Genius Lyrics
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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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Treblemakers – Lollipop
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This is an A capella take on Mika’s hit song “Lollipop” performed by the Treblemakers for the movie Pitch Perfect 2.
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MIKA – Lollipop Samples
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See all of “Lollipop” by MIKA’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Kevin Michael – Lollipop Samples
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See all of “Lollipop” by Kevin Michael’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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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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Kevin Michael – Lollipop
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[Verse 1] / Sittin' on the bus stop, suckin' on a lollipop (Yeah, yeah, huh) / Hella fresh like you comin' from the beauty shop (Yeah, yeah, yeah) / I could tell that you're so
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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 – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
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[Intro] / Big girl, you are beautiful... / [Verse] / Walks into the room, feels like a big balloon / I said, "Hey girls, you are beautiful" / "Diet coke and a pizza, please." Diet
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Lil Wayne (Ft. Static Major) – Lollipop
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Here, we encounter Wayne’s masterful foray into electropop. He is known to experiment with different genres hence his rock album, Rebirth.
This was his breakout single, and is to
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MIKA – Erase
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I shouldn't have called so late last night / All insecure- out of my mind / I shouldn't have left that message on your phone / I shouldn't have said the things I said / Lookin' for
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MIKA (Ft. Armand Van Helden) – Can't Stand Losing You
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I've called you so many times today / And I guess it's all true what your girlfriends say / That you don't ever want to see me again / And your brother's going to kill me and he's
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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 (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 – 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 (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 – Love Today
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I’ve been crying for so long / Fighting tears just to carry on / But now, but now it’s gone away / Hey girl why can’t you carry on / Is it cuz your just like your mother / A little
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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 – The Only Lonely One
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Hey / Eins, zwei, drei, vier! / Who lives without love / Got lots of things but it's not enough / Am I the only lonely one? / I turn on my TV / See lots of houses / But there's
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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 – 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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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 – 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 – 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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MIKA – Platform Ballerinas
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This song is a lot like his 2007 hit “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” in that it is an empowering song about women who don’t fit a certain mold.
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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 – 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 – 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 – Over My Shoulder
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Over my shoulder, running away / Feels like I'm falling, losing my day / Cold and dry / Cold and dry / Fog out my daylight, torture my night / Feels like I'm falling far out of
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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 – Tomorrow
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[Intro] / Tomorrow / Tomorrow / Tomorrow / [Verse 1] / You and I, we're really / Really not so innocent / Consequences won't be easy / From here, every road leads to regret / But
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MIKA – Ring Ring
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[Verse 1] / I was sitting on the fence / And I thought that I would kiss you / I never thought I would've missed you / But you never let me fall, push my back against the wall
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