Lyrics Formatter
Paste your lyrics and get section tags added or tidied: [Verse], [Chorus], [Bridge] and the rest, each on its own line, for AI song generators. It runs in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere.
Up to 20,000 characters. Nothing is sent anywhere; the text stays in this tab.
Lyrics sorted. Melodious turns the finished song into a music video — See the music video maker
Three worked examples
Each case is the formatter run on the lyrics shown, with its default settings. The lyrics are original, written for this page. Paste your own above to get the same treatment.
Plain lyrics, no tags
Five blocks separated by blank lines. The block that repeats becomes the chorus, the others become numbered verses, and the short last block is called the outro. Change any of them in the tool.
You paste
Kettle on, the radio low Neighbours' windows start to glow I fold the map I never use Pack the bag and lose the news Leave the light on, leave the door I was always something more Leave the light on, leave the door I was always something more Mile marker and a sleeping town Coffee cold and the sun coming down Every road I ever took Led me back to this one look Leave the light on, leave the door I was always something more If the answer is not here It was never very near
You get
[Verse 1] Kettle on, the radio low Neighbours' windows start to glow I fold the map I never use Pack the bag and lose the news [Chorus] Leave the light on, leave the door I was always something more Leave the light on, leave the door I was always something more [Verse 2] Mile marker and a sleeping town Coffee cold and the sun coming down Every road I ever took Led me back to this one look [Chorus] Leave the light on, leave the door I was always something more [Outro] If the answer is not here It was never very near
Messy tags, tidied
Tags written five different ways come out as one style. The guitar cue is not a section, so it stays where it was.
You paste
verse 1: Salt on the window, a borrowed coat Two cups of tea and a half-sung note (CHORUS) Hold the line, hold the line Everything will be just fine **Verse 2** Paper boats on a flooded street Neighbours learning how to meet chorus: Hold the line, hold the line Everything will be just fine [Guitar solo] Bridge Quiet now, the water knows
You get
[Verse 1] Salt on the window, a borrowed coat Two cups of tea and a half-sung note [Chorus] Hold the line, hold the line Everything will be just fine [Verse 2] Paper boats on a flooded street Neighbours learning how to meet [Chorus] Hold the line, hold the line Everything will be just fine [Verse 3] [Guitar solo] [Bridge] Quiet now, the water knows
A long line, flagged
The check is a number you set. Here it is 60 characters.
You paste
[Verse] I walked down to the harbour at the very end of the day when the light was going orange Counted every boat Counted every wave
You get
[Verse] I walked down to the harbour at the very end of the day when the light was going orange Counted every boat Counted every wave
Flagged: 1 line is longer than 60 characters.
How to add section tags to lyrics
Paste your lyrics into the box, leave a blank line between sections, and press Format lyrics. The formatter splits the text into sections, puts a label above each one, and shows the result in a second box you can copy. Below it is a list with one row per section, so you can change any tag or remove it. Changes show in the output straight away.
If your lyrics already carry tags, it rewrites them in one style instead of adding new ones. Tags typed as verse 1:, (CHORUS), **Verse 2** or # Bridge all come out as [Verse 1], [Chorus], [Verse 2] and [Bridge]. If a label shares a line with a lyric, the label moves onto its own line above it.
Why lyrics get section tags
A song is more than a pile of lines. A verse tells a story, a chorus is the part people remember, and a bridge changes the angle before the last chorus. When you hand lyrics to an AI song generator, bracketed labels are the common way to say where each part begins. Suno's own guide says Suno works best when you guide it with structure tags such as [Verse], [Chorus] and [Bridge] (its how-to guide, read on 2026-10-11), so the same tagging helps lyrics for Suno songs. Check the instructions of the generator you use, because tag support differs.
If you do not yet know how many sections a song needs, the song structure planner lays out common structures by genre with timings from your tempo, and the AI lyrics generator drafts words to put into them.
How the tool decides what each section is
The rules are short enough to read. A section whose lines repeat another section, exactly or nearly, is a chorus. A short opening block, when the song has at least three sections, is an intro, and a short closing block, when it has at least four, is an outro. The first unrepeated section after the second chorus is a bridge. Anything left is a verse, and verses are numbered in order when you leave numbering on.
That is a pattern, not an understanding of your song. A song with a pre-chorus, a spoken part or a chorus that changes each time will not match it, and the tool will guess wrong. That is why every section has its own control, and why a guess is labelled as a guess in the list.
What it leaves alone, and what it does not do
It leaves your words alone. Lines are only trimmed of stray spaces and moved under the right label. Bracketed cues that are not section names, like [Guitar solo] or [Whisper], stay exactly where you put them. Repeat markers such as x2 are dropped, and the label is kept.
It does not call an AI model, rewrite lyrics, check rhymes or judge quality. It does not know how any particular generator will read your tags, and it cannot tell you how long the finished song will be. The long-line check is only a number you choose, since how many characters sing comfortably depends on the tempo and the singer. Formatting its own output a second time changes nothing, which is how you can tell it is only tidying.
From tagged lyrics to a finished video
Once the song exists, the lyrics can go on screen. The AI lyric video maker burns timed words into a video. For the wider route, the guide to making a music video for your song covers it end to end.
When the song should have scenes, characters and a story, the AI music video generator storyboards the track and renders it to your audio. It is paid, from $19/month, and you see the cost before anything renders.
Frequently asked questions
What does the lyrics formatter do?
It puts a square-bracket label on its own line above each section of your lyrics, such as [Verse 1] or [Chorus]. If your text already has labels, it rewrites them in one consistent style. If it has none, it guesses them from the shape of the lyrics and lets you change any guess. Your actual words are never reworded.
Which section tags does the formatter use?
Intro, Verse, Pre-Chorus, Chorus, Post-Chorus, Hook, Bridge, Breakdown, Instrumental, Interlude and Outro. These are the ordinary names of the parts of a song. Cue lines in brackets that are not on that list, such as a guitar solo marker, are left exactly as you wrote them.
How does it decide what is a chorus?
A section that repeats, with the same lines or nearly the same, is called a chorus. A short opening section becomes an intro, a short closing one an outro, and an unrepeated section after the second chorus is called the bridge. Everything else is a verse. It is a guess from structure, so use the section list under the result to correct it.
Does it rewrite or improve my lyrics?
No. It only adds, moves and tidies labels, and breaks text apart where a label shared a line with a lyric. It does not call an AI model, does not rhyme or rewrite anything, and a test checks that formatting its own output a second time changes nothing.
What is the line length check for?
You set a number of characters, and any line longer than that is listed under the result so you can decide whether to split it. There is no built-in rule about how long a sung line should be, because that depends on the tempo and the singer. Set it to 0 to turn the check off.
Is anything I paste uploaded or saved?
No. The formatting runs in your browser tab, the page makes no request with your text, and nothing is stored, so closing the tab clears it. Unreleased lyrics stay on your device. You can confirm in your browser's network tab.
Why is the copied text free of any website credit?
Because pasted lyrics get sung. A credit line added to the end of your lyrics would turn up in the song, so what you copy is only your lyrics and their tags. Nothing else is appended.
Is this tool connected to any song generator?
No. It is a separate text utility from Melodious and has no affiliation with any song generator or service, Suno included. It is worded for AI song generators in general, because the bracket-label habit is common to many of them, and you should check the instructions of the one you use.
What happens to markers like Chorus x2?
The repeat count is dropped and the label is kept as [Chorus]. If you want the chorus sung twice, paste its lines twice, which also gives a generator the words to sing both times.
Tagged lyrics are for the song. The video is a separate step
When the track is done, attach it and describe the look. An AI director storyboards it scene by scene and renders it to your audio. Plans from $19/month.
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