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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2002-04-27 20:54:51

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by pumkinhed

21y ago

the lyrics don't seem to make any sense, but the chorus is just fantastic. Yes it's just two words, but the way he sings it, and throw in the "wa wa oooo"s and you fall in love with it. Or at least I did.

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by elwyn5150 12y ago

There is a certain creamy smoothness in the chorus.

My favourite line is "It is quick like the ultimate brush off".

by hopsoda

15y ago

I believe “Liquid Indian” is a reference to India Ink and the song speaks to the oppression often found in official printed documents — “seals of approval”, “coupons and stamps”. They’re the documents of the “perfect ones” imposing order. The speaker in this song prefers a more malleable world – the “perversion” of pictures in motion, quivering soft clay and its possibilities of shape. But alas, the official will is imposed, the rejection arrives, the cease-and-desist, the figurative cramps we feel due to those messages written in “Liquid Indian”. The song presses this irony in the smoothly flowing “Liquid Indian” chorus and the halting angular verse sections. Another gem from GBV.

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by cioran 12y ago

Interesting view, thanks.

by foreverdrone

8y ago

What initially seems abstract and formless? Closer examination reveals broad, intricate levels of wordplay most songwriters wouldn’t attempt.

For example, having words + lines in the first verse “rhyme” (several times) with those in the second:

arcane => soft clay

offices => orifice

quivering => delivering

structures => deluxe

information => formations

skips flips sips => stamps cramps

More challenging than abcb? Hell yes.

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