I'm probably the minority here, but I've always preferred instrumental openings to lyrical ones. Perhaps it's something that's lost in translation, but lyrics in JRPG openings are usually (not always) overly romantic, somewhat nonsensical, and straight up cheesy, at best. That kind of stuff makes me feel like the song thinks it's better than it actually is. I find myself skipping such songs whenever possible.
Diff'rent strokes...