Play the video below to hear how the sub-languages of pitch, key, tempo, rhythm, interval and contour change your perception of the words.
Mankind is uniquely gifted to attach complex meanings to sound. But the right-brain interpretation of the non-verbal sounds in music will usually overrule the left-brain interpretation of the meaning of the words. This is the right-brain's “pattern recognition” function preempting the “word meaning” function of Wernicke's and Broca's areas in the brain's left hemisphere.
Be sure to click the lyrics in the field of flowers above when you're done listening. (That'll take you to the next page where things start to get really interesting.)