 Genius Lyrics
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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 – Band on the Run
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Stuck inside these four walls / Sent inside forever / Never seeing no one nice again / Like you, mama / You, mama / You / If I ever get out of here / Thought of giving it all away
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Foo Fighters – Learn to Fly
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In Dave Grohl’s own words:
[“Learn to Fly” is] about the search for some sort of inspiration, the search for signs of life that will make you feel alive. It’s actually one of my
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Foo Fighters – Good Grief
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“Good Grief” describes the painful and annoying struggle of defeat and being let down. It can often be perceived as a benefit at first, but it quickly becomes a burden.
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Chuck Berry – Run Run Rudolph
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[Intro] / Out of all the reindeers, you know you're the mastermind / Run, run, Rudolph, Randolph ain't too far behind / [Chorus] / Run, run, Rudolph, Santa's got to make it to town
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Foo Fighters – Times Like These
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“Times Like These” is the second single off One By One, and a song with much symbolism regarding that album’s production.
After the early unsuccessful recording sessions, Dave
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Foo Fighters – For All the Cows
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“For All The Cows” is a near nonsensical song that involves Grohl rambling about what people say about him, what he thinks, and what he’s going to do about it all.
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Wings – Band on the Run Covers
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See all of “Band on the Run” by Wings’s covers
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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 (Ft. Gaz Coombes) – Bargain
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I'd gladly lose me to find you / Gladly give up all I had / To find you I'd suffer anything / And be glad / I'd pay any price just to get you / Work all my life and I will / To win
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Foo Fighters – Come Alive (Demo Version)
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Seems like only yesterday / I was gonna run away / Better that I leave / And don't look back / Every sound monotone / Every color monochrome / I began to fade into the black / Such
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Foo Fighters – For All the Cows (Live in Amsterdam)
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I'm called a cow / I'm not about / To blow it now for all the cows / For all the cows / It's funny how / Money allows / All to browse and be endowed / This wish is true / It falls
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Foo Fighters – Learn to Fly (Live at the Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA - October 2002)
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[Verse 1] / Run and tell all of the angels / This could take all night / Think I need a devil to help me get things right / Hook me up a new revolution / 'Cause this one is a lie
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Foo Fighters – Another Round
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[Verse 1] / When she goes stormin' out / I run for cover / Rollin' like thunder clouds / Hangin' above her / Ring in the witching hour / Spells that I'm singin' / Rain come and
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Foo Fighters – Down in the Park
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Originally by Gary Numan & the Tubeway Army, from the album “Replicas”, 1979
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Foo Fighters – Long Road to Ruin
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“Long Road To Ruin”, one of Foo fighters greatest hits, has political undertones. It talks of taking over the established power, not out of pride but out of dissatisfaction and
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Foo Fighters – New Way Home
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[Verse 1] / Have you found your way around the down and out? / I know it must seem long, so long / I'm still tryin' to keep this time from runnin' out / Head down, always movin' on
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Foo Fighters – Ain't It the Life
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[Verse 1] / Dear Haley, can you save me / From the borrowed cloud I'm on? / All you gotta do is try / Pray you're just gettin' by / Hey, wait, I thought you'd made it / How'd your
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Foo Fighters – The Sign
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The final track of Disc 2 of In Your Honor, “The Sign” is a confession of love, a crooning of dedication and near worship to the person this song is about.
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Foo Fighters – Cloudspotter [Live]
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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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Radiohead – Creep
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According to Thom Yorke, “Creep” tells the tale of an inebriated man who tries to get the attention of a woman to whom he is attracted by following her around. In the end, he lacks
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Foo Fighters – Spill
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[Verse 1] / One of these nights I'll shake you / I will take you from my veins / I'm gettin' tired of waiting / It's time to empty me / [Chorus] / We can rip apart this bleeding
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Foo Fighters – If Ever
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[Pre-Chorus] / If ever you think you're not the one, I'll remind you / If ever you think you're about to run, I will find you / Come on to me, just let it go / If ever you think
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Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight
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[Verse 1] / Say a prayer and close the light, thumb upon the scale / The pillow is cold, and that ship has sailed / Time has run the river dry, dry as a twisted trail / Into the
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Foo Fighters – Walking a Line
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An extra track of the deluxe edition of One by One, taken from the album’s original recording sessions.
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Wings – Band on the Run
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A big hit for McCartney, “Band On The Run” tells a lighthearted story about an incarcerated band who break out of jail. The name is vaguely based on a comment made by George
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Rick Astley – Never Gonna Give You Up
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“Never Gonna Give You Up” is known as the world famous Rick Roll song.
The music video, directed by Simon West, finds Astley singing at various west London locales, including an
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