Genius Meanings
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Foster the People – Call It What You Want
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This song is a criticism of music industry as a whole, and a jab at the popular music culture.
It centres on ‘labeling’ and judgement, and throughout the song, Foster makes the
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Foster the People – Call It What You Want (Treasure Fingers Pre-Party Remix Radio Edit)
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Yeah, we're locked up in ideas / We like to label everything / Well, I'm just gonna do here what I gotta do here / 'Cause I gotta keep myself free / You're ducking and moving just
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Foster the People – Are You What You Want to Be?
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[Verse 1] / I woke up on Champs-Élysées to the Djembe of Ghana / Yeah, a fine lady from Belize said "You got the spirit of Fela" / Yeah, the young one dripping make-up lift her
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Foster the People – Houdini
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This song is a lyrical representation of Foster’s fears of rejection, and his fierce internal conversation on whether to experiment with his music or just to stick with what he
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Foster the People – Waste
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Another beautiful and emotional insta-classic from Foster The People.
This song is one of their most emotional, honest, and true productions released to date.
It deals with his
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Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks
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Robert, the main character and narrator of the song, dreams of violence towards his rich classmates and peers. The song details his plans and ambitions for a school shooting
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Foster the People – Sit Next to Me
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“Sit Next to Me” was released on July 17, 2017, as the last promotional single of Foster the People’s third album Sacred Hearts Club.
The song is about frontman Mark Foster trying
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Foster the People – Ruby
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[Intro] / One / Yeah / Mmm / [Verse 1] / And there she goes / She's sitting real nice with her head full of advice from friends / And she walks around / She tries to rearrange, but
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Foster the People – Helena Beat
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This song is Foster’s rebellion against his own self-destructive behavior. He both renounces and praises his self-destructive traits, while also talking about his will to survive
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Foster the People – Miss You
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This song is an ode to a girl that he previously lost the company and love of.
It takes the form of conversation, Foster’s pleading for the girl to take him back, his persistence
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Foster the People – Houdini (RAC Remix)
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Rise above, gonna start the war / Oh, what you want? What you need? What'd you come here for? / Well, an eye for an eye and an 'F' for fight / They're taking me down as the
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Foster the People – SHC
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“SHC” is short for Sacred Hearts Club, the title of the band’s third studio album. The subject matter of the song is both a person with whom Mark has a relationship, and God. Many
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Foster the People – The Truth
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This song is about God as He is also known as The Truth. This also shows that the world cannot give you all you need as it is often confusing and lacks any real sense and God has
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Foster the People – Chin Music for the Unsuspecting Hero
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[Verse 1] / Today, I walked through the door and fell down on my floor / Got all of my papers out and read them / Seems that I've been wandering for a little too long / Yeah, the
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Foster the People – Broken Jaw
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[Intro] / Yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah / Yeah, yeah / [Verse 1] / I've broken every law / All the words come out my broken jaw / I don't know anything / But then I act like
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Foster the People – Pay the Man
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Debuted on Triple J Australia on April 27th, 2017, “Pay the Man” is the first track off of the band’s first release in 3 years (the EP III) and the opening track on Sacred Hearts
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Foster the People – Downtown
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[Verse 1] / Hey, turn around, man, I'm gonna take you downtown / If you wanna grab a sack, go ahead and do it / My fear of death was set in place by a lie / I glorified youth as
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Foster the People – I Would Do Anything for You
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A love ballad to the person Foster has trusted his life and emotions with. Although politically shallow and less worldly than the rest of the album, the song is still beautiful
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Foster the People – Helena Beat (Lenno Extended Remix)
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Yeah, yeah, and it's okay / I tie my hands up to a chair so I don't fall that way / Yeah, yeah, and I'm alright / I took a sip of something poison, but I'll hold on tight / Yeah
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Foster the People – Warrant
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This song follows a criminal, who is being tracked by the police to be arrested and put in jail.
He articulates his worries and his fears, his psychological state, and the position
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Foster the People – The Unforeseeable Fate of Mr. Jones
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“The Unforeseeable Fate of Mr. Jones” is the finished and full version of “The Angelic Welcome of Mr. Jones”, which was released on their 2014 album Supermodel and consisted only
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KnifeTrick – limykelsy's listening log for 2019
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Well, I’m finally doing it.
Most of these are from my Album of the Year page, so some of these are inaccurate to the time I actually listened to the track/EP/album.
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Foster the People – Don't Stop (Color on the Walls)
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This song is a continuous metaphor between his love with a girl (the subject of the song), and a playground/childhood theme.
This is the overall theme of the song, and he
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Foster the People – Pumped Up Kicks - Bridge and Law Remix
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[Hook] / All the other kids with the pumped up kicks / You better run, better run, outrun my gun / All the other kids with the pumped up kicks / You better run, better run, faster
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Foster the People & Gus Dapperton – Pumped Up Kicks (Gus Dapperton Version)
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[Verse 1] / Robert's got a quick hand / He'll look around the room, he won't tell you his plan / He's got a rolled cigarette / Hanging out his mouth, he's a cowboy kid / Yeah, he
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