 Genius Lyrics
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Morrissey – That's How People Grow Up
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“That’s How People Grow Up” was released as the lead single off of Years of Refusal February 4th 2008. It was also used to promote his latest Greatest Hits album.
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Morrissey – All You Need Is Me
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“All You Need Is Me” was released as the second single off of Years of Refusal.
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Brand New – Mix Tape
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A simple song but a BN classic, “Mix Tape” is a quintessential breakup song of the early aughts emo scene.
Rather than a break up between a girlfriend and boyfriend, this is a
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Morrissey – One Day Goodbye Will Be Farewell
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[Verse 1] / Always be careful / When you abuse the one you love / The hour or the day, no one can tell / But one day "goodbye" will be "farewell" / And you will never see the one
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Morrissey – You Were Good In Your Time
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[Verse 1] / Let the heart rest / Lay back your head / You were good in your time / And we thank you / [Verse 2] / You made me feel less alone / You made me feel not quite so
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Morrissey – I'm Throwing My Arms Around Paris
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“I’m Throwing My Arms Around Paris” was released as the third single of off Years of Refusal. The single was released on February 9th 2009 and reached number 21 on the UK Singles
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Morrissey – When Last I Spoke To Carol
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[Verse 1] / When last I spoke to Carol I said: / "I can't pretend it gets easier." / She said: / "I've hung on, I have edged around this narrow ledge since the day I was born in
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Morrissey – I'm OK By Myself
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[Verse 1] / Could this be an arm around my waist? / Well, surely the hand contains a knife? / It's been so all of my life / Why change now? / "It hasn't!" / [Chorus 1] / Now this
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Morrissey – Sorry Doesn't Help
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[Verse 1] / Sorries pour out of you / All wide-eyed simple smiles / Certain to see you through / Like a QC full of fake humility / [Pre-Chorus] / You say: / "Oh, please forgive
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The Smiths – Barbarism Begins at Home
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The brilliantly titled “Barbarism Begins at Home”, during which Morrissey yelps as if in pain, is also about children being hit – a crack on the head is what you get for asking
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Morrissey – Why Don't You Find Out for Yourself
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The song details some of the music industry’s harsh, painful elements. Morrissey addresses the lyrics to “you,” which can be “you” the listener or, more specifically, someone new
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Morrissey – Black Cloud
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[Verse 1] / The one I love is standing near / The one I love is everywhere / [Chorus] / And I can woo you, I can amuse you / But there is nothing I can do to make you mine / Black
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Morrissey – Mama Lay Softly On the Riverbed
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“Mama Lay Softly On the Riverbed” is a song about the titular mother having committed suicide. There’s a direct line back to a lyric from The Smiths a quarter of a century before
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The Smiths – This Charming Man
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“This Charming Man” is The Smiths' second single of 1983, depicting the story of a poor boy coming in contact with an upper class man and feeling unwelcome due to his lack of
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Morrissey – Disappointed
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[Verse 1] / Our unsleepable friend / Gets the message on an ill-wind / All your friends and your foes / Would rather die than have to touch you / To say the least, truly
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Morrissey – It's Not Your Birthday Anymore
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[Verse 1] / Your voice it might say 'no' / But the heart has a will of its own / Your voice it might say 'no' / But the heart has a heart of its own, own / [Chorus 1] / It's not
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The Smiths – Sweet and Tender Hooligan
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Morrissey uses sarcasm and satire to ridicule the justice system in the way of how it forgives the young “sweet and tender hooligans.” In the song he’s playing a role of a
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Morrissey – Something Is Squeezing My Skull
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“Something Is Squeezing My Skull” was released as the fourth and final single off of Years of Refusal.
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Morrissey (Ft. Siouxsie) – Interlude
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Time is like a dream / And now for a time you are mine / Let's hold fast to the dream / That tastes and sparkles like wine / Who knows if it's real / Or just something we're both
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Immortal Technique – Dance with the Devil
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On “Dance with the Devil,” Immortal Technique spits a fiendish, yet remarkable, story that is allegedly based on a true life story. It tells the tale of a teenager who had large
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Morrissey – Black Cloud
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[Verse 1] / The one I love is standing near / The one I love is everywhere / [Chorus] / And I can woo you, I can amuse you / But there is nothing I can do to make you mine / Black
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Morrissey And Siouxsie – Interlude
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Time is like a dream / And now, for a time, you are mine / Let's hold fast to the dream / That tastes and sparkles like wine / Who knows (who knows) / If it's real / Or just
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I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME – Absinthe
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“Absinthe” is the 5th song on the 1981 Extended Play EP released on November 9, 2018.
On October 8, 2018, a snippet of the song was teased through an automated voicemail box
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The Smiths – I Know It's Over
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“I Know It’s Over” is a ballad for the desperate and lonely. It uses basic allusions to the idea of loneliness producing despair, but the attention to the speaker’s ego, and how it
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Morrissey – I Thought You Were Dead
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[Verse 1] / Now I grow and unfold there are many sides to the soul / And not just one / I thought you was dead / Content with my own thoughts in my own head / That's because I
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Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
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The lyrics ostensibly reflect the problems in Ian Curtis’s marriage to Deborah Curtis, as well as his general frame of mind in the time leading up to his suicide in May 1980.
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Alanis Morissette – You Oughta Know
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The ultimate “bad break-up” song. The song discusses the fallout of a breakup and is notable for the raw emotion expressed by Morissette, a trend that was just appearing among
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The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
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The lead single from The Queen Is Dead, “Bigmouth Strikes Again” reached 26 in the UK singles chart.
One of Moz’s most distinguishable features is his “Bigmouth” blabbering in the
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ill peach – BLOOM
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Don't wanna / But i gotta say goodbye and go / Grew up, but we forgot to grow / That sparkle / It goes away and then you know / Excuses start to weigh more than gold / Ohh, ohh
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Common – The Light
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“The Light” is the second single from Common’s 2000 album Like Water For Chocolate. The song is a love letter devoted to his then-girlfriend Erykah Badu, whom he parted ways with
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Kanye West (Ft. John Legend, Kid Cudi, Lloyd Banks, Pusha T & Ryan Leslie) – Christian Dior Denim Flow
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In late August 2010, Kanye announced that he would be releasing new tracks every weekend until Christmas in the form of a free music away titled GOOD Friday. On this eighth
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