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My intent is not to suggest separating lyrics from songs, but to find songs that aren't so bad in the lyrics department that they make my poetic mind cringe when I focus on them.
I was suggesting that there are a lot of songs out there that have music that glosses over the fact that the lyrics are simply bad.
And if you want to get technical, I consider "song" to be lyrics put to music. A "lyric" itself can mean words for singing in song, or a poem of a particular kind (mainly the kind that is expressive of thoughts and feelings).
In talking about "songs," I'm referring to the musical compositions and recordings where there is a singer featured. This is a traditional view, but it's one that works for me (and others, I hope).
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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