Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.

Respect the structure

Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.

Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)

Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.

Don’t mix versions

If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.

Let the lyrics be lyrics

This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.

Edit lightly

If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’

When in doubt, ask the crowd

Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.

Girlsdontgocrazy

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2004-04-14 03:04:23

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by thegirlmostlovely

21y ago

this song is good. i like it. even it is about tough love.

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by jinxedinsanity

20y ago

I always figured it was sadism? Sadism, tough love, whatever.

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by christinedyer

18y ago

i love this song. it's catchy. it could mean a number of different things. i think it's either about rape, sadism, or tough love. haven't decided yet.

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by kaybe

18y ago

For me the song is about freaking out, doing crazy things and having fun. Normally, to put a gun to another person's face is something threatening and hate-filled. But here it does not mean that the one person is not loving the other one but it means that he or she wants to be rude. This is not supposed to hurt the other person which is expressed by the words "baby's gonna be alright". Looked at that way, the title of the song -Baby's Gonna Die Tonight- is rather ironic or is illustrating how all the nasty things must look to outsiders.

Anyway, this is just my idea of it. "Though love" would be a good general description, although I don't think it is necessarily about love. Maybe it's just a night-lasting crush or something.

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by rosaliedawn

17y ago

I think it's about abusive relationships. How, often, people who are being abused (or, for that matter, abusive) don't realize it. That's how I see it, anyway.

Either that or it's about hardcore S&M.

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