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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 – 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 – 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 – 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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Foster the People – Coming of Age
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“Coming of Age” is the first single released from Foster The People’s sophomore album Supermodel.
A mural time-lapse video of the Supermodel album art being painted on the side of
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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 – 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 – 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 – Loyal Like Sid & Nancy
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While the band released their EP III with the intention of “reflecting joy,” “Loyal Like Sid And Nancy,” the first single from Sacred Hearts Club after the three on the EP III
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – The Angelic Welcome of Mr. Jones
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“The Angelic Welcome of Mr. Jones” is a small piece of a bigger song that Foster the People released as a free BitTorrent download, titled “The Unforeseeable Fate of Mr. Jones”.
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Foster the People – Pseudologia Fantastica (Live From The Village)
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[Verse 1] / Faded and worn at the seams / A psychotropic wanderlust, sick and laughing / Their words bared their teeth into the wall / I promised I would rid the world of feral
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The Knocks & Foster the People – South Side
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[Verse 1] / I see myself in the pouring home / I see the light come over now / I see myself in the pouring rain / I watch hope come over me / [Chorus] / Here we are now, going to
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Lady Gaga – The Edge of Glory (Foster the People Remix)
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[Verse 1] / There ain't no reason you and me should be alone / Tonight, yeah, baby / Tonight, yeah, baby / But I got a reason that you-hoo should take me home tonight / I need a
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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 – 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 – Best Friend
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“Best Friend” is a song about Mark Foster’s writer’s block. The “best friend” he is referring to in this song is his creativity and ability to write songs. He describes the revival
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Foster the People – Supermodel Cover Words
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These are the words seen on the Supermodel album cover:
They are also seen on a dress in the “Best Friend” music video which is similar to the cover as at the end of the video
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Foster the People – Machu Picchu
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[Verse 1] / Putting your patience to the test / Putting your body on the line, for less / Didn't you know there was a choice? / Never yours but someone else's voice / [Verse 2
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Foster the People – Pick U Up
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“Pick U Up” is the fourth single to be released from Foster the People’s fourth studio album. In a tweet, frontman Mark Foster confirmed the song’s release a day before it came out
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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 (Lenno Extended Remix)
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Yeah, yeah, and it's okay / I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way / Yeah, yeah, and I'm alright / I took a sip of something poison, but I'll hold on tight / Yeah
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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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Boogie Down Productions – Why is That?
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[Verse 1] / The day begins, with a grin / And a prayer to excuse my sins / I can walk anywhere I choose / 'Cause everybody listens to the B.D.P. crew / We're not here for glamour
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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 – Under The Moon
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[Verse 1] / Under the moon, I cry / Waiting in the whisper of your name, my lullaby / And I'm caught here in your eye / I cannot be afraid to let you love me when we're far away
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Foster the People – It's Ok to Be Human
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[Verse 1] / When you're all alone and you're thinking about everything / Know that wherever I am, that I'm doing the same / [Chorus] / Across the ocean of a thousand miles / It
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Foster the People – Life on the Nickel
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The song is about a homeless person getting by on what he had, struggling and fighting daily for his life, but still having fun with it.
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