Lyrics have to be simple. Not possible to blend long words and sentences with a tune anyone would choose to listen to.
I wonder what the reading level for my favorite band (RUSH) is. Although agreed - the thoughts might be lofty but the words aren’t exactly rocket science.
excerpts from “Natural Science”
When the ebbing tide retreats
Along the rocky shoreline
It leaves a trail of tidal pools
In a short-lived galaxy
Each microcosmic planet
A complete society...
A quantum leap forward
In time and in space
The universe learned to expand
The mess and the magic
Triumphant and tragic
A mechanized world out of hand
Computerized clinic
For superior cynics
Who dance to a synthetic band
In their own image
Their world is fashioned-
No wonder they don’t understand.....
"If there's a bustle in your hedgerow don't be alarmed now. It's just a spring clean for the May Queen."
Nah, no one would want to hear that.