lyrics question

[rayheinrich]

I've been spending 10–15 hours a week revising my lyrics primer, and here's a piece of what's likely to be absolute crap that I'd like to include. It seems right to me, but I think I'm not being objective. 

It's this:

There are only four kinds of songs:

(1) identity formation and assertion songs (I'm X; lots of rap, for instance),
(2) maintaining balance songs (to keep thing X, thing Y needs to be dialed back; Missing the War, Ben Folds), 
(3) aggressive idiosyncratic pursuit songs (I'm going all in; New York, New York); 
(4) idiosyncratic unhealthy pursuit songs/Faustian bargain songs (a personal strength/asset becomes a weakness/liability; Billy Joel's Piano Man), and 
(5) the rest are "merely atmospheric" songs (tone lyrics; Beck's "Loser").

The question is, is this an exhaustive list? If you think it isn't, please point me to an exception, if you can think of one. 

1. You list 5 not 4, and the 5th is very close to being a catch-all:
"There are only three colors: 'red', 'green', and 'other'.

2. The attributes that define the categories are inconsistent:
"There are only three colors: 'red', 'green', and 'bright'.

3. The categories are ambiguous, they depend too heavily on subjective interpretation;
"There are only three colors: 'kind of redish', 'sort of greenish', and 'somewhat otherish'.

4. The categories are presented as (probably) all-inclusive:
Is this lemon 'red' or 'green'?

5. On the plus side these categories provide the basis for amusingly illogical discussions:
"That lemon is RED!" "No, NO, it's GREEN!"

There's more, but I need to get back to listening to my Gregorian chants followed by
the Magic Flute. Or was that Carmen?

As sincerely crabby as ever,
ray