Genius Meanings
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Death From Above 1979 – Trainwreck 1979
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[Verse 1] / I was born on a highway in a train wreck / With a heart that was beatin' outta my chest / So now I follow it around the world; I can't keep up / If I don't get it soon
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Death From Above 1979 – Crystal Ball
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[Refrain] / If my heart bruises, everybody loses / Oh, I can't stress enough / And on the weekend, everyone's my best friend / Oh, I don't believe them / [Chorus] / If I can't see
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Death From Above 1979 – Gemini
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[Verse 1] / My girl is Gemini / She gets things done / Sometimes she's mean / But she can be a lot of fun / [Pre-Chorus] / But she cries on her birthday / No, it's not the first
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Death From Above 1979 – Nothin' Left
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[Verse 1] / Well I know this for sure / There's nothin' left for her / No! / And I spent it all up / No change left for her cup / No! / [Verse 2] / I'm half empty; the moon's full
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Death From Above 1979 – Right On, Frankenstein!
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[Verse 1] / I dig my own graves lately / I don't need any help / Just let me sit here quiet / In the earth by myself / [Refrain] / I don't wanna die, but I wanna be buried / Leave
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Death From Above 1979 – Virgins
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[Chorus] / Where have all the virgins gone? / Sleepin' on their parents' lawn? / Bad kids sent to summer school / Skip to skate in the empty pool / No one seems to listen / The
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Death From Above 1979 – Government Trash
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The second single released after the band’s reunion.
Track #9 on The Physical World.
Was originally for Femme Fatale, Jesse F Keeler’s other band.
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Death From Above 1979 – Always On
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Here Sebastian Grainger laments the advent of social media and smart phones; everyone is constantly “connected” and yet it’s more difficult to truly connect.
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Death From Above 1979 – The Physical World
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[Verse 1] / I can't help you if you don't try / Starin' at nothin'; nothin' is right / [Verse 2] / Can I say somethin' that might sound wrong? / Maybe we've been too free too long
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Death From Above 1979 – White Is Red
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A teen couple gets pregnant, and run away together, it ending with her leaving him on the roadside taking his unborn child with her.
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Death From Above 1979 – Caught Up
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Tell me one thing you've lied about / Take all our fears and drink them out / All the way out / It's not the same if we condone each other / Swapping out the cheese for something
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Genius Lists – Songs Based on Historical Events
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This Genius project helps connect music to historical events
Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. The list includes a very
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Death From Above 1979 – Romantic Rights
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[Verse 1] / Your romantic rights are all that you got / Push them down, son, it's more than just lip / C'mon, girls, I know you know what you want / C'mon, c'mon now and give them
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Nas (Ft. AZ) – Life's a Bitch
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Life’s a bitch and then you die
Can’t say it much better than that. Nas and AZ get existential and reflect on their lives and life in general.
As well as being AZ’s debut on wax
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