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.

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2012-02-06 17:04:45

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by RamuneDrink

13y ago

Oh man, this song hits so hard without explicitly stating anything. Most of the song, he reflects on various things that remind him of her. It's easy to mistake his longing as having been dumped, but I interpret it that she died from some nonspecific sickness ("...before you got sick you would ink in those lines in ten minutes."). She seems to have left all her belongings, which wouldn't be the case if they'd broken up. And that's why the first line, when repeated at the end, really floors me. "Softball shirt. In the picture you were pitching you were younger than...me." He's referring to her age in the picture the first time he says it, but the second time, I think he's saying 'you were younger than me when you passed away'. The feels are unlike any other.

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