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I can think of two suggestions: Have the character sing or quote the verse you're referencing. If you were to have this brainwave in real life, you'd have to explain it to your friends who haven'...
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I can think of two suggestions: - Have the character sing or quote the verse you're referencing. If you were to have this brainwave in real life, you'd have to explain it to your friends who haven't heard the song anyway, right? - Put the verse as a block in italics as a sort of one-paragraph preface. Stephen King did this in beginning of _The Stand._