Songs were once full of poetic lyrics lined with meaning and honesty. Todays tunes are catchy but the lyrics that fill the song fall flat. Artist of today make songs that they know will relate to a huge audience, making them money. For example I've heard songs by a married artist, whose lyrics are about living a lonely life as a single mother with six kids. These lyrics will relate to people, but do they hold water?
A lot of lyrics now are only meant to attract an audience, which is depressing because lyrics a long time ago, whether you liked them or not, were honest truths told by songwriters. It wasn't a question of whether there lyrics would gain a huge world wide audience, but more so "These are my honest lyrics about whats going on in my head or in my life right now...like it or not".
Every once in awhile an artist will make songs that are meaningful to them. Songs with lyrics that come straight from the heart of the writer. And I guarantee I'll be listening to them.
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