Does 語るでもなくて mean “Not worth speaking”?

Question

In the opening of Violet Evergarden there is this verse:

わたしなんで泣いているんだろう

心になんて答えたらいい？

言葉はいつでも語るでもなくて

そこにあるばかりつのるばかり

わたしはあなたに会いたくなる

I'm having trouble understanding 言葉はいつでも語るでもなくて: the general meaning it's "Words aren't always spoken", but I don't understand what's the meaning of でもなくて.

I found this answer with different meaning for でもない, I was wondering if this case it's "Not worth...", so "It's not worth to always speak [I guess meaning 'say aloud'] words", but I'm not sure since the translation I saw didn't have that "worth" meaning, which to me sounds quite strong with respect to a simple "Words doesn't always have to be spoken".

I tried to ask to a Japanese teacher, and she just said something vague about this being a form that negates the sentence, but I don't understand it's grammar: would 語らなくて have a different meaning?

Answer 1

言葉はいつでも語るでもなくて

そこにあるばかりつのるばかり

First of all, the grammar in those two lines. When I saw you say "Words aren't always spoken", I knew I had to mention the grammar.

「言葉」 is the subject (action-taker) of all of the three verbs -- 「語らない」、「ある」 and 「つのる」.

What words do not do: 「語る」

What words do: 「ある」 and 「つのる」

Thus, the two lines are roughly saying:

"Words do not 語る; They just keep on あるing and つのるing out there."

「語るでもなくて」 does not mean "not worth speaking". It simply means "Words don't speak/talk", which is a major statement. The 「でもなくて」 part also implies that words do not do anything else that is important.

Though I hate to quote myself, this is exactly what I said in the linked Q&A.

2) denying explicitly one thing and also denying implicitly other things as well

So what do words do if they don't speak/talk? They just keep on existing and gathering out there.