I listen to music more for the sound and how it can surprise me, things such as unique chord progressions, and melodies that do stuff they shouldn't. for instance i can jive to a 'sad' song just as easily as a happy bop

its probably because I'm not great on listening to lyrics, like I can listen to a song hundreds of times and know the intricacies of the snare ghost hits and the exact amount of vibrato used in the second bar of the guitar solo well before I know even half of what the singer is singing, it generally takes me looking up the lyrics to actually figure out the meaning of the song etc.