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.

SongMeanings

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2012-02-06 15:33:14

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by OGeoDave

12y ago

It seems pretty clear this is a song about people who don't have a work ethic and want to live off others - the lazy gent living in a tent, strung out on the company dole, and Superman's daughter living in a hole by the water, chewing on a bone but pretty as home made sin. Add to that all the other people around him who are "just the same way" (more, more, daddy gimme some, gimme some), and it's got him feeling like a "funny looking money machine". Not exactly sure what the chorus means, but it's possible that he means he has his life together, at least from a work perspective. This song predates the song "Line em up", so it may not have the same meaning that Mr. Taylor describes for that song on the CD, but despite underlying meanings it's possible that it was partly inspired by visual images of things in a line.

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by hedgeofthehog

10y ago

I heard him say in a concert right before he played this song, and he ACTUALLY SAID, "This song is strictly and absolutely meaningless"

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