Genius Lyrics
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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 – Waste Samples
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Foster the People – Chin Music for the Unsuspecting Hero
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[Verse 1] / Today, I walked through the door and fell down on my floor / Got all of my papers out and read them / Seems that I've been wandering for a little too long / Yeah, the
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MØ (Ft. Foster the People) – Blur (Remix)
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[Verse 1: MØ] / Under the bad, bad moon tonight / Or baby is it just me? / Or is it something in the air we breathe? / 'Cause I'm feeling dizzy, dizzy, ah / How was the party? Was
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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 – 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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Iggy Azalea – Treasure Island Samples
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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 & Gus Dapperton – Pumped Up Kicks (Gus Dapperton Version)
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[Verse 1] / Robert's got a quick hand / He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan / He's got a rolled cigarette / Hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid / Yeah, he
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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 – 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 – 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 – Ruby
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[Intro] / One / Yeah / Mmm / [Verse 1] / And there she goes / She's sitting real nice with her head full of advice from friends / And she walks around / She tries to rearrange, but
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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 – 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 – Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)
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This song is a continuous metaphor between his love with a girl (the subject of the song), and a playground/childhood theme.
This is the overall theme of the song, and he
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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 – 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 – 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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Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks (The Knocks Speeding Bullet Remix)
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All the other kids / With the pumped up kicks / All the other kids / Better run, better run / All the other kids with the pumped up kicks / You better run, better run, outrun my
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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 – 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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