics above and below, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement visible.
Red inverted triangle sigil with lyric
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with three roses, a vintage microphone, piano keys, a guitar headstock and music staves, in a realistic sepia-toned style.
Roses, microphone and piano keys design
Drawn tattoo design of a shaded rose beside ornate script reading love me, with a line of serif text reading That's all I ask of you, on a white background.
Love me script with shaded rose design
Black handwritten lettering design on a white background reading A teenage vow in a parking lot 'til tonight do us part, in a lettering style with no body placement shown.
Handwritten lettering reading a teenage vow
Black ink drawing of a pair of antlers above a stag-shaped block of handwritten song lyrics on beige paper, a design in lettering style with no body placement shown.
Antlers and handwritten lyrics design
Black and white flash sheet of song lyric lettering designs with small icons such as a heart, planet, wings and arrow, in mixed script and block fonts.
Lyric lettering flash sheet in black
Black ink flash design of a bare tree with a small figure on a swing, birds flying up and away, and curved script reading she said close your eyes, and free your mind, you're free to fly.
Tree, swing and birds with script lyric