lyrics subforum

[Quixilated]

“I do find it a little concerning that you can tell someone their lyrics aren’t lyrics but you also can’t articulate the rules you are using to make that call.”

Me, too.

I’m telling you, point blank, full stop, I don’t know what lyrics are. Nobody knows what lyrics are. I don’t know how to be clearer on this.

I have no access point, no starting point to even begin the conversation. 

I am flummoxed by this response. If I didn’t have a clear definition of lyrics in my own mind (or even at the very least a vague definition), I would never tell another person to their face that the thing they called lyrics wasn’t lyrics. I would need to have a reason for thinking that, at least one that made sense to me. I know I am more cautious than most, but the audacity here is seriously boggling my mind. Where is the logic in this strategy? To what end is it applied? How is it a helpful critique to tell someone they failed to accomplish the very essence of their goal if you don’t even have a reason to support the claim?  It’s just.  I can’t even.