This may sound a bit weird but...

[Strangelight]

do people actually know what the songs are about? Or is it just melody and rhythym and words to everyone?

 

[without]

I think I know what are they about..
most of time..


even if I don't know..
I give them new meanings

 

[neph]

Originally posted by Strangelight
do people actually know what the songs are about? Or is it just melody and rhythym and words to everyone?

If it was like that, then mankind would be even worse than anticipated.
No, lots of people try to get into the lyrics of a song, though there are also lots of people who don't care about what the lyricist wants to convey.
Though I guess that sometimes it's quite hard to relate to a song because you didn'T experience the same thing as the person who wrote the song, but you can relate to the overall feeling. And very often lyrics simply reflect what you experienced yourself, and it gives you comfort in a way because you know that without talking, there are people out there who just feel the same.
I consider lyrics a great gift, just like good books, because artists give so much of themselves away, they share great parts of themselves with you, they allow you to have an insight into their soul. To me that's something very precious.

 

[Strangelight]

Originally posted by neph
If it was like that, then mankind would be even worse than anticipated.
No, lots of people try to get into the lyrics of a song, though there are also lots of people who don't care about what the lyricist wants to convey.
Though I guess that sometimes it's quite hard to relate to a song because you didn'T experience the same thing as the person who wrote the song, but you can relate to the overall feeling. And very often lyrics simply reflect what you experienced yourself, and it gives you comfort in a way because you know that without talking, there are people out there who just feel the same.
I consider lyrics a great gift, just like good books, because artists give so much of themselves away, they share great parts of themselves with you, they allow you to have an insight into their soul. To me that's something very precious.

Nice one. You've started restoring my faith

 

[Morpheus]

Originally posted by neph
If it was like that, then mankind would be even worse than anticipated.
No, lots of people try to get into the lyrics of a song, though there are also lots of people who don't care about what the lyricist wants to convey.
Though I guess that sometimes it's quite hard to relate to a song because you didn'T experience the same thing as the person who wrote the song, but you can relate to the overall feeling. And very often lyrics simply reflect what you experienced yourself, and it gives you comfort in a way because you know that without talking, there are people out there who just feel the same.
I consider lyrics a great gift, just like good books, because artists give so much of themselves away, they share great parts of themselves with you, they allow you to have an insight into their soul. To me that's something very precious.

completely agree!!! Lyrics are very important for the entirety of a song, they flow together with the music and give the listener (some of them) the chance to look deeper into the soul of the writer, as neph already said, but it also gives the chance to pefceive own feelings in a different way, maybe to clear up things, which they thought they could not express, but now have a way. Many people do not have the abillity to write down what they think or reproduce their feelings and therefore maybe feel lighter, and the lyricist together with the music gives those people a chance to express themselves a bit better.
I think that lyrics are very important and should not be missing.

that is my opinion, and fortunately others think that too!

Cheers and a peaceful night to all!

 

[cedarbreed]

I think if you don't always get the exact meaning of the lyrics you can always relate them to yourself one way or another.
If you ask anathema and antimatter fans, I'm sure any of them will say the lyrics remind them of their own life or their own vision of the world ... And I'm sure that's what makes Anathema and Antimatter so special to their fans. Special and unique .
True ?

 

[without]

Originally posted by cedarbreed
I think if you don't always get the exact meaning of the lyrics you can always relate them to yourself one way or another.
If you ask anathema and antimatter fans, I'm sure any of them will say the lyrics remind them of their own life or their own vision of the world ... And I'm sure that's what makes Anathema and Antimatter so special to their fans. Special and unique .
True ?

yes
true

 

[Ivo]

Originally posted by cedarbreed
...I'm sure any of them will say the lyrics remind them of their own life or their own vision of the world ... And I'm sure that's what makes Anathema and Antimatter so special to their fans. Special and unique .
True ?

Very true indeed.
There's something else Dunc, it never happen before with other bands, but after I had all the albums of Anathema, starting with "Eternity" it took me 2-3 listens to know ALL the lyrics and to sing them along with the music, which speaks very good for them... only with AFDTE it didn't happen to all songs...
If we speak about your lyrics, I won't repeat myself - you're the best!! and Alternative 4 has the greatest lyrics(yours)!!

 

[sol83]

All the kidz have a point. It's just that the listener cannot feel the same amount of emotions the writer feels about a song. He didn't write it. It's someone else's work and therefore it's more difficult to accept it sometimes. For example, I love A4's lyrics and the whole feeling of the album is so intense and it reaches me way deep but I don't think I can ever have such strong emotions like you or danny had when you wrote the album. It's something like your baby. No one else can love your child the way you do. It's your very own creation. Anyway... that's what I think about this.

 

[moody]

Originally posted by Ivo
Very true indeed.
There's something else Dunc, it never happen before with other bands,

yeah, with anathema it was like never before.

 

[pagan2002]

to me lyrics are completely integral to the songs and i always try to get into what a song is truly about. its the same when writing...lyrics are vitally important to me..thats why i got into duncs stuff so much and learned a few things as well..same with roger waters, the beatles, etc etc..

 

[Crack Hitler]

I agree to everything above, but still even great lyrics can't save a shitty song, you know? And, ofcourse really bad lyrics might turn a good song into a pile of sh*t... To me, good music comes first, and after that I try to ge to the lyrics.

 

[Bastet]

I think there's only one person who knows what a song is really about and that's the one who wrote it

I can try to discoverthe feelings behind the words, I can figure out different interpretations, but as I don't know you and can't look inside your head, how can I ever know ...

btw I wonder what "going nowhere" is about
... awkward song...

 

[moody]

Originally posted by neph
Though I guess that sometimes it's quite hard to relate to a song because you didn'T experience the same thing as the person who wrote the song, but you can relate to the overall feeling.

why do people always need to relate their life to lyrics? that's how you get cheesy etc i think, by trying to relate lyrics to your life. lyrics are always an artistic way to express life i think, and i think too people should stop trying to see their life as a song. that'd spare us loads of cheesy headaches.

still, i can understand you agree with the point that some lyrics express, but people should learn to make a difference between art and real life.

 

[faust]

You can`t feel what artist feel, but if it is realy realy good artist lyrics become "your" lyrics, just like you wrote this. Even if your opinion don`t match to artist`s opinion it`s no matter. Now it`s yours, it`s your life,it`s your feelings
And fuck it all...

 

[Sopel]

Originally posted by Strangelight
do people actually know what the songs are about? Or is it just melody and rhythym and words to everyone?

most songs have my own interpretation. but this way i rather don't know what songwriter meant when he was writing a song. but i often think what is a song about. i bend its message and try to find connections with my life experiences. in a sense i identify with song's message. and it's more than 'just' listening. i feel it.

 

[Mariner]

Hmmmm, well I have to say lyrics are not very important to me... the music counts! Of course I like some lyrics, but it's not that I listen to the lyrics from each song I hear... But I know the lyrics (or pieces) from my favourites anyway... You can write some bad lines on a asskicking song, and it still will be asskicking, No?!

 

[Forlorn Hope]

Originally posted by Mariner
Hmmmm, well I have to say lyrics are not very important to me... the music counts! Of course I like some lyrics, but it's not that I listen to the lyrics from each song I hear... But I know the lyrics (or pieces) from my favourites anyway... You can write some bad lines on a asskicking song, and it still will be asskicking, No?!

That explains why you like Slipknot!

 

[moody]

Originally posted by Sopel
i bend its message and try to find connections with my life experiences.

but why?

 

[pagan2002]

Originally posted by Sopel
most songs have my own interpretation. but this way i rather don't know what songwriter meant when he was writing a song. but i often think what is a song about. i bend its message and try to find connections with my life experiences. in a sense i identify with song's message. and it's more than 'just' listening. i feel it.

yes