Genius Lyrics
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Foster the People – Are You What You Want to Be?
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[Verse 1] / I woke up on Champs-Élysées to the Djembe of Ghana / Yeah, a fine lady from Belize said "You got the spirit of Fela" / Yeah, the young one dripping make-up lift her
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Foster the People – Call It What You Want
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This song is a criticism of music industry as a whole, and a jab at the popular music culture.
It centres on ‘labeling’ and judgement, and throughout the song, Foster makes the
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Foster the People – Waste
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Another beautiful and emotional insta-classic from Foster The People.
This song is one of their most emotional, honest, and true productions released to date.
It deals with his
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Foster the People – Call It What You Want (Treasure Fingers Pre-Party Remix Radio Edit)
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Yeah, we're locked up in ideas / We like to label everything / Well, I'm just gonna do here what I gotta do here / 'Cause I gotta keep myself free / You're ducking and moving just
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Foster the People – Imagination
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“Imagination” is the third single released by Foster the People in anticipation of their fourth studio album. It was preceded by “Worst Nites” and “Style.”
The song was announced
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Foster the People – Call It What You Want Samples
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See all of “Call It What You Want” by Foster the People’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Foster the People – Houdini
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This song is a lyrical representation of Foster’s fears of rejection, and his fierce internal conversation on whether to experiment with his music or just to stick with what he
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Foster the People – Miss You
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This song is an ode to a girl that he previously lost the company and love of.
It takes the form of conversation, Foster’s pleading for the girl to take him back, his persistence
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Foster the People – Call It What You Want - Planet of Sound Remix
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[Hook] / Call it what you want / Call it what you want / I said just call it what you want / Call it what you want / [Verse 1] / Yeah we're locked up in ideas / We like to label
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Foster the People – Ask Yourself
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[Verse 1] / Well, I've tried to live like the way that you wanted me to / Never needed the proof, just followed the rules / Well, I pick up all the paces and move my feet as fast
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Foster the People – Sit Next to Me
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“Sit Next to Me” was released on July 17, 2017, as the last promotional single of Foster the People’s third album Sacred Hearts Club.
The song is about frontman Mark Foster trying
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Foster the People – Waste (Live from the Gibson Amphitheatre)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / I'll hold your hand when you are feeling mad at me / Yeah, when the monsters, they won't go, and your windows don't close / I'll pretend to see
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Foster the People – I Would Do Anything for You
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A love ballad to the person Foster has trusted his life and emotions with. Although politically shallow and less worldly than the rest of the album, the song is still beautiful
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Foster the People – The Truth
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This song is about God as He is also known as The Truth. This also shows that the world cannot give you all you need as it is often confusing and lacks any real sense and God has
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Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks
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Robert, the main character and narrator of the song, dreams of violence towards his rich classmates and peers. The song details his plans and ambitions for a school shooting
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Foster the People – Tabloid Super Junkie
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The twelfth and final track on Foster the People’s album “Supermodel”.
The title refers to how we all have an addiction to the lurid and sensational.
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Foster the People – Fire Escape
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“Fire Escape” is a subdued song about LA, where the band is from. In an interview with NPR, frontman Mark Foster commented on the song:
I mean, it’s about LA. It’s about the city
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Foster the People – Broken Jaw
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[Intro] / Yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah / [Verse 1] / I've broken every law / All the words come out my broken jaw / I don't know anything / But then I act like
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Foster the People – SHC
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“SHC” is short for Sacred Hearts Club, the title of the band’s third studio album. The subject matter of the song is both a person with whom Mark has a relationship, and God. Many
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Foster the People – Helena Beat
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This song is Foster’s rebellion against his own self-destructive behavior. He both renounces and praises his self-destructive traits, while also talking about his will to survive
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Foster the People – The Things We Do
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[Verse 1] / Access granted, you can misbehave / Throw away your constraints / Say my name with no regrets / Yeah, you never have to take it back / Saying, "I don't wanna run around
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Foster the People – Hold On We're Going
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[Refrain] / I got my eyes on you / You're everything that I see / I want your hot love and emotion endlessly / I can't get over you / You left your mark on me / I want your hot
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Foster the People – Nevermind
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[Verse 1] / Well, let's take off from the start / I know you've tried all this before / And did your best to fight the war and break it off / But if I follow my name / I will calm
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Foster the People – Lotus Eater
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The term Lotus-eater comes from Greek mythology, in which Lotus-eaters were a race of people inhabiting an island where their main food source was lotus plants. Lotus plants were
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Foster the People – Supermodel Thank You
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Thank You... / Rob Stringer, Ashley Newton, Joel Klaiman, Lee Leipsner, Scott Greer, Isaac Green, John Fleckenstein, Mike Depippa, Pete Cosenza, Lisa Sonkin, Amanda Walk, Jay
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Foster the People – Houdini (RAC Remix)
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Rise above, gonna start the war / Oh, what you want? What you need? What'd you come here for? / Well, an eye for an eye and an 'F' for fight / They're taking me down as the
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Foster the People – The Unforeseeable Fate of Mr. Jones
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“The Unforeseeable Fate of Mr. Jones” is the finished and full version of “The Angelic Welcome of Mr. Jones”, which was released on their 2014 album Supermodel and consisted only
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Foster the People – Downtown
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[Verse 1] / Hey, turn around, man, I'm gonna take you downtown / If you wanna grab a sack, go ahead and do it / My fear of death was set in place by a lie / I glorified youth as
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Foster the People – Pseudologia Fantastica
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“Pseudologia Fantastica” was the second single off of Foster The People’s sophomore album Supermodel.
Pseudologia Fantastica is another term for pathological lying. The title
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