"Music as a technology of the self"

http://www.sciencedirect.com.proxy.library.nd.edu/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VC3-3YCMDW2-2&_user=489835&_coverDate=10%2F31%2F1999&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000022718&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=489835&md5=45d331ec887ff79d056fba9fa74f2ed7

Although this article talks mostly about music sounds, it does touch on lyrics and the influence that lyrics in music plays. Very interesting ideas are found in this article.

"The attribution of emotion and meaning to song lyrics"

http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/uploads/tx_researcherprofile/04-Polskie-Thompson_Russo.pdf

This article touches on the relationshiop between music and lyrics with three experiments that test emotional response, meaningfulness, and effects of repeated exposure. This article has really interesting theories and associations between the music and lyrics found in songs.