 Genius Lyrics
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boygenius – Cool About It
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[Verse 1: Baker] / Met you at the dive bar to go shoot some pool / And make fun of the cowboys with the neck tattoos / Ask you easy questions about work and school / [Chorus: Baker
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boygenius – Not Strong Enough
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“Not Strong Enough” is the fourth single and sixth track on boygenius’ debut album, the record. The track was released alongside its music video on March 1st, 2023 without prior
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boygenius – We're In Love
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“We’re in Love” is the tenth song on the record, debut album by indie supergroup boygenius.
A more self-referential track, it sees Lucy Dacus singing to and with her bandmates
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boygenius – Emily I'm Sorry
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“Emily, I’m Sorry” was released within the teaser for boygenius' debut album, the record. The song is led by Phoebe Bridgers and features backing vocals by Julien Baker and Lucy
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boygenius – Satanist
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[Verse 1: Baker, All] / Will you be a Satanist with me? / Mortgage off your soul to buy your dream / Vacation home in Florida / The collateral the Devil's repossessin' from me
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boygenius – Black Hole
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[Verse 1: Baker] / In a rainstorm / Suckin' down a dart on the back porch / Out here, it gets so dark / You can see the stars, the ones / The headlines said this morning / Were
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boygenius – True Blue
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“True Blue” explores themes similar to Lucy Dacus’ third studio album Home Video, relating to ideas of moving away from home, finding oneself, trust, and unconditional love. The
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boygenius – Letter To An Old Poet
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In “The Infinite Gay Joy of Boygenius”, Lexi McMenamin writes about this song:
“The group tells me they did throuples’ counseling in preparation for the record’s release. When
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boygenius – $20
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boygenius return with their first song since their 2018 self-titled EP. Julien Baker takes the reins in “$20”, initially written outside of the group.
With soft punky vibes and
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boygenius – Without You Without Them
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[Verse 1: All, Dacus] / Give me everything you've got / I'll take what I can get / I want to hear your story / And be a part of it / Thank your father before you / His mother
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boygenius – Cowboy Take Me Away
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[Verse 1: Julien Baker] / I wanna touch the earth / I wanna break it in my hands / I wanna grow something wild and unruly / I wanna sleep on the hard ground / In the comfort of
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boygenius – Bite the Hand
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“Bite The Hand” is the opening track of boygenius' self-titled debut EP. While Lucy Dacus takes the lead, Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker provide backing vocals.
In 2019, the
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boygenius & Ye Vagabonds – The Parting Glass
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[Verse 1: Phoebe Bridgers, All] / Of all the money that e'er I spent / I spent it in good company / And of all the harm that e'er I've done / Alas, it was to none but me / For all
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boygenius – Me & My Dog
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Phoebe Bridgers revealed to Pitchfork that she wrote “Me & My Dog” about having a panic attack and wanting to escape the reality of her anxiety and be with her dog, Max, who sadly
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boygenius – Revolution 0
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[Intro: Bridgers] / Mm, mm, mm, mm / [Verse 1: Bridgers] / Imaginary friend, you live up in my head / So I've been making music / Since you told me to do it / I just wanna know who
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boygenius – Afraid of Heights
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[Verse 1: Dacus] / I know that I fucked up when I / Told you I'm afraid of heights / It made you wanna test my courage / You made me climb a cliff at night / You wanted me to jump
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boygenius – Salt in the Wound
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[Verse 1: Lucy Dacus] / You put salt in the wound / And a kiss on my cheek / You butter me up / And you sit down to eat / You add insult to injury / You say you believe in me / But
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boygenius – Powers
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[Verse 1: Baker, Bridgers & Dacus] / How did it start? Did I fall into a nuclear reactor? / Crawl out with acid skin or somethin' worse / A hostile alien ambassador? / Or am I
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boygenius – Anti-Curse
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[Verse 1: Baker] / Gettin' deep / I'm out of my depth at a public beach / I never listened, I had to see for myself / It's comin' in waves / Shoots through my mind like a pinball
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boygenius – Ketchum, ID
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“Ketchum, ID” is an acoustic indie-folk ballad about being in one’s 20s and longing for home while being out on the road. The song’s title is a reference to the town of Ketchum, in
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boygenius – Souvenir
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[Verse 1: Julien Baker] / Dreamcatcher on the rearview mirror / Hasn't caught a thing yet / Twenty dollars and a souvenir / Anything's worth trying / [Verse 2: Julien Baker] / To
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boygenius – Stay Down
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“Stay Down” describes a breakup, likening the experience to a physical altercation, as indicated in the song title. Julien Baker’s vocals are primarily featured on the song.
The
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boygenius – Leonard Cohen
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[Verse 1: Dacus] / On the on-ramp, you said / "If you love me, you will listen to this song" / And I could tell that you were serious / So I didn't tell you you were driving the
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boygenius – You're Still The One
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[Verse 1: Bridgers] / Looks like we made it / Look how far we've come, my baby / Mighta took the long way / We knew we'd get there someday / [Pre-Chorus: Bridgers] / They said, "I
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Read All The Lyrics To boygenius’ New Album ‘the record’
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It’s the supergroup’s first full-length since their 2018 self-titled debut EP.
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Read All The Lyrics To boygenius’ new EP ‘the rest’
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The follow-up to ‘the record’ features four new songs.
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boygenius – Boyfriends
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First played live at Re:SET New York on June 17, 2023, “Boyfriends” is a variation on a since-removed demo once posted to the SoundCloud account Marshall and Ruby by Marshall Vore
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Phoebe Bridgers – Graceland Too
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“Graceland Too” finds Bridgers reuniting for a banjo-led country ballad with boygenius bandmates Julien Baker & Lucy Dacus, who sing harmony. In a Stereogum interview, Phoebe said,
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boygenius – Read My Mind
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[Verse 1: Lucy Dacus, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker] / On the corner of Main Street / Just tryna keep it in line / You say you wanna move on and / You say I'm falling
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boygenius – Coke Machine
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A song cut from the record, “Coke Machine” is described as being 156 BPM and involving “lyrical changaroos.” Baker ...
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boygenius – We're In Love (demo — live from the studio)
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[Verse 1: Dacus] / You could absolutely break my heart / That's how I know that we're in love / I don't need the symbol of a scar / So put down the knife, we're not swapping blood
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boygenius – Voyager
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[Intro: Dacus & Baker] / Mmm, mmm / [Verse 1: Bridgers, Dacus & Baker] / It's a hundred and three in the Valley / Blacktop is meltin' on our shoes (Mmm) / And I don't mean to make
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boygenius & blackbear – bleach DEMO1
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[Intro] / Oh, yeah / [Verse] / I think I'll fall asleep on the beach / I wanna wake up somewhere I don't know / With blankets and sheets of the tide and the breeze / The dream of
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boygenius – Night Shift
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[Verse 1] / The first time I tasted somebody else's spit, I had a coughing fit / I mistakenly called them by your name / I was let down, it wasn't the same / I'm doing fine, trying
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boygenius Explore Conflicting Mental States On New Song “Not Strong Enough”
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It’s the fourth single off their forthcoming debut album, ‘the record.’
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boygenius – Motion Sickness
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[Verse 1] / I hate you for what you did / And I miss you like a little kid / I faked it every time, but that's alright / I can hardly feel anything / I hardly feel anything at all
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