How the lyrics for “Disco Inferno” appear in Apple Music (Mac version):
As you may or may not recall, the song is 10:51 minutes long. That is a lot of burning. The conventional wisdom is people don’t listen to the lyrics, and that would apply even more for a song meant to be danced to in a disco (inferno). But streaming music services means we can not only see the lyrics, we can follow along to them in real time and appreciate just how utterly inane they are when depicted visually. I don’t mean this as a bad thing. In fact, the idea of “Disco Inferno” actually having profound or meaningful lyrics is way more disturbing than seeing the word “burning” appear 24 times in a row.
