 Genius Meanings
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Brian McKnight – Can't Say Goodbye
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Oh, woah, woah, oh-oh, oh, oh / We may not know the mysteries of life / Why candles blows out while it was burning so bright / We'll say so long, but we can't say goodbye / We hope
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Brian McKnight (Ft. Kimié Miner) – Goodbye
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[Verse 1: Brian McKnight] / I hate it when I have to go / Girl, I'm gonna miss you so / But I don't want to ever say goodbye / You gotta believe me when I tell you that I don't
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Brian McKnight – Goodbye My Love
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“Goodbye My Love” peaked at #46 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1992, staying on the chart for only 9 weeks.
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Brian McKnight – I Couldn't Say
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[Verse 1] / Baby, I saw you, standing all alone / In the moonlight, wishing as I may / And I might have just one night with you, pretty mama / Showdown, not ready but willing / To
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Brian McKnight – Til I Get Over You
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[Verse 1] / I remember the way you used to / Touch me all time / I told you how I was the luckiest man alive / And now I hear you showin' off your new boy / Frontin' like
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Brian McKnight – The Way Love Goes
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“The Way Love Goes” peaked at #11 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1992, staying on the chart for 19 weeks.
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Brian McKnight – Kiss Your Love Goodbye
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[Verse 1] / Tell, tell me it isn't so / You say you have your reasons for leaving / You have to go / I watch you turn, turn and walk away / And I'm searching to find the right
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Brian McKnight – 6, 8, 12
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[Verse 1] / Do you ever think about me / Do you ever cry yourself to sleep / In the middle of the night when you awake / Are you calling out for me / Do you ever reminisce / I can'
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Brian McKnight – Anytime
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“Anytime” peaked at #6 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Airplay chart, #7 on Billboard’s Top 40 Mainstream chart, topped Billboard’s Rhythmic Top 40 chart and topped Billboard’s R&B Airplay
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Brian McKnight – Again
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[Verse 1] / What are you calling me for? / Thought it was over when you walked out the door / Reminding me of the pain / That you caused in my heart / No, I'm not missing you at
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Brian McKnight – One Last Cry
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“One Last Cry” peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot 100, #19 on Billboard’s Top 40 Mainstream chart, #18 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Top 40 chart, #16 on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary
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Brian McKnight – Anyway
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[Verse 1] / I have been through many disappointments and regrets / Never knowing yet, the joy of lasting love / Now I'm reaching for your hand on the shore of happiness / Oh, I
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Brian McKnight – Oh Lord
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Can you hear me / I'm calling your name oh Lord / I can't go on this way / Will I make it another day / Oh Lord, was I made just to beg and crawl / Who will catch me whenever I
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Brian McKnight – Every Time You Go Away
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Verse 1: / Every time that I'm with you girl / Can't believe you share my world / But it's real / And every time that I hold you close to me / Forever is all that I can see / How
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Brian McKnight – You Got the Bomb
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[Intro] / Nananana, nana, nanana / Nanananana, mmm-mmm / Nanananana, nananana / Nanananana / [Verse 1] / I can't remember / The last time I felt this way / You're keeping a smile
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Brian McKnight – Must Be Love
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I used to hang out all night / Ladies on the left and on the right / They used to call me Mr.Shady / Down low,undercover / I didn't care what I said / As long as they awoke in my
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Brian McKnight – The Only One for Me
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“The Only One For Me” peaked at #60 on Billboard’s Hot 100 Airplay chart, #7 on Billboard’s R&B Airplay chart and #40 on Billboard’s Rhythmic Top 40 chart in 1998.
A year later
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Brian McKnight – Stay the Night
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[Intro] / I want you so... / [Verse 1] / Try to say how I feel / When I'm holding you close to me / But my temperature rises so I can hardly believe / That finally you came to me
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Brian McKnight – Never Felt This Way
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[Verse 1] / There will never come a day / You'll ever hear me say that I want / And need to be without you / I wanna give my all / Baby just hold me / Simply control me / 'Cause
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Brian McKnight – After the Love
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“After the Love” peaked at #39 on Billboard’s R&B chart in 1993, staying on the chart for 20 weeks.
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Brian McKnight – Another
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[Verse 1] / I'm so glad that we've had this time together / On my radio and right on my TV / There's no predicting the shortness of forever / And why the plan is always difficult
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Brian McKnight – Jam Knock
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[Chorus] / Baby, don't stop, let your body rock / While you listen to my jam knock / We can party all night / If you don't stop, let your body rock / While you listen to my jam
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Brian McKnight – When the Chariot Comes
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[Verse 1] / All of these flowers for this friend of ours / It's such a shame / All of these people / All of them equally feel the same / There's solace in weeping / Looks like he's
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Brian McKnight – Neva Get Enuf Of U
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[Intro] / Never get enough of you baby / Ooh / [Verse 1] / I love it when you're looking the way that you're looking at me (Ooh) / Never thought somebody could give what you're
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Brian McKnight (Ft. Vanessa Williams) – Love Is
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“Love Is” peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #55 on Billboard’s R&B chart (staying on the chart for 15 weeks) and topped Billboard’s Adult Contemporary chart for three weeks in
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Brian McKnight – Could
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Lying alone in my room / Don't know what I'm gonna do / Trying to figure out / If this is it, this time / Just can't stop thinking / About the way you make me feel inside / I just
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Brian McKnight – Your Love is Ooh
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[Intro] / Your love is ooh / Your love is ooh baby / [Verse 1] / Contemplate, as we lay / Caught up in your web of pleasure / Let me get my thoughts together / Concentrate
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Brian McKnight (Ft. Ma$e) – You Should Be Mine (Don't Waste Your Time)
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[Intro: Ma$e] / Mase and Brian McKnight / (C'mon) Bad Boy / We don't stop / (We rock, we rock, yo) / Yo / [Verse 1: Ma$e] / I hit you with the sound that the world can't take
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Brian McKnight – Uh Oh Feeling
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[Verse 1] / So long is the night / Without you by my side / To feel you breathe / So selfishly, oh mine / Feel me come alive / When I look into your eyes / Feel you reach / Way
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Brian McKnight – Nobody
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You're the single best part of my day / I hang on every word that you say / I'm addicted to you / Everything that you do, baby / In my solar system, you are the sun / Feels like my
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Brian McKnight – Good Ol' Fashioned Love
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[Intro] / Ooh / [Verse 1] / A beautiful sunset, real, not CGI / A moonlit sonata, Beethoven, candlelight / Let's pretend that we don't have much / But we have the one thing that
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Brian McKnight – '42 (Grown Up Tipsy)
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[Intro] / Yeah-yeah / Yeah-yeah / Yeah-yeah / [Chorus] / We on that '42 / Just me and you / One ice cube / Like we're supposed to do / Grown up tipsy / Grown up tipsy / [Verse 1
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Nu Shooz – I Can't Wait
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“I Can’t Wait” is a hit song by husband-and-wife duo Nu Shooz. Originally the song was released independently in 1985 on an EP called Tha’s Right. It became a regional hit on radio
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Brian McKnight – My Prayer
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[Intro] / Hey, yes / [Verse 1] / I have been so far away / Counting the time until today / So long I've waited for a chance / When I could spend some time with you / Just with you
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Brian McKnight – Hold Me
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“Hold Me” samples 2Pac’s “I Get Around.”.
The song peaked at #35 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #18 on Billboard’s R&B chart, staying on the chart for 18 weeks in 1998.
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Brian McKnight – Like I Do
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[Verse 1] / If the earth stops spinning the sands of time / If the sun ever refuses to shine / If Gibraltar ever washes away / I'll always feel the way I feel today / Girl, I
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Brian McKnight – Is the Feeling Gone
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Is the feeling gone, my love? / Is it not as strong to you and I? / Oh, are we still in love? / Has the fire died, my sweet? / Don't I sweep you off your feet anymore, baby? / Tell
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Brian McKnight – Niko’s Lullaby
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[Intro] / Ooh, ooh, oh yeah / Ooh, ooh, ooh / [Verse] / Lullaby / Say goodnight / Close your eyes / Fall away to sleep / Eyes like mine / Don't you cry / 'Cause tomorrow there'll
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Brian McKnight – Show Me the Way Back to Your Heart
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“Show Me The Way Back to Your Heart” was originally sung by Gloria Estefan.
The song was written by Diane Warren.
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Brian McKnight – Every Beat of My Heart
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[Verse 1] / I could feel / It coming from a mile away / When I opened up the door / I saw everything that I've been waiting for, hey / Close your eyes / I don't care what other
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Brian McKnight – On the Down Low
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[Verse 1] / Maxine was 5-foot-9 / Had a man, and she didn't mind / Walked up to me nice and slow / What she wanted I did not know / Gave me her pager number / And said call her "
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Brian McKnight (Ft. Glasses Malone) – Get You Into My Life
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[Chorus: Brian McKnight] / Gotta get you into my life / Get-get-get you into my life / Get you into my life, baby / Gotta get you into my life / Get-get-get you into my life / Get
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Noah McKnight (Ft. Dagames & Thora Daughn) – Goodbye
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[Verse 1: Dagames] / Every day was silent / Shadows creep along the floor / My sanity's diving / Behind these locked up doors / The pressure rises within / And the hope starts to
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Brian McKnight – Yours
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[Intro] / Oh, oh / I want to be...yours / Ah yeah / (Let's keep that record going) / Dig / Mhm / Phase 5 in full effect, y'all / [Verse 1] / Heart of mine, I'm sure you'll agree
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