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.

pragmatic

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2007-01-26 08:29:32

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by nicexdream

19y ago

No comments? I Love this song! It's so lively. I guess it could mean that you should enjoy life as it is because you have no control of what happens... death and everything else will happen in your life and you should accept it as it is, even if you might not understand at the time.

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by seventynine

18y ago

I think the "energy of death" refers to the motions of the world which dictate that we all die. It is like gravity, in that it is a law/principle that is part of the world.

The best line is "You, the children of this dying earth//Our posessions and our money have no worth". The song is really about life as much as death, in that, everything is completely mysterious to us while we are still here on earth, and maybe just as mysterious after we leave it. The only thing that is for certain is that we are born and we leave everything here behind us when we die. And so nothing really matters at all. That's a green light to do nothing while we are here because everything is insignificant. That's also a green light to do everything before you die since you should be grateful you have the senses to percieve this world we live in, and to live so prosperously. What are the odds we are alive at this precise moment in this universe?

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by npknhdfrvr

18y ago

great song, 'Our possessions and our money have no worth' probably my favorite line

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by npknhdfrvr

18y ago

great song, 'Our possessions and our money have no worth' probably my favorite line

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by Fitly

18y ago

Lovely song, yes, but the lyrics here are for the most part -way- off. The above was probably transcribed, by ear. From the CD booklet, here are the lyrics, copied verbatim:

In the rhythm of this song we drink we fuck & we fight we bring it on

Prayer is samba & surdu her lips are red, they know what to do

Prophet waves his flag, he's so devout there's a waterfall of sewage from his mouth

The children of the dying earth our possessions & our money have no worth

All the gods are driving us in ways we do not understand

Promise of a drug delivery we vowed to end our mothers misery

A wind that fills the world with bitches' breath is call the energy of death

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