You've generated a track in Suno. It sounds great. Now you want to do something with it — a lyric video, a TikTok, a YouTube upload with subtitles. And you've just discovered the problem.

Suno gives you audio. That's it. No lyrics file, no timestamps, no subtitle export. If you want words on screen in sync with your song, you're on your own.

Here's the complete workflow to go from Suno audio to finished lyric video, broken into three stages. The whole thing takes under 10 minutes once you know what you're doing.

Before You Start: Why You Can't Use Your Suno Prompt

One thing worth understanding first: your original lyrics prompt is not usable as a subtitle file.

When Suno generates a song from your lyrics, it interprets them. It adds ad-libs between lines. It stretches syllables. It adds harmonies and backing vocals. It changes the phrasing of lines to fit the melody it creates. What actually comes out of the speakers is often significantly different from what you typed in.

If you paste your prompt into a subtitle file and try to sync it to the audio, you'll constantly be out of time. You need to work from the audio itself — transcribe what's actually being sung, not what you intended. That's what this workflow does.

Stage 1: Get Your Subtitle File (2 minutes)

Go to LyricTime and upload your Suno MP3. The AI listens to the audio and transcribes the actual vocals — including any ad-libs or phrasing changes Suno added — with timestamps for every line.

In about 30 seconds you'll have a draft. Accuracy is around 95% for most tracks, which means you might need to fix an occasional word — but the timestamps are solid. You're not redoing the timing from scratch, just correcting the odd transcription error.

Once you're happy with it, export in whatever format your video editor needs:

• SRT — works with virtually every video editor: CapCut, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, iMovie
• LRC — for music players and karaoke software
• VTT — for web video players and Vimeo

If you're making a TikTok or YouTube video, download SRT. That's the one you'll use most.

Stage 2: Bring It Into Your Video Editor (5 minutes)

The exact steps depend on your editor, but the principle is the same everywhere: import your Suno audio, import your SRT file, and the subtitles snap into place on the timeline.

CapCut (free, mobile and desktop)

New project → add your audio → tap Text → Auto Captions → Import SRT → select your file. The captions appear on the timeline already timed. Style them however you want — font, size, colour, position.

DaVinci Resolve (free desktop)

Drop your audio on the timeline → go to the Edit page → File → Import Subtitle → select your SRT. The subtitles appear as a separate track. Double-click any caption to edit the text or adjust timing.

Premiere Pro

File → Import → select your SRT → drag it to the timeline above your audio track. Each subtitle appears as a separate caption clip you can style individually.

For TikTok specifically

Edit in CapCut, which is designed for it. Style your captions, add background colour or outline for readability, export and upload directly. CapCut's SRT import is the smoothest of any of the free tools.

Stage 3: Style and Export (3 minutes)

A few things that make lyric videos actually watchable:

Contrast is everything. White text on a light background is unreadable. Either add a dark outline, a semi-transparent background behind the text, or position lyrics over a darker part of your video.

One line at a time works better than two. Viewers read ahead if you show too many words at once and stop listening. Keep it to one short line at a time, displayed for exactly as long as it's sung.

Don't over-style it. On TikTok and Reels, the content matters more than the design. A clean font with a simple outline beats elaborate animated typography that's hard to read on a phone screen.

For export: if it's going to TikTok or Instagram Reels, export at 1080×1920 (vertical). For YouTube, 1920×1080 (horizontal). Most editors handle this automatically if you set the project dimensions correctly at the start.

The Full Workflow, Summarised

1. Generate your song in Suno, download as MP3
2. Upload to LyricTime, wait 30 seconds
3. Review the transcript, fix any odd words
4. Export as SRT
5. Import into your video editor alongside the audio
6. Style the captions
7. Export and upload

That's it. Under 10 minutes for the whole thing, versus 2–3 hours of manual timing. The 95% accuracy means you're doing a quick quality check, not rebuilding everything from scratch.

Non-English tracks work too. If your Suno song is in Spanish, Japanese, Italian, Korean, or another language, the transcription works the same way. LyricTime handles non-English vocals well, which is useful if you're generating multilingual content or working with AI music in languages beyond English.