Young Writers Society

My favourite sort of songs are ones with cryptic, ambiguous messages. The sort that you listen to over and over to try and figure out the underlying meaning E.g. Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway to Heaven, Empty Walls, Sister Awake, Heaven Coming Down, Hotel California, etc.

I also like songs that are meaningful, even if easy to figure out like Wish You Were Here, Lightning Crashes, Sonnet etc.

My Favourite Bands are The Tea Party, Pink Floyd, The Verve, Fleet Foxes and MGMT. I don't like Heavy Metal, but am open to lighter metal. I also don't like really soft or romantic stuff. Songs that have a buildup are good.

Any suggestions?

If its about trying to find the underlying meaning,try this:

He's everything you want-vertical horizon

Almost an coldplay song.(glass of water,square one,swallowed in the sea,etc)

Excellent metal that you can listen to that has great lyrics would be these three metal bands, in my opinion.

Tool: ok, so maybe they're more of a rock band than anything, but Maynard is quite a good writer. More than satisfactory to listen to.

Isis: More metal than Tool with more screaming vocals, but they're not annoying or distracting, and they sure don't take away anything from the music itself. Lyrics are heavily ambiguous and are a challenge. Check out the album Oceanic, and then Panopticon for these guys.

Rosetta: My personal favorite of these three, Rosetta's lyricist, Michael Armine, is a great writer. A teacher from Philly, too. The lyrics are like Isis in that they're very ambiguous, and all you know is that they're supposedly about a man in space. But you don't know much else besides that, and you're left figuring it all out on your own after that.

If you want any other bands with great lyrics let me know. These were just three off the top of my head.