Genius Meanings
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Foo Fighters – Monkey Wrench
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This song is about not wanting to be someone’s foolish person/someone who can be manipulated.
Dave wrote this about his Ex-wife Jennifer Youngblood whom he was with for 4 years
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Foo Fighters – Up in Arms (Slow Version)
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[Verse 1] / The rain is here / And you my dear / Are still my friend / It's true the two of us / Are back as one again / I was the one who left you / Always coming back / I cannot
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Foo Fighters – Iron and Stone
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Made the sinners cry / He oped up his sky / The rivers ran with blood / The deserts name was love / Said who can not be saved / Soul of a man is much depraved / Don't act as if you
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Foo Fighters – Stacked Actors (Live at Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, NM - June 2005)
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[Verse 1] / Oh mirror mirror, you're coming in clear / I'm finally somewhere in between / I'm impressed, what a beautiful chest / I never meant to make a big scene / Will you
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Foo Fighters – My Hero
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Grohl has claimed he didn’t have any rockstar rolemodels growing up. This song is a tribute to those he did look up to: the everyday people.
The sentiment on this track is simple
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Janoy Cresva (Ft. It piss) – Monkey Prick
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What have we done with classic ment / It disappeared with time / And left a piss fueled scent / Some things were just never meant / Like Jason in PJ's trunks covered in grime and
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Foo Fighters – Everlong
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The second single from 1997’s The Colour and the Shape. “Everlong” was penned by Dave Grohl during his split with his first wife, photographer Jennifer Youngblood.
The divorce
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Foo Fighters – Everlong
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The second single from 1997’s The Colour and the Shape. “Everlong” was penned by Dave Grohl during his split with his first wife, photographer Jennifer Youngblood.
The divorce
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Foo Fighters – All My Life (Live at Walker Air Force Base, Roswell, NM - June 2005)
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[Intro] / All my life I've been searching for something / Something never comes, never leads to nothing / Nothing satisfies, but I'm getting close / Closer to the prize at the end
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Foo Fighters – Doll
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“Doll” is the opening track on the Foo Fighter’s internationally successful second album, The Colour and the Shape, released May 20, 1997.
The album’s primary lyrical inspiration
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Foo Fighters – Wind Up
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An angry song about the music journalism scene.
“It’s about the relationship between the musician and the journalist, which annoys me in some ways. There are some artists who have
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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 – Up in Arms
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[Verse 1] / The rain is here, and you, my dear / Are still my friend / It's true, the two of us / Are back as one again / [Chorus] / Well, I was the one who left you / Always comin
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Foo Fighters – Make a Bet
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[Verse 1] / I'm hangin' around / I'm not puttin' down the state I'm in / I've never been proud / And now I'm allowed to shed my skin / [Verse 2] / I'm driving away / I know if I
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Foo Fighters – The Colour and the Shape
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Amusingly, despite naming the Foo Fighters' second album, this song was not included in it, only appearing in special editions.
“There is a song called ‘The Colour And The Shape
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Foo Fighters – My Poor Brain
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[Verse 1] / Real life is so hard / We hide in the stars / That's where our heads are / My head and your heart / [Chorus] / This is a blackout / Don't let it go to waste / This is a
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Foo Fighters – Enough Space
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse] / I was waitin' for something / Maybe flyin' machines / That's when I found Lili / Best I've ever seen / [Pre-Chorus] / Put her on the ceiling / Try
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Foo Fighters – Dear Lover
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[Chorus 1] / Dear lover / Do you remember? / The sound of your laughter and demise / And that was all / I need to fall in love / [Verse 1] / This matter / It's something bigger
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Foo Fighters – Walking after You
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This song is the soundtrack to the 1998 movie The X Files.
There are two different versions of this song, the first one is the one featured on the album The Colour and the Shape
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Foo Fighters – February Stars
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Dave Grohl described “February Stars” as:
Just a song about hanging on by the tips of your fingers and hoping you don’t slip and fall.
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Foo Fighters – See You
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Dave Grohl stated that this was a song that no one else in the band wanted to put on the record, but it was his favorite track from the album.
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Dinosaur Pile-Up – It's Tricky
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“It’s Tricky” is a cover of the classic 1986 Run DMC hit. It was released by Amazon as an “Amazon Original”. The band changed a couple lyrics and didn’t include the outtro lyrics
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Foo Fighters – Hey, Johnny Park!
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“Hey, Johnny Park!” is the third track from the Foo Fighters' second album, The Colour and the Shape.
Dave Grohl said:
Oh, my God, that song’s about 15 different things! The only
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Foo Fighters – New Way Home
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[Verse 1] / Have you found your way around the down and out? / I know it must seem long, so long / I'm still tryin' to keep this time from runnin' out / Head down, always movin' on
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