 Genius Meanings
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Alabama Shakes – Hold On
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The debut single from the Alabama Shakes, hailing from you guessed it, Athens, Alabama. “Hold On” was symbolic of the phenomenon that the band became in 2012, as the song was well
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Alabama Shakes – Be Mine
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DECLARATION FOR YOUR LOVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9v1WEv5FM
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Alabama Shakes – Hold On (Live At KCRW)
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[Verse 1] / Bless my heart, bless my soul / I didn't think I'd make it to twenty-two years old / There must be someone up above / Sayin', "Come on, Brittany, you got to come on up
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Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls
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When lead singer, Brittany Howard was a teenager, she was mocked for having a boy for a best friend. This comment has since shaped her way of life and the friendships she’s made
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Alabama Shakes – Makin' Me Itch
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[Verse 1] / Well do you know how hard it is for me to talk to other boys / Your in the back of mind, I knew you're divine / I think I've got no choice but to love you / Oh you, you
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Alabama Shakes – This Feeling
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[Verse 1] / I just kept hoping, I just kept hoping / The way would become clear / I spent all this time / Try'na play nice / And fight my way here / [Pre-Chorus] / See, I've been
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Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color
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“Sound & Color,” the title track from the Shakes' sophomore album, shares more than an ampersand with the band’s debut Boys & Girls, which marked the Athens, Alabama group with a “
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Alabama Shakes – You Ain't Alone
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[Verse 1] / You ain't alone, so why you lonely? / There you go on the dark end of the street / Are you scared to tell somebody how you feel about somebody? / Are you scared what
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Alabama Shakes – Rise to the Sun
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[Verse 1] / All I believe in is a dream / I haunt the Earth, though I am fully seen / In all my years, I've never felt more sure than now / Well, I got to get off this rock
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Alabama Shakes – Heartbreaker
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[Chorus] / How was I supposed to know you was a heartbreaker? / I didn't know, I couldn't know / Now I'm laying on this killing floor, and I wanna die / [Verse 1] / Listen / How I
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Alabama Shakes – I Found You
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[Verse 1] / This isn't sometimes / Yeah, it's for always / If I'm gonna love you with all of my heart / And if there is no more time / This always remains / Even as the world spins
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Alabama Shakes – Heavy Chevy
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A bonus track on their first album, Boys and Girls.
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Alabama Shakes – Hang Loose
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[Verse 1] / Don't worry, sweet baby! / Don't you ever worry about a thing / Put them worries on the shelf and learn to love yourself / Don't be your own worst enemy / [Chorus
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Alabama Shakes – Heartbreaker
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[Chorus] / How was I supposed to know you was a heartbreaker? / I didn't know, I couldn't know / Now I'm laying on this killing floor, and I wanna die / [Verse 1] / Listen / How I
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Alabama Shakes – Joe
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Using traveling as a metaphor for hopping from bad relationship to bad relationship, the band tells a classic unrequited love story in which the storyteller wants nothing more than
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Alabama Shakes – Makin' Me Itch
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[Verse 1] / Well do you know how hard it is for me to talk to other boys / Your in the back of mind, I knew you're divine / I think I've got no choice but to love you / Oh you, you
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Alabama Shakes – Someday
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[Verse 1] / Someday / Has come today / Everything I believe / It really happenin' / I'd like a friend / I come from a place where / Everything I can dream / Angels, make-believe
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Alabama Shakes – Dunes
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The third track on Sound & Color, about someone’s spiral out of control in response to the end of a souring relationship.
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Alabama Shakes – On Your Way
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Brittany Howard has stated that this song is about her sister Jaime, who died of cancer at only 13 years old.
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Alabama Shakes – Gimme All Your Love
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[Verse 1] / So much is going on / But you can always come around / Why don't you sit with me, for just a little while? / Tell me, what's wrong? / [Chorus] / If you'd just give me
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Alabama Shakes – Goin' to the Party
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This song is on the band’s album Boys & Girls. In this song Brittany is saying how she is always there for her man, and takes care of him, because she enjoys the thrill she gets
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Alabama Shakes – Be Mine (iTunes Session)
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[Verse 1] / All the world can't hold a candle to you / 'Cause all the world is in the dark / L tell you why I'm so sure / Ooh, I took a shine to you / Oh yeah! / [Pre-Chorus] / Now
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Alabama Shakes – Heat Lightning
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[Verse 1] / Well it felt like heat lightning struck me / When you walked into the room / My God, it hit so suddenly / I didn't know what I should do / I felt like I wanted to
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Foster the People (Ft. Luke Pritchard) – Hold On
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[Verse 1: Mark Foster] / Bless my heart, bless my soul / Didn't think i'd make it to 22 years old / There must be someone up above / Sayin' "Come on, Brittany, you got to come on
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Alabama Shakes – Shoegaze
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[Verse 1] / Can't wait for night to come / That's when the fun really begins / My band cools off when that day is done / And then I tuck myself in / [Chorus] / It ain't no fun to
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Alabama Shakes – I Ain't the Same
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[Verse 1] / Well, I've been going through the motions / Wonder if anyone can see / That I been looking for something / Have you been looking for me? / [Chorus] / I ain't the same
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Alabama Shakes – Killer Diller Blues
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Whether they're perfect or not, I don't know / I may have transposed some of them here and there / You're welcome to check it and correct it yourself / Take it or leave it: / Well
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Alabama Shakes – The Greatest
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[Spoken Intro] / Check - check this out / And a-five, six, seven, eight / [Verse 1] / Well, I never meant to be the greatest / I only ever want to be your baby / Life is perfect in
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Alabama Shakes – Hang Loose (iTunes Session)
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[Verse 1] / Well don't worry, sweet baby / Don't you ever worry 'bout a thing / Put them worries on the shelf / Learn to love yourself / Don't be your own worst enemy / [Chorus
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Alabama Shakes – Driva Man
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Driva man, he made a life / But the Mamie ain't his wife / Choppin' cotton, don't be slow / Better finish out your row / Keep a-movin' with that plow / Driva man'll show yer how
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Alabama Shakes – Drive By Baby
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[Verse 1] / I see you're skinny, and I've never seen you here before / Well come on baby / You've got my attention / Come on, and getcha some more / You get me first / Feeling that
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