 Genius Lyrics
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Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
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“Take Me Out” is a song by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand. It was released as the second single from their eponymous debut studio album in the United Kingdom on 12
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Franz Ferdinand – Bullet
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Bullet is the 6th track on Franz Ferdinand’s 5th studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action.
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Franz Ferdinand – This Fire
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[Verse 1] / Eyes burning a way through me / Eyes, destroying so sweetly / Now there is a fire in me / A fire that burns / [Chorus] / This fire is out of control / I'm going to burn
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Franz Ferdinand – Ulysses
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The opening track and first single off Tonight: Franz Ferdinand introduces the boy about to enter his own Odyssey – or would it be his Bloomsday?
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Franz Ferdinand – No You Girls
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No You Girls was released on April 6, 2009. The song is inspired by Alex Kapranos' first time he ever kissed a girl (whose name was Katherine) and “how awkward it was and how we
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Franz Ferdinand – The Dark of the Matinée
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On The Dark of the Matinee, Alexander Kapranos positions himself as a bitter cynic who eventually gives in to fame (though it may be, as the title suggests, in the dimmer regions
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Franz Ferdinand – Michael
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This song was released as the fourth single from their eponymous debut studio album on the 16th of August, 2004, under the Domino label.
It was notable for its homoerotic lyrics
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Franz Ferdinand – Evil Eye
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“Evil Eye” is the 2nd track on Franz Ferdinand’s fourth studio album, Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action. In an interview with NPR music, Alex Kapranos stated that “Evil Eye
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Franz Ferdinand – Lucid Dreams
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[Intro] / I'm gonna give my aimless love / My angry heart, my desire / I woke with wings from lucid dreams / I knew the reason I felt hollow / Was that I may never know / If there
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Franz Ferdinand – This Boy
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Nick McCarthy said the lyrics of this song were reworked from something Alex had written for one of his previous bands. It is one of the more rock and roll songs that Franz
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Franz Ferdinand – This Fffire
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[Verse 1] / Eyes, burning a way through me / Eyes, destroying so sweetly / Now, there is a fire in me / A fire that burns / [Chorus] / This fire is out of control / I'm going to
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Franz Ferdinand – Love Illumination
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The second single from the album.
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Franz Ferdinand – Lazy Boy
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“Lazy Boy” is the third single released from Franz Ferdinand’s fifth studio album, Always Ascending. It was originally released via YouTube on January 24th, 2018.
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Franz Ferdinand – Demagogue
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[Verse 1] / He’s a demagogue / Check out his rise / He’s a demagogue / He’s fatally famous / He’s a demagogue / He plays with my fears / A demagogue / My shadow side dreaming / The
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Franz Ferdinand – Always Ascending
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“Always Ascending” was released on October 25, 2017 as the lead single from Franz Ferdinand’s fifth studio album, Always Ascending (2018). Rolling Stone has described it as a “
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Franz Ferdinand – Fresh Strawberries
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Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos explained the song’s meaning to NME: “It’s about searching for an answer, whether it’s religion, or a belief system, or just somebody to
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Franz Ferdinand – The Fallen
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A self-proclaimed confusing song, 2006’s “The Fallen” narrates the life of a figure reminiscent of Jesus, turning the “rich into wine” and being the justification for hate and
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Franz Ferdinand – Jacqueline
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From the first track, Jacqueline, which begins with a brooding acoustic prelude before jumping into a violently vibrant celebration of hedonism, Franz Ferdinand is darker and more
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Franz Ferdinand – Darts of Pleasure
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Darts of Pleasure came out on September 8, 2003 (in the United Kingdom) and on November 18, 2003 (in America and Canada) as Franz Ferdinand’s debut single from their album Franz
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Franz Ferdinand – Walk Away
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The video for the song premiered 4 November 2005 on Channel 4.
During the Exit festival in Novi Sad, Serbia on 6 July 2006 Alexander Kapranos explained that the song was dedicated
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Franz Ferdinand – 40'
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Maybe in a reference to the Forty Foot promontorty (incidentally the place where the opening scene of James Joyce’s Ulysses is set), this song is about standing on the edge of a 40
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Franz Ferdinand – Outsiders
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[Verse 1] / There's been some change, but we're still outsiders / If everybody's here, then hell knows we ride alone / Oh, oh / I've seen some years, but you're still my Caesar
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Franz Ferdinand – Auf Achse
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Studio album by Franz Ferdinand
Released 9 February 2004
Recorded 2003
Genre Post-punk, indie rock
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Franz Ferdinand – Curious
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[Verse 1] / Meet cute on the first page / Tension enter left on a dark stage / Our stars collide / Light destroy the night / [Pre-Chorus] / Am I thinking about now? / Am I thinking
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Franz Ferdinand – Live Alone
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Live Alone was released with its album Tonight: Franz Ferdinand on January 26, 2009.
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Franz Ferdinand – Tell Her Tonight
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Tell Her Tonight, which debuted on the Darts of Pleasure EP, returns in a full-fledged version that’s even more slinky, menacing, and danceable than the demo hinted it might be.
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Franz Ferdinand – Finally
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[Verse 1] / I feel it (I feel it), I'm fine (So fine) / I feel it in the spring sunshine (Sunshine) / So fine (So fine) / I feel it in the springtime shine / Then, oh, suddenly I'm
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Franz Ferdinand – Turn It On
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[Verse 1] / It ain't easy being this kind of lover when you never call me / It ain't easy being this kind of lover, won't you ever call me / Oh, I'm dedicated, yes, I'm a forgiver
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Franz Ferdinand – Bite Hard
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This song is about a break up. But not only a break up between two individuals, it’s also about the singers break up with his religion.
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Franz Ferdinand – Right Action
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The opening song to their 2013 album “Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action.” It is an upbeat song whose narrator seems to emphasize those principles in its' chorus, but ends
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Franz Ferdinand – Brief Encounters
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A key party is a social events for swingers, where a number of couples get together at one house. As everyone arrives they put their car or house keys in a communal bowl, and at
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Franz Ferdinand – Glimpse of Love
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[Intro] / Won't someone bring / Bring me just a glimpse of? / [Chorus] / Love, love, love is gonna come as a photographer / Yes, a photographer, yeah, yeah / I need love, so
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Franz Ferdinand – Huck and Jim
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[Verse 1] / Sitting by the window, she's sitting by the door / Her nose upon the window is cold / Nails upon the window breaking, nails upon the door / Looking through the window
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Franz Ferdinand – Katherine Kiss Me
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An acoustic reprise of “No You Girls”, symbolizing how the narrator is having a hungover yet happy following morning remembering the wild night and the girl he got.
The electric
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Franz Ferdinand – What She Came For
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[Verse 1] / I got a question for ya, I got a question for you / Where'd you get your name from, where'd you get your name from? / I got a question for you / Where do you see
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Franz Ferdinand – Lois Lane
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“Lois Lane” is the sixth song from Franz Ferdinand’s fifth studio album, Always Ascending and named after the character from the Superman comics series.
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Franz Ferdinand – The Academy Award
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The song refers to the world right now with so much social media exposure. “And the Academy Award for Good Times goes to you” referring to everyone’s “perfect” Instagram stories or
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Franz Ferdinand – I'm Your Villain
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[Verse 1] / You toss in a word / And I'm your villain / I see the passion emerge / And I'm your villain / But serious / You're so serious / Oh, like a waiter hating the rich / But
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Franz Ferdinand – Come On Home
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[Verse 1] / Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live / I kind of find I like a life this lonely / It rips and pierces me in places I can't see / I love the rip of
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Franz Ferdinand – No (Song)
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No no no no (hey) / No no no / No no no no / No no no no / No / No eyes / No teeth / No brains / No no no no / No no no no / No / No arms / No arms / No arms / No arms / No arms
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Franz Ferdinand – All for You, Sophia
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This song is about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand – Archduke of Austria in 1914 and namesake of Scottish band Franz Ferdinand – and his wife Sophie, carried out by the member
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Franz Ferdinand – Eleanor Put Your Boots On
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Franz Ferdinand lead singer Alex Kapranos wrote this song about then-girlfriend Eleanor Friedberger, one-half of indie rock duo Fiery Furnaces and, later, an accomplished solo
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Franz Ferdinand – Cheating on You
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[Verse 1] / Goodbye, girl, because I'm lonely / Goodbye, girl, it isn't over / Goodbye, girl, because it's only love / Goodbye, girl, you know you own me / Goodbye, girl, yes, I'm
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