Music and Lyrics

I watched a movie today, not the best of the typical Hugh Grant's bumbling-Britishman romantic comedies, but there was something Drew said that was quite insightful...

The gist of it is, Drew, a failed-writer accidentally becoming a songwriter, contradicts Hugh, a failed 80's has-been musician. She believes that music is like the first impression, the physical, the attraction, connection...the sex...whereas Lyrics are like what is underneath that person...the story about them, their character, the history.

"When put together, that's when it is magic."

I have to agree with Drew.

When listening to music, one must pay attention to the lyrics. Otherwise, it is just noise...a facade of the real person. One will never get to know what is really underneath. To listen to the lyrics, really listen, and understand them, while enjoying the music...That is how one would ever get to know another...listen to their words, while the melody serves as the accompaniment in the background. Both are equally important, but only when you are willing to see them as one, that they are powerful.