Set Up Like A Deck Of Cards

I just heard Arrested Development’s Mr Wendal and realised that the lyric is

Mr Wendal,  a man, a human in flesh

But not by law.

I always thought it was

Mr Wendal, a man, a human in flesh

But not for long,

like Mr Wendal was about to die because he was old and living on the street.

I think I prefer the actual lyric.

The Girl With Colitis Goes By

I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t really care about the lyrics to songs. Don’t get me wrong - I appreciate a well-written song, like I appreciate any piece of good writing, but only when I’m reading the lyrics. When I’m listening to a song, I honestly don’t know or care what people are singing about.

I’ll happily sing along to a song and I’ll probably know the words, but I don’t really know what I’m saying. Everyone’s had that moment of realisation where what they’ve always sung is not actually what was being sung. But I don’t really care.

When I’m listening to a song, the vocals kind of become another instrument that’s being played. It’s just down to how it sounds. What interests me is how the song is sung - the vocalist(s)’s pitch, the way they sing, how they hold notes, spit out syllables, whisper, scream…basically everything but what they’re actually saying.

I’m not apologising for this. If a song is well-written, I’ll appreciate it on paper but, while I’m listening to the song, I don’t really care. I just like (or don’t like) how it sounds.

I might be stating the obvious here, I might be sounding like a muppet, but that’s how it is.

Now, excuse me, while I kiss this guy.