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Originally Posted by AnotherCat
Whether one likes them or not lyrics are artistic writings and artistic writings of merit are regarded as literature.
But perhaps you disagree and think that artistic writings of merit are not literature, or perhaps that lyrics cannot ever achieve artistic merit, or that lyrics are not artistic at all, or that lyrics are not writings,...?
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I think no such thing. But I do not think song lyrics are literature in the same sense that bodies of fiction or poetry are; if any song lyric writer thinks his or her work is poetry and stand alone without music, then they should publish it as poetry(if they could find a publisher) and see if anybody reads it If they want to create a Nobel Prize for song lyrics, fine. Songs are songs, not literature. I doubt if very many people actually read song lyrics, they listen to the words as they are sung and the music.
Or are you saying that music is literature?