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Song lyrics - do you understand them?
i am not exceptionally interested in lyrics. the only way i ever am "hooked" by a new song i hear outside my head is by it's melody and rhythmic punctuation.
if i like the music, i will learn how to play it, and when i have played it to my satisfaction, i disband my interest in it.
there are songs i have heard and liked that i can not play to my satisfaction, and for those songs i have a deep respect, and i mostly will listen to the vocal tracks of those songs after a while.
when i understand lyrics, it is nice. it adds an extra dimension to my perception of the song. billy joel's "honesty" is a song i can completely understand the lyrics of.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQ-woRBuZxA[/youtube]
but i am not such a genius as he, and i must follow my own course.