Music Vs. Lyrics And Beyond That

I was listening to Peyton's podcast (Peyton Sawyer from One Tree Hill, played by Hilarie Burton) and she was talking about the fact that there are 2 types of people: music people and lyrics people. She says that lyrics people tend to be analytical - trying to find the true hidden meaning of every single line of the songs, while music people only care about the beat.

So I was thinking... I had my 'I'm a lyrics person.' period and I also had my 'I'm all about the music.' days. But I guess I mostly care about the lyrics, since I tend to interpret everything and see things that aren't even there. Plus that I dance like a drunk sheep, so... the pure beat isn't exactly what touches me. I mean, yeah, I have my 'close your eyes and let the sound flow all around you and dream and dream and dream or just do nothing at all' moments, but those are rare. And even then, I usually feel like hearing some lyrics in the background, just so I can think of something random or maybe just focus on the lyrics without choosing a particular subject to focus on.

Peyton said that maybe sometimes it's easier to be a music person, 'cause you always take things slow, you're down to earth, you won't try to find a completely different meaning to everything and you don't risk to lose yourself into the darkness that often. (OK, Peyton only said that sometimes it seems easier to be a music person. The rest is on me.)

Also, I googled the whole music versus lyrics thing (isn't versus kind of a rigid term?) and I realized that I am just one of the many people who ask what's more important: music or lyrics? But I guess when I started writing this post I wasn't exactly thinking of this question in particular. I guess I had in mind something beyond that. I was wondering what's the relationship between music/lyrics and brain/heart. Is it like... If I like the lyrics in a song, it means that I am most probably a rational person, who always listens to her brain and never does reckless things? And if I happen to like the sound rather than the lyrics, it's my heart that's doing all the talking for me?

Because, honestly, I find this so terribly wrong. I mean, I am totally a lyrics person 99% of the time and I am the most incredibly reckless and heart-led person you'll ever meet. And what's with the whole 'the sound touches your heart' thing? 'Cause as far as I can see this, the sound will most probably make you move, have different reactions and sensations. And once again, as far as I know, mechanical reactions and physical sensations are controlled by our brain, not by our heart. And please, do not come up with the example about those feeling that come from the bottom of our hearts and make us cry or laugh or kill ourselves. You know very well that I'm talking about a completely different thing in here, so don't try to be a smart ass.

*pauses*

You know what I realized while writing all these things? That nothing makes any sense at all, if you stop and analyze it. I mean, look at what I just wrote. That I am talking about something different. But, come to think of it, I am not talking about such different things at all. And still, both of the arguments make perfect sense, don't they?

So maybe.. Maybe some things are simply pointless and stupid and pure non-senses. Or maybe they have more than one meaning and they make more sense than so many things in this whole world. Which sounds more likely. I mean, think of it for a second. And yes, I know that I use the 'think of it' phrase a lot, but... I am really hoping that someone will someday make all these things clear for me. So as I was saying, we tend to schematize and put everything under precise labels and sometimes we simply forget that there are thing which simply can't be labeled. Like music.

Music simply is. Music, be it music with lyrics or pure beat, is simply music. And it makes you cry, die, laugh, smile, write, sleep, dance, think, miss, play, compose, eat, draw, sew, talk, sing, paint your walls or hug some random stranger. Do you agree? Now look at all the actions I just wrote. At least half of them are totally analytical actions, while the other half is pure creation. But for all those actions, you need passion and you need conscious willing actions. Actions controlled by your head. So why on earth should we struggle to find any correspondence between music, lyrics and human elements (be them physical or not), when it all turns out to be a mix containing a little bit of everything?

As for the question I asked in the beginning of all this rambling, I am most definitely a lyrics person. First of all because I am a writer. So I appreciate words rather than any other aspect. And secondly because I am a full-time dreamer. And lyrics always make me dream. Of nothing in particular.

So how about you, strangers? Are you most likely to think of yourselves as music people or lyrics people?

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P.S. I was also thinking of starting my own podcast, but I quickly gave up the idea, 'cause I'd probably be terrible at it. *laughs* No, wait, I am actually sure about the terrible part.

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Today I learnt the concept of non-sense. And you know what? There's nothing in this world that makes more sense than a total non-sense.

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Listening to: Bethany Joy Lenz - If You're Missing

Reading: Love The One You're With

Watching: Happy Tree Friends - Candy Eye

Playing: Cook

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Don’t it get lonely out there, little darling

Well come on home

I’ll be here with open arms

To hold you

When you arrive

I’ll be here with open arms

To show you

Where you belong

If you’re missing come on home.

(Bethany Joy Lenz - If You're Missing)

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