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.

charcoalsketch

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2011-10-07 19:02:42

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by paedophageplayground

12y ago

Are the lines meant to suggest some sort of duplicity or dual personality on the part of the song's subject? Perhaps some abstract sense of belonging to another person, some romantic sentiment of dying alongside a lover? I think it's a widely accepted psychological notion that humans have an unconscious ideal or separate version of themselves, uninhibited in dreamscapes, that may not conform to how they would normally or socially present themselves. While Soley doesn't give much meaning to work with and I'm probably overthinking just because, the lyrical simplicity and beautiful instrumentation are more than enough to convey some much needed poetic spirit in modern music, especially with the fascinatingly morbid imagery of graves.

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