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Arcade Fire – My Heart Is an Apple
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[Verse 1] / I'll admit I'm full of shit / That's how I know I love you / That's how I know I trust you / You're not sure if there's a right or wrong / But it feels like there is
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Arcade Fire – Headlights Look Like Diamonds
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“Headlights Look Like Diamonds” was written by Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, the married couple at the heart of Arcade Fire, on their first date as a couple (although she
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Arcade Fire – Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)
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“Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” is Arcade Fire’s second single from their sixth album WE, (annouced on 12 April via instagram post) following “The Lightning I, II”. The song is
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Arcade Fire – Peter Pan
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“Peter Pan” is the fifth song on Arcade Fire’s new album Everything Now. The song gathers inspiration from the fictional character Peter Pan, created by J.M. Barrie. He has the
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Arcade Fire – Vampire / Forest Fire
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[Verse 1] / You want to be set apart? / Burn all of your art repair the wasteful part / I'm a vampire in a forest fire / Hey! we all got to keep warm / Driving towards the storm
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Genius: Song Lyrics Finder
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Arcade Fire – WE
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The song/album borrows its title from Russian author Yevgeny Zamyatin’s 1921 sci-fi novel “We” and comes after it’s divided into two parts “I” and “WE”, with “I” channeling “the
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Arcade Fire – No Cars Go (EP version)
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We know a place where no planes go! / We know a place where no ships go! / [Chorus] / Hey! / No cars go! / Hey! / No cars go, where we know! / We know a place no spaceships go
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Arcade Fire – I'm Sleeping in a Submarine
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[Intro] / She's gone to sea / She's fighting for me / What bravery / [Verse] / I'm sleeping in a battle ship / I'm sleeping in a submarine / I'm sleeping in a fighter plane / I'm
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Arcade Fire – Old Flame
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This song is about breaking up and the want to get back together after being broken up over and over again and how painful that can be.
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Arcade Fire – The Woodlands National Anthem
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[Intro] / I guess we'll have to move / The neighborhood is on to us / Let's join the little babes / Throwing rocks in front of us / [Verse 1] / Riding on my bicycle / I pass my
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Rolling Stone – The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020)
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1 | Marvin Gaye | What's Going On | 1971 / 2 | The Beach Boys | Pet Sounds | 1966 / 3 | Joni Mitchell | Blue | 1971 / 4 | Stevie Wonder | Songs in the Key of Life | 1976 / 5 | The
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Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher
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“Punisher” is the title track from Phoebe Bridgers' sophomore album, written about her musical hero Elliott Smith. The song details a fictional encounter that Phoebe had with the
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Sparklehorse (Ft. PJ Harvey) – Piano Fire
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A surrealist song with pacifist overtones.
The songs features many descriptions of inabilities and twisted characters, some of which are anthropomorphised.
Featuring PJ Harvey
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Sparklehorse (Ft. PJ Harvey) – Piano Fire
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A surrealist song with pacifist overtones.
The songs features many descriptions of inabilities and twisted characters, some of which are anthropomorphised.
Featuring PJ Harvey
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Arctic Monkeys – Do I Wanna Know?
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“Do I Wanna Know” is the second single from AM, premiered live at the Ventura Theatre, CA on May 22, 2013.
In it, Alex portrays himself as an obsessive lover that is paranoid
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Sting – Shape of My Heart
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“Shape of My Heart” is the 9th track (10th on international copies) on Ten Summoner’s Tales. It was co-written by Dominic Miller, Sting’s guitarist, which makes it one of the few
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Lana Del Rey – Arcadia
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“Arcadia” is the fourth single from Lana Del Rey’s eighth studio album Blue Banisters. A snippet of the track and music video was released via Lana’s social media on July 4, 2021
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Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should've Come Over
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[Verse 1] / Looking out the door I see the rain / Fall upon the funeral mourners / Parading in a wake of sad relations / As their shoes fill up with water / Maybe I'm too young
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MNDR (Ft. Killer Mike) – Lock & Load
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[Verse 1: MNDR] / Boys and girls in the front get your guns out / Got heart, got style, got a lot of mouth / Do ya, do ya? / Do ya, do ya? / It’s full now, Perplex what they talk
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Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box
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The first single from In Utero, “Heart-Shaped Box” details the battle of wills inherent to a new relationship when one doesn’t quite feel so strongly about another person.
“Heart-
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URLtv (Ft. Emerson Kennedy & Prep (Battle Rapper)) – Emerson Kennedy vs. Prep
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Leading up to this matchup, Emerson Kennedy, from Salt Lake City, Utah, had been on a consistent run on URL against some of battle rap’s top pens (such as QP, Arsonal, and Danny
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Krept & Konan – Fire In The Booth Part 1
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[Verse 1: Konan] / All about the cream, you can ask Tame / Get the pound out and press the button like a arcade / Tell your life bye like you're half-gay / Shell's on your front
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50 Cent – Hustler's Ambition
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The lead single to the [“Get Rich or Die Tryin' Movie Soundtrack”] consists of “rags to riches” theme of “getting rich or dying trying”. Written by 50 in his trailer on set of the
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Ariana Grande – Santa Tell Me (Naughty Version)
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“Santa Tell Me (Naughty Version)” is the “sexier” version of Ariana Grande’s 2014 Christmas hit. The track follows Ariana’s pleads to Santa for love during the winter season
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The Weeknd – After Hours
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“After Hours” is the title track and the third promotional single for The Weeknd’s fourth studio album After Hours. The song addresses a failed relationship that ended in
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O.C. Smith – Little Green Apples
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This is the original version of the song Little Green Apples, as it has been covered by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, and etc.
The song was released in
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The Genius Community’s 100 Best Albums of the 2010s
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Pusha T, Lana Del Rey and J.Cole all made the list, but who will be at the top?
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The Weeknd – Blinding Lights
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“Blinding Lights” is the second single to The Weeknd’s fourth studio album After Hours, following the record’s lead single “Heartless,” which released two days prior on November 27
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Machine Gun Kelly & glaive – more than life
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“more than life” marks Machine Gun Kelly and glaive’s first official collaboration, with the song bringing MGK’s recent pop-rock and punk sound to glaive’s wide range of singing
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Kendrick Lamar & SZA – All The Stars
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“All the Stars” is the lead single from the Black Panther soundtrack. Released on January 4, 2018, the single was announced as part of the soundtrack that would be produced and
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Kendrick Lamar – Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe
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The content of this song doesn’t advance the narrative of the album. It is told from the perspective of present-day Kendrick Lamar, who isn’t happy with the state of rap music, and
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Kanye West & The Weeknd (Ft. Lil Baby) – Hurricane
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“Hurricane” is the lead single from Donda, the song was highly expected after being one of the biggest leaks from the Yandhi era.
The song was first previewed by Kanye West in an
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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Ft. Duke Bootee & Grandmaster Melle Mel) – The Message
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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message” may not have been the origin of conscious-rap in the early ‘80s, but it took the idea, ran away with it, married it, had
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