 Genius Lyrics
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José González – Heartbeats
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This song is known for its music video featuring bouncing balls for a TV commercial. It is a cover of The Knife’s synthpop song of the same name, which features a different tone.
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José González – Far Away
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González’s “Far Away” was iconically featured in Rockstar San Diego’s 2010 video game Red Dead Redemption. It starts to play as the game’s protagonist, John Marston, enters Mexico
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José González – Crosses
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“Crosses” is most likely a song about depression: hence why everything feels heavy and wrong and why you are down on your knees. It tells people to hold on and light will show up
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The Books (Ft. José González) – Cello Song
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Strange face, with your eyes / So pale and sincere / Underneath, you know well / You have nothing to fear / For the dreams that came to you / When you were young / Told of a life
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José González – Storm
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This is a song about José González being stuck in a stormy situation whether that situation is an actual storm or a metaphor for a bad situation.
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José González – Stay Alive
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This song feautured on “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” soundtrack.
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José González – Teardrop
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Love, love is a verb / Love is a doing word / Feathers on my breath / Gentle impulsion shakes me makes me lighter / Feathers on my breath / Teardrop on the fire / Feathers on my
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José González – Leaf Off / The Cave
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“Leaf Off / The Cave” is the fifth song on José González’s most recent album, Vestiges and Claws.
In an album review from the Consequence of Sound, Dusty Henry writes: ‘Even
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José González – Stories We Build, Stories We Tell
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“Stories We Build, Stories We Tell” is the third song on José González’s most recent album, Vestiges and Claws.
In one album review from Paste magazine, Hilary Saunders
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José González – Hints
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While the crowd is waiting for the final kiss / The one which allows them to sleep well / We'll walk along our own path / The one which will lead us to our own bliss / But we need
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José González (Ft. St. Vincent) – Step Out
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An anthem that represents all things Walter Mitty, “Step Out” is an original composed by José González and Theodore Shapiro for The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty and was featured in
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José González – Every Age
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“Every Age” is the sixth song on José González’s most recent album, Vestiges and Claws.
The lyrics were reviewed with the lyrics video from the official José González YouTube
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José González – Remain
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[Verse] / We'll remain / After everything's been washed away / By the rain / We will stand upright as we stand today / We'll remain / After everything's been washed away / By the
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José González – Head On
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[Verse 1] / Action, reaction / Stay with it, hang on / Engage, disengage / Deal with it / [Chorus] / Head on / Head on / [Verse 2] / Inhale, exhale / Wave coming, undertow / Speed
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José González – The Forest
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“The Forest” is the fourth song on José González’s most recent album, Vestiges and Claws.
In an album review from the Consequence of Sound, Dusty Henry writes: ‘On “The Forest
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José González – Slow Moves
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[Verse 1] / A compromise / Between honesty and lies / To lead me past / Their sly disguise / [Chorus] / My moves are slow / But soon they'll know / My moves are slow / But soon
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José González – Horizons
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Say who are we to pretend / To know things we don’t / And say who are we to neglect / Our vast horizons / To be at peace with and without / Knowledge and doubt / To be at peace
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José González – Open Book
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“Open Book” is the tenth and final song on José González’s most recent album, Vestiges and Claws.
The lyrics were reviewed with the lyrics video from the official José González
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José González – How Low
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How low are you willing to go / Before you reach all your selfish goals / Punch line after punch line / Leaving us sore, leaving us sore / Absorbed in your ill hustling / You're
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José González – Let It Carry You
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“Let It Carry You” is the second song on José González’s most recent album, Vestiges and Claws.
As the iTunes album preview says, ‘The opening songs, “With the Ink of a Ghost
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José González – Honey Honey
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Honey honey / Honey honey / On my nose / On your titties / Sweet sweet lips / And your swaying hips / Rocking us to sleep / Honey honey / Honey honey / On my nose / On your titties
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José González – Line of Fire
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What would you do / If it all came back to you? / Each crest of each wave / Bright as lightning / What would you say / If you had to leave today? / Leave everything behind / Even
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José González – Down the Line
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I see problems down the line / I know they're not mine / Don't wash the dirt off of your hands / You're doing the same mistake twice / Making the same mistake twice / Come on over
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Zero 7 (Ft. José González) – Today
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Sirens sounding out, are we going to war / A film of yesterday on a broken down door / Send me something real to ignore or explore / And I'll show you all the things that I saw
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José González – Save Your Day
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Poke the body with a stick, roll it down / Ignore the moaning as it tumbles to the ground / Be brave and save your day / These days are cold, numbers rule I've been told / The
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José González – The Nest
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This song is an allegory describing how humans are paranoid and they build armies to fight each other. The nest being a fortress for humans.
This song was written by José González
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José González – Afterglow
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“Afterglow” is the ninth song on José González’s most recent album, Vestiges and Claws.
The lyrics were reviewed with the lyrics video from the official José González YouTube
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José González – Vissel
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“Vissel” is the eigth song on José González’s most recent album, Vestiges and Claws.
In an album review from Billboard, Garrett Kamps writes: ‘On “Vissel,” there’s some
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José González – Neon Lights
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[Verse 1] / Spitting around the cage with goals unclear / Wishes come close, then disappear / Day in, day out, night after night / You seem to wait for neon lights / [Verse 2
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José González – Sensing Owls
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[Verse] / You're not using a designated driver / To show you around / The folders are a bit too ordered / The sailors seem a bit too bored / Mountain tops seem nice from a distance
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Zero 7 (Ft. José González) – Futures
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Made a note of it / Did you write it on your hand? / Put a name on it / To help you understand / Well do you see / The future's holidays are for me? / Just let me know / Where we
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José González – Abram
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This song is inspired by the book, The God Delusion, written by Richard Dawkins.
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José González – Suggestions
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[Instrumental]
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José González – Visions
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Visions / Trying to make sense of the now / Trying to make sense of the past / To show us how / Visions / Imagining the worlds that could be / Shaping a mosaic of fates / For all
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José González – All You Deliver
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On the verge of ruin / You'll see it all clear / How steep the fall is / How long the way back is / On the verge of success / It's all white and fluffy / Horizons are blurred
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José González – Hand on Your Heart
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Well it's one thing to fall in love / But another to make it last / I thought that we were just beginning / And now you say we're in the past / Look me in the eye and tell me we
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José González – Lasso In
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Follow through the swells / Feel the sting burn and melt away / Sunrays caress your tingling skin / Note the state your disposable soma is in / Lasso in the ruminating thoughts
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Zero 7 (Ft. José González) – Left Behind
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Cleaning up the things, she left behind / Are you on, to find, some peace of mind? / Are you, aware, of the mess, you left, behind? / Scared to think away the cheer / Looking back
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José González – Cycling Trivialities
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“So how’s it gonna be
When it all comes down you’re cycling trivialities”
The song is about the moment we catch ourselves living a shallow life, stuck in our everyday’s futilities
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José González – Lilla G
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Lilla, lilla Gumman, Ja lilla / Lilla, lilla Gumman, Ja lilla / Lilla, lilla Gumman, Ja lilla / Lilla, lilla Gumman, Ja lilla / Lilla, lilla Gumman, Ja lilla / Lilla, lilla Gumman
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