"My whole life is a dark room...ONE BIG DARK ROOM" - a.f.i.
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Yeah, that's true. I do that sometimes, "imagine a melody in my head when there is none". The reason I brought singing lyrics melodically is because the thread is about lyrics. I'm not saying the vocals have to assume the role of melody in a song either, it could be the harmony or the rhythm. Even though the lyrics can assume other roles, it doesn't have the memorable impact as if it was sung melodically. As a songwritter, a goal I believe is to write a song that is memorable. Your right in music, each element can stand alone. In developmental sections of a song, it's a common procedure to do so, introducing each element seperately/or gradually. A song could even exist without a melody, but for it to be memorable it better have a strong rhythm or harmonic characteristic to it. "We will Rock you" is a good example of one done with rhythm, although it hard not to say the lyric content doesn't also makes it pretty memorable itself.