 Genius Meanings
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Bloc Party – Compliments
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Kele: “This song’s about the crushing power of routine.”
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Bloc Party – Skeleton
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[Verse 1] / All my thoughts are of ice / All my thoughts are of ice / All my bones are so tired / All my bones are so tired / So young and so handsome / So easily led / They told
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Bloc Party – Positive Tension
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Kele, the lead singer and guitarist of Bloc Party described the meaning of this song before performing it live at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in 2005:
This song is about
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Bloc Party – This Modern Love
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A song about falling in love, and the coy to-and-fro that people go through in beginning new relationships.
The other side is that this song could be seen as a metaphor for
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Bloc Party – Blue Light
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“Blue Light” is the fifth track on Silent Alarm and is an overall quieter track than the others on the album, although it still relies heavily on its core drums/bass/electric
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Bloc Party – So Here We Are
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According to Kele Okereke, “This song’s about the way people say they feel when they’re taking ecstacy. A song about that moment of purity and real clearness and the search to get
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Bloc Party – Like Eating Glass
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[Verse 1] / It's so cold in this house / Open mouth swallowing us / The children sent home from school / Will not stop crying / And I know that you're busy, do I know that you care
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Bloc Party – Banquet
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“Banquet” is a punk/electro UK anthem, full of swagger and sexual tension. It was the second single off the band’s debut album, and amassed a large amount of remixes, most notably
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Bloc Party – Price of Gas
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The sociopolitical context of Silent Alarm is key to understanding songs like “Price of Gas”. It was written and released in the early years of the Iraq War, which began in 2003
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Bloc Party – Helicopter
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Bloc Party’s breakthrough hit, which is speculated to be about former U.S. president George Bush. In response to the interpretations, Okereke stated that he’d actually written the
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Bloc Party – The Pioneers
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Pioneers is often credited as The Pioneers on many releases.
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Bloc Party – Tulips (Minotaur Shock Remix)
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When you said tulips / I knew that you're mine / When I caught you there / Crying in the night / Wearing my jacket / Wearing that smile / I knew that I'd found you / Were you
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Bloc Party – Two More Years
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Single released between the albums Silent Alarm and A Weekend in the City, and later included as a bonus track on a re-issued version of Silent Alarm. The song reached #7 on the UK
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Bloc Party – The Pioneers (M83 Remix)
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(to try, try, try, try, cry) / (try, try, try, try, try, try, try, cry) [repeated] / Breathe in, breathe in, breathe in / Breathe in, breathe in, breathe in / (-trol) [repeated
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Bloc Party – Banquet (Phones Disco Edit)
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Slightly different in song structure to the original, adding chorus repetitions and removing the outro, this remix credited to Phones is actually the alias of producer Paul Epworth
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Bloc Party – Always New Depths
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[Verse 1] / All the clouds are black, mother is cried out / Someone else broke my fall / I don't remember / Internationally bastardised / Internationally tongue-tied / The truth is
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Bloc Party – She’s Hearing Voices (Album Version)
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[Intro] / Hey, hey, hey, hey / Hey, hey, hey, hey / Hey, hey, hey, hey / Hey, hey, hey, hey / [Verse 1] / She's hearing voices, call her / She's hearing voices warn her / She just
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Bloc Party – Hero
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“Hero” is a B-side to early Bloc Party single, “Two More Years”. Its lyrics speak about how the average person can be a “hero” to someone else.
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A$AP Rocky (Ft. Skepta) – Praise the Lord (Da Shine)
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“Praise the Lord (Da Shine)” is the 5th track from A$AP Rocky’s third studio album, TESTING.
This song marks the third collaboration between Rocky and Skepta, following 2016’s “
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Bloc Party – Every Time Is the Last Time
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This instrumental track can be found in the pre-gap (track 0) of the CD release in both the UK and the US.
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Bloc Party – So Here We Are (Peel Session)
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[Verse] / I caught a glimpse, but it's been forgotten, so here we are again / I made a vow to carry you home, home / I really tried to be what you wanted, it all went wrong again
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Kollektivet – Give Me Compliments
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[Intro] / I'm sick of performing and not getting compliments / Look at me now, washing the dishes / Not getting a compliment / [Verse 1] / Making the dinner without being tolded
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Nipsey Hussle (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – Dedication
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“Dedication” is the lead single from Nipsey Hussle’s debut album, Victory Lap–assisted by fellow L.A native Kendrick Lamar.
It’s a diverse mix of bars from each artist to describe
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OutKast (Ft. Sleepy Brown) – SpottieOttieDopaliscious
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“SpottieOttieDopaliscious” is a soulful, funky horn-filled jam inspired by Reggae vibes and Good Times. André gave some background on the track:
The song started with a sample I’
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