Genius Lyrics
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Parquet Courts – Total Football
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“Total Football” by Parquet Courts is the opening track to their sixth studio album, Wide Awake!.
The title comes from a tactical theory of the same name which was popularized in
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Parquet Courts – Goofy Vs Pluto
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[Verse 1] / I got a friend with a family / And a friend who's in my family / Got a friend who's walking / And a friend who does the walking / Got a friend who could be clever / I'
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Parquet Courts – Tenderness
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A. Savage to NPR:
“And last but not least, ‘Tenderness.’ I had this piano melody for ages, and it took me a long time to come to [the] realization that it could be a Parquet
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Scrimer
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Fresh grad! You’ll find me more often on Letterboxd these days, but I will occasionally reappear to update things.
Also a lazy boy who likes to waste his time making people’s lives easier when they need lyrics.
Homebase: Republic of the Philippines
Milestones
Featured on Empath’s Emporium (#68)
July 5, 2018 4:32 PM – 25,000 IQ
July 17, 2018 2:22 PM – 30,000 IQ
October 28, 2018 6:33 PM – 40,000 IQ
June 26, 2019 11:46 AM – 50,000 IQ
April 2, 2020 1:48 PM – 60,000 IQ
Favorite Artists
Dumbo Gets Mad, Ang Bandang Shirley, Moses Sumney, BROCKHAMPTON, LCD Soundsystem, Sonic Youth, The Velvet Underground
Personal Favorite Albums
Wide Awake! – Parquet Courts
In Rainbows – Radiohead
By The Time I Get to Phoenix – Injury Reserve
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Genius Users – Genius Picks: Songs 2018
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Reviving an old tradition, in this list, Genius users have the free reign to list their Top 10 Favorite Songs of 2018. Here are some ground rules:
Do list 10 songs (try to keep
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Parquet Courts – Wide Awake
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“Wide Awake” is the title track and second single from Parquet Courts' sixth studio album. A Mardi Gras-themed video was released the same day as the single on March 8, 2018.
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Parquet Courts – Back to Earth
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[Verse 1] / I was biding my time, desperately, I walked the line / Between health and poverty / Looked into a face, all my thoughts they were replaced / I had the nerve to call it
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Parquet Courts – Mardi Gras Beads
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[Verse 1] / Your glance sings of lyrics 'cite from memory / It's sad our goodbyes sound nostalgic / Your chords swung me from an ol' holler tree / I'm living like a vagabond that
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Parquet Courts – NYC Observation
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[Verse 1] / Living in proximity of a dollar / Trying to get ahead of the pack / But you never learned, you never got it did ya? / How to glide past people sleeping on the sidewalk
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Parquet Courts – Extinction
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[Verse 1] / Making the distinction between life and lore / Odds favor the former when you wear a mask / Masochism forming in the reflection / And I’m trying not to turn into a
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Parquet Courts – Normalization
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[Verse 1] / Faced with a decision: / What do I call bullshit? / A contemporary dilemma / Can I allow this? / [Chorus 1] / Normalization, what am I thinking? / Immunization, power
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Parquet Courts – Freebird II
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The story behind Parquet Courts' “Freebird II” can be summarized in a track-by-track interview with NPR of the band’s frontman Andrew Savage.
The first running title of this song
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Parquet Courts – Death Will Bring Change
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The album’s penultimate track is about how the death of Austin’s sister in a car crash, at age 20, has affected him and his family. He has stated;
“It’s not about the death so
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Parquet Courts – Violence
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“Violence” is a self-explanatory progressive punk-rock take driven to the brim with jagged guitars and an Andrew Savage performance taking cues from the likes of Beastie Boys and
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Parquet Courts – Before the Water Gets Too High
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[Verse 1] / Seldom have I ever questioned the end / Still I grow frost when I'm reminded / Euphemisms on a loop interchange / Which hands get to turn the final page? / In whose
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Parquet Courts – Almost Had to Start a Fight / In and Out of Patience
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“Almost Had to Start a Fight” is a song about boundaries which the band set for their own civility in the face of “radical right wing agitation” as stated by Parquet Courts in an
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