[Zambyte]

> I get that Lisp elegantly represents the close tie between data and programs in a way that procedural programs never will

Procedural is probably the best paradigm box to fit most Lisp in.

> I won't squint at lines ending in ))))) to try to see that meaning.

Nor do people who read and write Lisp. The indentation is really all that matters when reading Lisp. When writing Lisp, having your editor highlight matching parentheses is really the only feature you need to edit an expression that is deeply nested at the end like that. I bet your editor can already do that :)