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.
I never noticed it before, but perhaps this is the one and only Cure gospel song. Just makes me think of those churches where everyone is up in the air and stomping their feet. The lyrics don't seem gospel-like, but does anyone else agree?
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Yea, it's about Smith looking in the mirror, and realisng he's been hammering the drugs a bit too hard - hence his eyes are bloodshot.
I think on a deeper level its a reflection on his lifestyle, and the dammage he was doing himself at the time.
Its got that ambiguos, perky delivery that makes the dark content of the Cure's lyrics all the more resonant.
in the book of joint the dots, robert says that he wrote this song after watching him in a mirror in the bathroom of the studio
I never noticed it before, but perhaps this is the one and only Cure gospel song. Just makes me think of those churches where everyone is up in the air and stomping their feet. The lyrics don't seem gospel-like, but does anyone else agree?
Allergies? :)