Genius Meanings
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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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John Mayer – Wild Blue
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[Verse 1] / Never seen the sun before / Laying on the ocean floor / Walking through the wilderness / And living off the loneliness, oh / [Chorus] / Wild blue deeper than I ever
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Selena Gomez – Lose You To Love Me
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After four years of releasing droplet singles, Selena Gomez released “Lose You To Love Me,” a self-love anthem featuring melancholic lyrics about discovering her true self through
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Bailey Zimmerman – Rock and A Hard Place
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[Verse 1] / We've been swingin' and missin' / It ain't broke yet, but damn, it needs fixin' / Been a while since your kiss felt like kissin' / It's just different / [Pre-Chorus
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Bruno Mars – It Will Rain
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[Verse 1] / If you ever leave me, baby / Leave some morphine at my door / 'Cause it would take a whole lot of medication / To realize what we used to have / We don't have it
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GIVĒON – Lost Me
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[Intro] / Oh, oh-oh, ooh-woah / Oh, oh-oh, woah, oh / Oh, oh-oh, oh, oh, oh, mm / [Verse 1] / Was it all my fault? / Maybe one day, I'll grow / I'm not fixin' what broke us
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Lady Gaga – Summerboy
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Summerboy is a song written by Lady Gaga and KNS Productions, who also produced it in 2007. The song is on Lady Gaga’s debut album, The Fame.
The inspiration behind the song could
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Lauryn Hill – Lost Ones
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Lost Ones is the second track from Lauryn Hill’s 5-time Grammy winning album, the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
This song is written to an ex, following a relationship break-up. It
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Taylor Swift – The Great War
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The first bonus track off Midnights (3am Edition) sees Taylor Swift compare her relationship to “The Great War.” Detailing a devastating conflict within a romantic relationship
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Je Skido – When I lost it freestyle
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Yeah / When I lost it / It's deep / Look / Look / Sometimes you gotta trust your self and not believe the expert / Coz nobody's perfect, we fill the pieces with an excerpt; / When
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Linkin Park – Lost
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“Lost” is a song from the Meteora recording sessions that was officially released on February 10th, 2023 as the first pre-release song from the 20th Anniversary Edition of Meteora.
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SZA – Snooze
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[Intro] / Ooh / I think I know / [Verse 1] / I'll touch that fire for you / I do that three, four times again, I testify for you / I told that lie, I'd kill that bitch / I do what
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Lil Durk (Ft. Gunna) – What Happened To Virgil
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In “What Happened To Virgil,” Lil Durk recruits the Atlanta native, Gunna for a commemorating song inspired by the unfortunate passing of the American fashion designer and
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Coco Jones – ICU
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[Intro] / Oh, ooh / (Welcome to the camp) / Oh, ooh / Oh, ooh / Mm, mm-mm-mm / Mm, yeah, yeah / Oh, ooh / [Verse 1] / Somethin' 'bout your hands on my body / Feels better than any
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Phil Collins – Don't Lose My Number
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“Don’t Lose My Number” is a song about a young man named Billy whom the singer is hoping to find, and also hoping that Billy still has the singer’s number. The song describes Billy
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Gemini Genesis – Never Imagined
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A song written for her mom a few years after she passed away.
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Taylor Swift – False God
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“False God” uses heavy religious imagery to compare Swift’s relationship with her then boyfriend, Joe Alwyn, to something all-powerful and greater than themselves.
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Domo Genesis) – MANIFESTO
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[Intro: Tyler, The Creator & DJ Drama] / Lil' white bitch gon' say / "You need to say something about that" / "You need to say somethin' 'bout black—" / Bitch, suck my— / Yeah / Go
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Taylor Swift – cardigan
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Accompanied by the release of her project written and recorded during the lockdown due to COVID-19, “cardigan” is the lead single from Taylor Swift’s eighth studio album, folklore.
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Genesis – Never a Time
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There is never a time to say / 'Cause it seems to me we've lost our way / So we carry on down the road / When we live our lives haunted by / All the things we say and do / Keep on
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Sheppard – Geronimo
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Geronimo (2014) is a song by Sheppard. Is was written by Jay Bovino,Amy Sheppard and George Sheppard. The track was produced by Stuart Stuart. The song was a big hit in Australia
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Tommy Genesis – Tommy
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“Tommy” is the second single released after Tommy Genesis’ first album World Vision. The song focuses strongly on empowerment, and the visuals have their own empowering story
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Eminem – Insane
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As described in the New York Times:
Word sounds are the genesis of “Insane,” a song on “Relapse” where he accuses his stepfather of raping him as a child. “It’s pretty much all
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Boogie Down Productions – Why is That?
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[Verse 1] / The day begins, with a grin / And a prayer to excuse my sins / I can walk anywhere I choose / 'Cause everybody listens to the B.D.P. crew / We're not here for glamour
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Noah Kahan – Stick Season
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[Verse 1] / As you promised me that I was more than all the miles combined / You must've had yourself a change of heart like halfway through the drive / Because your voice trailed
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JID – 2007
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To conclude one of the most acclaimed albums of the year; JID presents a proper storytelling in “2007,” that connects the listener to know a little more about the rise and hard
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Dave Matthews Band – Crash Into Me
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The mysterious, oft-romantic and a little creepy “Crash Into Me” is the third single off of the album Crash and one of the Dave Matthews Band’s most popular songs of all time. In
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Taylor Swift – New Year's Day
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The closing track on reputation uses a New Year’s party as a metaphor to discuss holding on to people and memories from both good and bad times. Taylor recognizes that when the ‘
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The Notorious B.I.G. – Juicy
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“Juicy” is the first single from Big’s debut album, Ready to Die, and is the track that established him as a titan.
It was one of the first mainstream rap songs about a rapper’s
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Genius English Translations – 宇多田ヒカル (Hikaru Utada) - One Last Kiss (English Translation)
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After leading all the theme songs for the movie trilogy of Evangelion, 宇多田ヒカル (Hikaru Utada) keeps the tradition by singing the theme for the last and final instalment of the anime
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Juice WRLD (Ft. blink-182) – Starstruck
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On “Starstruck,“ Juice WRLD and Mark Hoppus sing their hearts out to their significant others, telling them how they are special and deserve everything. They compare their lovers
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Peter Gabriel – Solsbury Hill
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“Solsbury Hill” was written shortly after Peter left his old prog rock band Genesis. He was inspired to write it after meditating at Little Solsbury Hill in Somerset, England. It
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Genius English Translations – Kali Uchis & SZA - fue mejor (English Translation)
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[Intro: Kali Uchis & SZA] / Ooh (Real, real; real, real) / Yeah, yeah / Ooh (Real, real) / It was better / [Verse 1: Kali Uchis] / These worldly possessions / I don't need none of
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