This is considered “deep” and complex lyrics, enough to warrant a full 4 minute breakdown video by Genius (world’s largest lyric site)

Wtf went wrong? Have we just come up with every possible thing to say in music?

>>126985000 (OP)
realistically, we probably have reached a point where 99% of meaningful/deep/cool lyrics have been used already.

whens the last time a song has really shocked you with how good the lyrics are? for me the last time was at least a decade ago (hot n*gga by bobby smurda)

>>126985016
sunday bloody sunday by u2 was the last time lyrics actually spoke to me

>>126985000 (OP)
Genius just puts whatever on there because it's a stupid clickbait channel for niggers. Their goal is to make money, not uphold artistic brilliance

I do not mean this as an insult, truly, but this argument is one of the first ones I can remember seeing on the internet. The internet has just shifted away from being able to show you places where insightful music is still being made because the like 3 companies that run it have disincentivized it

>>126985137
ive seen these kinds of images for the last 20 years online. but the thing is, as time goes on, it actually has become pretty true. just compare the “deep” side of old memes to the ones today. even that doesnt compare

>THE BIG YOUTUBE CHANNEL IS APPEALING TO RETARDS UGH THE WEST HAS FALLEN
You are retarded for giving it your time, and for thinking this was worth our time.

>>126985303
this.
/thread

>>126985303
this. clearly music today has better lyrics than the shit ass 80s music you boomers love

>>126985137
monklike answer. God bless

>>126985016
havent been surprised by lyrics since kanyes last album

>>126985131

It STARTED as a place for lyrics that actually needed deciphering. Like Ghostface or Rakim. But they don't pay the bills. Slopcore, sadly, does.

>>126985016
thanks, Reddit

>>126985000 (OP)
Social engineering.
BlackRock and Vanguard bankroll the music industry, which has been desperate for revenue ever since Napster killed album sales. The same BlackRock and Vanguard who own most of the infrastructure behind the US Prison-Industrial complex, and who had massive contracts with the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan.

There are an infinite number of unexplored lyrical combinations that can carry weight. Poets aren’t complaining that every poem has already been written. The reason why lyrics in today’s popular music are so dumbed down is because it is in the best interest of BlackRock and Vanguard to keep the vocabulary of the average citizen as limited as possible. We can’t think critically without a vocabulary.

>>126985989
You didn't notice anytime before today that bad art is big money?

>>126985000 (OP)
>t hight scghooler
gbplebbit

>>126986339
Or were, but this is 2025 that era of pop is over now.