post twenty.

I think lyrics are the most important thing in a song to me. I've mentioned it before in old posts, but lyrics really do make or break a song for me. The lyrics are like an ice cream sundae while the melody is just the sprinkles on top. If a song is "catchy", it's because people are hearing the melody. One of the catchiest songs out there is Call Me Maybe, in my opinion, because the melody is bouncy. But the lyrics are this: "Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number, so call me maybe." Those aren't very deep lyrics, so while this is called a good song by people, it really isn't. Just because a song is catchy doesn't mean it's good, in my opinion. The plague was catchy, but that didn't exactly make it a good thing.
Songs are written, most of the time, from the heart of the author, they want you to feel what they're feeling, they want their songs to connect to you emotionally. (Usually). I mean, I'd rather listen to Within You Without You by the Beatles than listen to Love Me Do, purely because Love Me Do literally has 17 different words, while Within You Without You probably has some of the most meaningful lyrics I've ever heard.
I think that's why Little Things by One Direction, a song that I mentioned in an earlier post, spoke to me so much. It's like the writer (Ed Sheeran) looked into my brain and picked out what I was thinking and made it into a song, and that's why it connected to me so much. Songs are about relatability and content, and I think a good melody is only an extra added bonus.