Opus No1
They redid the Ducktales NES moon level song and added lyrics and it wasn’t half bad.
Original: https://youtu.be/KF32DRg9opA Remake: https://youtu.be/cJW5n8f0Z9o
Tangentially related: Barber also wrote his Adagio for Strings as an Agnus Dei. It’s great.
Yakety Sax
And - One Step Beyond
Darude, sandstorm.
Flight of the Bumblebee.
Neil Diamond, of all people, has a version, which you might or might not like.
The Bark and Below It by the Olivia Tremor Control.
Good luck to ya.
Non-joke answer, I’d be curious to hear what kinda lyrics you could give to Hang Up Your Hang Ups by Herbie Hancock.
4’33"
I, too, would like to hear eldrich silent singing.
You can only hear the lyrics in your writhing mind.
Jupiter - Holst
I can feel it at a funeral, a wedding, a birth, a Requiem for a nation defeated etc etc
I Vow To Thee My Country: https://youtu.be/GZNJFrb0IGo?si=dqEkteZvzqMGXEv0
Playing God - Polyphia
Bolero would be pretty awful with lyrics.
Cbat by Hudson Mohawke. Is it actually about sex? Let’s find out.
Spazzmatica Polka would surely be crazy.