 Genius Lyrics
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The Verve – Sonnet
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“Sonnet” verges on sappy, but some of Ashcroft’s Bono-tastic bombast makes the song soar.
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (MSG Version)
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[Instrumental]
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The Verve – Three Steps
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It's alright, alright / We're going through changes / Sometimes in life / You feel yourself rearranging / That's just the way it goes / Come on (repeat) / Why'know we nearly died
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The Verve – Catching the Butterfly
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[Verse 1] / So you born / And so you thought / The future's ours / To keep and hold / Oh, child within / Has healing ways / It sees it through / My darkest days / [Chorus] / I'm
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The Verve – The Crab
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Oh no, no, no, no / And I'm watching her die / On my TV / And the daddy cries / How could it be / And it could be you / And it could be me / Child full of giving / Child full of
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The Verve – One Day
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[Verse 1] / One day maybe we will dance again / Under fiery skies / One day maybe you will love again / Love that never dies / [Verse 2] / One day maybe you will see the land
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The Verve – Echo Bass
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In the beds of a million homes / Lie the broken hearted / In the rooms in a million houses / Die the broken hearted / Tell me why, I just started / In the bridges, in the arches
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The Verve – Country Song
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Dying is easy / It's what I'm living for / I heard a beggar / As he wept on my floor / These days I just can't find my ground / No one seems to see me as I'm walking around / Cause
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The Verve – Stamped
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So, I'm living a bad dream / So, I'm living a bad dream / So, I'm living a bad scene / So, I'm living a bad dream / So, I'm having a bad dream / Oh, Oh, oh, oh ... / In a bad dream
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The Verve – So Sister
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I wrote your name in dust on a truck / As it rolled out of town / Just in case my love for you might be found / I cried my tears in a mountain stream / They'll sting you one day
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The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work (Demo)
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All this talk of getting old / It's getting me down my love / Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown / This time I'm comin' down / And I hope you're thinking of me / As you lay down
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The Verve – The Longest Day
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Oh, I know it's supposed to be / Some kind of visionary / Laying on your head / We've got you in our hands / Ah, we've been here for so long / Yeah, there's nothing changed
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (James Lavelle Remix)
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[Verse 1] / 'Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony that's life / Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die / I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
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The Verve – Lord I Guess I'll Never Know
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I heard you stirring in your sleep last night / I was awake with something on my mind / What happens when I leave, will you come with me? / These things I guess I'll never know
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (Extended Version)
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[Verse 1] / 'Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony that's life / Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die / I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
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The Verve – Weeping Willow
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Weeping Willow stands the test of time because of its talk of guns under pillows and its intense, rich sonic layering.
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The Verve – Monte Carlo
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[Intro] / Dream....Dream / [Chorus 1] / Damaged...do you see through the scream / Damaged...but I know I will survive / Damaged...but I guess I'll move on / [Chorus 2] / Dream....
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
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“Bitter Sweet Symphony” is perhaps the most ambitious Britpop hit of the late 90s. It is now absolutely everywhere. It’s lyrically opaque, and it is six minutes long, but that hasn
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The Verve – All in the Mind
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[Verse 1] / So I got in the car / We drove for a mile / I didn't even learn her name / She said: "You've got the money and I've got the time / [Chorus 1] / Five years later on
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The Verve – This Could Be My Moment
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[Verse 1] / I'm the only man who ever really thought that I had qualified / From the corners of your mind you would care for another guy / Now I'm looking at you straight in the
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The Verve – The Drugs Don't Work
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“The Drugs Don’t Work” was released as the second single off of Urban Hymns. One interpretation is that it was written following the death of singer Richard Ashcroft’s father.
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The Verve – Gravity Grave
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[Verse 1] / Get Back, get back again and again / I've been here since I can remember when / My life is a boat, being blown by you / With nothing ahead, just the deepest blue / [
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The Verve – Never Wanna See You Cry
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I don't like the way that you say you feel fine / When you look so down / And I don't like the way that the pills you take / They just keep you down / Shiny little minds / Trying
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The Verve – Neon Wilderness
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[Chorus] / In a neon wilderness / He was restless / Escape loneliness / Find a new address / [Bridge] / Stood before I sink / [Chorus] / In a neon wilderness / Spilled my last
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