Survey: What is your outlook on music lyrics?

'ello there. Well as I was just searching for "Best Alesana album" on Google, I was brought to a link on Yahoo! Answers talking about some girl wanting to find "emo/depressing/screamo" songs with great lyrics. I saw numerous posts saying stuff like "screamo music doesn't have great lyrics" and stuff just downing that genre of music. I wanted to see how everyone else viewed music genre's and their lyrics.

I, for one, think everyone who said that is completely wrong and either have not listened to enough of that genre of music or can't comprehend the metaphors being stated in each song. Yes, I know there are exceptions where there are no metaphors (ie: Dragonforce... which isn't even metalcore or Cannabis Corpse which I can't wrap my mind around), but for the most part, all my deathcore/metalcore/post-hardcore music is very metaphorical and contains great lyrics.

I'm listening to "Apology" by Alesana right now, and I love the song. It's meaningful. I love lyrics that make you think about the words to understand what they're saying. This is one reason why I don't really like pop, country, and some alternative, because it's all just stated clearly and it all sounds like they're saying the same exact stuff. And I don't like MOST rap because it can all be summed up in a few words. Drinking, drugs, sex, money, power (Again, there are exceptions). Part of artist's genius is finding different ways to say the same stuff. That's why I absolutely love System of a Down. Serj does a great job in finding these metaphors.

/rant

Anyway, before I get carried away, what do you think about this topic?

P.S.-

I understand that there's a difference in the "screamo" genre and these metal genres. I prefer post-hardcore, metalcore, and deathcore. But, I was just saying what others stated and the masses of people who don't listen to this type of music generalize everything with any screaming as "screamo". Again, just saying majorities, not everyone.