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The Strokes – Happy Ending
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[Verse 1] / Say it all / Just get it all off your chest / Shake it up / 500,000 times / Say no more / We don't believe anything / Teenage angst / Come all ages / [Chorus] / Baby
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The Strokes – Call It Fate, Call It Karma
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The last track off Comedown Machine.
Discussing the recording process with Zane Lowe, bassist Nikolai Fraiture said:
We got off tour and we had these songs, some left over and
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The Strokes – One Way Trigger
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[Intro] / (One, two, three) / [Verse 1] / Get dressed in your bed / While she's asleep / It isn’t right / But it isn’t hard / Tell me, tell me, won’t you understand / Show me, show
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Toasted Heretic – Big Happy Ending
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The Godmothers cometh, out of the attics / Burdened by wisdom and mental rheumatics / Insisting you take their advice and their cake / One as dry as the other, both poisonous as
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The Strokes – The Modern Age
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“The Modern Age” was one of three tracks included on The Modern Age EP that prompted a record label bidding war and later appeared on their debut studio album Is This It.
The
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The Strokes – The Adults Are Talking
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“The Adults Are Talking” is the opening track on The New Abnormal. The track takes on a rebellious tone against higher-ups in the world, a common theme in The Strokes' discography
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The Strokes – Ize of the World
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Ize of the World is a look at the state of modern society and how it inhibits true social growth by molding young adults into boring, law-abiding adults who cause no problems
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The Strokes – Welcome to Japan
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[Verse] / If we don't watch the sun, it will rise / If we don't take our time, it's not wise / Putting posters up for your band / (Hey, we're playing a gig tonight if you wanna
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The Strokes – Between Love & Hate
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The song recalls the feeling of a couple who were together for a while and then drifted apart. Despite trying to make it work, the girl breaks up with the boy. The boy brushes it
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The Strokes – Fast Animals
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“Fast Animals” is the alternate version of the track “Slow Animals” from The Strokes' fifth album, Comedown Machine. It was featured as the B-side on the 7" release of the All The
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Courting – Happy Endings
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The Strokes – Chances
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[Intro] / I waited by 'ya / I waited for 'ya / I waited on 'ya / But now I don't / [Verse 1] / You didn't see it / I didn't see it / I didn't see it / But now, oh, I do / I play
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Song Lyrics & Knowledge - Genius
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Stereo IQ Presents: The Strokes' Comedown Machine – The Lyrics Explained. The ... Happy Ending · Call It Fate, Call It Karma. 10 years ago. Alex Koenig. Top 10 ...
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The Strokes – All the Time
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[Verse 1] / Those that try anything once / Should we care about the only ones? / [Pre-Chorus 1] / All the time that I need is never quite enough / All the time that I have is all
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Zoan – Petty Feelings
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I got an appetite / For girls who / Want to treat me right / After your fair share / Of gold diggers / And bum ass hoes / You come to realize / A wholesome woman is beautiful / You
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The Strokes – Tap Out
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[Verse 1] / They found our city under the water / Gotta get my hands on something new / You don't want to be without this / Something isn't adding up / [Pre-Chorus] / Decide my
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Kanye West (Ft. Kid Cudi & Raekwon) – Gorgeous
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“Gorgeous” sees Kanye describing the ugly nature of social injustice in America, ironically calling the nation “gorgeous” because of it.
Recorded during his self-imposed exile in
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The Strokes – 50/50
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[Verse 1] / Why's she telling me the story of her life? / All the things you wanna kill will give you spite / And if you've taken all the prisoners inside / As they're doling out
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The Strokes – 80's Comedown Machine
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[Verse 1] / It's not the first time / That I've watched you / Passing by / I've tried too hard / To get back there / But, you’re not on time / Anymore / Tried to get in with you
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The Strokes – Slow Animals
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[Verse 1] / You don't have to be so loud / Everyone can hear you in this whole damn crowd / You don't have to try so hard / I think they got the message, you were out of your mind
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Scary Kids Scaring Kids – The Deep End
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And don't tell me, I'm afraid of waking up alone / But it's waking up to find you've gone / Well you make it clear / I had my chances / Only one way left to go / So I'll follow it
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Sammy Warm Hands – I Don't Care
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[Hook] / I don't care what you think of me / [Verse 1] / People are stupid, thinking they’re really astute / But the fact is maybe three of you are more than asleep in the booth
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Life was supposed to be a film / Was supposed to be a thriller / Was supposed to end in tears / But life could be nothing but a joke, could be nothing but a con / Where's my unhappy ending gone?
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This line likely indicates that the unreliable narrator has murdered to make his life seem more exciting, almost like a “film”. In the moment, he feels untouchable and immortal, but as he is pursued by the police, he realizes his actions have consequences; his life is far from a movie.
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allusinlove – Happy Eyes
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You pushed me up against a wall / Did it mean nothing, nothing at all? / Far out you're a thousand miles away / From a happy ending decked in heartfelt words / Happy eyes, no more
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The Strokes – Partners in Crime
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[Verse 1] / I forgot your jacket outdoors / Day's been something / See if I care / One; it's not okayish day, just so / But yes, if you insist / Okay / [Pre-Chorus] / Oh, alright
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Dave & James Blake – Both Sides of A Smile
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“Both Sides of A Smile” is the ninth cut from Dave’s sophomore album We’re All Alone In This Together and sees James Blake take lead with the subdued strings of his guitar backing
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Stars – Life 2: The Unhappy Ending (Film Score)
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Scene one / Late at night and serious / We find ourselves inside the car / Our hero has just gone too far / His lover bleeding in the back / He removes the Lucky from the pack / He
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The Smiths – Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
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This is a typical Morrissey song about a person who is upset or depressed, and doesn’t want to waste any more time on thoughtless people. It was released as a single backed with “
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Eraserheads – With A Smile
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[Chorus] / Lift your head, baby, don't be scared / Of the things that could go wrong along the way / You'll get by with a smile / You can't win at everything but you can try / [
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Jane's Addiction – Superhero (Live From Vive Latino)
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Yeah yeah / Yeah yeah / Yeah / You were smiling by my table / Had to call up everyone that day / A beautiful mind and body / What a happy ending I see / My mind had been enabled
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