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.

elmoz

Submitter

2001-11-27 03:39:11

18 Meanings

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by UnforgivenII

20y ago

Democracy is founded on this concept... giving equal weight to anyone's opinion... in my case too.. This can lead to disaster... and it has; all values have degenerated, all that was humane is lost. This is for we chose it to be this way, it is comfortable to keep things this way and we do not want to see the truth because we all know we won't like it. It's to easy to just leave things the way they are, and keep walking blind. I sometimes feel hatefull towards myself for not being able to stand up to all this and for having to be part of this circle... Greek democracy has killed man's ability to improve and raise it's soul to higher horizons.. you should know why, it's all around you. How, then can such assholes obtain power...

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by korki

20y ago

When the lyrics start to be discursive, people believe that it might be smart. But FREE SPEECH FOR THE DUMB presents all the people who live in false democratic societies and knows what free speeches mean. - Mean nothing!!! That's the message of old good discharge. Whole Europe suffer of false democracy. And imagine how it looks like in my country - Serbia.