[firdak]

> I always just kind of assumed people were just using overly flowery speech to describe music!

Yes! I realised this a few years ago. When people say "that's a sad song", they really mean that the song makes them sad in and of itself.

Whereas, for me, the only way a song can make me sad is if it brings back sad memories - i.e. if I had previously heard the same song on a sad occasion.