 Genius Meanings
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Foo Fighters – Word Forward
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[Verse 1] / Goodbye, Jimmy, farewell youth / I must be on my way, I've had enough of you / Was a young man, proud and true / Just a simple boy with nothing left to lose / [Pre-
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Foo Fighters – All My Life
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“All My Life” is a song by the American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, released as the first single from their fourth album, One by One.
Dave Grohl said that the song was
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Foo Fighters – Best of You
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This is a record that had half the world turning up their stereos and bouncing around the room, as Dave Grohl inspires us to do better. The word “best” is repeated over 40 times in
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Foo Fighters – Wheels
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“Wheels,” One of the two original recordings for the band’s Greatest Hits compilation and the first single for the album, uses a rough plane ride as a metaphor for a relationship
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Foo Fighters – Everlong (Acoustic Version)
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[Verse 1] / Hello, I've waited here for you / Everlong / Tonight I throw myself into / And out of the red, out of her head, she sang / [Verse 2] / Come down and waste away with me
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Foo Fighters – Band on the Run
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Stuck inside these four walls / Sent inside forever / Never seeing no one nice again / Like you, mama / You, mama / You / If I ever get out of here / Thought of giving it all away
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Foo Fighters – Low
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One of the first songs done after the break during the One by One sessions. Peaked at #10 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. Had a controversial music video where
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Led Zeppelin – Ramble On
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“Ramble On” likens the life journey that the band members were on to find “the one” to the journey taken by Frodo and Sam in the Lord of the Rings franchise to find and destroy the
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Nirvana – Rape Me
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Originally written in May 1991 and performed live later that year, “Rape Me” was recorded in a studio setting in February 1993. It was released on the band’s final studio album
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Foo Fighters (Ft. Brian May) – Have a Cigar
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Foo Fighters cover of Pink Floyd’s “Have A Cigar”.
The song was a B-Side to their 1999 single “Learn to Fly”. The song was later re-recorded and included as an exclusive bonus
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Fall Out Boy – Thnks fr th Mmrs
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One of Fall Out Boy’s now classic songs, “Thnks fr th Mmrs” tells the tale of doomed lovers who are still in it for the sex. The third single from their third album, Infinity on
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Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven
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“Stairway to Heaven” is one of Led Zeppelin’s most famous recordings, with many considering it the greatest rock song of all time. It tells the story of a greedy woman who is
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Devo – Whip It
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According to the band, “Whip It” was inspired by the poems in Thomas Pynchon’s novel Gravity’s Rainbow.
Gravity’s Rainbow is a satirical novel that describes humanity’s evolution
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Oasis – Don't Look Back in Anger
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“Don’t Look Back in Anger” was released as the fourth single off of (What’s The Story) Morning Glory?, February 19th 1996. In 2006, it was included in the “Best Of”-compilation
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Dark Tranquillity – Forward Momentum
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[Verse 1] / We're worried about echoes / And why we're being held back / Bound at the speed of light / [Chorus] / This is the time of no regret / In a forward momentum race / We
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System Of A Down – B.Y.O.B.
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“B.Y.O.B.” (“Bring Your Own Bombs”) is the first single released from American heavy metal band System of a Down’s fourth album Mezmerize.
Like their earlier song “Boom!,” it was
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The National (Ft. Bon Iver) – Weird Goodbyes
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“Weird Goodbyes” is one of the few songs The National debuted during their 2022 summer tour. The Cincinnati rockers kept changing the title of the song from “Bathwater” to “Mount
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Ozzy Osbourne – No More Tears
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“No More Tears” is the fifth song on the 1991 Ozzy Osbourne heavy metal album No More Tears. With a running time of 7:23, it is the longest solo song that Osbourne has ever
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Audioslave – Like a Stone
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[Verse 1] / On a cobweb afternoon in a room full of emptiness / By a freeway, I confess I was lost in the pages / Of a book full of death, reading how we'll die alone / And if we'
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