i never remember any lyrics from a song, i just hear how beautiful the song is. if i force-focus to focus into the lyrics, the song starts to sound boring ;-;
I was about to comment how relatable this is having ADHD, and then I saw what community this is in. So yeah its very relatable lol.
This might be adjacent to, or part of, auditory processing disorder. I’m ADHD/apd it’s a killer combo.
Sometimes there’s songs with next to no singing and I get this feeling of belonging and sadness, but I love those songs.
This is exactly what I search for in music. It’s this beautiful, lonely, nostalgic place where I can almost reach out and touch a fragile moment I’ve never experienced but somehow always needed. It ever so slightly fills that empty feeling that I’ve already lost everything I love and I’ll never get it back. It’s like a taste of what my life could have been.
A little playlist of one of my favorite artists. No vocals. These songs are ones that ive listened to on repeat for literally weeks at a time
I am love guitar so it may not be for everyone.
Joe Satriani:
Tears in the Rain
Always with me, Always with you
Sleep Walk
I hope you enjoy them, thank you for listening
While I can’t relate to not enjoying lyrics in songs, I have an adjacent perspective. I love listening to each instrument on its own, like focusing on each one, but at the same time. Sounds odd, but it’s like if I close my eyes and let the music wash over me, every piece of the song plays as if individually, yet I can hear them all at once, and it is beautiful. Additionally, I like to think of vocals as their own instrument. Less of a separate thing from the instruments and instead just a different one.
This last one probably stems from my love of metal music, since often screaming and/or yelling is put in there, which means several words in a row that don’t have variations in pitch. It’s almost like “vocal percussion” in that sense.
I am partially deaf so it’s hard for me to hear lyrics, specifically the consanants of words. So I always sink into the song as a whole and vocals are just an instrument to me. When I read what the lyrics actually say I cringe a bit.
