Lyric tattoo ideas

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

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Black handwritten script lyric tattoo across the forearm, reading all alone just the beat inside my soul and take me home where my dreams are made of gold.
Song lyric script on a forearm
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
Watercolour-style tattoo on the side of the ribs showing a red flower, black brush strokes and a line of printed lyrics on a grey shaded background.
Red flower and lyrics on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo on the thigh of Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, with a red smiley face and the words We Can Live Like Jack & Sally.
Jack and Sally with a red smiley face
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
Black and grey tattoo of a treble clef with the script words "I hope you dance" beside it, shown on skin in a lettering-led style.
Treble clef with "I hope you dance" script
Colour tattoo on the side ribs of a West Virginia state outline containing an arched bridge, green hills and a river, with script lettering beside it.
West Virginia state outline with bridge on ribs
Black script lettering tattooed along a thigh, reading a four-line quote in a fine line style, with denim shorts rolled at the top of the frame.
Script lyric quote along a thigh
Black lettering tattoo of song lyrics with small music notes running down a lower leg, in a lettering style and placed on the calf.
Song lyrics tattoo on a lower leg
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
Black and grey typewriter-style lyric tattoo across the upper back of a woman with sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter lyric text across a woman's back
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
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a forearm showing a figure seen from behind, framed by banners with lyrics reading Cast your stones and You don't make me who I am.
Figure and lyric banners on a forearm
Black lettering tattoo on a forearm, with song lyrics set in a looping, ribbon-like shape across the inner wrist and arm.
Lyric loop tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on the back of a screaming woman with birds breaking into flight, with handwritten lyrics running down the left side.
Screaming woman and birds on back
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
Fine line script tattoo reading "you are my sunshine" across the top of a foot.
"You are my sunshine" script on a foot
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 and grey realism tattoo on a back showing a screaming woman whose hair breaks into flying birds, with handwritten script lyrics beside her and a tribal ornament at the top left.
Screaming woman with birds and handwritten lyrics on back
Black script lettering forms a treble clef spiral across the ribs, with the word love in red.
Lyric treble clef across the ribs
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing two cartoon figures, one in a dark cloak and one in a cap, inside a vine wreath with the words Ain't that just the way.
Cartoon pair and lettering on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of an acoustic guitar wrapped in a script banner, with two red roses, on the forearm.
Guitar, roses and lyric banner on a forearm
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
Black script lettering reading Take this to your grave and i'll take it to mine, with an orange star and a yellow crescent moon with an orange star, on a shoulder.
Lyric script with stars and moon on shoulder
Black and grey fine line tattoo of vertical lettering running down a calf, with a small line drawing of a reclining figure across the top of the foot.
Vertical text and reclining figure on leg
Before and after photos of a forearm lettering cover-up: black script lyrics on the left, and on the right a coloured tattoo of lined notebook paper showing the corrected wording.
Lettering cover-up and fix-up on a forearm
Black hand-drawn lettering tattooed across a person's back, reading a song lyric over several lines, shown in a lettering style.
Lyric lettering across a back
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
Side ribs tattoo of a red poppy with black brushstroke swooshes and a printed lyric quote shaded in grey.
Red poppy and lyric quote on the ribs
Black ink lettering on a forearm in a typewriter-style font, reading so please forgive what i have done, no you can't stay mad at the setting sun.
Four lines of text on a forearm
Close-up photo of a yellow heart with a red outline and black handwritten script reading 'because you're mine I walk the line' on skin.
Yellow heart with script lyric tattoo
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
Black handwritten lettering tattoo across a person's upper back reading I'll be stuck fixated on one star when the world is crashing down.
Handwritten lyric lettering on upper back
Black cursive lettering of a poem runs down the back of a neck in a lettering tattoo, photographed from behind.
Script lyrics down the back of the neck
Black fine line script quote with a ship wheel and anchor tattooed on the side of a person's ribs.
Quote with ship wheel and anchor on ribs
Black and grey serif lettering of a song lyric across the side of the torso above denim jeans, a lettering tattoo.
Song lyric lettering across the side
Black script tattoo reading Because you're mine with a flourish on the forearm, and a black banner reading I walk the line on the arm below.
Script quote and banner on forearm
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
Black typewriter-style lettering reading love will tear us apart runs along the ribs beneath a black top.
Lyric quote along the ribs
Fine line lettering tattoo shaped like an infinity loop, written in dark ink across the outer thigh of a person wearing a striped dress.
Lyric loop tattoo on a thigh
Fine line black tattoo of an open mouth with dripping lower lip and the words What's love got to do with it? inside, on the upper arm.
Open mouth with text on upper arm
Black script lettering tattoo across the upper chest, with a looping flourish on the capital letter, shown in close view beside a silver chain.
Script lyric tattoo across a chest
Black lettering tattoo reading "You'll never walk alone" running along a shoulder, in a lettering style.
Lyric lettering along the shoulder
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 script tattoo of the lyrics The girl was Bad and The girl was dangerous, with music notes and a red Bad accent, across the top of a foot.
Lyric script and music notes on a foot