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.

black_cow_of_death

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2002-04-14 01:09:15

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Cover art for Desperate lyrics by Distillers, The

by asktheangels

21y ago

i love the song wen it kicks into the ''going back in style...'' bit

loves it

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by omfgmatty 14y ago

Hell yeah!

by maggotbrain

21y ago

agrees with asktheangels

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by hippie_trash

23y ago

this was the first song i heard... and i also thought brody was a guy at first. i know, shame on me.

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by mrs_chainsaw

22y ago

This song is one of the best less than two minute punk rock songs of the new millenium. Enough with that shit about how good songs are all long songs. The lyrics are about surviving heroin and not wanting to go back but feeling the urge. And hence 'being desperate and going back again' meaning just how addictive heroin really is. And Brody talks about how heroin promised her she'd get through her problems but she never did get through them, and she doesn't want to go back. This could also be written for Rose (Casper) because she ended up checking herself into rehab from an addiction. Whatever, it's about drugs and surviving them and not wanting to go through that mess again.

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