Genius Meanings
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Big Thief – Mary
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‘Mary’ was written by Adrianne Lenker in the home which inspired the sentiment of the lyrics. In an interview with NPR, Lenker spoke about the inspiration for the song.
She first
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Big Thief – Shark Smile
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[Verse 1] / She was a shark smile in a yellow van / She came around and I stole her glance / In my youth, a vampire / Evelyn shone quiet as roses sting / It came over me at a bad
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Big Thief – Capacity
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I wrote the song “Capacity” after a dream. I woke up at my sister’s house in the woods and basically just wrote down the dream. Every verse is a part of the dream. I took the word
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Big Thief – Coma
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This song describes a woman whose mother was put into a coma by an unspecified man (maybe her husband, the narrator’s father?). However, her ailment is described as a “protective
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Big Thief – Two Hands
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Beginning in July 2019, Reddit users who’d purchased Big Thief’s 2019 record “U.F.O.F.” began to report they’d received blank 7" records from 4AD. Eventually it was confirmed that
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Big Thief – Mythological Beauty
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This was the first single from Big Thief’s sophomore album, Capacity. The song is a meditation on the sacrifices, both literal and emotional, young parents are forced to take on.
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Big Thief – Shoulders
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“Shoulders” had become a live favorite long before it was announced that the song would appear on Big Thief’s fourth album Two Hands. A studio recording of this song was highly
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Big Thief – Pretty Things
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In an interview with Stereogum, Lenker says:
“Well the main thing that I’ll say without ruining the song is that the chorus is something that I like to focus on as a mantra. “
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Big Thief – Forgotten Eyes
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“Forgotten Eyes,” is the second track on Big Thief’s fourth album, Two Hands. It was released on October 2nd, 2019, as the second single from the album, following “Not”.
According
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Big Thief – Black Diamonds
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So much coming in / I do not know where to begin / I just follow the lead you're pulling / And I get lost in your trail / So much more to tell / You just ask me if I'm doing well
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Big Thief – The Toy
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From The FADER:
Two Hands is a political album at its root; these songs feel both urgent and lived in. “The Toy” isn’t just about guns, but how our societal fascination with
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2Pac (Ft. Outlawz & Prince Ital Joe) – Hail Mary
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“Hail Mary” was posthumously released as the third and final single from 2Pac’s Makaveli album. “Hail Mary” continues the Baroque themes of the album and also features some
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Big Thief – Rock and Sing
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[Verse 1] / Without his body / Naked and bare / Quiet and obviously not there / I am that naked thing swimming in air / Why does that mean anything? / Why do you stare? / [Chorus 1
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Big Thief – Haley
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Just like that, she is / I mean / We are, we are gone for good / For closing my eye / Too soon / Missed the room / Old magpie / It just passed me through / [Chorus] / Oh, when it
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Big Thief – Those Girls
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[Verse 1] / Dropped call, mid fall / Only you can know for now / Island, demons / Only you can hold them down / [Chorus] / Those girls might hear me crying / The one, the only
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Big Thief – Great White Shark
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[Verse 1] / Mercury, creeping on the sea / How she wails, flails her arms and weeps / Accumulation of debris / Lips apart, flapping as a lark / For in the dark there is release / [
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Big Thief – Wolf
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Hello to the morning moon / Woke up as you left the room / Pillow still warm / Scent like meadow grass / Has the feeling come to pass? / Has the feeling come to stay? / What can we
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Big Thief – Objects
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Old volcanoes melting / Love is overwhelming / Letting your insides out / Blind altercation / Open invitation / Breaking your guard down / Leaving the familiar / Air is getting
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Tourist – Your Love
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[Intro] / Your l— / Your l— / Your l— / Your love / [Chorus] / Your love / Your love / Your love / Your love / Your love / Your love / Your love / Your love / [Bridge] / And I know
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Big Thief – Change
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The track was previewed multiple times by Lenker via impromptu Instagram Live shows in 2021, before receiving its full band debut on 21 August 2021 at Garden Amphitheatre
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Faster Pussycat – Big Dictionary
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[Verse 1] / You got the right pronunciation / You got the meaning all wrong / It's my, my first edition / Revise it if you like / But just remember it's a young man's book of bones
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Big Star – Thirteen
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A song harkening back to the naïvete and mixed innocence of budding pubescence.
It is track 4 on Big Star’s debut album, #1 Record. Though it was never released as a single, the
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Big Thief – Not
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On 13 August 2019, Big Thief announced that they would release their second album of the year, Two Hands, as a follow up to U.F.O.F. (which was released in May). “Not” was
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