Discord Lyrics Bot: Live Lyrics for the Song Playing Now

How /lyrics works

Start a song with /play, then run /lyrics in the same server. The bot looks up lyrics for the current track and posts one reply that updates as the song plays, instead of dumping a wall of text you have to scroll.

• The words being sung right now stand out in bold.
• The line that was just sung is shown smaller, and the next lines are shown ahead of time, so you can read along.
• When the song ends, the reply finishes on the full lyrics.
• If only plain lyrics exist for a track, you get those instead of the live view.

The lookup works from the track's title and artist, so it does not matter whether the audio came from YouTube, Spotify links, Apple Music or SoundCloud.

Who can use it

/lyrics is open to every member, not just the DJ, because reading along changes nothing for anyone else. It does need something playing. If the bot is not in a voice channel with a track, there is nothing to look up.

The reply does not ping anyone. A lyric line that contains an @everyone or bold markers is shown as plain text, not as a mention or formatting.

Why a live view beats a lyrics link

A pasted lyrics page makes you leave Discord, search for the right song, and find your place. The live reply sits in your text channel next to the player card, so a listening party can follow along in one place. It suits karaoke nights, language learners reading along, and anyone who has ever wondered what the line actually was.

What to expect from the lookup

Lyrics depend on what the lookup finds for a title and artist. Popular songs usually have a synced version. Rare tracks, remixes, covers and uploads with messy titles are more likely to have plain lyrics or none. If a song is not matching, the cleanest fix is to play it from a proper release, such as a link with the clear title and artist, rather than a re-upload.

Make a lyrics night

1. Create a voice channel and a text channel next to it.
2. Join the voice channel and queue songs with /play. Playlists from YouTube, Spotify (public ones), Apple Music and SoundCloud load whole.
3. Run /lyrics as each song begins.
4. Use the music controls for the queue: the player card has loop, volume and a filter menu.

For karaoke, the filter menu includes a karaoke preset that dampens the vocal track. Combine it with live lyrics and the room can sing along.

Lyrics with 24/7 and requests

Because every music feature is free, you can run lyrics together with the rest. Keep a channel playing around the clock with 24/7 mode, let members queue songs by typing in a request channel, and use /lyrics whenever someone asks what a line says.

Common questions at the start

Nothing happens when I run it. Make sure a song is actually playing in your server. The command reads the current track from the player.

It shows the wrong song. It reads the track the player is on when you run it. After a skip, run it again for the new song.

Can I use it with my own branded bot? If you run a Noxyr custom bot, it plays music with the same commands and settings, so the same /lyrics works there.

Does it cost anything? No. Lyrics are part of the free music features, next to filters, playlists and autoplay.

Good habits for listening parties

Keep the lyrics in a text channel that members can mute, since a live reply is busy while the song plays. Announce the playlist in advance, set a DJ role if you want only a few people to control the queue, and let everyone else vote to skip. Everyone can still read along, because the lyrics command does not need DJ rights.

Next steps

The general guide to this is 24/7, autoplay, filters and lyrics, and the full command list is in the music docs. See the whole player on the music bot page, or compare options in best free Discord music bots. Add Noxyr and play something.