I am a big music fan and usually find songs that go along with my mood. In the past few years I have really started paying more attention to the lyrics of the songs I like. I am now finding more lyrics that are like poetry to me.
Artist: Gary Allan
Song: Smoke Rings In The Dark
Album: Smoke Rings In The Dark
Well I won’t make you tell me
What I’ve come to understand
You’re a certain kind of woman and
I’m a different kind of man
I’ve tried to make you love me
You’re tried to find a spark of the flame that burned and
Somehow turned to smoke ring in the dark
The loneliness within me
Takes a heavy toll
‘Cause it burns as slow as whiskey through an empty aching soul and
The night is like a dagger
Long and cold and sharp
As I sit here on the front steps
Blowing smoke rings in the dark
I- I- I know I must be going
‘Cause loves already gone and
All I’m taking with me are the pieces of my heart and
All I’ll leave are smoke rings in the dark
The rain falls where it wants to
Wind blows where it will
Everything on earth goes somewhere
But I swear we’re standin’ still
So I’m not going to wake you
I’ll go easy on your heart
I’ll just touch your face and drift away
Like smoke rings in the dark
I- I- I know I must be going
‘Cause loves already gone and
All I’m taking with me are the pieces of my heart and
All I’ll leave are smoke rings in the dark
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I like this music vs. lyrics argument. I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot. My own personal opinion is that I have to like the ’sound’ of a song initially, otherwise I will not choose to listen to it (i.e. I hear one screamo/emo song and I completely switch off, because the sound of it doesn’t do anything for me). However, saying this, most of the biggest influences upon me as a musician are The Kinks, Morrissey (The Smiths) and Bob Dylan, mainly because of their lyrics. So, in the end, the most influential music for me is music with good songwriting (which I consider to be good melody matched with insightful and meaningful lyrics I can relate to). There’s a lot of inane lyrics in the charts, and though I might like the music of it (i.e. hip hop has an amazing sound, but most of it has rubbish lyrics, though in the “socially conscious” era this was not the case). Anyway, because I cannot relate to the lyrics, I can enjoy listening to some music, but it doesn’t make a lasting impression in the same way that hearing a song with something lyrically inspiring would. In a way, what I’m saying is that good music with ignorable lyrics, in effect, makes the song ignorable to me too. I think it’s something to do with commercialism, since lyrics are downplayed in favour of a sound which appeals to the masses, so in my eyes, that’s why unless it has good lyrics or a meaning it doesn’t merit my attention. But anyway, interesting topic.
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