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 don't think this is about an argument with a girlfriend. "Why don't you call me what we both know I am," implies that he's in an argument, yes, but that the arguments have started hitting below the belt, and that the antagonist is skirting around a topic that the singer has never made explicit, but is unashamed of.
I personally interpret this song as the narrator being gay, and having an argument with a family member or close friend. And the antagonist is getting dangerously close to calling the narrator a faggot. (What we both know I am.)
This song seems to be about something on the brink of emotional emission. What they are on the brink of finally admitting is subjective and meant to be framed in your own subjective mind. "What don't you call me what we both know I am.." Homosexual, indifferent, apathetic, inattentive, distrusting, uncaring, etc. A million descriptions fit the bill, so which one do you know are but are just coming to the realization of admission?
I've just rediscovered this song and thought I'd look it up. I have always thought it was about shame. The singer is ashamed of something he has done, the other person forgives him but he can't forgive himself and doesn't want the other person to either, "Call my what we both know I am".
I think he is talking about him and his girlfriend being in a fight and she has to pause and he says "why don't you call me what we both know I am" He is singing about being a fight . and the roar part in the song? I think it is them fighting. Absolutely genius.
I still think this is about the fight. To the second half of the song, there are pauses and skips of the rhythm. When you listen carefully it sounds like breaks. If you imagine it in a video, its a few seconds of him singing, and then a break of his partner doing something. I think its pretty clear, as well as amazing if you listen to it that way.
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I don't think this is about an argument with a girlfriend. "Why don't you call me what we both know I am," implies that he's in an argument, yes, but that the arguments have started hitting below the belt, and that the antagonist is skirting around a topic that the singer has never made explicit, but is unashamed of.
I personally interpret this song as the narrator being gay, and having an argument with a family member or close friend. And the antagonist is getting dangerously close to calling the narrator a faggot. (What we both know I am.)
I don't think faggot is the word. I believe he is saying pussy at the end of the song.
I don't think faggot is the word. I believe he is saying pussy at the end of the song.
This song seems to be about something on the brink of emotional emission. What they are on the brink of finally admitting is subjective and meant to be framed in your own subjective mind. "What don't you call me what we both know I am.." Homosexual, indifferent, apathetic, inattentive, distrusting, uncaring, etc. A million descriptions fit the bill, so which one do you know are but are just coming to the realization of admission?
I've just rediscovered this song and thought I'd look it up. I have always thought it was about shame. The singer is ashamed of something he has done, the other person forgives him but he can't forgive himself and doesn't want the other person to either, "Call my what we both know I am".
I think this is actually a genius song.
I think he is talking about him and his girlfriend being in a fight and she has to pause and he says "why don't you call me what we both know I am" He is singing about being a fight . and the roar part in the song? I think it is them fighting. Absolutely genius.
I still think this is about the fight. To the second half of the song, there are pauses and skips of the rhythm. When you listen carefully it sounds like breaks. If you imagine it in a video, its a few seconds of him singing, and then a break of his partner doing something. I think its pretty clear, as well as amazing if you listen to it that way.
Maybe it's not that complex. Maybe he just wants another person to admit that he/she loves him (too). Why don't you call me yours?
Still, it might mean something deeper: this is just too obvious.