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.

sawg

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2001-04-08 05:51:38

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by destroyalltacos

20y ago

Well, all of the verses describe modern situations where a voice would be muffled and distorted (fast food drive thru windows, talking car alarms, the voice box at the door of apartment buildings, etc.), and of course because it's recorded on wax cylinder, the song itself is also muffled and distorted. So I guess it's saying that we have all this high tech audio equipment around, but you still can't understand the guy at the drive-thru window.

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by Sharp

20y ago

Some songs have no real meaning. This was just some fun using modern ideas on a wax cylinder.

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