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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Adele – When We Were Young
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Newly-returned pop icon Adele worked with songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. and producer Ariel Rechtshaid on the “‘70s styled shimmery disco ballad” “When We Were Young,” the second
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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 – 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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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 (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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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 – 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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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 – 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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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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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 – 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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Leonard Cohen – The Old Revolution
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[Verse 1] / I finally broke into the prison / I found my place in the chain / Even damnation is poisoned with rainbows / All the brave young men, they're waiting now to see a
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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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Kevin Wulf – Flowers
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Crashed my bike after prom, knocked the window off of some guy’s car / Shore of Brooklyn, there were flowers in my hair / She was there that night, golden hair that shined in the
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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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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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The Decemberists – Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect
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Frontman Colin Meloy picked this as one of The Decemberists' best songs in an interview, saying:
It was really groundbreaking for me at the time. I felt like it was a concise
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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 – 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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