If Chinese Mandarin is a tonal language, then how can people understand modern Chinese songs?

Question

If Chinese Mandarin is a tonal language, then how can people understand modern Chinese songs?

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Answer 1

Even in a song, the tones of the words remain the same most of the time. When the tones change to fit the flow of the music, there’s some misunderstanding for sure, sometimes can be resolved by the context sometimes not.