language is inherently less abstract than music which means that it's difficult for lyrics to live up to the song that contains them...
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Replying to @thesublemon
which is why lyric focused songs work best with unsophisticated music and fancier covers of such songs sound wrong
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Replying to @suchaone @thesublemon
this is also an argument why, in general, abstract lyrics are better than concrete lyrics
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Replying to @VesselOfSpirit @thesublemon
assuming that you want the lyrics to accompany complex music
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Replying to @suchaone @thesublemon
if music is generally more abstract than lyrics, average music should go with above-averagely abstract lyrics
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abstractions are the same for everyone and concretions are different so abstractions resonate more with weird ppl
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(this is an alternative explanation of why i prefer abstract to concrete)
9:49 PM - 1 Aug 2016
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