Does anyone actually pay attention to the lyrics?

[GuyIncognito]

I'm just curious how many of you actually pay attention to the lyrics in any of the Opeth songs. And if so, why don't more people like the BWP title track??!?!?!!?!?

 

[KielbasaSausage]

its hard not to pay attention to the lyrics...

and i love BWP. awesome song... first song of theirs i learned on guitar i think.

 

[Aecliptica]

of course

 

[The Invoking]

Yeah I usually do, but for some reason im too much of a lazy bastard to look up the lyrics... i mean it should be easy to go and look at the cd booklet, but unfortunately I've only bought deliverance so far I will buy all the albums when I have money, for sure, but for now I'll have to feel guilty and listen to my burned copies.

 

[Funeral Portrait]

BWP is one of my favorite songs by opeth actually. its one of their few songs that i actually know the lyrics to by heart.

 

[Birgith]

of course. reading opeth lyrics is like a liberation from the pale reality.

 

[TheFourthHorseman]

I read the lyrics to just about every bands songs that I listen to...very important for me. Opeth has great lyrics,for the most part.

 

[opethwundi]

dude of course i pay attention to the opeth lyrics...

because mike is the best song writer in the world...

my fav lyric is to bid you farewell or serenity painted death

 

[Static]

I know msot of Opeth's lyrics, but I do not really know the lyrics to alot of the bands I listen to. I find this kind of unnerving, it's like a whole part of the music that passes me by...really need to get around to reading more lyrics.

 

[Demaniac]

I think lyrics mean more and more to me every day.
Especially Anathema´s...

 

[karelrulez]

I don't really care for lyrics, all the emotion is in the music for me.


Music 80%
Lyrics 20%

 

[The Invoking]

Hey Funeral Portrait, you've reached your 420th post! Congrats! HAR HAR

 

[futile]

With Opeth's lyrics being so damn good.. why wouldnt you ?

 

[Funeral Portrait]

Hey Funeral Portrait, you've reached your 420th post! Congrats! HAR HAR

 

[Super Mahrio]

BWP has some pretty killer lyrics...i usually dont get into lyrics that much because im an advocate for that music is what makes the song....
Opeth's lyrics are for the most part pretty dark and scary....BWP seems to be about something a little less dark and scary and makes more sense....Humanity has gone to the birds....

 

[Id]

I don't pay that much attention to the lyrics, but I like to read them along with the song.

 

[SculptedCold]

lyrics are teh win. it's a shame that Mikael writes Opeth's lyrics the way he does; that is, intent wise. If he put lots of thought into it, it'd be kinda cool cuz then you could dissect them and try to figure out what they truly mean.....if he just wrote random words/topics it'd be cool because then your own interpretation would be left completely open.....but he writes the lyrics with general ideas in mind....and that sort of takes away the fun a little with me....it means you can't interpret your own grand meaning and there isn't all that much to go digging for; ie, the lyrics are mostly just there for being and sounding pretty. Which, to me, is a shame.

But other than that minor quibble, Opeth's lyrics are pretty good. =) Maybe not with Opeth, but I find that understanding how the lyrics are structured and expressed in the song's vocals helps to understand the overall structure of the music. A handy tool for dense death metal.

 

[Scourge of Malice]

i don't really look them up or analyze them but there's many lyrics that stick out to me in songs.. "The rain was waving goodbye.." is one of those lyrics..

 

[MasterOLightning]

BWP has the best lyrics of any Opeth song. Ever.

 

[nataservant]

I don't really care about lyrics, I just like the song in a whole, vocal sound with all the rest of the band, but if I learn the lyrics it's an added bonus.