diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 21b0494..06a83d7 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ def analyze(draft: Draft):
             sids.append(None)
             prev_blank = True
             continue
-        if stripped[0] in "#([":
+        if stripped[0] in "#[":
             # annotation line ([Chorus], (yeah), # notes) — no highlighting,
             # no scheme letter, and it doesn't split the stanza either
             sids.append(None)
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
index 16f4849..c8540d2 100644
--- a/static/index.html
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@ function render(){
         h += `<span class="hseg"${tk}${dg} style="${style}">${text}</span>`;
       }
     }
-    const lcls = 'lmark' + (/^\s*#/.test(line) ? ' hdr' : /^\s*[([]/.test(line) ? ' anno' : '');
+    const lcls = 'lmark' + (/^\s*#/.test(line) ? ' hdr' : /^\s*\[/.test(line) ? ' anno' : '');
     html += (line ? `<span class="${lcls}" data-l="${i}">${h}</span>` : '') + '\n';
   });
   highlight.innerHTML = html;
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@ document.getElementById('exportBtn').addEventListener('click', async ()=>{
     });
 
     // 2) base text (ink, or dim for headers/annotations)
-    const isHdr = /^\s*#/.test(line), isAnno = /^\s*[([]/.test(line);
+    const isHdr = /^\s*#/.test(line), isAnno = /^\s*\[/.test(line);
     x.font = isHdr ? '700 ' + font : font;
     x.fillStyle = isHdr ? '#8a7d6c' : isAnno ? '#6a5f52' : ink;
     x.fillText(line, PAD, y);
diff --git a/tests/test_rhymes.py b/tests/test_rhymes.py
index 8b59772..495a38a 100644
--- a/tests/test_rhymes.py
+++ b/tests/test_rhymes.py
@@ -267,23 +267,28 @@ def test_weak_phrase_attaches_but_never_founds():
     assert "were up" not in highlighted("it were up to him\nit were up to her")
 
 
-def test_annotation_lines_ignored():
+def test_bracket_and_hash_lines_ignored():
     text = ("[Chorus]\n"
             "the cat\n"
             "a hat\n"
             "# note: tighten this verse\n"
-            "(yeah)\n"
             "so blue\n"
             "so true")
     res = analyze(Draft(text=text))
     assert "chorus" not in highlighted(text)
     assert "note" not in highlighted(text)
-    # annotations don't split the stanza or earn scheme letters
+    # [ and # lines don't split the stanza or earn scheme letters
     (st,) = res["stanzas"]
-    assert st["lines"] == [1, 2, 5, 6]
+    assert st["lines"] == [1, 2, 4, 5]
     assert st["scheme"] == "aabb"
 
 
+def test_paren_lines_are_lyrics():
+    # ( lines are real lyrics now (MF DOOM style), not ignored ad-libs
+    text = "the city bright tonight\n(shining all the light)"
+    group_with(text, "tonight", "light")
+
+
 def test_perfect_subgroup_fuses_with_slant_family():
     # shoulder/older/colder (perfect, OW L D ER) live inside the bigger
     # OW-schwa family — one color for the whole column