Music Lyrics Soothes the Savage Breast

Songs can be an emotional trigger greater than sight or smell. Because songs are associated with so many different events in our lives, just hearing the opening bars can take us to a place where we were happy or sad, some of the best or worst times in our lives. So many times a music lyric will remind us of someone or something. This is one reason why so many couples have “their song.” It’s something special between those people that keeps them connected even if they are not with each other at the time.

But what do music lyrics mean? Well, that’s one of the great things about song lyrics. They can mean virtually anything to anybody. What lyrics in a song mean can be possibly the most important question when talking about different songs. But it’s a question that has so many possible answers, with none of them being the definitive one. It’s logical to first look at the words and find the meaning that way.

But the problem with that comes when the literal meaning is so different than the meaning the artist actually intended. This is because music, as one of the great arts, relies on being able to take literal meanings and to infuse them with allusion, suggestion, and implied meanings.

One of the best ways to figure out the meaning of a song is to get other people’s reactions to it. Responses and interpretations of songs are available in reviews, newspapers, and online. If the songwriter has provided a meaning for the song this of course, should be taken into careful consideration. However, this does not necessarily mean that this is the absolute meaning of the song.

Because music and songs relate to so many people on so many different levels, the writer of the song could have had something completely different in mind than the audience who hears it. That is one of the beauties of music and one of the magical powers of song.

This does not mean that all interpretations to the song will be true. Some suggested meanings of the songs may contradict the actual literal meaning (meaning the actual words) of the song. They may also be different than the obvious purpose of the performer or the songwriter or they may not correspond to anyone else’s reaction to the same song. In this case, the interpretation probably is not accurate.

It’s important to remember that the interpretation must remain respectful of the songwriter in the first place. While it’s fine to have a different interpretation of the song than the writer did originally, it’s a different matter entirely to twist the song’s meaning so that the interpretation is the only one possible.

Songs are a wonderful release of so many different emotions. The words can soothe us when we are upset, or can elate us to a point of happiness for no particular reason except that we have heard a particular song.

There is a song, and lyrics to go along with it, for almost any occasion and any emotion. This is why music lyrics are the main reason why songs are so popular. Being able to make songs our own and apply them to our own life is truly something truly magical.