Genius Meanings
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Amy MacDonald – Run
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[Verse 1] / Will you tell me when the lights are fading? / 'Cause I can't see, I can't see no more / Will you tell me when the song stops playing? / 'Cause I can't hear, I can't
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Amy MacDonald – The Contender
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[Verse 1] / I've been written off so many times before / I've forgotten what it feels like to succeed anymore / Always on the sidelines, waiting in the wings / When the curtain
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Amy MacDonald – Left That Body Long Ago
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[Verse 1] / Oh my dancing's getting slower now / 'Cause my years they're getting older now / And my eyes, they won't cry / My tears have all run dry / And my memory doesn't get me
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Amy MacDonald – Come Home
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[Verse 1] / I never thought I'd see the day / When I would wait for you / Knowin' side by side / There's nothing that I would not do / 'Cause time has changed me / This love won't
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Amy MacDonald – Slow It Down
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[Verse 1] / I never knew you before / I'd been walking around with my eyes on the floor / But now you're everywhere to me / You're every face that I see / Things ain't moving quick
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Amy MacDonald – No Roots
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[Intro] / Somewhere out there's a dream that's not forgotten / But this world is never stopping for me / But I will try and I will keep on trying / I set my goals there's no
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Amy MacDonald – Next Big Thing
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[Verse 1] / Oh everybody said she was the next big thing / The shining little light on the Saturday night / Dreaming of the day when she could run away / She didn't believe the
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Amy MacDonald – An Ordinary Life
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[Verse 1] / What makes you different from anyone in here? / What makes you stand out from the crowd? / What makes your mother so proud of you? / What makes us worship at your
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Amy Holland (Ft. David Pack) – I Still Run to You
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Baby, why are you running? / Do you need some attention from me? / Do you, see us coming to the end of a beautiful thing? / It ain't nothing like it used to be / The love we had is
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The Beatles – Lady Madonna
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“Lady Madonna” is a single released by the Beatles in 1968, with its B-side track as “The Inner Light”.
Paul McCartney says the song works as a tribute to women everywhere, as it
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Amy MacDonald – Footballer's Wife
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Amy has described this song as being a response to the fact that she:
found that in Britain people seem to be completely and utterly obsessed by celebrity and things like that
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Amy MacDonald – Mr Rock & Roll
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[Verse 1] / So-called Mr. Rock and Roll he's dancing on his own again / Talking on his phone again / To someone who tells him that his balance is low / He's got nowhere to go, he's
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Amy MacDonald – Barrowland Ballroom
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This song is about the famous Barrowland Ballroom in Glasgow, Scotland which Amy has played at herself.
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Amy MacDonald – The Road to Home
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[Verse 1] / Oh, the leaves are falling from the trees / And the snow is coming, don't you know? / But I still remember which way to go / I'm on the road, the road to home / [Verse
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Amy MacDonald – This Much Is True
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And the rain falls down in sheets of blue and gray / Where did the Sun go, where's my summer's day? / And everyone's in love, oh everyone but me / Everyone's got someplace they
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Amy MacDonald – This Is the Life
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“This Is The Life” was inspired by a get-together MacDonald attended after going to Pete Doherty’s first solo concert (after leaving The Libertines). After the show, she and some
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Amy MacDonald – Somebody New
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I never knew you before / I never seen that sweet smile / Or those eyes that dazzled from about a mile away / I never smelt that sweet scent / That followed you everywhere you went
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Amy MacDonald – Poison Prince
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[Verse 1] / A poetic genius / It's something I don't see / Why would a genius / Be tripping on me? / And he's looking at me now / But what he can't see / Is that I'm looking
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Amy MacDonald – Caledonia
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Caledonia is the Latin word for Scotland, and this song is something of an unofficial Scottish anthem.
It’s a song about being homesick for Scotland, but it applies to anyone who
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Bruce Springsteen – I’m on Fire
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“I’m On Fire” was the fourth of seven singles from Born In The USA that reached the top 10 in the US. Overseas it reached the top 20 in eight countries including a #5 peak in the
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The Killers – Mr. Brightside
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This was The Killers' first ever recorded song for their 2002 demo. The song was composed by guitarist Dave Keuning and the lyrics written by Brandon Flowers. It was re-recorded
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Tom MacDonald – Never Know
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[Verse 1] / Light one of them slow burns / And I'm straight like no turns / Skeleton in my closet is your girlfriend / I boned her / I just hope these hoes learned / I can not be
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Amy MacDonald – Youth of Today
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[Verse 1] / Maybe if you were some spearheaded guy / I would listen to what you have to say / But you're just some incapable figure / Thinking you're bigger than me / But you're
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Amy MacDonald – L.A.
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Amy has said this song (which some purport to be about American actor Jake Gyhellnhaal, the supposed “J” in the song) addresses the feeling that:
everyone has somebody they
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