Some quick grammar advice needed please, for a tattoo 🙏🙂

[mumofoneAloneandwell]

The song lyric from bayonets 'heated' goes

Liberated, livin' like we ain't got time

I'm happy with using 'aint' but does there need to be a : after 'liberated?' Or a comma? 🙈

The 'genius' lyrics show a comma after liberated, but i dont wanna be shamed on pedants corner one day

Also, would you use livin' or living? I prefer living

Its for a tattoo idea

Tia x

Bayonets??

Beyonce!!

Would you have all that tattooed on you? Is it a big space? There's lots of repetition! All the yaddas and everything?

I'd use a comma there rather than a colon.

(Professional proofreader and copywriter)

Are the lyrics by Cole Porter?

Oh no!

I didnt make it clear

Just the:

Liberated, living like we ain't got time

Just not sure on the grammar - should there be a ; after liberated?

🙏😘

I'm afraid i'm too much of a basic bitch to know who Cole porter is 😭

Its beyonce

I think using a colon afer "liberated" implies that what follows is a definition of liberated, which in this case it isn't, so I'd use a comma.
If the lyrics say livin' rather than living, I'd go with that.
But are you quite sure that you the words from this particular song inscribed on you for the rest of time? People's tastes change and this one seems like one you might grow out of.

Thank you 🙏

I'm sure, I was thinking of having 'freedom' but then Thought this this was a better alternative

Plus me and dd love the album Renaissance 🤭

Really? Surely your trying to wind Op up 🙈

So final consensus?

Liberated, livin' like we ain't got time

(I'm not having the tattoo done today but need to speak to the tattooist)

Liberated, living like we ain't got time

that is how the lyrics are shown so if you’re quoting the lyrics that is how you’d have them. It also makes no sense to have a colon after liberated.
edited to say I’ve just watched a video that had livin’ but when wrote down it said living…. I’m more inclined to say livin’

Just save yourself the metal anguish and scrap the tattoo

Ironic. Celebrating the feeling of liberation by etching into your own skin a tattoo you’ll never be free of.

Thank you - agree re the colon 😅

I think i might go living you know

😄 its gonna be a small tattoo

I'm thinking on my collarbone

But why? Couldn’t you have it put on a T-shirt instead?

I think they are Hoagy Carmichael.

Awh pal, don't do this. You won't be able to have it as small as you think either or it'll blob, google minimum size for a 7 word tattoo to get some reference pics.

Well you never know.

I would go for Liberated, living like we ain't got time.

Actually no I wouldn't, personally, but I would say that's the best option if you're going to do it.

Really?? Omg.

Tbh I read it and thought you genuinely were being dense but now the ‘you never know’ makes me think you were trying to make a ‘fun’ comment and it played out badly lol

People are so snarky about tattoos. I’ve got 2 separate lines from 2 poems tattooed plus a Buffy quote
never regretted any of them

It's showing up as "living" rather than "livin" on Amazon Music, so I'd go with that if you prefer

And I'm glad you clarified as I thought The Bayonets might be some new cool indie band