Genius Meanings
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Bloc Party – Mercury
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[Intro] / My Mercury's in retrograde / My Mercury's in retrograde / Mer- Mer- Mercury's in retrograde / My Mercury's in retrograde / [Chorus] / Mercury, Mercu- Mercury's in
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Bloc Party – Talons
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[Verse 1] / And in the dark it comes for me / Malevolent and without form / Uprooting trees, destroying cars / Cold and relentless with arms outstretched / No bolt nor brick nor
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Bloc Party – Idea for a Story
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[Verse 1] / Lucian, I'm so tired of flesh and blood / My Lord is growing so vile / Shamefulness descends upon our shoulders / Kicking the corpse 'til the fun wears off / Bleeding
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Bloc Party – Biko
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The title of this song is not a reference to slain South African anti-apartheid leader Stephen Biko. Instead it is a term of endearment in Igbo, the Nigerian language that the
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Bloc Party – Halo
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[Verse 1] / It was your hair that did it / It was your hair that lit the fuse / A golden brown halo / Like sunlight peering through trees / I ask you for the time / But I am asking
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Bloc Party – Signs
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[Verse 1] / Two ravens in the old oak tree / And one for you and one for me / And bluebells in the late December / I see signs now all the time / The last time we slept together
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Bloc Party – One Month Off
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[Verse 1] / Well, there were seven years between us / Seems that all my friends were right / That we can't survive on your bedroom eyes / And a Spanish guitar / When we started
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Bloc Party – Trojan Horse
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[Verse 1] / You used to take your watch off before we made love / You didn't want to share our time with anyone / You used to close your eyes when we kissed goodbye / You didn't
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Bloc Party – Ion Square
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According to Kele Okereke, this song “evokes a really great time in a relationship when everything was going right.”
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Bloc Party – Better Than Heaven
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[Verse 1] / What's with all this doom and gloom? / You used to be such, such a laugh / It's only sin, original sin / Corinthians (15:22) / Never been a big fan of things / But I'm
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Bloc Party – Zephyrus
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Zephyrus was an ancient Greek god of the West Wind and of spring.
There’s a myth where he and another god, Apollo, were both after the same boy (Hyacinthus). He saw them playing a
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Bloc Party – Your Visits Are Getting Shorter
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[Chopped Intro/Instrumental Intro: 0:00 - 1:03] / [Verse 1] / I can see it in your eyes now / You have come to resent me / Condescension in the silence / Your fingers are tired
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Bloc Party – Ares
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[Verse 1] / War, war, war, war / I want to declare a war / My fist breaks your porcelain nose / There are other things my hands can do / To create or to destroy / Mini gods and
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Bloc Party – Letter to My Son
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[Verse 1] / I found myself / At the point where we kissed first / On a rooftop / Overlooking the East London mosque / They say, they say, they say, they say / "You can't go around
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Vanilla Ice – Ice Ice Baby
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“Ice Ice Baby” was originally the flipside to Vanilla Ice’s debut single “Play That Funky Music”. When it was later released as its own single, it became an international smash hit
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Imagine Dragons – Bones
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“Bones” is the first single off “Mercury – Act 2”, and it was released on March 11th, 2022. One music analyst described it as,
A spirited examination of life and death, the song
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Queen – Cool Cat
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On an album full of pop and R&B influences, this song is one of the most soulful tracks on the record. It was written by bassist John Deacon and Freddie Mercury.
This song is not
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Kanye West (Ft. Kendrick Lamar) – No More Parties in LA
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This song is the first collaboration between Kanye West & Kendrick Lamar. The L.A. based artists swap stories on “No More Parties in LA,” playfully venting their frustrations with
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Tory Lanez – The Color Violet
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[Verse 1] / I took my drugs and took my lovin' when I left out the spot / I left the party with a Barbie, marking X on the dot / She calls my phone up, but I told her, "I'm a loner
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Queen – Jailhouse Rock / Stupid Cupid / Be-Bop-a-Lula (Live at the Rainbow, London, 31st March 1974)
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The warden threw a party in the county jail / Prison band was there and they began to wail / Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing / Should've heard them knocked out
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Steve Lacy – Bad Habit
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“Bad Habit” is the second single released for Steve Lacy’s second album, Gemini Rights. It was released on June 29th, 2022, alongside an official music video.
The song is mainly
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Iggy Azalea – Work
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“Work” was Iggy Azalea’s debut single as a lead artist and the first off her debut album The New Classic. Hailed by Iggy as her most personal song, the song was developed with
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Queen – Jailhouse Rock (Live at the Rainbow, London / November 1974)
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Warden threw a party in the county jail / Prison band was there and they began to wail / Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing / Should've heard them knocked out jailbirds
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