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City and Colour – Like Knives
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Seems to me that this song is about a breakup.
The first paragraph symbolizes a fight.
In the 2nd, he blames himself for relying on something he thought would keep them together.
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City and Colour – Casey's Song
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[Chorus] / With you on my mind / And my heart held in your hands / Screaming / Break me, oh / Break me, oh / [Post Chorus] / Ooh, oh / Ooh, oh / [Chorus] / With you on my mind
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City and Colour – Hello, I'm in Delaware
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Track 3 from Green’s debut album “Sometimes,” explains the struggle of a relationship while always having to be away on tour, rarely ever coming home to see their partner.
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City and Colour – Save Your Scissors
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So go on / And I will refrain / And I'll keep on running / On this never ending race / And maybe next time / Will be the right time / And maybe next time / Will be your time / So
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City and Colour – Day Old Hate
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So let's face it this was never what you wanted / But I know it's fun to pretend / Now blank stares and empty threats / Are all I have, they're all I have / So drown me and if you
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City and Colour – In the Water I Am Beautiful
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[Verse 1] / And I know its not to get away from me / You just need a change of scenery / So strange how everything went wrong so fast / And I hope that this confusion does not last
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City and Colour – Sometimes (I Wish)
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If I was a simple man / Would we still walk hand in hand? / And if I suddenly went blind / Would you still look in my eyes? / What happens when I grow old? / And all my stories
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City and Colour – Comin’ Home
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Well I've been down to Georgia / I've seen the streets in the West / I've driven down the 90, hell I've seen America's best / I've been through the Rockies, I've seen Saskatoon / I
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City and Colour – ...Off by Heart
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[Verse 1] / The stars are aligned / But they don't align for us / Excuse me for I am the ocean / [Verse 2] / And I will starve for you / Will you know how to stay brave? / Such
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Pink Floyd – Any Colour You Like
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An instrumental track featuring keyboard and guitar solos, “Any Colour You Like” has no lyrics or sound clips but many can interpret the song’s message to be – you are the master
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The Band Perry – If I Die Young
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Written by Kimberly Perry, “If I Die Young” was released in June 2010 as the second single from the group’s self-titled debut album.
It’s gone on to become one of the emerging
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Eagles – Hotel California
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One of the most mysterious and widely speculated songs in rock history, “Hotel California” is best described in the words of its creators. As Don Henley explained in the Daily Mail
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Hozier – Take Me to Church
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“Take Me to Church” is the debut single by Irish recording artist Hozier. It has become an international hit, reaching #1 in 12 countries, and has been certified five times
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Jaden – E
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“E” is the fourth song in Jaden Smith’s debut album and the final song in the four-part series “BLUE”, in which Smith walks the listener through what the idea of “being blue” means
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Vampire Weekend – Finger Back
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“Finger Back” is about an Orthodox Jewish girl falling in love with an Arab falafel shop employee, as indicated in the bridge.
In this interview with Face Culture, Ezra Koenig
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Drake – You & The 6
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This song is dedicated to Drake’s mother, Sandi Graham. Drake discusses many of the issues he had growing up, and how both his city and his mother helped him cope with all of it.
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Joey Bada$$ (Ft. Capital STEEZ) – Survival Tactics
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Joey BADA$$ uses the instrumental for “Survival Tactics” by Styles of Beyond Prod. Vin Skully.
Joey borrows a lot of different flows from older artists (to compliment the old boom
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Kanye West – Family Business
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The stories in this song are not actually all about Kanye’s family. Per Complex, Tarrey Torae (who sings “they don’t mean a thang” toward the end) helped Kanye with the stories for
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Kanye West – Family Business
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The stories in this song are not actually all about Kanye’s family. Per Complex, Tarrey Torae (who sings “they don’t mean a thang” toward the end) helped Kanye with the stories for
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David Bowie – Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
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Often used as a closing song for the Ziggy and Aladdin Sane tours, Rock ‘N’ Roll Suicide is not only the thematic death of Ziggy Stardust on the album, but the real life end to the
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William Gibson – Neuromancer (Chapter 1)
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William Gibson’s seminal cyberpunk novel. Probably the first cyberpunk novel. Text taken from the Cyberpunk Library, http://project.cyberpunk.ru/lib/neuromancer/
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Alanis Morissette – Ironic
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Written by Alanis Morissette and Jagged Little Pill’s producer Glen Ballard, “Ironic” describes some peculiar and unfortunate situations and went on to be nominated for Record of
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Vampire Weekend – Step
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“Step” is inspired by “Step to My Girl” by Souls of Mischief. Per the band:
“Souls Of Mischief I’ve always loved. I kind of associate them with the first time that I really
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Kendrick Lamar – Swimming Pools (Drank)
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On this lead single from good kid, m.A.A.d city, Kendrick addresses the psychological connection between peer pressure and alcoholism. What sounds like a club anthem is actually an
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Lil Baby – Not Finished
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[Intro] / They call me WHAM and they know who I am, yeah / [Verse 1] / She got that WAP and the way that she use it, saliva with top and she come with a mop / I need to stop, been
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Queen – My Fairy King
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“My Fairy King” was the first Queen song to feature Mercury’s piano skills. Guitarist Brian May said of the song’s recording:
“This was the first time we’d really seen Freddie [
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Tear Da Club Up Thugs (Ft. Juicy J) – Slob on My Knob
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Although it originally appeared on Tear Da Club Up Thugs' 1999 album CrazyNDaLazDayz, “Slob On My Knob” is essentially a Juicy J solo song as he raps both verses and produced the
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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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Meekz (Ft. GRM Daily) – Daily Duppy
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[Intro] / Entered the bank of rappers, I seen Santan there / They brang man chairs / You would've thought man banged squares / I'm old school, fuck the lift, we'll take the apple
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MF DOOM – Deep Fried Frenz
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DOOM raps about friendship. It sounds like he suffers from the hedgehog’s dilemma…
On the song, DOOM samples “Friends” by Whodini and “Friends and Strangers” by Ronnie Laws.
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Eazy-E (Ft. B.G. Knocc Out & Dresta) – Real Muthaphuckkin G's
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“Real Muthaphuckkin G’s” is Eazy-E’s response to Dr. Dre and his former protege Snoop Doggy Dogg’s numerous disses on The Chronic—most notably “Fuck wit Dre Day (And Everybody’s
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Genius English Translations – Residente, iLe & Bad Bunny - Afilando Los Cuchillos (English Translation)
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[Intro: Residente] / Come on, we are sharpening the knives, come on / Razor sharpener arrived / Trooko / The sharpener has arrived at his home, at the door of his house / The knife
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Shawn Mendes – Stitches
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“Stitches” is the sixth single of singer-songwriter Shawn Mendes’s debut album, Handwritten.
“Stitches” shares some similarities with “Love the Way You Lie”—both are about loving
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Tate McRae – we’re not alike
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[Verse 1] / I got a lack of good judgment / Judgin' by the fact I got close to you (Oh, no) / Time should heal, but it doesn't / Or maybe 'cause you still haven't told the truth (
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Dr. Alban – No Coke
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[Intro:] / All massive hold tight / Cause when I come, I come rough / Inna reggae raggamuffin business / Come! / Hip-Hop Reggae inna Dancehall style / Hip-Hop Reggae inna Dancehall
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Too $hort – City of Dope
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Powerful, reflective social commentary by Too $hort on the new drug plague of 1988 sweeping through his home town of Oakland: crack.
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DYAN – Looking For Knives
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[Verse 1] / I went looking for blood / And they're giving me bone / And I wanted a map / And I got directions back home / [Chorus] / I went looking for knives / And they're giving
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Taylor Swift – Question...?
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Reflecting upon a past relationship on “Question…?,” Swift asks her former lover if their newer romantic experiences compare to the time that they spent together. Implicitly, she
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Yung Lean – Violence
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“Violence” is the second single from Yung Lean’s fourth studio album Starz. The track is very erratic in both Lean’s vocal style and the instrumentation it incorporates, with Lean
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Original Cast of 36 Questions (Ft. Jessie Shelton & Jonathan Groff) – For the Record
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[JASE] / For the record, this is self-destructive / For the record, I'm aware of that / For the record, I've been picturing her body / Draped over the sofa wearing nothing but her
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Scissor Sisters – I Can't Decide
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A great example of tonal and lyrical dissonance, this upbeat catchy song is about a psychotic killer trying to decide whether he should kill his victim or let them live.
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Gang Starr – Moment of Truth
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Probably one of the most influential Gang Starr songs, Guru spits lyrical genius over a–needless to say–genius Premo beat.
DJ Premier said the following about the track:
The
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