Song lyrics are just ordered words

Aug 12, 2025

I'm in a bar messaging with a friend and shared this song just because the title made sense in the discussion, and I started to read the lyrics. Pretty much any English song, even if I can sing them from memory, I don't know what they are about.

It made sense for things I learned before learning English, but I've just noticed that it's still the same for anything I learned after or recently. I don't even try to translate them, despite being able to do it in real time.

Why is that? Maybe my mind is trying to protect me from some cheesy lyrics? 😄

It makes me think about the things we know without understanding. Probably, many people are doing this with software and code.