Genius Lyrics
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Foster the People – Pay the Man
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Debuted on Triple J Australia on April 27th, 2017, “Pay the Man” is the first track off of the band’s first release in 3 years (the EP III) and the opening track on Sacred Hearts
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Foster the People (Ft. JID & Saba) – Pay the Man (Remix)
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[Intro: JID & Mark Foster] / Tell me what's your name, it was nice to meet you (What you need? What you need?) / Gather all your things and you're ready to go (What you need, man
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Foster the People – Orange Dream
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[Intro] / "Doctor Afro Mal-Funkenstein" / [Instrumental] / [Outro] / "Doctor Funkenstein"
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Foster the People – Time to Get Closer
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[Verse] / I had been hopeful / That I would have the time to get closer to you / If you wanted me to / Mmm, I feel like crying / The more I think about the times that I tried / To
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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 – Static Space Lover
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“Static Space Lover” is the 7th track on Foster the People’s third album Sacred Hearts Club.
It is about two lovers that stay on the same point in their relationship. Foster makes
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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 – 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 – I Love My Friends
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This song is about the superficial society of “friends” we coexist with. Instead of being organically, and emotionally connected with people, in this case, our friends, we tend to
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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 – 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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The Knocks & Foster the People – Devil's Haircut
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[Verse 1] / Something's wrong 'cause my mind is fading / And everywhere I look, there's a dead end waiting / Temperature's dropping at the rotten oasis / Stealing kisses from the
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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 (Ft. The Stereotypes) – Sit Next to Me (Stereotypes Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Yeah it’s over, it’s over / I’m circling these vultures / Got me praying, man this hunger / Feeling something rotten / Feeling kinda tempted / And I’m pouring out the
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Foster the People – Warrant
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This song follows a criminal, who is being tracked by the police to be arrested and put in jail.
He articulates his worries and his fears, his psychological state, and the position
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Foster the People – Sit Next to Me (Acoustic)
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[Verse 1] / Yeah it’s over, it’s over / I’m circling these vultures / Got me praying, man this hunger / Feeling something rotten / Last time I saw you said “What’s up?” / And
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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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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 – 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 – 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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