See song lyrics on your Mac while music plays

Show time-synced lyrics in the NotchMind floating player and on your lock screen, where lyrics come from, and what to do when a song has none.

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NotchMind finds lyrics for the song that’s playing and highlights each line as it’s sung, when synced lyrics are available.

Where lyrics appear

Where they come from

Lyrics are looked up online from public lyrics databases such as LRCLIB, using the song’s title, artist, album and length. Only those song details are sent; nothing about you or your library is.

A song has no lyrics

Not every song is in the databases, and instrumentals, live versions and very new releases are often missing. Some songs only have plain lyrics, without timing. The lock screen shows those as a block of text; the floating player only shows synced lyrics. Lyrics need an internet connection.

Still stuck?

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