> I'll admit the lyrics are not always the first thing I notice and sometimes I'll be listening to a song regularly for months or even years before I notice words that flip the meaning of the song in its head

So you've found yourself ignoring the lyrics of a song for years on end, but "lyric ambivalence is a terrible way to engage with music" and "weak lyrics almost always belie a weak song." Noted.

> Additionally being raised on classical music is not necessarily a good way to be raised on music as it's a very limited genre that has not progressed for 200 years.

I never said it was a good way to be raised on music--it was for context regarding a different perspective. But, I'll definitely keep that in mind from the "I listen to weak music in a terrible way for years on end" guy. And yes, classical not progressing for over a century is... kinda how it works, yes. I fail to see the relevance.