several alterations were made to the lyrics of 14 minutes until start after its release. one of the first changes was the alteration of the lyric 'blue planet' (), which was altered to 'planet dear' () almost immediately after being submitted to the ministry of culture for editing. the exact reason why this lyric was changed remains unknown. another attempted alteration to the lyrics was the term 'dusty paths' (), which was criticised by soviet censors as 'deromanticising the image of space'. it was proposed that the term 'new paths' be used instead, but ultimately, voinovich refused to change the lyric. in his biography, voinovich defended his word choice by stating that any cosmic path would be dusty because 'there are no wipers in space', and that using the term 'new paths' implied that there were pre-existing old paths. the lyric 'dusty paths' was kept in the final version, although voinovich allegedly continued to receive phone calls after the song was published urging him to alter the wording.