Genius Lyrics
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The xx – Islands
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“Islands” is about fully committing oneself to one person in that relationship. Although the narrator has had other relationships and casual flings, the relationship they find in
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The xx – Islands (FaltyDL Remix)
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[Verse 1: Romy] / I don't have to leave anymore / What I have is right here / Spend my nights and days before / Searching the world for what's right here / Underneath and
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The xx – Islands (DeLorean Remix)
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[Verse 1: Romy] / I don't have to leave anymore / What I have is right here / Spend my nights and days before / Searching the world for what's right here / Underneath and
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The xx – Islands (The Blue Nile Remix)
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[Verse 1: Romy] / I don't have to leave anymore / What I have is right here / Spend my nights and days before / Searching the world for what's right here / Underneath and
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The xx – Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix)
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[Verse 1: Romy] / I don't have to leave anymore / What I have is right here / Spend my nights and days before / Searching the world for what's right here / Underneath and
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The xx – Islands Samples
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See all of “Islands” by The xx’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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The xx – Islands (Untold Remix)
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[Verse 1: Romy] / I don't have to leave anymore / What I have is right here / Spend my nights and days before / Searching the world for what's right here / Underneath and
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The xx – Islands Remixes
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See all of “Islands” by The xx’s remixes
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Corny (Ft. SpaceMate Nate) – The Island
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This is the first song I remember making. It was sometime in the summer of 2013. The song samples “The XX – Islands”
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Shakira – Islands
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[Verse 1] / I don't have to leave anymore / What I have is right here / Spend my nights and days before / Searching the world for what's right here / [Verse 2] / Underneath and
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The Pretty Reckless – Islands / Love The Way You Lie Samples
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See all of “Islands / Love The Way You Lie” by The Pretty Reckless’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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The xx – Shelter
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“Shelter” is the kind of track that launched the xx into a global phenomenon. Romy’s lyrical longing to right her perceived “wrong” is heart-wrenching. When it’s set to the stark
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The Pretty Reckless – Islands / Love The Way You Lie
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I don't have to leave anymore / Cause what I haves right here / Spend the nights and days before / Before / I am yours now / So I don't ever have to leave / I am yours now / I am
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The xx – Heart Skipped a Beat
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Oliver and Romy trades lines detailing the difficulties and emotions felt after a break-up.
This track is one of the stand-out cuts off The xx’s critically acclaimed debut album
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XXXTENTACION – the remedy for a broken heart (why am I so in love)
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This track is likely about XXXTENTACION’s ex-girlfriend, Geneva Ayala, whom much of his debut album, 17, was about. He even named the outro on the album after her.
In an interview
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The xx – Crystalised
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“Crystalised” is about a complicated relationship, and ultimately uses crystallization as a metaphor for love. It’s the lead single from The xx’s eponymous debut album. Romy and
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Young the Giant – Islands
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[Intro] / Five days / Underwater / Near your island / Off the coast, I know / Five ways / You were my lover / Incantation / Of the tide in rhyme / [Verse] / Oh / All in the glow of
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The xx – VCR
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“VCR” is about simple, nostalgic, and cute love. VCRs, or videocassette recorders, were used throughout the 1980s and 1990s to watch and record video until the DVD was invented in
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The xx – Angels
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“Angels” opens with a restrained style and soft-spoken verses about the idea of being in love. Croft’s lyrics compare the premature end of an relationship to “dreaming of angels
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The xx – Do You Mind?
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[Verse 1: Romy] / Tell me / I need to know / Where do you wanna go / Cause if you're down / I'll take it slow / Make you lose control / [Pre-Chorus: Both] / Baby, would you like
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