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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2001-12-24 21:24:58

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by JohnyTwoHats

12y ago

I always like to imagine this song is addressed to John Lennon (however unlikely). The "Treat her gently" part is about him and Yoko. Or him and Cynthia. And the "Here we sit" part is him and John sitting at and old folks home (assuming the tragedy of december 8th never happened) after their wives have both passed away. These two old friends are just sitting "Keeping the time of day". The both tired, bored, and lonely... but yet they are both bound together my a remarkably deep friendship till the end. Nobody regards them as famous legends or musicians anymore, they are just two more old british guys so "Nobody asks them to play..."

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