I write some songs that are pretty concerte, but seem to write more that are vague/meaphorical/downright convoluted.

Sometimes I don't know what I'm writing about, but it evokes a feeling. And the bottom line is, that is what art is SUPPOSED to do: evoke a feeling.

Does it matter if you can tell exactly what the writer is getting at? No. Not to me. All that matters is that I feel something.

It's a song, not a short story (although it CAN be both). You have the sound of the music and the SOUND of the words that can evoke something in you.

I think people tend to get down on one style or the other because they aren't good at it or just don't "get" it.

I am not the greatest story song writer, but I can appreciate the great ones.

But I like when there is room for each listener to get something of THEIR OWN from my songs. Where I, as the writer am not telling the listener what to think/feel, but just letting them react.

I think the (receptive) listener gets a whole lot more out of a song like that... make it a part of themselves.

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