Sorry, music is art...and a lyric (song without music) is just expression. Poetry in and of itself is art because of the finesse and more classical approach to the writing itself.

For example: Justin Bieber can't just read back one of his songs without music and call it art, of course, even if he puts it to music it is hardly called art - Bastardized poetry.

Nine Inch Nails is a good example of poetry put to music, Nine Inch Nails songs without music is still poetry but without music it has no emotion which a poem has from the onset.

Poetry - Emotional writing = Art
Songs - Emotions = With music they become art

haha.
this all sounds quite biased to me.
i can't remember the name of the writer,
but there's a lady who writes poems.
which consist of a few random words put together.
like;
red can pop.
and this is poetry.
yet this;
"and who do you think you are
running 'round leaving scars
collecting your jar of hearts
and tearing love apart
you're gonna catch a cold
from the ice inside your soul."
isn't poetry because it's a song.
you're telling me there's no emotion in that.

the bottom line, lyrics pay better.

yeah, i didn't read it either, just copied and pasted. its tough being so talented.

lyrics pay better;
very true.
and you should go put your talent to good use.

I'm telling you that they are similiar only in context to how they are written. The lyric you just sampled can go multiple ways depending on the melody and beat it is put to.

Perhaps you should read more poetry than that lady whose name you can't remember and compare it to that band that used to play on the radio all of the time.

Uh oh someone's getting hungry.

I'm out of meat tenderizer...kind of flustered right now.

the merriam-webster dictionary defines a song as a poetical composition.
or lyrical poem.
or a poem easily set to music.
i knew i was onto something.
(:

Cool story, bro.