Genius Lyrics
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Guns N' Roses – There Was a Time
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An incredibly layered and complex song by Guns N' Roses, “There Was a Time” features a mellotron, violins, choirs and multiple synthesizers.
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Guns N' Roses – Patience
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One of the Guns N' Roses' most famous and beautiful songs. This song was the main single of their second album G N' R Lies.
Played with only three guitars, it remains one of rock’
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Guns N' Roses – November Rain
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This piano ballad grand masterpiece became the signature song and the centerpiece of their simultaneous twin double album releases Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II.
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Shannon Hoon) – Don’t Cry
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“Don’t Cry” is a Guns N' Roses melodic ballad off their 1991 album Use Your Illusion I.
It was one of the first compositions written by Axl Rose and Izzy Stradlin while in Los
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Avenged Sevenfold – Doing Time
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Track 3 off of Avenged Sevenfold’s sixth studio album, Hail to the King. This song is notable for its heavy Guns ‘N Roses influence. Said guitarist Synyster Gates of the song:
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Hollywood Rose – Killing Time
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I'm livin' every moment / Like its my last / You could say I push too hard / But I like it fast / There ain't nothing / On what you can depend / What you call your highway / Could
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Guns N' Roses – Welcome to the Jungle
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Guns N' Roses introduces itself with a hard-hitting ode to a wild place that can tear anyone apart. No wonder it’s their usual setlist opener (except in the Chinese Democracy tour
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Grand Funk Railroad – Bad Time
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I'm in love with the girl that I'm talking about / I'm in love with the girl I can't live without / I'm in love but I sure picked a bad time / To be in love / To be in love / Well
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Guns N' Roses – Chinese Democracy
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Chinese Democracy is the lead single of Guns N' Roses’s 2008 album Chinese Democracy. The song was written around 1999 primarily by Axl Rose and drummer Josh Freese (guitarists
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Aerosmith – Cryin'
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“Cryin” is a song by Aerosmith, the American rock band. It was released as their second single in 1993, from the Geffen produced album Get A Grip. It became the band’s second Top
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Guns N' Roses – Yesterdays
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“Yesterdays” was the third single to be released from the 1991 Guns N’ Roses album, Use Your Illusion II. Although the power ballad never achieved the same levels of success in the
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Guns N' Roses – Paradise City
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A Guns N' Roses masterpiece, usually the last song in every setlist, “Paradise City” was the sixth track for debut studio album Appetite for Destruction, and upon its single
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Guns N' Roses – I.R.S.
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The song’s title is the initials of the “Internal Revenue Service.” However, the track itself appears to be referring to Rose’s former partners Erin Everly and Stephanie Seymour
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Scorpions – Still Loving You
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This is a very emotional song of love and pain and wishing for another chance. In our interview with Scorpions guitarist Rudolf Schenker, he explained:
I came up with the
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Guns N' Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
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“Sweet Child O’ Mine” is the 9th track of Guns N’ Roses’ debut album Appetite for Destruction. The song became GNR’s most successful single, topping the Billboard Hot 100.
The
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Guns N' Roses – Coma
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Appearing on Use Your Illusion I, the longest Guns N' Roses song (so far) is the 10 minutes, 14 seconds long chorus-less “Coma”. Lyrically, the song is one of their heaviest
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Guns N' Roses – Mr. Brownstone
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“Mr. Brownstone” was only released as a promotional single in the UK ahead of the release of Appetite for Destruction in 1987. It was featured as the B-Side of both “Welcome to the
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Guns N' Roses – Civil War
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Before its release as the opening track on the Guns N' Roses album Use Your Illusion II in 1991, “Civil War” first appeared on the 1990 charity compilation Nobody’s Child: Romanian
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Guns N' Roses – This I Love
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A song that goes way back to 1993. In ‘93, Axl told Hit Parader:
I wrote and recorded a new love song that I want on the next record called “This I Love,” that’s the heaviest
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Stick to Your Guns – The Better Days Before Me
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[Verse 1] / I’m a firm believer in letting the past be the past / But sometimes you have to go back / You have to go back / To remind ourselves of the things we lost / The weight
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Guns N' Roses – Estranged
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The third song in the unofficial “Del James trilogy” including “Don’t Cry” and “November Rain.”
The director of the music video, Andy Morahan, said:
By the time we got to ‘
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Guns N' Roses – November Rain (Live In Las Vegas, Thomas & Mack Center - January 25, 1992)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / When I look into your eyes / I can see a love restrained / But, darlin', when I hold you / Don't you know I feel the same? Yeah / [Chorus] / '
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Guns N' Roses – Nightrain
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“Nightrain” is one of the ‘feel good songs’ by Guns N' Roses, an ode to getting wasted with Night Train wine. As described by Slash at their infamous show at the Ritz in 1988, the
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ApologetiX – Patients
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Parody of "Patience" by Guns N' Roses / (Jeremiah 17:9; Mark 2:17; Romans 3:10-23; Proverbs 21:2) / I shed a tear 'cause I'm wishin' you would just / Open up your eyes / You still
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Guns N' Roses – Shackler's Revenge
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The second track of Guns N' Roses‘ 2008 album Chinese Democracy. Written by vocalist Axl Rose, “Shackler’s Revenge” is a reaction to the various school shootings that have been
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Guns N' Roses – November Rain (2022 Ver.)
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / When I look into your eyes / I can see a love restrained / But, darlin', when I hold you / Don't you know I feel the same? Yeah / [Chorus] / '
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Hollywood Rose – Killing Time (Original Demo Version)
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I'm livin' every moment / Like its my last / You could say I push too hard / But I like it fast / There ain't nothing / On what you can depend / What you call your highway / Could
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Guns N' Roses – It's So Easy
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In Steven Adler’s (band’s drummer) autobiography, he says that as the band got more popular, it became almost too easy to find a girl to hook up with after shows. He said girls/
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Guns N' Roses – Catcher in the Rye
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J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher In The Rye might be hailed as a classic, but Axl here is talking about how it attracts misguided fans such as John Lennon assassin Mark David Chapman:
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Guns N' Roses – Pretty Tied Up (The Perils of Rock N' Roll Decadence)
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Opening with the sounds of a coral sitar played by Izzy Stradlin, “Pretty Tied Up” highlights the excess of the Rock N' Roll lifestyle.
During an interview in 1992, Stradlin
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Guns N' Roses – November Rain (Live In Japan / 1992)
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When I look into your eyes / I can see a love restrained / But, darlin', when I hold you / Don't you know I feel the same? Yeah / 'Cause nothing lasts forever / And we both know
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Guns N' Roses – Patience (Live In Mexico / 1993)
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Shed a tear 'cause I'm missin' you, I'm still alright to smile / Girl, I think about you every day now / Was a time when I wasn't sure, but you set my mind at ease / There is no
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John Mulaney – The Salt and Pepper Diner
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I wanna tell you one story, uh. This- this was the best meal I've ever had in my life, alright? This happened when I was eleven years old in Chicago, Illinois where I grew up and
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Guns N' Roses – Welcome To The Jungle (Live In Argentina / 1992)
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Do you know where the fuck you are? / You're in the jungle baby, wake up / Time to die! / Oh my God / Jump / Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and games / We got everything you
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Guns N' Roses – Riad N' the Bedouins
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Axl Rose describing the song:
Riad is the name my one time momentary brother-in-law of Erin Everly went by when I knew him. Of part Lebanese descent and a former student of
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Guns N' Roses – One in a Million
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One of Guns n' Roses' most controversial songs.
Axl Rose moved to the big city of Los Angeles from a small town in Indiana, and having had some negative experiences with the
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Guns N' Roses – Exclusive Interview with Slash
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It took, for me to realize what true Guns N' Roses was perceived as, ... reading something in the press, or getting a response from some kid at a show, or something like that. I
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Guns N' Roses (Ft. Shannon Hoon) – Don't Cry (Alternate Lyrics)
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Only the vocal tracks differ from the original version, and even then only in the verses. However, in those verses, not only are the words entirely different, but the meter and
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