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

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Let the lyrics be lyrics

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Edit lightly

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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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2002-05-10 04:15:54

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by hammy02

18y ago

hearts of oak got it right I think... What I love about the later Black Flag was the hard rock/punk/jazz-rock/metal mix of music but that had these sentimental, "emotional" style lyrics. I think that took a lot of balls, and it's great stuff.

"Nothing Left Inside" is exactly how I'm feeling right now. It's about loving and caring for someone and then being carelessly abandoned by them. It puts pain in your heart and hurts(Pain hurts my heart). They deceived you about their feelings (Lies). You put a lot of effort into making this person happy but they were unreasonably hard to please (I built it up, broke it down). They used you (Leach). You now feel you connect with no one (Lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely, lonely boy {I freakin love this line}).

You now want them to see things from your side and feel your pain (I want you to see my eyes).

Damn, am I rambling or what. A note to ALL : Women are heartless and manipulative.

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by DeepThinkingGirl 17y ago

Hey, not all women are like that.

Just most of them.

by hearts_of_oak

20y ago

This song perfectly describes that feeling after you break up with someone you loved and "loved" you back. You want to get back together with that person you wanna see them you want to make it work, but you know it just wont work.

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by TheWrongGirl

14y ago

i dig henry's singing on this... especially at the end, really emotional...

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