YouTube Lyrics Overlay

Shows synced lyrics directly over YouTube videos with real-time highlighting. Lightweight, zero-friction, and works out of the box.

YouTube Lyrics Overlay brings a clean, distraction-free lyrics experience to YouTube. While many tools attempt to solve the same problem, they often bundle lyrics into cluttered sidebars, require account signups, or load slow browser extensions bogged down by permissions and permissions prompts.

This extension does one thing and does it well — it shows you synced lyrics right over your YouTube video, automatically highlighting the line that matches the music as it plays. No accounts, no popups, no distractions.

How it works

Open any YouTube video, and the extension automatically detects the artist and song title. Lyrics are fetched from LRCLIB, one of the most comprehensive freely available lyrics databases. The overlay appears instantly over the video player, and the current lyric line lights up as the music plays. The line auto-scrolls so you always stay centered on what's being sung.

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