When you listen to music, do you actually take time to dissect and study the meaning behind the lyrics, or do you just rock along with it? Granted, a deep study of most of the lyrics in music today would be totally futile. Lyrics in popular music have generally gone down the tubes, and the words are usually uninspired and cookie-cutter. With that said, there are many original songs that get released each year, and it can be fun to learn more about what they mean, and how they came about. Songfacts will take you behind the music.

You’ll find a ton of artists and song titles here, and the information contained on the site will definitely fill you in on some stuff that you didn’t already know. Registered users can post comments, and it can be really interesting to observe the analyzation of the songs by the users. Songfacts also provides lyrics to the songs, so if there’s a part of the track that you can’t understand, just read what it says. Maybe the complex mysteries behind Devo’s “Whip It” will finally be unraveled. Or not.