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.

brian

Submitter

2012-08-10 01:57:06

1 Meaning

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Sort by

by velleities

12y ago

I have a hunch this one is about marriage; the singer alludes to some inter-racial or inter-cultural relationship that's not going to end in marriage because the male suitor is too xenophobic to commit to someone outside of his culture (won't speak the language, can't be mistaken for his whole clan). The singer defends his own decision to marry his lover - he could be accused of being from a backwards county, of living like it's years ago in the past (not realizing how it's harder to commit now than it was 40 years ago) but he doesn't care because he loves his beloved too much to "let her get out of his hands". The song title, "Devil and the Deed", this is a bit of a longshot - but marriage is a way of putting some kind of commitment between the Devil (loss of the loved one) and the deed (sex?) This whole interpretation feels like a bit of a longshot and maybe is more religious / moralistic than what the song intends. But if it's true, I have to say I have never heard a funkier defense of marriage.

Users:

Reply · 0 Share

Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.