Yes, a lot of people dismiss his lyrics as pretentious nonsense, and they are a little difficult to defend, especially after JA admitted that he chose words for their sound, not their meaning. But yeah, he comes up with some great unusual combinations of words, and in the end I think they add to the music's longevity, simply because you'll never really understand what the songs are about.
"How can the wind with its arms all around me?" "Move over glory to sons of old fighters past" Great stuff!
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