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.
At the moment this song means a lot. A friend of mine took his own life a few weeks back and his funeral was today. Before i left for the church service, i sat down with my guitar and played this. It just seems to explain everything without saying a word: the indefinite timing of the last few notes sums up for me the unpredictable nature of life, not ending where it should.
Something strange happened to me, I was reading a lot of comments on every Nick Drake's song played randomly in my pc.
Suddenly "Horn" started playing, and I thought: "Is there any comment for this song? There's no lyric, but I can feel what Nick tried to say". And searched for the song here, and found all this interpretations, that were just what I felt also.
Suddenly I understood, how big he was. Just a guitar, a few notes played in the correct order, he talked through his music. A real artist.
Sorry for my english, I'm from Argentina.
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At the moment this song means a lot. A friend of mine took his own life a few weeks back and his funeral was today. Before i left for the church service, i sat down with my guitar and played this. It just seems to explain everything without saying a word: the indefinite timing of the last few notes sums up for me the unpredictable nature of life, not ending where it should.
Something strange happened to me, I was reading a lot of comments on every Nick Drake's song played randomly in my pc. Suddenly "Horn" started playing, and I thought: "Is there any comment for this song? There's no lyric, but I can feel what Nick tried to say". And searched for the song here, and found all this interpretations, that were just what I felt also. Suddenly I understood, how big he was. Just a guitar, a few notes played in the correct order, he talked through his music. A real artist. Sorry for my english, I'm from Argentina.
sweet, it fits the album perfectly
this song is amazing, its so simple, so minimal but so perfect. its the transition b/t the first half of the album and the second
This song seems so perfect but its anything but perfect.. its heartbreaking. Fits the album beautifully.