 Genius Lyrics
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Portishead – Deep Water
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[Verse] / I'm driftin' in deep waters / Alone with my self-doubtin' again / I try not to struggle this time / For I will weather the storm / [Chorus] / I gotta remember (Gotta
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Genius Lists – Songs That Reference Drugs
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This is a reference page for songs that heavily reference drugs. (Not a little but a lot.)
A recent study of Genius.com user demographics suggested the need for this reference
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Portishead – The Rip
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[Verse 1] / As she walks in the room / Centered and tall / Hesitating once more / And as I take on myself / And the bitterness I felt / I realize that love flows / [Chorus] / Wild
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Portishead – Hunter
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The cabaret highwire act Hunter highlights the fragility in Beth Gibbons' voice.
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Portishead – We Carry On
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“We Carry On” is a song that sounds a bit like Clinic’s droning, rhythmically dense garage-kraut, except somehow spookier
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Portishead – Machine Gun
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[Verse 1] / I saw a savior, a savior come my way / I thought I'd see it at the cold light of day / But now I realize that I'm only for me / [Chorus] / If only I could see you turn
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Portishead – Threads
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Portishead as you previously knew them are represented, barely, by the last song on the album— the sleepwalk-paced, David Axelrod-esque “Threads"—and even then, its intermittently
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Portishead – Magic Doors
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Magic Doors is a good choice of single, in that it is one of the more percussion-led tracks from Third. After verses brimming with menacing Eastern drones, harsh minimal percussion
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Portishead – Nylon Smile
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“Nylon Smile”, is an almost heartfelt plea by Beth Gibbons that actually sounds like a nervous breakdown in progress right before your very ears.
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Portishead – Plastic
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“Plastic” is possibly the only time that Third delves into Portishead’s archives, as mellow, drawn-out beats linger as a backdrop for Gibbons poignant vocal delivery.
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Portishead – Small
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“Small” splinters into Syd Barrett-isms at the coda of and the melodic identity that he and Geoff Barrow built on a foundation of minor keys and sinister grandeur that still holds
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Portishead – Sour Times
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“Sour Times” is a song by English trip hop group Portishead, released as their second single in August 1994. Written by all three members of the band, “Sour Times” features on
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PJ Harvey – Down by the Water
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Best song ever about drowning a child.
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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Beth Gibbons) – Mother I Sober
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“Mother I Sober” is the eighth track on disc two of Kendrick Lamar’s fifth and final studio album with Top Dawg Entertainment, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and the seventeenth
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Portishead – Silence
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On the chase-scene-paced Third opener Silence, Gibbons sounds like both a defiant accuser and someone clinging on for dear life.
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R.J. Wheaton – Portishead's "Dummy" (33 1/3 Excerpt)
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An excerpt from R.J. Wheaton’s book on Portishead’s album Dummy, part of Bloomsbury’s 33 1/3 series.
You can buy the book here.
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Morcheeba – The Sea
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[Verse 1] / Flocking to the sea / Crowds of people wait for me / Seagulls scavenge, steal ice cream / Worries vanish within my dream / [Chorus] / I left my soul there / Down by the
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Girl Talk – Jump on Stage
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[Instrumental: Portishead - Sour Times] / [Big Boi - Shutterbugg] / Uhh, I keep it playa while some choose to play it safe / Boy check the resume, it's risky business in the A (A
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Highly Sedated – Revolution
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[Verse 1] / [?] stories in the end / Make yours a good one / From creation to cremation / Be a prodigy among shucklings / Left hand, it got my life smeared in ink on our pages
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BØRNS – Past Lives
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[Intro] / (Ooh, ooh, ooh) / [Verse 1] / Past lives couldn't ever hold me down / Lost love is sweeter when it's finally found / I've got the strangest feelin' / This isn't our first
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Pixies – Where Is My Mind?
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Black Francis says that “Where Is My Mind?” was written during the time he was attending the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and was inspired by the experience of having a
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Flunk – Chemistry and Math
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I'll write a book about you, or some fictional character like you / Music to your ears, and deep like a million years / Like a scene in a movie you'll never forget / A song that
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Twista, Kanye West & Jamie Foxx – Slow Jamz
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“Slow Jamz” is a smooth, melodic track from Kanye West’s debut album. Jamie Foxx’s hook and Twista’s fast-paced verse are some of the more memorable parts of the album.
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Aesop Rock – Freeze
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It goes welcome the pop off, some pop soft. We bang b-bang b-bang bang out loud. Ready on the left with a face full of death. We slanged out fang mouth bang out now / This is a
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Saunjay – Ice Kingdom
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Aye it's future crystals shit man / Lil Saunjay 2020 bitch / Ay ay / Got a lot to do still smoke this dope first / Wish I could pay my mom rent yeah it hurts / I can't go for last
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Nirvana – All Apologies
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An acoustic fan favorite, “All Apologies” has Kurt Cobain “apologizing” for how he behaves, in a way he summarized as “Peaceful, happy, comfort”. He went on to dedicate it to his
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Frank Ocean – Swim Good
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This is the tenth track on Frank’s debut mixtape, nostalgia,ULTRA.
It also bears remarkable similarities to Kanye West’s album 808’s and Heartbreak, even referencing it at one
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Tom Jones (Ft. Pretenders) – Lust for Life
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Lust for life / Lust for life / Lust for life / Here comes Johnny in again / With liquor and drugs / And a flash machine / He's gonna do another strip tease / Ah, hey man, where'd
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Ab-Soul – YMF
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“YMF” serves as the vibe-packed finale to the epic Do What Thou Wilt. Throughout the song, Ab-Soul explains a possible meaning to one of his many nicknames and truly paints himself
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Genius (Ft. Glorious IQ Bonus) – Artists Needing Descriptions (20th Century non-rap)
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What is this?
A list of highly notable 20th Century pop musicians and bands who need to have good descriptions on Genius. It is roughly sorted by genre and time. It does not
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