 Genius Lyrics
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Regina Spektor – Edit
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[Refrain] / White lines on your mind / Keep it steady / You were never ready for the lies / White lines on your mind / Keep it steady / You were never ready for the lies / [Chorus
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Regina Spektor – SugarMan
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[Verse 1] / Skies are blue when I'm with you / They turn to grey when you're away / I'm not your doll, I'm not your pet / But I'm not my own ever since we met / I edit my thoughts
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Regina Spektor – Après Moi
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This song speaks about citizens revolting against monarchies they feel have oppressed them (mainly French and Russian are referenced in this song). It talks about how after
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Regina Spektor – Walking Away
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After all these years it’s still the same / After all this time not much to say / I just keep walking away / From this day / You can still feel small though you are grown / You can
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Regina Spektor – 20 Years of Snow
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He's a wounded animal / He lives in a matchbox / He's a wounded animal / And he's been coming around here / He's a dying breed / He's a dying breed / His daughter is twenty years
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Regina Spektor – Another Town
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[Verse 1] / In another town / Don't let me forget / In another town / Mouth full of regrets / In another town / Please place final bets / [Verse 2] / In another town / But I know I
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Regina Spektor – That Time
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Often Regina like to play characters in her songs.
This time: thug life.
She’s remembering all those times with a person.
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Regina Spektor – Better
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“Better” is one of Regina’s oldest songs. She decided to record it for Begin to Hope with guitar from Nick Valensi of The Strokes.
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Regina Spektor – Fidelity
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“Fidelity” explores the apprehension of falling in love, worrying about the inevitable heartbreak that could arise from yielding feelings to another person.
Not being known as a
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Regina Spektor – Hero
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Regina speaks on original sin
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Regina Spektor – On the Radio
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This song reveals the true meaning of life through an individual’s events in their own life. From the death of a loved one, the loss of innocence, and Regina’s own revelation.
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Regina Spektor – Bartender
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[Verse 1] / Come on bartender / Won't you be more tender / Give me two shots of whiskey / And a beer chaser / [Chorus] / Love will be the death of me / Love is so fickle / It
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Regina Spektor – Hotel Song
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The song is about a young girl waking up after trying cocaine in a hotel not knowing where she is.
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Regina Spektor – Music Box
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“Musicbox” is a bonus track from the Deluxe version of 2006’s Begin To Hope.
The song begins in an intricately melodic sequence of trills and runs that simulate the delicate sound
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Regina Spektor – Lady
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A tribute to one of Regina’s influences: the jazz-singer Billie Holiday, also known as Lady Day. The song talks about Billie’s hardships in life and the hardships of artists in
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Regina Spektor – Baobabs
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This is a demo Regina re-recorded as a bonus track on the deluxe version of ‘Begin to Hope’. Based off Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s 1943 novella ‘The Little Prince’.
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Regina Spektor – Field Below
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[Verse 1] / I wish I'd see a field below / I wish I'd hear a rooster crow / But there are none who live downtown / And so the day starts out so slow / [Chorus] / Again the sun was
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Regina Spektor – Summer in the City
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“Summer In The City” is a song depicting someone wandering the streets of a city, missing an ex-lover and feeling extremely lonely and nostalgic. The song was released on May 16
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Regina Spektor – Uh-Merica
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[Verse 1] / Mrs. E. Roosevelt never heard me shoot my gun / Mrs. E. Roosevelt didn't even know I owned one / Somewhere between the cobblestone floor and the slated wooden ceiling
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Regina Spektor – Düsseldorf
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Regina is essentially singing her travel diary. She croons about her very personal experiences in various locations across Europe. It’s a travel ode to the dichotomy of friendly
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