 Genius Lyrics
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Kings of Leon – Pony Up
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[Verse] / I got razor sharp mind that wants to cut you down / A little place in mind maybe I could bed you down / Pony up, we got a ways to go / Set me up my friend, I'm running
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Kings of Leon – Pickup Truck
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Caleb: “I wrote ‘Pickup Truck’ around a campfire. And I looked at the coals on the fire had started to turn to white and I said, ‘cracklin’ woods gone white.‘ And everything felt
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Kings of Leon – Use Somebody
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As he mentions here, Caleb was feeling blue on medication and alcohol after a surgery, when he wrote the lyrics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XHwLn9kPqc
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Kings of Leon – Celebration
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[Verse 1] / Hang your weary head you seem defeated / Like the little girl you've been with cheated / And in the conversation had to go too far / Now your dropped off drunk in the
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Kings of Leon (Ft. West Angeles COGIC Mass Choir) – Radioactive (Remix)
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When the roll is called up yonder / I hope you see me there / It's in the water, it's where you came from / It's in the water, it's where you came from / When the crowd begins to
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Kings of Leon – Closer
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This song is about a lovesick vampire
There is a remix to this song on their follow up album Come Around Sundown that gives it a little more dreary tone.
https://www.youtube.com/
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Kings of Leon – Mi Amigo
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The twelfth track on Kings of Leon’s fifth LP, Come Around Sundown, the song speaks of Caleb’s friend who helps him when he’s in need, but isn’t afraid to mess him up if it’s
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Kings of Leon – Closer (The Presets remix)
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Stranded in the spooky town / Stop lights are swaying and the phone lines are down / The floor is crackling cold / She took my heart, I think she took my soul / With the moon I run
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Kings of Leon – Radioactive
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As the band mentions in this video, “Radioactive” arose from an old gospel song they used to sing, when they were adolescents.
Also, the song was written right after their release
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Kings of Leon – WALLS
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The second single, and the title track, which earned a video, released September 22 2016. The song is a slow burner, with the beat resembling a heartbeat. “When the walls come down
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Kings of Leon – Beach Side
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[Verse 1] / Got an attitude / Thinking that he's always right / Blowing smoke rings / Making me want to fight / And then I look back / At all things I've ever done / And then I
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Kings of Leon – The Immortals
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Caleb explained in an interview that the message behind this triumphal track is something he wants to say to his children – go out and be who you want be, but before it’s all over
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Kings of Leon – Beautiful War
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An atmospheric, mid-tempo ballad which, with its sterling, confident Caleb vocals, sibling harmonies, and understated power, seems destined to be a classic and a mainstay in the
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Kings of Leon – No Money
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This song describes the struggles of homelessness. The difficulty of getting off the street is seen by the lack of hope displayed in the line “I got so much I cannot handle
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Ian Grey – Use Somebody
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[Verse 1: Kings of Leon] / I've been roaming around, always looking down at all I see / Painted faces fill the places I can't reach / [Chorus 1: Kings of Leon] / You know that I
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Kings of Leon – Back Down South
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[Verse 1 - Kings of Leon] / Come on out and dance / If you get the chance / We're going to spit on the rivals / All I want to know / Is how far you want to go / Fighting for
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Kings of Leon – Revelry
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“Revelry” was released as the third single from Only by the Night. It became KoL’s 9th UK Top 40 single, reaching #29 in March 2009.
In the song, Caleb looks back on a failed
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Kings of Leon – Mary
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“Caleb originally wrote this song in a drunken state at during the very beginning of the recording sessions for their previous album Only By The Night but it never made the cut. He
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Kings of Leon – Waste a Moment
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Another story-telling song, Caleb and co follow a waitress from “Waco to WeHo,” and through her difficult relationship with a hardened man. It’s a small town tale given a huge
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Kings of Leon – Conversation Piece
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A track more aligned with their 2013 album Mechanical Bull, the smooth guitar riff is light and airy, and see’s Caleb reminiscing about his beloved West Coast. Consequence of Sound
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Kings of Leon – Trunk
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[Chorus 1] / Well I got / What she wants / Ah her nose / A tied knot / I got one mile to go / On down the road / On down the road / [Chorus 1] / Well she got / What I want / And
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Kings of Leon – Find Me
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A hard rock number in line with their early career, Caleb’s crooning vocals describes the coming together of would be lovers. Pitchfork claimed the “jangling guitars” helped propel
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Kings of Leon – Head to Toe
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“Head to Toe” a track that included in their second single EP Four Kicks. Written by the front singer of the band Caleb Followill. During an interview with Rolling Stone Magazine
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Kings of Leon – Wild
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NME named this as a “standout” on the album, and even placed it as their fifth favorite KOL song of all time. Given the title, it’s likely about their exuberant past, and how the
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Kings of Leon – Manhattan
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“Manhattan” is the fourth single from the record, a song that continued their move towards a more pop-focused Southern rock sound. The track is about Native Americans:
Yeah, the
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Kings of Leon – I Want You
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“I Want You” is the ninth track on Kings of Leon’s fourth album, Only by the Night.
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The Bedroom Philosopher – Northcote (So Hungover)
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[Verse 1] / Hello / Oh, hey, Joel, how you going? / Ya, I’m just on a, uh, tram, just really hungover / Hey, you know that, um, band competition we went in / "So You Think You Can
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Kings of Leon – Pyro
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A lot of girls are looking for a guy to define them (as a cornerstone is used to define all parts of an edifice in blueprints)
It’s annoying.. (for the guy)
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Kings of Leon – Four Kicks (Live in Belgium)
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Huffman don't take no nonsense / He's here to rectify / He's got his black belt buckle / And the red man's fire in his eye / You with your switchblade posse / I'll get my guns from
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Kings of Leon – Supersoaker
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With a music video filmed in a Super 8 and one that its director, Andrew Whiston (a.k.a W.I.Z), could only describe as: “an imagined hybrid of pop-art screenprint, hand tinting and
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Kings of Leon – Birthday
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[Verse 1] / It's in the way she often calls me out / It's in the cut of your pretty gown / Your come on legs and your pantyhose / You look so precious with your bloody nose / [
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Kings of Leon – Wait for Me
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“Kings of Leon have released the next single off their upcoming Mechanical Bull, out September 24th. "Wait for Me” slows things down with a mid-tempo love song that’s equal parts
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Kings of Leon – Around the World
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Kings of Leon debuted this track on September 16 on Later… With Jools Holland. It’s another big pop number, although retains some of their jangly guitar sound from earlier records
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Kings of Leon – Cold Desert
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Final track off KOL’s 4th studio LP, Only by the Night.
Caleb recorded the song while heavily intoxicated. Everything after the first verse was improvised – it rolled off his
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Kings of Leon – Trani
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[Verse 1] / Dirty belly of a secret town / Cheap trick hookers are hanging out / At the bar near the Greyhound station / And the bare-chested boys are going down / On everything
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