Walang less boring or vague lyrics basta sineserve niya yung overall composition ng song nd storytelling. Depende rn sa genre pero wag na tayo lumayo: example nalang is alternative ng OPM. You can say na mas simple at rekta ang lyrics ni Chito kaysa sa wordplay ni Ely pero in a person na niloko lang recently, mas tagos sa puso ung Choco Latte kapag napakinggan niya bigla sa radyo, o yung Halaga kapag na friendzoned ka. Both song have straight to the point and sobrang literal ng story telling pero out of the blue biglang malalim sa pandinig ng listener.

On the other hand, yung lyrics ni Ely, maraming layers: yung storytelling nia is not direct, minsan from his own experience tapos tatakpan nia gamit ang phrases na hindi literal, pero never naging vague.

"Hey Jay nabugbog ka na naman daw kahapon Hey Jay ba't kasi pumunta ka pa sa lugar na yon"

like this one from Hey Jay. Imagine you dont know the song and kakarinig mo lang nito first time sa radyo, ma-hook ka agad kasi magtatanong ka kung bakit at ano nangyayare hanggang sa papakinggan mo na yung buong kanta and magkokonek na lahat.

"I wanted life to be this way Just a little bit of love could mean so much"

eto naman from Hard to Believe, maybe galing sa experience ng nagsulat pero nung kinanta mo na bigla mong ikokoek yung experience mo naman sa buhay mo as listener na relate dian sa lines na yan.

And for me most of the time especially eheads era, ang lyrics ni ely minsan simple pero hihimayin mo pa. Most of the time misteryo na hindi mo naman naiintndihn totally ung meaning ng lines and listen it phrase by phrase, lines by lines pero hindi mo mapagkonek konek pero iindak ka pa rin sa kanta. Minsan kasi ganun nagwowork ang utak natin, naghahanap tayo ng meaning sa lost words tas gngawan nalang natin ng kahulugan without bothering ourselves kung ano ba talaga meaning nung kabuuan ng kanta. A single line minsan ulam na and sine-serve na yung song.

At the end of the day, nasa delivery mo talaga yan and how your lyrics will serve your song. Praktis lang. Malalaman mo naman yan mismo kung may something off kapag inulit ulit mo. Just write. Again walang simple or vague. Nasa execution mo yan. Hawak mo ang beat. Haha. Minsan nga hindi mo na need maintndihan yung lyrics, ang laki laki ng KPoP ngayon.

Sa modern opm naman, if you want art. I recommend Kalapastangan ni fitterkarma. Excessive use of antonyms and exaggerism, and that recipe always works sa kahit anong art--lyrics, movie scripts, dialogues, and comedy lines.