Genius Meanings
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Franz Ferdinand – Evil and a Heathen
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“Evil And A Heathen” is a hymn to freeing oneself from social conventions and being proud of acting bad, not caring about what others think, especially not about what religion
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Franz Ferdinand – You’re the Reason I’m Leaving
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The song (…) is believed to be a dual-meaning track; it can be read as a typical relationship-centered song, but also as being a lighthearted political commentary on the rivalry
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Franz Ferdinand – This Boy
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Nick McCarthy said the lyrics of this song were reworked from something Alex had written for one of his previous bands. It is one of the more rock and roll songs that Franz
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Franz Ferdinand – Walk Away
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The video for the song premiered 4 November 2005 on Channel 4.
During the Exit festival in Novi Sad, Serbia on 6 July 2006 Alexander Kapranos explained that the song was dedicated
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Franz Ferdinand – Outsiders
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[Verse 1] / There's been some change, but we're still outsiders / If everybody's here, then hell knows we ride alone / Oh, oh / I've seen some years, but you're still my Caesar
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Franz Ferdinand – What You Meant
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Track 9 on You Could Have It So Much Better, released in 2005.
The song is characterized by a mixture of both heavy segments (intro and chorus) and slower segments (verses). The
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Franz Ferdinand – The Fallen
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A self-proclaimed confusing song, 2006’s “The Fallen” narrates the life of a figure reminiscent of Jesus, turning the “rich into wine” and being the justification for hate and
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Franz Ferdinand – Eleanor Put Your Boots On
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Franz Ferdinand lead singer Alex Kapranos wrote this song about then-girlfriend Eleanor Friedberger, one-half of indie rock duo Fiery Furnaces and, later, an accomplished solo
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Franz Ferdinand – I'm Your Villain
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[Verse 1] / You toss in a word / And I'm your villain / I see the passion emerge / And I'm your villain / But serious / You're so serious / Oh, like a waiter hating the rich / But
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Franz Ferdinand – Well That Was Easy
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[Verse 1] / Well, that was easy waiting, everything's easy now / Oh, and the days are oh so normal / But oh, Hannah, how I miss you / Oh, Hannah, how I miss you / Oh, Hannah, how I
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Franz Ferdinand – Fade Together
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[Verse 1] / So far away / Come on, I'll take you far away / Let's get away / Come on, let's make a getaway / Once you have loved someone this much / You doubt it could fade
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Franz Ferdinand – Do You Want To
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[Intro] / Oh, when I woke up tonight, I said I’m / Going to make somebody love me / I’m going to make somebody love me / And now I know, now I know, now I know / I know that it’s
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Franz Ferdinand – You Could Have It So Much Better
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[Verse 1] / The last message you sent said I looked really down / That I ought to come over and talk about it / Well, I wasn't down / I just wasn't smiling at you, yeah / As I look
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Rock Genius – Band Names
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Some band names are so well thought out that they say everything there is to say about the group in one succinct appellation. Others don’t really mean much at all! Here at Rock
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Odell Shepard – Lore Of The Unicorn - Chapter 5
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CHAPTER V / THE TREASURE OF HIS BROW / ALTHOUGH men have often been uncertain where unicorns were to be found, there has never been the same difficulty with regard to unicorns
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