The other day, we were  discussing one of the Marathi songs by famous poet-music composer duo. I was so sure about the lyrics were the thing to make that song worth listening to and famous. Whereas others had a view that it’s the tune or music that makes you feel something about the song and obviously you can memorize the song easily.
That thought made me think if I like the music or lyrics of any song. I always appreciate words more than music. I think one may not have a musical ear but one can have a lyrical mind. If we can understand the meaning we can enjoy any poem or song. I wonder, what would have been the way of communication for the prehistoric human being, if they want to talk with each other, I don’t know maybe they may call ‘woohoo’ and the other one will receive the same reply back. But eventually, these human beings learned to speak. They created various symbols, they evolved the languages, phonics; I should say the whole communicating living world. These ‘woohooings’ came into the picture when a human being used his ability to use his brain and speaking skills. He used vocabulary and created something called a meaningful chunk of symbols which gave rise to information or a form of knowledge.
In general, we accept music as part of our daily life, from the birds chirping in the morning to the lullaby at night. But few people must be there who don’t allow their mothers to sing for them. Maybe these little ones grow up and study in their study room with their TV sets turned off and pin-drop silence helping them to concentrate. These people even can code without VLC players, Google music, or any other music player on earth. These people get disturbed even with the whistling cooker at home. Their life becomes miserable due to two naughty little birds chirping at the gallery. They can sue their neighbor for singing some prayer loudly. So each one does not necessarily can interpret the music but can understand literal words with meaning.
We always see the great Indian musicians express their musical notes in layman’s language.  They talk about the passing train or a girl walking down the street and play some notes on musical instruments, then we recognize those ‘qundha quandha’ or ‘pa dh nee saa’. I think the reason is we can correlate the words better than the music. I agree that music can improve weak words, but I don’t know if music or beats can last long with unworthy words. Of course, there are certain songs that are getting popular only with beats but no words and no meaning at all.
Music completes our moments. These are the final touches given to our lives. Words can be used as a weapon but music can never be. But still, we pursue to find the connection between music and us. We say nature has its own music, it shows its existence and we try to recognize those unsaid words. We say the silence speaks and we struggle to reach that speech of silence not only outside but also within. I think the coexistence of words and music helps us to be fit for survival.