Music vs Lyrics

Ravan has tagged. I'll take it. Music vs lyrics. Interesting topic.
I dont know actually. I seem to be the 'music' kind of guy too. Music is what comes to the ears first. In fact, for me, its difficult to make out the lyrics at all, when I hear the song for the first time !!! This is either due to the unclear pronounciation, or because I am unfamiliar with the way singers fit the words into the groove of the tune, so that its sometimes difficult to make out the lyrics. I know nothing about rock music lyrics.....I dont like to hear much of rock.
But there are some old hindi songs of which, I love the lyrics. But, I tend to appreciate the lyrics, when I am in a mood to do so. I appreciate the lyrics and then appreciate the lyricist and his poetic abilities. In general I do a lot of easy listening, and hence I would agree that while music is universal, lyrics have a barrier of language and comprehensibility. Why, I even love some bengali and goan tracks too, even though I dont know bengali or goan !!!