 Genius Lyrics
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Foo Fighters – Word Forward
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[Verse 1] / Goodbye, Jimmy, farewell youth / I must be on my way, I've had enough of you / Was a young man, proud and true / Just a simple boy with nothing left to lose / [Pre-
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Foo Fighters – Wheels
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“Wheels,” One of the two original recordings for the band’s Greatest Hits compilation and the first single for the album, uses a rough plane ride as a metaphor for a relationship
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Foo Fighters – Best of You
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This is a record that had half the world turning up their stereos and bouncing around the room, as Dave Grohl inspires us to do better. The word “best” is repeated over 40 times in
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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 – Everlong (Acoustic Version)
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[Verse 1] / Hello, I've waited here for you / Everlong / Tonight I throw myself into / And out of the red, out of her head, she sang / [Verse 2] / Come down and waste away with me
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Foo Fighters (Ft. Brian May) – Have a Cigar
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Foo Fighters cover of Pink Floyd’s “Have A Cigar”.
The song was a B-Side to their 1999 single “Learn to Fly”. The song was later re-recorded and included as an exclusive bonus
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Devo – Whip It
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According to the band, “Whip It” was inspired by the poems in Thomas Pynchon’s novel Gravity’s Rainbow.
Gravity’s Rainbow is a satirical novel that describes humanity’s evolution
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Led Zeppelin – Ramble On
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“Ramble On” likens the life journey that the band members were on to find “the one” to the journey taken by Frodo and Sam in the Lord of the Rings franchise to find and destroy the
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Fall Out Boy – Thnks fr th Mmrs
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One of Fall Out Boy’s now classic songs, “Thnks fr th Mmrs” tells the tale of doomed lovers who are still in it for the sex. The third single from their third album, Infinity on
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Five for Fighting – Superman (It's Not Easy)
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“Superman” is the third song on Five for Fighting’s sophomore album, America Town.
It became a huge radio hit after the horrific 9/11 attacks. It peaked at #14 on Billboard’s Hot
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Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears
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“No More Tears” is the fifth song on the 1991 Ozzy Osbourne heavy metal album No More Tears. With a running time of 7:23, it is the longest solo song that Osbourne has ever
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System Of A Down – B.Y.O.B.
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“B.Y.O.B.” (“Bring Your Own Bombs”) is the first single released from American heavy metal band System of a Down’s fourth album Mezmerize.
Like their earlier song “Boom!,” it was
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Nirvana – Rape Me
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Originally written in May 1991 and performed live later that year, “Rape Me” was recorded in a studio setting in February 1993. It was released on the band’s final studio album
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son
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As one of the most famous protest songs of the Vietnam War era, “Fortunate Son” revives this timeless message with the snarl and swagger of the 1960s righteous rock and roll.
As
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Oasis – Don't Look Back in Anger
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“Don’t Look Back in Anger” was released as the fourth single off of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, February 19th 1996. In 2006, it was included in the “Best Of”-compilation
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James Marriott – You Are Here (Alternate Version)
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[Verse 1] / My mother told me of my first word / I asked for more and haven't stopped since / I'll use each morsel of my body / 'Till all my bones shatter or splint / [Chorus
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BROCKHAMPTON – All That
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[Verse 1: Kevin Abstract] / Back when we was still outside (Yeah) / Church next door, we couldn't afford a tie / I was only nineteen, I was down for the ride (Woo) / Everything I
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Audioslave – Like a Stone
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[Verse 1] / On a cobweb afternoon in a room full of emptiness / By a freeway, I confess I was lost in the pages / Of a book full of death, reading how we'll die alone / And if we'
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Thundercat & Tame Impala – No More Lies
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“No More Lies” is Thundercat’s first musical release as a lead artist since his fourth studio album It Is What It Is in April 2020. On the song, he and Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker
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The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
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Jack White uses an effects pedal to make his guitar sound like a bass and howls about a rage so intense, he could take on an army all by himself. Result: the greatest riff of the
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BOY (Pop) – Hit My Heart
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With “Hit My Heart,” BOY gently mocks the social media age, which promotes a stream of highly staged images over genuine human connection.
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The Yardbirds – Over Under Sideways Down
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Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty explained: “‘Over Under Sideways Down’ was about the situation of having a good time – a bit of decadence, really – in the ‘60s. Cars and girls are
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Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia
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The song is a criticism of pitiful, self-righteous people and their attempts to tangentially support those less fortunate than themselves by merely mentioning their plight or
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Oasis – Wonderwall
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“Wonderwall” was released as the third single off of Oasis' classic album What’s The Story? (Morning Glory). It was supposedly written for Noel Gallagher’s then-girlfriend, Meg
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Norma Jean – Everyone Talking Over Everyone Else
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On September 9th, 2016, Norma Jean frontman did a Facebook Live Stream to talk about the album with fans. When time came around for questions to be asked, one stated, “Do You have
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Pink Floyd – Comfortably Numb
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Pink’s emotional journey into the past is both interrupted and heightened when his management breaks into the hotel room and has a doctor inject him with a drug that will snap him
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Amy Winehouse – Rehab
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“Rehab,” the leading single off of Back To Black, arguably put Winehouse on the international map. The song is a hauntingly ironic, upbeat tune where Winehouse refuses to go to a
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The Rolling Stones – Paint It, Black
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From their 4th album, Aftermath. Per pophistorydig, the song is about the funeral of a girl from her lover’s viewpoint, and he wants the color of everything to match his mood.
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