You do not have to understand/know/think about music lyrics at all to love a song. The same way that people go about their lives and never notice or think about how a car actually works or how… etc. you get the point. This is not a “gotcha”.
When I was a small child I realized that I couldn’t pick out the lyrics in songs the way my peers did. 50-years later, never got better. Lyrics often pass me by entirely.
Sometimes I suddenly notice what is being “said” in some part of a song after 20 years of listening to it. It does not make the song better, usually even worse.
Yeah, me too… but it sure is fun reading the lyrics of songs I loved back in the day and realising there’s a lot more to them than I assumed back then.
As a general rule (assuming they’re not e.g. autistic in the “difficulty processing speech” kind of way), native english speakers are expected to at least notice the lyrics of an english-language song they like. Honestly haven’t listened to a lot of NIN music, but IIRC they vocals are usually fairly clear and if they’re often the way OP is quoting, you definitely look like an idiot if you’re completely ideologically opposed to a band like that and still say that you’re a fan.
You do not have to understand/know/think about music lyrics at all to love a song. The same way that people go about their lives and never notice or think about how a car actually works or how… etc. you get the point. This is not a “gotcha”.
When I was a small child I realized that I couldn’t pick out the lyrics in songs the way my peers did. 50-years later, never got better. Lyrics often pass me by entirely.
Sometimes I suddenly notice what is being “said” in some part of a song after 20 years of listening to it. It does not make the song better, usually even worse.
Yeah, me too… but it sure is fun reading the lyrics of songs I loved back in the day and realising there’s a lot more to them than I assumed back then.
https://youtu.be/3RcrRRlKTUM
As a general rule (assuming they’re not e.g. autistic in the “difficulty processing speech” kind of way), native english speakers are expected to at least notice the lyrics of an english-language song they like. Honestly haven’t listened to a lot of NIN music, but IIRC they vocals are usually fairly clear and if they’re often the way OP is quoting, you definitely look like an idiot if you’re completely ideologically opposed to a band like that and still say that you’re a fan.