 Genius Lyrics
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MIKA – Grace Kelly
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“Grace Kelly” is a genre-defying pop song about being yourself. It’s named for Hollywood legend Grace Kelly—this opening dialogue is based off her 1954 film The Country Girl. The
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MIKA – Talk About You
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This song is from Mika’s fourth Album, entitled, “No Place in Heaven” which is set to be released on June 15th 2015.
The song tells the story of someone who has fallen madly in
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MIKA – Lollipop
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The seventh track from Mika’s 2007 debut album “Life in Cartoon Motion”. Despite mixed critical reception, the album did very well sales-wise, ending up as the ninth-best-selling
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Audrey Mika – Excuses
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[Verse 1] / When you ask where I've been / I said I'm just sleepin' in, yeah / 'Cause I just wanted to talk to you / Didn't know where to begin / Sorry, one sec / [Pre-Chorus] / '
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Audrey Mika – miKa
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[Intro] / Mh, mh, mh / [Verse 1] / Rainy, cloudy, lately / Makes me wanna sleep in / Empty, no, wait maybe / I could change the season / [Pre-Chorus] / (Got me like) Ooh, what are
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Audrey Mika – Just Friends
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[Intro] / Just friends don't do what we do / [Verse 1] / Hey, what's up, where you been? / I've been waitin' by my phone / I don't know what you think / I've been tryin' figure you
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MIKA – Live Your Life
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[Verse 1] / You've got the whole world in your pocket / But you just don't know / Everybody's smilin' at you everywhere you go / It's like you've got that secret / That everybody
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MIKA – Rain
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[Verse 1] / Is it really necessary / Every single day / You're making me more ordinary / In every possible way / This ordinary mind is broken / You did it and you don't even know
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MIKA (Ft. Pharrell Williams) – Celebrate
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[Intro: MIKA & Pharrell Williams] / I want the whole world to celebrate! (Let’s go) / [Verse 1: MIKA] / I wanna come home / To the only place I know / Where the trees I've planted
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MIKA – Touches You
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[Verse 1] / You think you're better, you're better than me / You blow me off as history / To avoid conversation, you're ignoring me / [Pre-Chorus 1] / When you've had enough and
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Nessyou – 3ine Mika
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[Paroles de Nessyou "3ine Mika"] / [Couplet unique] / Yalli rak mghnder mekssi w sayr t9arna b europa / De l'autre coté ou d'ici c'est pas le même combat / Che3b hna mbléssé f'le
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MIKA – Last Party
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[Verse 1] / There's a party going on in here / It's been happenin' for many years / You weren't invited and don't want to stay / But keep partying anyway / DJ's playin' my familiar
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MIKA – Heroes
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[Verse 1] / The kids in their hundreds tomorrow will march through the door / They’re fighting someone else's war / They'll have so many stories to tell / In exchange for a hero's
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MIKA – All She Wants
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This is a song about how the speaker, who is gay, feels pressured by his Lebanese mother to act like he is straight, going so far as to marry a woman and live with her. He follows
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MIKA – Toy Boy
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[Verse 1] / I'm a wind-up toy in a up-down world / If you leave me all alone I'll make a mess for sure / I've a heart of gold in the smallest size / Leave me in the dark and never
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MIKA – Good Guys
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This song generally questions the lack of LGBT idols for the current generation. Mika also points to people throughout the past who inspired him. The chorus is based on a
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MIKA – Happy Ending
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Mika described the story behind the song:
“It’s about a few things. In a way, it’s a kind of sad break-up song like ‘My Interpretation.’ But, at the same time, it’s about a lot of
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MIKA – Origin of Love
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According to Mika’s track-by-track review, “The Origin of Love” was written to convey fear, resentment and anger but also convey happiness, representing MIKA’s experience with love
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MIKA – Porcelain (Bonus Track)
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[Verse 1] / It's hard to breathe, my knees are weak / It's a cold bath and I can't feel my feet / Porcelain, it's the state that I'm in / Hold me carefully, just one breath could
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MIKA – Emily
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[Intro] / Emily / Emily / [Verse 1] / Emily, can’t you write a happy song? / Get your ass to number one? / You could try a little harder / Emily, you could be a millionaire / But
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MIKA – Blue Eyes
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[Verse 1] / Your heart is broken / To your surprise / You're sick of crying / For blue eyes / So tired of living / Misunderstood / Think hard woman / I think you should / [Pre-
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MIKA (Ft. Andraé Crouch) – We Are Golden
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[Chorus] / Teenage dreams in a teenage circus / Running around like a clown on purpose / Who gives a damn about the family you come from / No giving up when you're young and you
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MIKA – Staring at the Sun
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This song uses the old idea that lovers can look at the sun, moon, sky, or stars and smile knowing that the one they love is under the same sky. MIKA applies a fresh twist to it
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MIKA – Stuck in the Middle
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[Intro] / Ooh, oh-oh! / [Verse 1] / I sit and think about the day that you're gonna die / Your wrinkled eyes betray the joy with which you smile / Care to see my reason? / Care to
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MIKA – Blame It On The Girls
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This song is part of Mika’s second studio album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much and it’s about people who would rather blame everything else but try to solve their problems. People who
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Audrey Mika – Followin'
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[Verse 1] / If I was a doll, I would do just what you do / Try to follow all the rules that you're showin' me (Mmm, mmm) / And if I did it wrong, you would try and keep your cool
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MIKA – My Interpretation
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[Verse 1] / You talk about life, you talk about death / And everything in between / Like it's nothing / And the words are easy / You talk about me and talk about you / And
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MIKA (Ft. Chiara) – Stardust (Italian Version)
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I could be staring / At somebody new / Stuck in my head / Is a picture of you / You are the thunder / I was the rain / I wanna know / If I'll see you again / I said I love you
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MIKA – Good Wife
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This song has the singer expressing sadness that he is a gay man and his friend, who he likely has romantic feelings for, is a straight man. The straight man’s wife has just left
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MIKA – Billy Brown
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“Billy Brown” is the main character in a story told by Mika. Billy isn’t sure about his sexuality and that causes him problems.
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MIKA – Beautiful Disaster
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My resolution I'm into you / Will you hear my confession as the truth? / Tell me what my penance should be / If you really love me punish me / [Chorus] / It's a beautiful disaster
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MIKA & Ariana Grande – Popular Song
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This song is about bullied, unpopular students eventually becoming a successful and making a “popular” song while the bullies are stuck at dead end jobs. The final message of the
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MIKA – Blue
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[Verse 1] / Blue is a feminine color (Ooh) / Blue is deep and bold (Ooh) / Blue is like no other (Ooh) / As sacred as it's old (Ooh) / Blue like the ocean's water (Ooh) / But you'
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MIKA – Stardust
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[Verse 1] / I could be staring at somebody new / But stuck in my head is a picture of you / You were the thunder, I was the rain / I wanna know if I'll see you again / I said "I
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MIKA – Ice Cream
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[Verse 1] / When I hear that sound, I know what's coming 'round / Thirty-nine degrees, too hot for the bees / The grass is turning yellow / Streets are slow and mellow / The faucet
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MIKA – Lola
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[Verse 1] / People always make me crazy / Love me lots, don’t love me maybe / What’s the point of singing silly love songs? / Who they think they are to tell us? / Make me sad or
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MIKA – Any Other World
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In contrast with the more upbeat, tongue-in-cheek songs on the album, this song is of a quite serious nature and differs significantly in tempo.
Mika said of this song:
There is
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MIKA – Make You Happy
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[Intro] / All I wanna do is make you happy / All I wanna do is make you happy / All I wanna do is make you happy / All I wanna do is make you happy / All I wanna do is make you
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MIKA – Underwater
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“Underwater” is the #5 track in Mika’s third studio album, The Origin of Love. It was released as the album’s third single in France and the second single in Europe.
In a video on
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MIKA – I See You
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[Verse 1] / I'm sitting across from you / I'm dreaming of the things I'd do / I don't speak, you don't know me at all / For fear of what you might do / I say nothing but stare at
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MIKA – Promiseland (Bonus Track)
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Promiseland sees Mika in open dialogue, if not an outright argument, with God. The song expresses anger at Christianity’s rejection of the LGBT community, and his feelings of being
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MIKA – Relax, Take It Easy
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[Intro] / Ooh, ah, ah / A-ah, ah, ah... / [Verse 1] / Took a ride to the end of the line / Where no one ever goes / Ended up on a broken train / With nobody I know / But the pain
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MIKA – No Place In Heaven
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This is a song of a gay person who grew up Christian and who is still struggling to balance their faith with who they are. It is likely a very personal song for MIKA.
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MIKA – Dr. John
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[Verse 1] / I look for joy in a strange place / From the back of a bar / From afar / I see the look on my mama’s face / When her son's in the corner, undone / [Pre-Chorus 1] / She
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MIKA – Rio
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[Verse 1] / Oh, here I go again / I wake up every morning to this Groundhog Day / Thinking about the list of things that I've done wrong / Can't even count, it goes on too long / I
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