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.
I saw this title, and I first thought of David Egger's book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius which is what he used to describe his book and what it's about. Hard work was put into it, it's insanely amazing despite everything, so much, that it "breaks hearts" or, makes one's heart heavy. Haha.
"This was a song written for the Milligan family, who we love and cherish. It is a play off of a Dave Eggers book." - Stephen Christian Anberlinlyrics.tumblr.com June 2014
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It was really nice too see how they used this song as a pause in the concert
The title of this song comes from Dave Egger's book "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius"
I think it's kind of sarcastic.... it's a simple interlude, obviously it's no work of staggering genius, but it is slightly heavy hearted.
I saw this title, and I first thought of David Egger's book, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius which is what he used to describe his book and what it's about. Hard work was put into it, it's insanely amazing despite everything, so much, that it "breaks hearts" or, makes one's heart heavy. Haha.
Weird sounding song, probably the title is a sarcastic joke
Still sounds cool
This always reminds me of a western movie for some reason haha
just like debut leads into godspeed really well, i like how this leads into dance dance.
"This was a song written for the Milligan family, who we love and cherish. It is a play off of a Dave Eggers book." - Stephen Christian Anberlinlyrics.tumblr.com June 2014