The Radio Dept.

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.

delial

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2006-11-09 01:29:03

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by Cleo23

19y ago

These lyrics are so amazingly simple, and yet it works so well with the music... Whenever I listen to it, I start to picture this music video with two people holding on to each other, one of them whispering "I was afraid I wouldn't find you", filmed in a Sofia Coppola sort of way (over exposed lighting, camera turning around the characters)... The same words are repeated 4 times, as if he couldn't say anything else because he's so overwhelmed with emotion.

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by paul_banks

19y ago

i have this theory about the album pet grief - i think the entire album is about having to deal with the end of a relationship and seeing the person you used to love and possibly still love, move on and start to be involved with another person...and the feelings that come with that. it fits almost every song.

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by CrystalConduct

19y ago

I agree, The lyrics are great,and still mean alot. But Ive noticed most of Radio Dept.'s lyrics are all about losing someone and finding them again. Song writer love struck? Or do most of the songs be put together?

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