Genius Meanings
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Damien Rice – Grey Room
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[Verse 1] / Well, I've been here before / Sat on a floor in a grey, grey room / Where I stay in all day / I don't eat, but I play with this grey, grey food / [Chorus 1] / Désolé
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Damien Rice – Grey Room (intro)
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Well I've been here before / Sat on the floor in a grey, grey room / Where I stay in all day / I don't eat, but I play with this grey, grey food / Désolé, if someone is prayin
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Damien Rice – Elephant
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Alludes to “The Blower’s Daughter,” a song on Damien Rice’s O. Rice wanted to actually name it “The Blower’s Daughter Part II”. Interestingly, chord progression and the crescendo
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Damien Rice (Ft. Lisa Hannigan) – 9 Crimes
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“9 Crimes” is a beautiful, melancholic ballad following the guilt of infidelity and sought forgiveness. It is the debut single from Damien Rice’s second album, 9, and a duet
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Damien Rice – Accidental Babies
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Generally held to be about Rice’s breakup with long-time partner Lisa Hannigan, whom he’d worked with extensively on albums O, B-Sides and much of 9, Accidental Babies is a pained
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Damien Rice – The Rat Within the Grain
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[Verse 1] / This would not have happened / If I hadn't missed my plane / I would've been there when they told you / I'm the rat within the grain / Within this big misunderstanding
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Damien Rice – The Animals Were Gone
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[Verse 1] / Woke up and for the first time the animals were gone / It's left this house empty now, not sure if I belong / Yesterday you asked me to write you a pleasant song / I'll
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Damien Rice – Rootless Tree (intro)
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What I want from you, is empty your head / But they say be true, don't stain your bed / And we do what we need to be free / And it leans on me like a rootless tree / What I want
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Damien Rice – Me, My Yoke and I
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My drum, my drum, my drum / Gonna make ya / My drum, my drum, my drum / Gonna make ya come / My book, my book, my book / Gonna make ya / My book, my book, my book / Gonna make ya
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Damien Rice – Rootless Tree
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Released in 2007 as the second single from 9.
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Damien Rice – Sleep Don't Weep
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This song, as with others on 9, is a duet with Lisa Hannigan.
Its repetitive verses make for a touching extended ballad about distress, encouragement, caringness, dependency, and
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Damien Rice – Lonelily
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Listed as Lonelily (Original Demo) on B-Sides.
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Ed Sheeran – You Need Me, I Don't Need You
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“You Need Me, I Don’t Need You” is the tenth track off of Ed Sheeran’s debut studio album, +. This song, often played as a high-energy finale (or something close to the last song
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Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
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By some interpretations, Cohen is in an argument with God. King David’s “hallelujah,” in the book of Psalms, is said to have pleased the Lord. Cohen addresses God: “But you don’t
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Radiohead – Creep
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According to Thom Yorke, “Creep” tells the tale of an inebriated man who tries to get the attention of a woman to whom he is attracted by following her around. In the end, he lacks
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Baby Keem & Kendrick Lamar – family ties
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“family ties” finds cousins Baby Keem and Kendrick Lamar uniting for their first official collaboration after months of partnering under the pgLang imprint. Originally titled “Jump
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U2 – One
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After experiencing massive success in the late ‘80s, U2 found themselves at a sticking point as the new decade dawned.
They’d decamped to Hansa Studios in Berlin just as the wall
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Brotherhood of Darkness – The Wickedness
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[Verse 1: Lost Prophet] / Now who the f*** this nigga talkin' to?! / I'll break ur jaw and make it hard to chew / Your beats are horrible just like tastin' ur own piss 'n' puke
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Genius Ireland – 2020 Album Release Calendar Ireland
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WELCOME TO THE 2020 GENIUS Ireland ALBUM RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
This page highlights the notable albums, EPs, mixtapes, etc, released by Irish artists in all genres throughout 2020
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Big Hoodoo (Ft. Trick Trick) – Boom Boom Piggy
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[Skit] / Viewer discretion is advised / *police siren* / Aw, shit, here we go / Ay, yo, what are you doing around here, brother? / What is you talking about, man? / I'm just going
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