Genius Meanings
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Kai unpacks her personal lyrics on Flume’s “Never Be Like You”
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“We all make mistakes, every one of us.”
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Flume (Ft. kai) – Never Be Like You
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According to Flume, “Never Be Like You” is about a moment in Kai’s life “when everything was going really well and [her] inner saboteur tried to do what she does best.”
In the
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Flume (Ft. kai) – Never Be Like You (Clean)
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[Verse 1: Kai] / What I would do to take away this fear of being loved / Allegiance to the pain / Now I'm messed up and I'm missing you / He'll never be like you / I would give
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Flume (Ft. kai) – Never Be Like You (Disclosure Remix)
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Never be like you / Never be like you / Never be like you / Never be like you / Never be like you / Never be like you / Never be like you / Never be like you / I'm only human can't
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Crywolf – Never Be Like You
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What I would do to take away this fear of being loved / Allegiance to the pain / Now I'm fucked up and I'm missing you / I swear she'll never be like you / I would give anything to
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KIDZ BOP Kids – Never Be Like You
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What I would do to take away this fear of being loved / Allegiance to the pain / Now I'm cut up and I miss you / I'll never be like you / I would give anything to change this
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Flume – Never Be Like You Samples
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See all of “Never Be Like You” by Flume’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Jess & Matt – Never Be Like You
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[Verse 1: Jess & Matt] / What I would do to take away / This fear of being loved, allegiance to the pain / Now I messed up and I'm missing you / Never be like you / I would give
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Flume (Ft. KUČKA) – Numb & Getting Colder (Baauer Remix)
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Said you begged to leave / I won’t be behind you / And I can’t breathe, breathe / I won’t be behind you / I won't be behind you / Does it matter when you act like this / Yeah, you
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Flume (Ft. Little Dragon) – Take A Chance (Kölsch Remix)
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[Verse 1: Little Dragon] / So you feel all your powers unfold / Stretching your big wings over waters turning gold / So tell your story, baby, don’t give up / Just let all it go
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xaev – here’s why some furries are losing it for xaev
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[Verse 1: Bastille] / When the morning comes / When we see what we've become / In the cold light of day, we're a flame in the wind / Not the fire that we've begun / Every argument
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Flume (Ft. Tove Lo) – Say It (Illenium Remix)
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[Verse 1: Tove Lo] / Feelin' the song, party done, shadows walkin' home / Walkin' with our game on / You are my kind, classic mind, and you look so fine / Mmm, mmm-mmm mmm / Lovin
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Flume (Ft. Tove Lo) – Say It (Clean Bandit Remix)
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[Verse 1: Tove Lo] / Feeling the song, party done, shadows walking home / Walking with our game on / You are my kind, classic mind, and you look so fine / Mmm, mmm-mmm mmm / Loving
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Ferbinho – 3 Anos
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[Intro] / John's Avenue / Delavaga / I live for the night, I live for the lights / I live for the high 'til I'm free fallin', I live for the night (We're gonna) / [Verse 1] / Pink
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Flume (Ft. KUČKA, Ngaiire, Vera Blue & Vince Staples) – My Boo - triple j Like A Version
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Award-winning producer Flume provides this abstract, beat-driven take on “My Boo”. Originally featured on Australian radio’s triple j “Like a Version”, it features Kucka, Vera Blue
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Two Friends – Big Bootie Mix, Volume 10 (Track List)
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01. Citizen Cope - Let The Drummer Kick / W/ Birdy - Keeping Your Head Up (Don Diablo Remix) / W/ Shaun Frank & KSHMR ft. Delaney Jane - Heaven (Acappella) / W/ The Fray - How To
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Genius x Spotify – Behind The Lyrics: The Complete Experience Playlist
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Through the Genius x Spotify integration, Genius is at your fingertips when and where you experience music. In the Spotify iPhone app, Genius knowledge is stripped
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Disclosure (Ft. ELIZA) – You & Me (Flume Remix)
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The Flume remix of Disclosure’s “You & Me” isn’t just a remix, it’s a full reworking. The UK-garage dance sound that fills their debut Settle is replaced with cinematic, syncopated
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Flume (Ft. KUČKA & Vince Staples) – Smoke & Retribution
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“Smoke & Retribution” is the first collaboration between Flume and Long Beach-based rapper Vince Staples.
Flume explained that he was a big fan of Summertime ‘06 and was working
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Flume (Ft. Beck) – Tiny Cities
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Although “Tiny Cities” is fairly upbeat, it ends Skin on a somber note due to its last line: “it was never perfect, it was never meant to last.” It features singer-songwriter Beck
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Bon Iver – Flume
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“Flume” has an eerily interiorized sound, which matches his unsettling similes. “Lump Sum” begins with a choir of Vernons echoing cavernously, which, along with that rhythmically
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Flume (Ft. Tove Lo) – Say It
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“Say It” revolves around the themes of sex, temptation and the desire for past and present relationships. Flume told BBC Radio 1’s Annie Mac how the track came together:
I was in
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Flume (Ft. Allan Kingdom & Raekwon) – You Know
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Chronologically, “You Know” is the last rap song on Skin, but it’s a banger, featuring intricate layers of production by Flume that come together to make a dark, cinematic hip hop
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The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. 112) – Sky's The Limit
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“Sky’s The Limit” is a rag-to-riches story—the three verses describe different parts of Biggie’s life. The track went gold in 1998, after his death.
Biggie first describes his
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Florence + the Machine – Mermaids
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“Mermaids” is the second single from Florence + the Machine in 2023. The song was initially cut from Dance Fever but was released as part of the Complete Edition on 21st April 2023
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Grits (Ft. TobyMac) – Ooh Ahh (My Life Be Like)
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A Christian rap song featuring acclaimed Christian artist tobyMac, this was made famous for being featured in The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift.
The song is built around the
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Pop Genius – The 25 Best Pop Songs of 2016: Nominations
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This is the nomination page for the 25 best pop songs of 2016. This page isn’t used anymore—check the finalizing list out! [link coming]
Check out the 2016 Pop Genius Year End
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Niall Horan – This Town
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“This Town” is a stripped-down guitar song about still pining after an old flame. While Niall’s lover has moved on, Niall hasn’t and is still in love with them.
The song is the
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Nicki Minaj & Drake – Best I Ever Had
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“Best I Ever Had”, by Drake comes off of the 2009 Ep “So Far Gone” when Drake was just beginning to rise as a rapper with a hit song. In the year 2009, the song was named “Hot Rap
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Disclosure (Ft. Sam Smith) – Latch
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With its full-bodied vocals, “Latch” sums up the delirious feeling of falling head over heels in love with someone.
Showstopping, indelible and effusive—not to mention successful
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