$song=getdb("SELECT lyrics FROM song WHERE id=$form{id}");
print "<textarea>$song&lt;/textarea>";

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SELECT lyrics FROM song WHERE id=$form{id}

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I was alone
i was all by myself
no on was lookiiing
i was thinking of you.

##</code><code>##

<textarea>I was alone

i was all by myself

no on was lookiiing

i was thinking of you.&lt;textarea>

##</code><code>##

$blah{one}=~s/a/b/g;
$blah{two}=~s/a/b/g;
==
$blah{'one','two'}=~s/a/b/g;