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.
beautiful song....the music really fits the scene, which i assume is a desolate battlefield, after the war, "after the ordeal", which i guess was the battle of epping forest. and the cinema show is the perfect song to follow.
On the release of the Selling England By The Pound remaster, Tony Banks singled this one out as the weakest track on the album, the one track he never felt quite comfortable with. Although guitarist Steve Hackett does some great work on this instrumental, it lacks the depth and scope of the four big tracks, but goes nicely with the shorter, more conventional tracks. Tony and Phil are given little to do, this is Steve´s show all the way.
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beautiful song....the music really fits the scene, which i assume is a desolate battlefield, after the war, "after the ordeal", which i guess was the battle of epping forest. and the cinema show is the perfect song to follow.
no doubt about the lyrics here ;-)
On the release of the Selling England By The Pound remaster, Tony Banks singled this one out as the weakest track on the album, the one track he never felt quite comfortable with. Although guitarist Steve Hackett does some great work on this instrumental, it lacks the depth and scope of the four big tracks, but goes nicely with the shorter, more conventional tracks. Tony and Phil are given little to do, this is Steve´s show all the way.
@mrKLM Steve is the man! Coming from a guitarist so maybe I'm biased. But I definitely think he is criminally underrated amongst guitarists.
@mrKLM Steve is the man! Coming from a guitarist so maybe I'm biased. But I definitely think he is criminally underrated amongst guitarists.