I have always been a fan of the non- explanation. Like a joke if you have to tell someone why it is funny then it did not work.

Every song ever written means, or may mean, something a little different to who ever reads/listens to it. (And sometimes the author doesn't know what he/she meant.)

If you as the writer of the lyric feel the need to go into a long winded, or a short breeze, explanation as to what you meant, and this wasn't accomplished from the first verse and by the chorus then it did not work.

Now there might be a slightly different interpretations from one reader to another and the reader may see something entirely different from what the writer intended but this is ok. Sometimes the message is even hidden by the one who created it.

BUT again, to repeat myself. If you feel the need to explain it then look it over and see if the lyric, whose job it is to explain, did indeed to it. (Even if you think the reader/listener is totally daffed DON'T EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEANT.)

And that is my opinion on the matter.

Great thread.

Douglas

Last edited by Doug Dude; 02/21/09 12:05 AM.
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