Music Banter - View Single Post

skiesofganymede · 04-12-2006, 06:09 AM

i'm new to the forum, but thought i'd ask people their opinion on lyrics. I'm totally cryptic alot of the time...and pretty depersonalized. I don't use 'me' and 'I' alot. I mean, its stems from my philosophy on lyrics, that if something's tangible and easily said, there's no point in writing a song about it (for me anyhow), but they can be kind of unintelligible. If you know what they're about I've been told they're good, but then I keep thinking 'if your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt'...maybe they don't speak for themselves.

I was wondering if there are any people who have a similar lyrical style, and how they cope with keeping their lyrics 'grounded' and intelligible without them becoming contrived and cliche?

04-12-2006, 06:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
skiesofganymede Groupie Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 29	forum n00b i'm new to the forum, but thought i'd ask people their opinion on lyrics. I'm totally cryptic alot of the time...and pretty depersonalized. I don't use 'me' and 'I' alot. I mean, its stems from my philosophy on lyrics, that if something's tangible and easily said, there's no point in writing a song about it (for me anyhow), but they can be kind of unintelligible. If you know what they're about I've been told they're good, but then I keep thinking 'if your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt'...maybe they don't speak for themselves. I was wondering if there are any people who have a similar lyrical style, and how they cope with keeping their lyrics 'grounded' and intelligible without them becoming contrived and cliche?