diff --git a/src/datasource/DataSource.ts b/src/datasource/DataSource.ts
index 8c0e0a5c..2da0f1eb 100644
--- a/src/datasource/DataSource.ts
+++ b/src/datasource/DataSource.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import type {
   FeedNotification,
   LibrarySnapshot,
   Lyrics,
+  LyricsQuery,
   Playlist,
   ResolvedLink,
   RustAudioSource,
@@ -170,5 +171,5 @@ export abstract class DataSource {
   /** Discovery shelves for a track: similar artists, related playlists, more from the album. */
   getRelated?(track: Track): Promise<BrowseShelf[]>;
   getBrowsePage?(target: BrowseTarget): Promise<BrowsePage>;
-  getLyrics?(track: Track): Promise<Lyrics | null>;
+  getLyrics?(track: Track, query?: LyricsQuery): Promise<Lyrics | null>;
 }
diff --git a/src/datasource/types.ts b/src/datasource/types.ts
index 1fac7cef..50ccf40a 100644
--- a/src/datasource/types.ts
+++ b/src/datasource/types.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ export interface LyricsSourceAttempt {
   detail?: string;
 }
 
+/** A listener-typed title and artist, replacing the track's own for one lookup. */
+export interface LyricsQuery {
+  title: string;
+  artist: string;
+}
+
 export interface Lyrics {
   lines: LyricLine[];
   timing: "synced" | "estimated" | "none";
diff --git a/src/datasource/youtube/YouTubeMusicDataSource.ts b/src/datasource/youtube/YouTubeMusicDataSource.ts
index 357311d8..a0d4a950 100644
--- a/src/datasource/youtube/YouTubeMusicDataSource.ts
+++ b/src/datasource/youtube/YouTubeMusicDataSource.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import type {
   FeedNotification,
   LibrarySnapshot,
   Lyrics,
+  LyricsQuery,
   LyricsSourceAttempt,
   Playlist,
   ResolvedLink,
@@ -4613,7 +4614,7 @@ export class YouTubeMusicDataSource extends DataSource {
     }
   }
 
-  async getLyrics(track: Track): Promise<Lyrics> {
+  async getLyrics(track: Track, query?: LyricsQuery): Promise<Lyrics> {
     /*
      * v3: the cached shape now carries the per-source attempt log, and a v2 entry would
      * leave the lyrics screen unable to say where its words came from.
@@ -4622,12 +4623,18 @@ export class YouTubeMusicDataSource extends DataSource {
      * one key would mean changing the setting appears to do nothing until the cache expires.
      */
     const cacheKey = `lyrics:synced:v3:${getPreferredLyricsSourceId()}:${track.id}`;
-    const cached = await getCachedJson<Lyrics>(cacheKey);
-    if (cached?.timing === "synced" && cached.lines.length > 0) return cached;
+    // A manual search (#89) skips the cache and overwrites it on a synced hit, so the fix sticks.
+    if (!query) {
+      const cached = await getCachedJson<Lyrics>(cacheKey);
+      if (cached?.timing === "synced" && cached.lines.length > 0) return cached;
+    }
+    const searchTrack = query
+      ? { ...track, title: query.title, artist: query.artist, artists: undefined, album: undefined }
+      : track;
 
-    let refresh = this.lyricsRefreshPromises.get(track.id);
+    let refresh = query ? undefined : this.lyricsRefreshPromises.get(track.id);
     if (!refresh) {
-      refresh = this.fetchSyncedLyrics(track).finally(() => {
+      refresh = this.fetchSyncedLyrics(searchTrack).finally(() => {
         this.lyricsRefreshPromises.delete(track.id);
       });
       this.lyricsRefreshPromises.set(track.id, refresh);
diff --git a/src/player/PlayerController.ts b/src/player/PlayerController.ts
index 5b1e730c..d384dcbf 100644
--- a/src/player/PlayerController.ts
+++ b/src/player/PlayerController.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { DataSource, StreamData } from "../datasource/DataSource";
-import type { Lyrics, Track } from "../datasource/types";
+import type { Lyrics, LyricsQuery, Track } from "../datasource/types";
 import { logInternalDebug, logInternalError, logInternalInfo, logInternalWarn } from "../internal/logging";
 import { isPrematureEnd } from "./prematureEnd";
 import { AudioEngine, isEmbedRestrictedPlaybackError } from "./AudioEngine";
@@ -1920,7 +1920,7 @@ export class PlayerController {
     savePlaybackSettings(this.currentPlaybackSettings());
   }
 
-  async getLyrics(track: Track): Promise<Lyrics | null> {
-    return this.dataSource.getLyrics?.(track) ?? null;
+  async getLyrics(track: Track, query?: LyricsQuery): Promise<Lyrics | null> {
+    return this.dataSource.getLyrics?.(track, query) ?? null;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/player/playerStore.ts b/src/player/playerStore.ts
index f51060b6..fe2e4e7b 100644
--- a/src/player/playerStore.ts
+++ b/src/player/playerStore.ts
@@ -153,8 +153,8 @@ class ActivePlayerController implements PlayerControllerActions {
     tabManager.getActivePlayer().setSleepTimer(minutes);
   getSleepTimerRemainingMs = () =>
     tabManager.getActivePlayer().getSleepTimerRemainingMs();
-  getLyrics = (track: Parameters<PlayerController["getLyrics"]>[0]) =>
-    tabManager.getActivePlayer().getLyrics(track);
+  getLyrics = (...args: Parameters<PlayerController["getLyrics"]>) =>
+    tabManager.getActivePlayer().getLyrics(...args);
   getPlayerSession = () => tabManager.getActivePlayer().exportSession();
   removeFromQueueAt = (index: number) => tabManager.getActivePlayer().removeFromQueueAt(index);
   playQueueTrackAt = (index: number) => tabManager.getActivePlayer().playQueueTrackAt(index);
diff --git a/src/ui/pages/LyricsView.tsx b/src/ui/pages/LyricsView.tsx
index a6ee6846..aa573adb 100644
--- a/src/ui/pages/LyricsView.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/pages/LyricsView.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {
+  type FormEvent,
   type KeyboardEvent,
   memo,
   useCallback,
@@ -10,7 +11,13 @@ import {
 import { useReduceMotion } from "../settings/renderEffects";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { CloseIcon, FullScreenIcon, LyricsIcon, QuitFullScreenIcon, RefreshIcon } from "@/ui/icons";
-import type { Lyrics, LyricsSourceAttempt, LyricsSourceStatus } from "../../datasource/types";
+import type {
+  Lyrics,
+  LyricsQuery,
+  LyricsSourceAttempt,
+  LyricsSourceStatus,
+  Track,
+} from "../../datasource/types";
 import { LYRICS_SOURCES } from "../../datasource/youtube/lyricsSources";
 import { FloatingPanel } from "../components/FloatingPanel";
 import { logInternalWarn } from "../../internal/logging";
@@ -31,19 +38,18 @@ const AUTO_SCROLL_RESUME_MS = 4500;
 const PAUSED_SAMPLE_MS = 250;
 
 /**
- * Depth by distance from the active line: opacity, then blur.
+ * Depth by distance from the active line, as opacity only.
  *
- * The blur is what makes the column read as a focal plane rather than a dimmed list, but it
- * is a GPU filter and every blurred node is its own layer — so it stops after four lines
- * either side. Past that the opacity alone is low enough that nobody can tell.
+ * No per-line blur: every line re-filtering at once on open, song change and play start
+ * spiked the webview by ~4 GB for seconds (#135, #90).
  */
 const DEPTH = [
-  { opacity: 1, blur: 0 },
-  { opacity: 0.55, blur: 0.7 },
-  { opacity: 0.36, blur: 1.5 },
-  { opacity: 0.24, blur: 2.4 },
-  { opacity: 0.16, blur: 3.2 },
-  { opacity: 0.12, blur: 0 },
+  { opacity: 1 },
+  { opacity: 0.55 },
+  { opacity: 0.36 },
+  { opacity: 0.24 },
+  { opacity: 0.16 },
+  { opacity: 0.12 },
 ];
 
 /*
@@ -88,6 +94,8 @@ export function LyricsView({ onClose }: LyricsViewProps) {
   const [isLoading, setIsLoading] = useState(false);
   const [failed, setFailed] = useState(false);
   const [reloadToken, setReloadToken] = useState(0);
+  // Tagged with its track so skipping to another song drops back to the automatic lookup.
+  const [manualQuery, setManualQuery] = useState<(LyricsQuery & { trackId: string }) | null>(null);
   const [activeIndex, setActiveIndex] = useState(-1);
   const [isFollowPaused, setIsFollowPaused] = useState(false);
   const [focusIndex, setFocusIndex] = useState<number | null>(null);
@@ -144,7 +152,8 @@ export function LyricsView({ onClose }: LyricsViewProps) {
     if (!track) return;
 
     setIsLoading(true);
-    void playerController.getLyrics(track)
+    const query = manualQuery?.trackId === track.id ? manualQuery : undefined;
+    void playerController.getLyrics(track, query)
       .then((result) => {
         if (!cancelled) setLyrics(result);
       })
@@ -162,7 +171,7 @@ export function LyricsView({ onClose }: LyricsViewProps) {
     return () => {
       cancelled = true;
     };
-  }, [track?.id, reloadToken]);
+  }, [track?.id, reloadToken, manualQuery]);
 
   /*
    * Every provider is a network call, so a song opened offline has nothing to show. Retrying
@@ -642,7 +651,16 @@ export function LyricsView({ onClose }: LyricsViewProps) {
             sourceLabel && <span className="truncate">via {sourceLabel}</span>
           )}
         </span>
-        {isSynced && track && <LyricsOffsetControl trackId={track.id} offset={offset} />}
+        {track && (
+          <span className="flex shrink-0 items-center gap-2">
+            <LyricsSearchPanel
+              key={track.id}
+              track={track}
+              onSearch={(query) => setManualQuery({ ...query, trackId: track.id })}
+            />
+            {isSynced && <LyricsOffsetControl trackId={track.id} offset={offset} />}
+          </span>
+        )}
       </footer>
     </section>
   );
@@ -732,7 +750,7 @@ const SyncedLine = memo(function SyncedLine({
       // Using (text-start) instead of (text-left)
       className={cn(
         "group relative origin-left text-pretty text-start font-bold leading-[1.16] tracking-[-0.035em]",
-        "transition-[opacity,filter,color] duration-500 ease-out",
+        "transition-[opacity,color] duration-500 ease-out",
         "focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring",
         /*
          * The sweep paints its own colour through background-clip, so the active line must
@@ -743,10 +761,7 @@ const SyncedLine = memo(function SyncedLine({
         isActive && !reduce ? "lyric-sweep" : "text-foreground",
         !isActive && "hover:opacity-100",
       )}
-      style={{
-        opacity: depth.opacity,
-        filter: depth.blur ? `blur(${depth.blur}px)` : undefined,
-      }}
+      style={{ opacity: depth.opacity }}
       onClick={() => onSeek(index)}
     >
       {/* The one piece of brand colour on the screen, and the only thing marking which line
@@ -858,6 +873,79 @@ function LyricsSourcePanel({
   );
 }
 
+const SEARCH_INPUT =
+  "w-full min-w-0 rounded-lg bg-background px-2.5 py-1.5 text-sm text-foreground placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-inset focus-visible:ring-ring";
+
+/**
+ * Searches the lyric sources with a typed title and artist instead of the video's own.
+ *
+ * Uploads titled "Song / Artist // Letra" on a fan's channel otherwise search for the wrong
+ * song entirely (#89). Pre-filled with the track so a small correction is a small edit.
+ */
+function LyricsSearchPanel({
+  track,
+  onSearch,
+}: {
+  track: Track;
+  onSearch: (query: LyricsQuery) => void;
+}) {
+  const [isOpen, setIsOpen] = useState(false);
+  const [title, setTitle] = useState(track.title);
+  const [artist, setArtist] = useState(track.artist);
+
+  const submit = (event: FormEvent) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+    if (!title.trim()) return;
+    onSearch({ title: title.trim(), artist: artist.trim() });
+    setIsOpen(false);
+  };
+
+  return (
+    <FloatingPanel
+      open={isOpen}
+      onOpenChange={setIsOpen}
+      side="top"
+      className="w-[18rem]"
+      trigger={
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          className="rounded-full px-1.5 py-0.5 transition-colors hover:bg-card hover:text-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring"
+          onClick={() => setIsOpen((open) => !open)}
+          aria-expanded={isOpen}
+          aria-haspopup="dialog"
+        >
+          Search lyrics
+        </button>
+      }
+    >
+      <form onSubmit={submit} className="flex flex-col gap-2 p-1">
+        <input
+          autoFocus
+          value={title}
+          onChange={(event) => setTitle(event.target.value)}
+          placeholder="Song title"
+          aria-label="Song title"
+          className={SEARCH_INPUT}
+        />
+        <input
+          value={artist}
+          onChange={(event) => setArtist(event.target.value)}
+          placeholder="Artist"
+          aria-label="Artist"
+          className={SEARCH_INPUT}
+        />
+        <button
+          type="submit"
+          disabled={!title.trim()}
+          className="self-end rounded-full bg-primary px-3 py-1.5 text-xs font-medium text-primary-foreground transition-colors hover:bg-primary/90 disabled:opacity-50 focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring"
+        >
+          Search
+        </button>
+      </form>
+    </FloatingPanel>
+  );
+}
+
 function formatOffset(offset: number): string {
   if (offset === 0) return "In sync";
   const magnitude = Math.abs(offset).toFixed(2).replace(/\.?0+$/, "");
diff --git a/src/ui/settings/lyricsFontScale.check.ts b/src/ui/settings/lyricsFontScale.check.ts
index 32c17766..265d0e91 100644
--- a/src/ui/settings/lyricsFontScale.check.ts
+++ b/src/ui/settings/lyricsFontScale.check.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ for (const option of LYRICS_FONT_SCALES) {
 }
 
 equal(normalizeFontScale(1.19), 1.2, "a near miss snaps to the closest step");
-equal(normalizeFontScale(0.1), 0.85, "an absurdly small value clamps to the smallest step");
+equal(normalizeFontScale(0.1), 0.7, "an absurdly small value clamps to the smallest step");
 equal(normalizeFontScale(99), 1.45, "an absurdly large one clamps to the largest");
 equal(normalizeFontScale(Number.NaN), DEFAULT_LYRICS_FONT_SCALE, "NaN falls back to default");
 equal(
diff --git a/src/ui/settings/lyricsFontScale.ts b/src/ui/settings/lyricsFontScale.ts
index 3644766c..bcf7920b 100644
--- a/src/ui/settings/lyricsFontScale.ts
+++ b/src/ui/settings/lyricsFontScale.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const CHANGE_EVENT = "lyrics-font-scale-change";
 export const DEFAULT_LYRICS_FONT_SCALE = 1;
 
 export const LYRICS_FONT_SCALES = [
+  { value: 0.7, label: "Extra small" },
   { value: 0.85, label: "Small" },
   { value: 1, label: "Default" },
   { value: 1.2, label: "Large" },
diff --git a/src/ui/settings/renderEffects.ts b/src/ui/settings/renderEffects.ts
index 60d3dce8..8e3873d4 100644
--- a/src/ui/settings/renderEffects.ts
+++ b/src/ui/settings/renderEffects.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const RENDER_EFFECTS = [
   {
     id: "filters",
     label: "Blur and colour filters",
-    description: "Blurred artwork washes and the lyrics depth-of-field.",
+    description: "Blurred artwork washes.",
   },
   {
     id: "shadows",