 Genius Meanings
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City and Colour – Confessions
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I've been up for days / Trying to find a way to write this confession down / Seems every line I write's a miss / At least this I'll admit / For what I've done, I am not proud / But
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City and Colour – Sleeping Sickness
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“Sleeping Sickness” is the second single from City and Colour’s second album, Bring Me Your Love. The song features vocals from Gordon Downie, the lead singer of The Tragically Hip
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City and Colour – The Girl
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The 10th song off of City and Colour’s widely popular and acclaimed album Bring Me Your Love
Dallas Green croons to the woman in his life, thanking her for everything she does and
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City and Colour – What Makes a Man?
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This song is about a man facing fear after realizing he is about to die. He reflects on his past and is filled with regret, because he could have lived and been a better man. “What
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City and Colour – Faithless
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Please believe in what I say / Cause I'm running out of ways to convey / This lack of faith in myself / That's becoming my own personal hell / Vicious cold now settles in / My
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City and Colour – Body In A Box
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[Verse 1] / There's a funeral procession on the highway / Traffic screeches to a halt / There's people searching for a better way / To live their lives, oh oh / "Johnny lived a
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City and Colour – The Death Of Me
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The third song off of City and Colour’s 2008 release Bring Me Your Love.
Green contemplates turning to the bottle to relieve the troubled thoughts in his mind.
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City and Colour – Sensible Heart
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Dallas Green, the man behind the City and Colour moniker battles his emotional demons in Sensible Heart and finds a self-confidence in himself that he uses to beat out these demons
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City and Colour – Waiting...
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A coma might feel better than this / Attempting to discover where to begin / You're weighed down, you're full of something / Of sickness, and desertion / You're weighed down, you'
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City and Colour – As Much As I Ever Could
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[Intro] / Ooh (x3) / [Verse 1] / Love, love of mine / Won't you lay by my side / and rest your weary eyes / Before we're out of time / Give me one last kiss / For soon, such
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City and Colour – Forgive Me
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I'll cross my heart and hope to die / Before I have the chance to lie / To you, my dear, who I wish no harm / But I know in the end this will turn out wrong / See I've been known
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City and Colour – Constant Knot
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[Verse 1] / How much would you bet / That if I tried hard enough / I would spontaneously combust? / I wish I could disappear / And run away from all of my fear / I think I'm coming
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City and Colour – Against the Grain
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You need not to climb mountain tops / You need not to cross the sea / You need not to find a cure / For everything that makes you weak / You need not to reach for the stars / When
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City and Colour – Sensible Heart - Demo
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I get so distracted / By some peoples reactions / That I don't see my own faults / For what they are / For what they are / At times so self destructive / With no intent or motive
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City and Colour – I Don't Need to Know
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I don't need to know / Why the oceans blue or how the flowers grow / I don't need to live / Waiting on someone to forgive me for my sins / Like my father before me / I'm a working
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City and Colour – Sleeping sickness - demo
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And I awoke / Only to find my arms were empty / Through this night it seems that you were with me / And now my dreams are not what they're meant to be / And I'm alone, alone / And
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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. MC Eiht) – m.A.A.d city
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“m.A.A.d” is an acronym for both “my Angels on Angel dust” and “my Angry Adolescence divided.”
“m.A.A.d” is also a reference to the 90s Compton based hip-hop group “WC and the
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Taylor Swift – False God
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“False God” uses heavy religious imagery to compare Swift’s relationship with her then boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, to something all-powerful and greater than themselves.
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YNW Melly – Murder on My Mind
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“Murder on My Mind” is YNW Melly’s breakout song. It depicts a dark, upsetting story of Melly shooting a close friend and holding him in his arms as he slowly lost consciousness
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Touchstone Pictures – Confessions of a Shopaholic [Script]
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When I was a little girl, there were real prices and mom prices. / Real prices got you shiny,sparkly things that lasted three weeks, and mom prices got you brown things
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Flower Face – Honey and Milk
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Honey and Milk was released on September 21st, 2017 by Flower Face. The song was produced by Ruby McKinnon and Joshua Kaiser.
In an interview with AM800 Hear and Now, Ruby
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The Pussycat Dolls – When I Grow Up
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“When I Grow Up” is the opening track and lead single off of The Pussycat Dolls second album, Doll Domination. The song was their first single following the departure of the group’
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Lindsay Lohan – Drama Queen (That Girl)
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“Drama Queen (That Girl)” is a song from the Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen soundtrack that was released by Disney with an accompanying music video to promote the film
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USHER – Burn
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“Burn” was released as the second single from Usher’s Confessions album. Reuniting with Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, the trio created another hit, this time talking about
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Jack Harlow – Dua Lipa
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On “Dua Lipa,” Jack delivers a trap banger throwing out lines flaunting his success and confidently shooting his shot at English singer-songwriter Dua Lipa.
In the track, Harlow
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USHER & Alicia Keys – My Boo
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“My Boo” is a duet between American R&B singers Usher and Alicia Keys, which only appears on the special edition of Usher’s 2004 album: Confessions.
Though the song sparked rumors
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Logic – Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
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“Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” is the title track and second single from Logic’s sixth studio album.
Logic uses this song to vent feelings of insecurity that have been driven
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Kendrick Lamar – The Blacker the Berry
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Released via Empire star Taraji P. Henson’s twitter, this comes the day after Kendrick won Best Rap Song & Performance for “i” at the 2015 Grammy Awards. The song shares the name
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David Bowie – Modern Love
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David Bowie’s hit single from 1983, a song he claimed was inspired by Little Richard, especially the “back and forth” lyrics.
The first track and third single from the Let’s Dance
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Psycho Realm – Confessions of a Drug Addict
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[Intro: The Doors] / I'm in pain, man / I feel the universe functioning perfectly / But I'm still perfectly locked inside myself / Instead of oneness and I feel isolation / [Hook
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Foo Fighters – Best of You
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This is a record that had half the world turning up their stereos and bouncing around the room, as Dave Grohl inspires us to do better. The word “best” is repeated over 40 times in
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Taylor Swift – Out Of The Woods
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“Out Of The Woods” captures the anxiety and excitement of a past relationship that Taylor treasures the memories of. It was the second promo single released from 1989, and later
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Nature Nate – Dallas And Beyond
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[Chorus] / Oh my god, I'm what they come to see, got 'em like DAB! x4 / Oh my god, got em like DAB! / Oh my god, got em like DAB! / If you're real and you know it and the fake
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The Game (Ft. Lil Eazy-E) – My Confessions (Remix)
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[Chorus: The Game] / This is my confession, you can take time to listen / Or turn your back on me, but this is my confession / The life of a troubled child Who grew up to be a
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Mac Miller (Ft. Prodigy of Mobb Deep) – Confessions of a Cash Register
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[Intro: Prodigy] / Yeah / Yeah / (Check me out) That's right / (Check me out) / Yeah / Yeah (ALC / Don P / Mac) / Uh / Yeah / [Verse 1: Prodigy, Mac Miller] / All I got for these
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BTS – Butter
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“Butter” is a dance-pop song with lyrical confessions of sweet, romantic love. The fun and witty lyrics brimming with positive and bright energy will instantly uplift moods. The
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Aiden Scar – Anxi-Pression (Interlude)
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[Intro] / Yo what up everyone / It’s Aiden Scar here / This feels hella weird / It’s like I’m doing YouTube videos again / But let’s take a moment to chat real quick / How’s
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1994 Studio Cast of Lucky Stiff – Rita's Confession
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[RITA, spoken] / Vinnie! You're my brother. I'm in a little trouble and I didn't know where else to go. Listen to this obituary I just found in the Atlantic City paper / [VINNIE
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My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade
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This song is on My Chemical Romance’s third studio album, entitled The Black Parade. The song, as well as the rest of the album, follows The Patient, a man who is dying, through
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How Courts Are Using Rap Lyrics To Imprison People Of Color
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We talked to professor Erik Nielson, who’s made raising awareness about the use of rap lyrics in court his life’s work.
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Ghostemane & Parv0 – To Whom It May Concern
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[Verse 1] / I broke the law in Madrid, and I'd do it again / I got a bitch in every city that I ever been / I thought the money would do something for the sadness in / Me, but I'm
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