Genius Meanings
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Architects – when we were young
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when we were young is the Brighton outfit’s lead single off their 10th album, the classic symptoms of a broken spirit, the first piece of music after their 2021 LP For Those That
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Rise Against – Architects
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People today just obeys orders and no longer fights for what’s fair.
The song is generally believed to be a response to the Against Me! song “I Was a Teenage Anarchist.” Tim
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The Killers – When You Were Young
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The lead single off of Sam’s Town. The song contemplates the difference between expectations and reality through a love affair between a girl and a gentleman who ‘doesn’t look a
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Hands Like Houses – Spineless Crow
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In an track-by-track done through Alternative Press, frontman Trenton Woodley had the following to say about this song:
“Spineless Crow” explores building and breaking
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Architects (Ft. Murray Macleod) – Youth Is Wasted on the Young
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[Chorus: Sam Carter] / The past is dead / I walk the funeral march, and I will make my peace / The past is dead / I walk the funeral march, and I will make my peace / [Verse 1: Sam
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Guster – Do You Love Me
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“Do You Love Me” parallels the insecurity and anxiety around the beginning of a relationship with the insecurity and anxiety that surrounds a relationship that has grown stale and
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Architects – Broken Cross
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Guitarist Tom Searle made a blog post devoted to explaining the meaning behind “Broken Cross” This article can be found on their Tumblr page.
http://architectsofficial.tumblr.com/
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Architects – Holy Hell
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“Holy Hell” is an oxymoron. Hell cannot be “holy,” and throughout the song, Sam is talking about how the death of Tom, while very sad and unfortunate, can have positive outcomes on
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The Native Architects – You
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[Verse 1] / Sling a lasso 'round the sun / Don't let it loose until we're done / Our love's inextinguishable / Thicker heart and young blood / We'll sleep a little later on / When
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Architects – deep fake
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[Verse 1: Sam Carter] / We, we wanna swim the deepest depths of oblivion (Oblivion) / We wanna know that the gods have us in control / [Pre-Chorus: Sam Carter] / We see the cards
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Kanye West – Harvard Design Speech
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So after walking through here I decided that I wanted to make sure for anyone that didn’t have tickets tonight that you all could have tickets to the show. So anybody who wants to
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Architects – Seeing Red
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[Intro] / Rent-free living in your head / "R.I.P.," they commented / I felt it when they said / "We only ever love you when you're seeing red" / Blegh / Seeing red / [Verse 1
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Architects – spit the bone
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[Intro] / Now we're all cannibals / [Verse 1] / Say this will all be temporary / Even the mark by my name / The flames are all imaginary / Just be happy there's slack in the chain
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Architects – Black Lungs (Abbey Road Version)
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[Verse 1] / Do you cross your heart when you hope to die? / Are you sleeping deep in the hurricane? / IVs in the arm, forgetting to feel / We're crawling on all fours / Will you
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Architects – a new moral low ground
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[Intro] / Grit grinding under my teeth / I guess that I can stop if I'm getting you down / I'll keep myself on a leash / If I were born to hang, then I'll never be drowned / [Verse
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Architects – The Distant Blue
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Guitarist Tom Searle told HMV.com: “This one is inspired by a quote I saw about viewing the distant future from a faraway planet, and one man explaining to people about why we’d
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The Veer Union – In the Light of Innocence
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[Verse 1] / Hiding this hell that we're feeling / Trying to stand but we're kneeling / We can taste a touch of where it began / But betrayed by lust to find a win / We've been
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Architects – Animals
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[Intro (Reversed)] / Diamond, diamond in the mud / Infinity is waiting there / 'Cause nobody can burn a glass cathedral / [Verse 1] / I do my best, but everything seems ominous
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Taylor Swift – I Think He Knows
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“I Think He Knows” is an uptempo song on which Swift describes her attraction to Joe Alwyn, her boyfriend as of the track’s release. Like on her 2010 song “Last Kiss,” Swift
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Nas – I Can
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Nas spits inspirational lyrics over a very prominent Beethoven sample. KIDS: You can do anything you want in life!
From Rolling Stone:
That was a groundbreaking period for me
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Architects – Black Lungs
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[Verse 1: Sam Carter] / Do you cross your heart when you hope to die? / Are you sleeping deep in the hurricane? / IVs in the arm, forgetting to feel / [Refrain: Sam Carter, Sam
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Architects – tear gas
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[Verse 1: Sam Carter] / Never afraid to be despicable (No) / Stood at the brink and you're still looking for the last laugh / You're only crying from the tear gas / Somebody turn
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Architects – Hereafter
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“Hereafter” is the second single from Architects’ upcoming eighth studio album Holy Hell set for release on 9th November.
The song is about how the band managed to cope during the
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Young Guns (UK) – Bones
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[Verse 1] / Down under the night sky I lay and wait / Praying to whoever will listen to me / I'd fashioned my own cross, been crushed by its weight / There's no stronger message
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Architects – Royal Beggars
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“Royal Beggars” is the powerful but emotional third single from Architects' eighth studio album Holy Hell released on the 9th November 2018 via Epitaph Records.
The single follows
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Architects – Delete, Rewind
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We are the misguided youth / They backed us into a corner / All our lives we've been infected / They should have never had a chance / Because they're forcing us to believe / In a
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