 Genius Meanings
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Eagles – I Can't Tell You Why
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Not only the first song finished for the album The Long Run, but also the first Eagles song to feature new bassist Timothy B. Schmit on lead vocals.
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Vince Gill – I Can't Tell You Why
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[Verse 1] / Look at us baby, up all night / Tearing our love apart / Aren't we the same two people who live / Through years in the dark? Ahh-ah / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Every time I try
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Eagles – I Can't Tell You Why Covers
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See all of “I Can't Tell You Why” by Eagles’s covers
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Eagles – I Can’t Tell You Why (Live version)
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Look at us baby up all night / Tearing our love apart / Aren't we the same two people who live / Through years in the dark? / Ahh... / Every time I try to walk away / Something
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Jack Johnson – Anything but the Truth
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In “Anything But The Truth,” the narrator wonders how they can tell someone the truth about the negative aspects of the world while still protecting them.
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Nina – I Can't Tell You Why
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Look at us baby / Up all night / Tearin' our love apart / Aren't we the same two people / Who lived through years in the dark / Every time I try to walk away / Somethin' makes me
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Don Henley – The Boys of Summer
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“The Boys of Summer” is track #1 on Don Henley’s 1984 LP Building the Perfect Beast.
It was a huge hit earning numerous awards including the MTV Video of the Year in 1985 and the
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Kanye West – Can't Tell Me Nothing
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A single off Kanye’s 3rd album, Graduation, “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” is considered a bit of a sleeper hit, as the single “Stronger” was much more popular, especially at the time.
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Gerald Alston – I Can't Tell You Why
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[Verse 1] / Look at us baby, up all night / Tearing our love apart / Aren't we the same two people who live / Through years in the dark? / [Pre-Chorus 1] / Every time I try to walk
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Brownstone – I Can’t Tell You Why
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[Spoken Intro] / Sometimes I wonder / What I would do without you in my life / At night I wake up and all I see is your face / I know we have problems / But I still can't walk away
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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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YoungBoy Never Broke Again – Life Support
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[Intro] / Lil Top, Top, Top (Who that is?) / Top, said I'm Top, Top (YoungBoy, whatever you wanna call me) / [Verse 1] / Comme des Garçons, she say she like on me / Flyer then a
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Eagles – The Long Run
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[Verse 1] / I used to hurry a lot, I used to worry a lot / I used to stay out till the break of day / Oh, that didn't get it / It was high time I quit it / I just couldn't carry on
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Lady Gaga – Poker Face
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Are the rules of sexual attraction akin to the rules of poker? Lady Gaga asserts “Poker Face” is about bisexuality. She described poker face as the expression she pulls when she’s
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Larry Carlton (Ft. Shai) – I Can't Tell You Why
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Look at us baby, up all night / Tearin' our love apart / Aren't we the same two people / Who live through years in the dark? / Every time I try to walk away / Something makes me
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Don Henley – Dirty Laundry
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“Dirty Laundry” is the second single from Don Henley’s debut album Can’t Stand Still. To air someone’s ‘dirty laundry’ means “discussing or arguing about unpleasant or private
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Diana Krall – I Can’t Tell You Why
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[Verse 1] / Look at us baby, up all night / Tearing our love apart / Aren't we the same two people who live / Through years in the dark? Oh / [Pre-Chorus] / Every time I try to
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Taylor Swift – gold rush
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“gold rush” is a song depicting the jealousy the narrator has because she is attracted to someone who everyone admires.
Because of this, she has to stop picturing her life with
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The Last Shadow Puppets – The Bourne Identity
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This is the bonus track off the 2nd The Last Shadow Puppets album, Everything You’ve Come To Expect. It is also featured as a b-side to the limited bonus 7" of single Bad Habits
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NF – The Search
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“The Search” is the second single and title track for NF’s fourth album and marks his first release of 2019.
On the track, NF opens up about the struggles inside his head and
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Eagles – The Last Resort
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[Verse 1] / She came from Providence / One in Rhode Island / Where the old world shadows hang / Heavy in the air / She packed her hopes and dreams / Like a refugee / Just as her
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Kendrick Lamar (Ft. Drake) – Poetic Justice
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Kendrick explained “Poetic Justice” in a 2012 interview with Complex magazine, saying:
If you listen to ‘Poetic Justice,’ it’s a song about a chick saying these legs are poems. On
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Open Mike Eagle + Paul White – Insecurity Part 2 (The Moor the Marry Her)
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[Verse 1] / Nah girl it's all good / Ain't nothing special I had to say / Don't feel weird there's a chair here / Just let me put this here bag away / It's all good, all gravy
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Frank Ocean (Ft. James Fauntleroy) – American Wedding
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The climax of Frank Ocean’s mixtape/album nostalgia, ULTRA. This song’s sample of “Hotel California” created a major controversy when the Eagles demanded to be paid for every time
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