Genius Lyrics
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James Blake – Unluck
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Unluck features a jarring disjointed beat, see-sawing chords that are gradually eaten away by distortion and largely drowned out by James Blake’s vocal, which for some reason seems
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James Blake – The Wilhelm Scream
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“The Wilhelm Scream”, a standout from Blake’s song-centric long-player, is a ballad like so many ballads before it: just a smattering of lines, a hushed, pleading voice going for
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James Blake – I Mind
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“I Mind”’s vocals become spinning smears that fall into the background. It’s the only time on the album where the drum clicks, static bursts, and piano splashes become the
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James Blake – Limit to Your Love
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Feist cover “Limit to Your Love” works in just enough of dubstep’s bass flutter and snare snap.
This song, originally “The Limit To Your Love” by Feist, was also covered by jazz
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James Blake – Give Me My Month
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The short piano-vocal ballad “Give Me My Month"—stripping back all instrumental and synthetic complexity—is the most simple, yet still gut-wrenchingly poignant, track off James
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James Blake – Lindisfarne I
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“Lindisfarne” is the meditational centerpiece to James Blake’s still-stunning debut full-length and on the album it appears in two parts.
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James Blake – Measurements
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Album-ending “Measurements” pulls the sound of a Southern black gospel choir from Blake’s laptop and white-boy coo.
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James Blake – Lindisfarne II
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“Lindisfarne” shows elements of folk, trip hop, and soul music. It has extensive use of auto-tune, vocoders and multi-layered vocals over acoustic guitar playing.
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James Blake – To Care (Like You)
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“To Care (Like You)” is mainly a vocal addition to James Blakes' debut album of the same name. The song has an abundance of sharp and sudden screeches which vary from decreasing to
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James Blake – Not Long Now
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It's red to me / ‘Cause I don't know any different that you're proud of me / It's red to me / And I don't know any different / That you're proud of me / (That you're proud of me
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James Blake – Enough Thunder
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The title track from Enough Thunder EP is a piano-and-vocal only song. James Blake said in the interview that “although I’m making this heavy dance music, I sometimes just sit down
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James Blake – Why Don't You Call Me
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This song seems to be about something on the brink of emotional emission. What they are on the brink of finally admitting is subjective and meant to be framed in your own
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James Blake – We Might Feel Unsound
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Marking every place I’ve been / Every other place I’ve been / Marking every place I’ve been / Every other place I’ve been / [Instrumental] / We are the sad escape / Too strong a
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James Blake – I Never Learnt to Share
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In an interview with Clash magazine:
CLASH: What inspired the lyrics of “Never Learnt to share”? Was it a lament at being an only child?
JAMES: (Smiles) Possibly, yeah. I mean I
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James Blake – You Know Your Youth
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Before our love / Know your youth / Before our love goes / Know your / Time / Before our love / Know your
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James Blake – Once We All Agree
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Hands up, head back / We're moving every part that evaded love / Hands up, head back / We're moving every part that evaded love / And at this point I won't say what I have, what is
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¥$, Kanye West & Ty Dolla $ign – Unlock
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“Unlock” first appeared to combine two separate songs – one containing North West and James Blake, which came to be “BLESS ME”, and the other containing Ye and Ty Dolla $ign (i.e
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James Blake – Tep And The Logic
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[Instrumental] / Awkward / [Instrumental]
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James Blake (Ft. Bon Iver) – Fall Creek Boys Choir
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Bon Iver’s unique use of autotune has turned numerous heads, including Kanye West’s. Here, vocalist Justin Vernon contributes an autotune ballad in the vein of 2009’s “The Woods
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James Blake – A Case of You
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James Blake’s piano and voice acoustic cover of Joni Mitchell’s song “A Case of You”
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James Blake – I Never Learnt to Share Samples
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See all of “I Never Learnt to Share” by James Blake’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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James Blake – To Care (Like You) Samples
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See all of “To Care (Like You)” by James Blake’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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James Blake – Why Don't You Call Me Samples
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See all of “Why Don't You Call Me” by James Blake’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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The Last Shadow Puppets – Sweet Dreams, TN
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“Sweet Dreams, TN” is seemingly dedicated to Alex Turner’s girlfriend at the time he wrote this song, Taylor Bagley. While Bagley was actually born in Oklahoma, she was raised in
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