I like quite a few "song songs" as I call them (the ones with sung lyrics), but I will ALWAYS prefer to listen to an instrumental any day of the week. The lyrics are NEVER -- and I mean NEVER -- the attraction. In some cases, they may be the cherry on top. For example, The Eagles' "Desperado" comes to mind.

My thing is film scores, so obviously, no lyrics there. I prefer to paint the landscape of my imagination with the beauty of the harmonies, to feel the narrative via the melodic lines.

The music itself speaks a language that swells my heart in unbounded ways.

I don't need words for that.