 Genius Meanings
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Bo Burnham – Comedy
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[Verse 1: Bo Burnham] / The world is changing / The planet's heating up / What the fuck is going on? (Recorded laughter) / Rearranging / It's like everything happened all at once
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Bo Burnham – That Funny Feeling
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“That Funny Feeling” is the 17th track on Bo Burnham’s May 2021 Netflix special, Inside. It is a reflection on aspects of the modern age that Bo feels peculiar about: ironies
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Bo Burnham – Bezos I
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“Bezos I” is the seventh track from Bo Burnham’s May 2021 Netflix special, Inside. The song mocks Amazon’s former CEO Jeff Bezos for his seemingly endless wealth and ability to get
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Bo Burnham – Welcome to the Internet
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“Welcome to the Internet” can be viewed as a sort of climax to Bo Burnham’s May 2021 Netflix special, Inside—the uptempo, almost circus-like jaunt is juxtaposed heavily by the
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Bo Burnham – Goodbye
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Goodbye is the final song (except for the credits) from Bo Burnham’s Netflix special Inside. It also includes lyrics previously sung in the special from “Welcome to the Internet
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Bo Burnham – 1985
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[Verse 1] / He's a really cool guy / He's got a cool shirt / He's got cool shoes / Did I mention the shirt? / If you ever got the chance to meet him / You'd know why I want to be
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Bo Burnham – Look Who's Inside Again
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In a COVID-19 lockdown, while trying to make a comedy special, Bo ruminates on how funny he can or can’t be when confined to one room with no-one there to aid him in production and
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Bo Burnham – Five Years
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“Five Years” is a comedic love song Bo Burnham dedicated to his girlfriend, where he offers an honest look into the long-term partnership with his lover despite their hilarious
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Bo Burnham – How the World Works
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Bo sings a song for children about how the world works, but his sockpuppet Socko unexpectedly begins criticizing capitalism and the genocide involved in the founding of America.
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Bo Burnham – Country Song
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“Country Song” is a song by Bo Burnham that satirically mocks some of the common topics of modern country songs, including but not limited to:
Dirt roads
Cold beer
Blue jeans
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Bo Burnham – ART IS DEAD
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This piece is Bo’s reflection on the state of art in the modern world, and how the commercialization of art and profit-driven industries have hijacked and monopolized creative
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Bo Burnham – (If You Want Love) Lower Your Expectations
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This song is about how people tend to make a list of idealistic, contradictory and sometimes unachievable traits to seek out in a romantic partner, and then later wonder why they
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Bo Burnham – All Eyes on Me
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“All Eyes On Me” is the eighteenth track on Bo Burnham’s fourth album, Inside (The Songs), compiled from his May 2021 Netflix special. This song is a sort of “encore” for the
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Bo Burnham – Kill Yourself
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This song from Bo’s Netflix comedy special pokes at pop songs that often include encouraging messages and lyrics, juxtaposing it with lyrics telling the listener to kill themselves
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Bo Burnham – WORDS WORDS WORDS
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This song is all about – what else? – Words, Words, Words. This is a continuation of Bo’s famous puns.
The title is a reference to Hamlet (Polonius: “… what do you read m'lord
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Bo Burnham – Sad
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This song is about all the “sad” things Bo sees in the world. Later in the song, he talks, sarcastically, about how we should forget about being sad about everything, and laugh at
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Bo Burnham – Repeat Stuff
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Originally performed as part of his hour-long comedy show what., “Repeat Stuff” is a testament to the emptiness of modern pop songs.
It was later revealed that Justin Bieber, one
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Bo Burnham – New Math
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It's New Math / What's a pirate minus the ship? / Just a creative homeless guy / And an anteater plus a large hungry mutant ant / An ironic way to die / And what's domain domain
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Bo Burnham – RANT
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Rant is Bo’s take on religion.
In the track, Bo uses only Apple Loops from the program "GarageBand". The most prevalent of these, "Orchestra Strings 08", was used multiple other
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Bo Burnham – From God's Perspective
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The song “From God’s Perspective” is from the show “what.” by Bo Burnham. As of December 15, 2015, it has almost three and a half million views on YouTube. It was completely played
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Bo Burnham – Microwave Popcorn
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[Intro] / Could you turn up my headphones? Turn up my head- or / I'm the only one in here, so, I'm gonna turn up my own headphones, for myself, Thank you! You're welcome / [Chorus
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Bo Burnham – Sexting
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[Chorus] / Sexting (Whoa-oh, whoa-oh, oh, oh) / It isn't sex, it's the next best thing / Sexting / Ayy, ayy, AT&T / [Verse 1] / I am in bed; I am ready to go with you / Tonight, I'
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Bo Burnham – Content
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“Content” is the opening track to Bo Burnham’s May 2021 Netflix Special, INSIDE. Throughout the song, Bo discusses life before the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and how it resulted in him
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Bo Burnham – The Chicken
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[Verse 1] / The chicken wakes up like she does every morning / To the sounds of her husband's screams / Sat in the dark on the eggs she is warming / She closes her eyes and dreams
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Bo Burnham – Shit
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The Depression Anthem. It reflects the day-to-day life of isolation in the COVID-19 pandemic in particular, as a lack of social activity can lead someone to take less care of their
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Bo Burnham – The ICU
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[Instrumental]
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Bo Burnham – White Woman's Instagram
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This song from Bo Burnham’s comedy special: Inside (2021), talks about a stereotypical white woman’s Instagram, a song akin to that of “Straight White Male” with a similar critique
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Bo Burnham – Little Joke Song
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[Verse] / Maybe I'll feel better when I go to bed / (Ugh) Maybe but probably not / Maybe I'll feel better if I clear my head / (Ugh) Maybe but probably / I wrote a joke, you wanna
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Phoebe Bridgers – That Funny Feeling
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Played as the closer to her 2021 Reunion Tour, this cover of a song originally by Bo Burnham was released by Phoebe Bridgers on Bandcamp on October 1st, with all proceeds
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Bo Burnham – Sunday School
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[Intro] / Alright kids uh welcome to your first Sunday school class alright let’s get right into it okay? / Okay / [Verse 1] / Did you know that Jesus died on the cross, just to
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Bo Burnham – OH BO (studio)
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Bo uses this song to point out a lot of what famous singers/songwriters do wrong. He also uses it to show that hip hop is no longer what it used to be, but is now just full of “
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