 Genius Lyrics
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Foo Fighters – Under You
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[Verse 1] / I woke up and walked a million miles today / I've been looking up and down for you / All this time it still feels just like yesterday / That I walked a million miles
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Foo Fighters – Run
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“Run” tells of an escape from a dream-like stupor with vaguely political themes. It is unique among Foo Fighters music in that it has a heavier sound than the norm.
The track
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Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench
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This song is about not wanting to be someone’s foolish person/someone who can be manipulated.
Dave wrote this about his Ex-wife Jennifer Youngblood whom he was with for 4 years
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Foo Fighters – The Teacher
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[Part I] / [Intro] / Who's at the door now? / Who's at the door now? / [Verse 1] / Sun goes down, windows wide / One step closer to the other side / I can feel what others do / Can
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Foo Fighters – But Here We Are
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[Verse 1] / Save / Your shiny little charms / Take 'em off / Take 'em off / Faith / Wish upon a star / But here we are / Here we are / [Verse 2] / Hey (Hey) / Lay your burden down
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Foo Fighters (Ft. Violet Grohl) – Show Me How
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[Verse 1] / Where have you gone? / Walk in circles back to square one / Made it through yesterday / Spilling wine, thinking of the time / Wrote you a melody / Rolling your eyes, I
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Foo Fighters (Ft. Norah Jones) – Virginia Moon
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[Verse 1] / Dearest constellation / Heaven surroundin' you / Stay there, soft and blue / Virginia moon, I'll wait for you tonight / [Verse 2] / Sweetest invitation / Breakin' the
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Foo Fighters – Aurora
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Do you remember “Aurora”? Arguably the Foo Fighters' greatest non-single of all-time!
In Dave Grohl’s own words:
‘Aurora’ is definitely one of my favourite songs that we’ve ever
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Foo Fighters – Cold Day in the Sun
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Drummer Taylor Hawkins wrote and sings this track, while Dave Grohl plays the drums. Live, it gets an electric version, and not always Taylor leaves the kit.
“I actually wrote
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Foo Fighters – Razor
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[Verse 1] / Wake up, it's time / We need to find a better place to hide / Make up your mind / I need to know, I need to know tonight / [Chorus] / Sweet and divine / Razor of mine
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Foo Fighters – Chasing Birds
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[Verse 1] / Chasing birds to get high / My head is in the clouds / Chasing birds to get by / I'm never comin' down / My heart is six feet underground / [Chorus] / The road to Hell
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Foo Fighters – Cloudspotter
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[Verse 1] / Big baby, run and hide / Hope it don't sting when the feeling dies / I got sweet dreams tucked in tight / Silver screen sister in a suit and tie / Two lovers, sick and
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Foo Fighters – Everlong
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The second single from 1997’s The Colour and the Shape. “Everlong” was penned by Dave Grohl during his split with his first wife, photographer Jennifer Youngblood.
The divorce
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Foo Fighters – Love Dies Young
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[Verse 1] / Love dies young, and there's no resuscitation / Once it's done, no regeneration / It's a losin' game that'll make you play / Your hand against your chest, love dies
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Foo Fighters – Waiting on a War
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The third and final preview from Medicine At Midnight, “Waiting on a War” is a multi-faceted song that has a deeply personal meaning for Foo Fighters' leader Dave Grohl
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Foo Fighters – No Son of Mine
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[Verse 1] / No son of mine will ever do / The work of villains, the will of fools / If you believe it, it must be true / No son of mine, no son of mine / [Verse 2] / No son of mine
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Foo Fighters – Rescued
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[Verse 1] / It came in a flash, it came outta nowhere / It happened so fast, and then it was over / [Pre-Chorus] / Oh, are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'? / Is this happenin' now
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Foo Fighters – No Way Back
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In Your Honor was written during Dave Grohl’s participation in the 2004 John Kerry for President campaign, and the album was dedicated to Kerry. Grohl said, “No Way Back is another
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Foo Fighters – Hearing Voices
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[Verse 1] / I think I spoke too soon / It's time to clear the air / It's quiet in my room / The silence is unfair / I've been hearing voices / None of them are you / I've been
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Foo Fighters – Making a Fire
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[Refrain] / Na, na, na-na-na-na na, na / Na-na-na-na na, na, na-na-na-na na / Na, na, na-na-na-na na, na / Na-na-na-na na, na, na-na-na-na na / [Verse 1] / I've been waitin
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Foo Fighters – My Hero
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Grohl has claimed he didn’t have any rockstar rolemodels growing up. This song is a tribute to those he did look up to: the everyday people.
The sentiment on this track is simple
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Foo Fighters – Friend of a Friend
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This was the first song Dave Grohl wrote acoustically. It succinctly describes all three members of Nirvana – Grohl, vocalist/guitarist Kurt Cobain, and bassist Krist Novoselic
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Foo Fighters – Doll
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“Doll” is the opening track on the Foo Fighter’s internationally successful second album, The Colour and the Shape, released May 20, 1997.
The album’s primary lyrical inspiration
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Foo Fighters – Walk
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“Walk” was the final track and third single off of the Foo Fighters‘ 2011 album Wasting Light. It deals with the themes of starting over and overcoming obstacles. It reached Number
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Foo Fighters – I'll Stick Around
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One of the few songs written on the eve of recording Foo Fighters, “I’ll Stick Around” is defined by Dave Grohl as “a very negative song about feeling you were violated or deprived
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Foo Fighters – Rest
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[Verse 1] / Wakin' up, bottom of an empty cup / Layin' in your favorite clothes chosen just for you / Make you laugh, maybe I could make you laugh / Books of faded photographs
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Foo Fighters – These Days
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[Verse 1] / One of these days, the ground will drop / Out from beneath your feet / One of these days, your heart will stop / And play its final beat / [Verse 2] / One of these days
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Foo Fighters – Wind Up
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An angry song about the music journalism scene.
“It’s about the relationship between the musician and the journalist, which annoys me in some ways. There are some artists who have
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Foo Fighters – This Is a Call
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The opening track of Foo Fighters, “This Is A Call” serves as “a ‘hello’ and a ‘thank you’” to everyone that had played a key role" in Dave Grohl’s life. It was the Foo Fighters
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Foo Fighters – Rope
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Wasting Light’s lead single, “Rope,” talks about a relationship that the narrator needs to stay alive.
When you go, I come loose
Suggesting that without this person he’ll fall.
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Foo Fighters – Big Me
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“Big Me” is a heartfelt ballad written for Dave Grohl’s first wife, Jennifer Youngblood.
It’s best remembered for the music video spoofing Mentos commercials, which Grohl felt it
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Foo Fighters – The Glass
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[Verse 1] / I had a vision of you, and just like that / I was left to live without it, left to live without it / I found a version of love, and just like that / I was left to live
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Foo Fighters – Breakout
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[Verse 1] / You make me dizzy runnin' circles in my head / One of these days I'll chase you down / Well, look who's goin' crazy now / We're face to face my friend / Better get out
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Foo Fighters – La Dee Da
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“La Dee Da” is littered with references to obscure racist and neo-nazist bands. In a recent interview, Grohl was at pains to explain that the song reconnects with both his own
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Elise Trouw – Everlong (Foo Fighters Meets 70's Bobby Caldwell)
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[Verse 1] / I guess you wonder where I've been / I searched to find a love within / I came back to let you know / Got a thing for you and I can't let go / My friends wonder what is
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Foo Fighters – Weenie Beenie
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[Verse 1] / I'm molasses! / Hung in rent! / Read a sponsor! / One shot, no post-show! / [Chorus 1] / Tear it off, but not a lot / It's not enough to debate / [Verse 2] / As if you
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Foo Fighters – Arlandria
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The fifth track on Wasting Light, also issued as a single in the UK.
After the break up of Dave’s parents, he lived with his mother in Northern Virginia and went to high school in
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