 Genius Meanings
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Genesis – Hold On My Heart
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[Verse 1] / Hold on my heart / Just hold on to that feeling / We both know we've been here before / We both know what can happen / Hold on my heart / 'Cause I'm looking over your
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Genesis – Hold On My Heart (Live at the Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, 10th July 1992)
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Hold on my heart / Just hold on to that feeling / We both know we've been here before / We both know what can happen / Hold on my heart / Cause I'm looking over your shoulder / Ooh
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Genesis – Hold On My Heart (Live from AWD Arena, Hannover, 23rd June 2007)
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Hold on my heart / Just hold on to that feeling / We both know we've been here before / We both know what can happen / Hold on my heart / Cause, I'm looking over your shoulder
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Genesis – Invisible Touch
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The title track and first single of the 1986 Genesis album of the same name with Phil Collins on lead vocals. It is the most successful single in the band’s lengthy history and was
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Phil Collins – You’ll Be In My Heart
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One of five original songs written by Phil Collins in 1998 for the 1999 Tarzan movie by Disney. In the movie, the song ends on the first verse, but the full version of the song was
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Nujabes (Ft. Shing02) – Luv(sic)
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“Luv (Sic)” is the first part of a six-song series that talks about love, parting, and uniting. The song’s title, in his literal sense, means that a person is sick (sic) by the
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Domo Genesis (Ft. Anderson .Paak) – Dapper
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The first single off of Domo Genesis' debut album, Genesis, featuring the one and only Anderson .Paak.
With groovy production courtesy of Garcia Bros, “Dapper” samples the
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Bring Me The Horizon – Follow You
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“Follow You” has been acclaimed as the most romantic song by the band, as it is basically a love letter to band members' wives. Musically, the track features a heartbeat sound
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Genesis – Afterglow (Live from Old Trafford Football Stadium, Manchester, 7th July 2007)
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Just like the dust that settles all around me / I must find a new home / The ways and holes that used to give me shelter / There all as one to me now / Oh, but I, I would search
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WILLOW – Wait a Minute!
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Arguably the most sophisticated and lively song on the album, this neo-funk number is extremely catchy. Following in her brother’s footsteps, Willow is experimenting with her own
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Wham! – Last Christmas
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“Last Christmas” is a song by Wham! It’s been widely covered by a multitude of artists, including Taylor Swift and Jimmy Eat World The song reached No. 1 in 2 countries and reached
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Genesis – Invisible Touch (Live at the Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover, 13th July 1992)
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Night, tonight / Tonight, tonight / Well I've been waiting, waiting here so long / But thinking nothing, nothing could go wrong, ooh now I know / She has a built-in ability to
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Gemini Genesis (Ft. AP SIL) – Slip Away
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[Hook] / Falling down and then rising on / Reach the clouds in a state of flowers / Rolling through the sky I forget the faces / Do you ever wonder why we try to find these places
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Genesis – Say It's Alright Joe (Live From The Lyceum Theatre)
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Say it’s alright Joe / Say it's alright Joe. I need another drink. To blow on the glass so I know I'm alive. Play me a song Joe. To fill the hours till morning. Then never again
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The Cardigans – Step On Me
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[Verse 1] / Oh, I think you're standing on my left foot / It's hurting but that's okay / 'Cause I'm in your way / You'll break that foot that you're standing on / I'll walk with
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Mark Genesis – Hold Me
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Right now, I need you to hold me / In my deepest despair / Somehow, you're shedding a light that's so holy / Are you really prepared? / Touch me with the hand of forgiveness
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Genesis – Mama (Single Edit)
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[Verse 1] / I can't see you mama / But I can hardly wait / Ooh, to touch and to feel you mama / Oh, I just can't keep away / In the heat and the steam of the city / Oh, it's got me
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Dro Carey (Ft. Genesis Owusu & Taliwhoah) – Glow Now
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Glow Now is a dance/R&B single by Dro Carey, Taliwhoah & Genesis Owusu released by Australian label Soothsayer on January 25 2018.
It is a collaboration between Sydney dance music
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genesis fawn – crawl
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Feel you cry / Feel you crawl / Hold me down / Feel you cry / Feel you crawl / Hold me down / Tears of flesh borne out of me / Take my heart set me free / Inwards drugs, soft to
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Kanye West – Never See Me Again
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“Never See Me Again” displays a spotlight for Kanye West’s mental state, being recorded before his infamous self exile out of the United States.
Leading up to the songs eventual
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Claire Littley – FLY ME TO THE MOON
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Based on the original ‘Fly me to the Moon’, Neon Genesis: Evangelion features several covers of the Sinatra classic. This being the only song, sung by a British singer.
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Stephen Bishop – On and On
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“On And On” is Stephen Bishop’s biggest hit, reaching #11 in the US in 1977. The song’s genesis was writing the words “On and on” onto a piece of paper during a walk to his
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Hozier – Work Song
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This is the only song on Hozier’s self titled album to have a title that is not entirely composed of lyrics from the song.
The song is about the love of a worker’s life lending
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Genesis – Congo (Single Version)
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[Verse 1] / You say that I put chains on you / But I don't think that's really true / But if you want to be free from me / You gotta lose me in another world / [Chorus] / Send me
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Taylor Swift – champagne problems
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“champagne problems” tells the story of a woman who shocks her would-be fiancé and their loved ones by turning down a marriage proposal right before Christmas. In an essay about
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2Pac – Genesis (The Rebirth of My Heart): Dedicated 2 Renee Ross
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pages 82 & 83
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Genesis – Since I Lost You
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Inspired by the death of Eric Clapton’s son, Conor, who fell out of an open window in 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBEChcZPvvE
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Mac Miller – Angels (When She Shuts Her Eyes)
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[Verse 1] / Uh / I fuck around with amnesia, pour four inside of my liter / One day I'ma get it all cleaned up, right now I'ma dirty my jeans up / This what I do, start the day
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Philip Bailey & Phil Collins – Easy Lover
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Released in 1984 on Bailey’s album Chinese Wall, “Easy Lover” is a collaboration between Phil Collins and Bailey. The song was a massive hit on both sides of the Atlantic (#2 in
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Genesis – Throwing It All Away
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The song is about the separation of loved ones. Phil describes to his girlfriend the situation of the couple, her will to get away from him, and asks her in the end how she will
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Taylor Swift – invisible string
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“invisible string” references an east Asian folk myth about a red thread of fate tying two soulmates together. Like on Swift’s 2019 track “Lover,” she expresses gratitude for past
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Domo Genesis) – Good Morning (V2)
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[Verse 1: Domo Genesis] / Good morning, America, good morning to Erika / Good morning to Ashley, who always harass me / To all of my exes that sendin' me texts-es / When I'm in the
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Genesis – Atlantic Records 40th Anniversary Medley
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[Part I: Turn it on Again] / [Intro] / Good evening! / Welcome to the fabulous Madison Square Garden Arena / You havin' a good time tonight? / I hope so, hope so / We'd like to
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Calum Scott – You Are The Reason
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[Verse 1] / There goes my heart beating / 'Cause you are the reason / I'm losing my sleep / Please come back now / And there goes my mind racing / And you are the reason / That I'm
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Genesis – The Knife
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“The Knife” was considered significantly more aggressive than the other songs that Genesis had recorded at the time. The lyrics were supposedly inspired by a book written about
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Louis Armstrong – La Vie En Rose
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This song is inspired by “La vie en rose” by Édith Piaf, a very famous French singer.
It talks about the narrator being so in love with someone that everything seems pretty
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Spillage Village, JID & EARTHGANG (Ft. Ant Clemons) – Baptize
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“Baptize,” the first song on Spilligion, introduces the themes of the album, which strives to encapsulate what was occurring in the world as the record was being created. On the
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