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A song should stand on its own and on what a singer does with it. It shouldn't need a lot of extra help to be good. When a song has a meaning, a special meaning, it brings a special emotion to the song. If a song is great, you can feel something when you listen to it.
However, that doesn't mean that its meaning is important to the song. Meaningful songs are those that allow people to feel something, even if there isn't a specific message behind the lyrics.
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