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.
Havent heard to this song. Just enter to check out the lyrics due was a paroy of Gary Numan.
I do like the band though Gary is quite a influencer for many current bands on this days.
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The song is about Death. The one who rides a pale horse and takes away the future you dream of having.
Havent heard to this song. Just enter to check out the lyrics due was a paroy of Gary Numan. I do like the band though Gary is quite a influencer for many current bands on this days. No comments.
I've also heard that this is a sardonic song about Gary Numan who used to drive around London in a white Corvette at the time (1980).
you guys are wrong, its about an ice cream truck driver!
I see the man in the white car as a drug dealer, a heroin or meth dealer. He'll take all your dreams and he'll wipe them away.
On the 'Drama' tour Geff turned this short forgettable song into an epic 20 min suite!
Personally i don't think the 'white car' is meant to represent anything its just meant to be an ambiguous symbol of mystery.
The lyric is clearly "And you drive them away." Not "Throigh them away."
Why is this mondegreen perpetuated? Trevor Horn is English, not an outback Australian.