LogFAQs > #934783879

Made a topic about it, but thought I'd ask here too:

When it comes to saying something without directly saying it, like allegory or songwriting, when does it become too obscure or difficult to understand what the writer means iyo? I'm not writing either of those, but songs seem like a good example because people tend to argue over what lines actually mean or are referring to all the time. I want to be as indirect as possible without being unintelligible (meaning no one has any idea what I'm talking about unless I tell them). Right now I'm sort of using synonyms, allegory, and allusions/specific language to get the point across and sometimes I feel like it works and others I think to myself "that's a really cool sentence, but unless you know me or what my point is to begin with I don't think anyone's going to get that".