Originally Posted by: kingdavidI could give a few reasons why lyrics are important,but I'll just give this one:

When I listen to a song, the first thing I take notice of is the guitar. Then the drums and vocals. I care about how the person singing sounds and not too much about how much of great lyricist they are.

I just got EvilLyrics, a lyrics search tool that automatically finds the lyrics to songs that you are playing, so I don't have to bother looking them up so I'll probably be taking notice of lyrics a lot more.


EDIT:
I just saw the lyrics for Cannibal Corpse - I Cum Blood and now wish that I hadn't. It goes into detail about digging up a month old corpse and eatting the intestines of the dead woman from her pussy. Perhaps it's not so great to take notice of the lyrics to certain bands.