 Genius Lyrics
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Blood Is Love
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / Saw you in a way beyond figurin' out / These lines of life have been drawn, and can't be removed / Our eyes is all it took to know / Open up your
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Olivier Libaux (Ft. Ambrosia Parsley) – The Blood Is Love
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I saw you, in a way / Beyond figure out / These lines of life have been drawn / And can't be removed / Our eyes is all it took to know / Open up your eyes / Deep blue, glassy lake
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Queens of the Stone Age – “You Got a Killer Scene There, Man...”
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[Intro: Josh Homme] / (Oh shit...) / [Verse 1: Josh Homme with Mark Lanegan] / I don't mean to make obscene / But even the mob know what the hell I mean / The knot is tight, on my
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Queens of the Stone Age (Ft. Billy F. Gibbons) – Burn the Witch
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Thematically, the song follows the fairytale inspired theme of Lullabies To Paralyze. The song describes a witch trial and the fact that people accused of being witches had done
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Queens of the Stone Age – Skin on Skin
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As the title suggests, “Skin on Skin” is a carnal affair from beginning to end. The lyrics describe unrestrained lust and leave little to the imagination. The music is suitably
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Queens of the Stone Age – Broken Box
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Much like “Skin on Skin,” the preceding track on Lullabies to Paralyze, the lyrical theme of “Broken Box” is sexually-charged with some carnal detail. The lyrical content however
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Queens of the Stone Age – Gonna Leave You
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“Gonna Leave You” is sung by Nick Oliveri, the bassist of Queens of the Stone Age on their second and third albums.
Lyrically, “Gonna Leave You” has overlap with “Leg of Lamb
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Queens of the Stone Age – I Appear Missing
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Written in reflection upon his coma (following a knee operation, which went wrong), Homme touches upon dark themes such as depression and melancholic longing in a song, which
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Queens of the Stone Age – Do It Again
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[Intro] / Hey, hey / Hey / [Verse 1] / I fall over and over and over and over / Oh, I want you / I get ill, I get ill, I get ill / You're the only one I'm into / [Refrain] / You
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Queens of the Stone Age – This Lullaby
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The lyrics to “This Lullaby” should be read in conjunction with the lyrics to the album’s closing track, “Long Slow Goodbye,”, which together may be viewed as a bookend to the
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Queens of the Stone Age – Like a Drug
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[Verse 1] / Since you're gone, I sat at home / Wonder why no I'll never be free / But the thought of you / Going with another guy / No, it could never be me / You took a ring and
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Queens of the Stone Age – Little Sister
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“Little Sister” was released as the first single off Lullabies To Paralyze.
Somewhat famous for being one of a selected few successful rock songs to incorporate the cowbell
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Queens of the Stone Age – I Never Came
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“I Never Came” is a cold melancholic song with a bee-buzzing guitar sound to it.
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Queens of the Stone Age (Ft. Mark Lanegan) – River in the Road
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[Verse 1: Josh Homme] / A fast approaching monster, marching in a row / Grab what slips your mind and what your memory won't hold / Run, darling, run, I'll stall them if I can
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Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows
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“No One Knows” was released as the first single off of Songs for the Deaf and went on to become QOTSA’s biggest hit.
The lyrics deal with hallucinatory drugs, narcotics and
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Queens of the Stone Age – Someone’s in the Wolf
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“Someone’s In the Wolf” is more or less a sexual retelling of the tale of the Little Red Ridding Hood. The song is driven forward by a wicked repetitive guitar riff and ghostly
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Queens of the Stone Age – Long Slow Goodbye
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The lyrics to “Long Slow Goodbye” should be read in conjunction with the lyrics to the album’s opening track, “This Lullaby,” which together may be seen to bookend the album.
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Queens of the Stone Age – Medication
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Medication follows the same lyrical themes as “Better Living Through Chemistry,” taking a look at how we’re all hooked on some sort of drug that gets us through the day, whether
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Queens of the Stone Age – What The Peephole Say
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[Verse 1] / I don't care what the people say / If you gotta knock, then go away / Oh, fears, ideas they grow like a weed / Used to wash my brain but dirty thoughts just came and
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Queens of the Stone Age – Better Living through Chemistry
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The fifth track from Rated R, “Better Living Through Chemistry” takes its name from a slogan for the chemical company called DuPont, which the company used until 1982. As Josh
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Queens of the Stone Age – Sick, Sick, Sick
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‘Sick, Sick, Sick’ was the first single from Era Vulgaris. It features the Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas on backing vocals and synth guitar.
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Rock Genius (Ft. Spinelli) – #5 Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork
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Josh Homme roars back from a near death experience on …Like Clockwork. The 6th Queens of the Stone Age LP is the band’s most inspiring work since 2005.
The Rock Genius Albums of
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Queens of the Stone Age – Mosquito Song
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[Verse 1] / I know, I know the sun is hot / Mosquitoes come suck your blood / And leave you there all alone / Just skin and bone / When you walk among the trees / Listening to the
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Queens of the Stone Age – Two Tears
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With a pistol in both hands / He walked in like he had a plan / Had the eyes of a dead man / Never seen such a blood fan / Bodies twitching while ears ring / Biding time while my
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret
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“The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret” was released as the first single off of Rated R.
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