 Genius Meanings
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The Grateful Dead – Cosmic Charlie
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[Verse 1] / Cosmic Charlie, how do you do? / Trucking in style along the avenue / Dum de dum de doodley do / Go on home your mamas calling you / [Verse 2] / Kalico, kahlia, come
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The Grateful Dead – China Cat Sunflower
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Song writer Robert Hunter said that the idea for this song came to him while he was tripping in Mexico with a cat sitting on his stomach. The cat took Hunter on a Journey to
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The Grateful Dead – I'm a King Bee
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I'm a king bee baby, buzzing around your hive / I'm a king bee baby, buzzing around your hive / Yeah I can make honey baby, let me come inside / Well I'm a king bee, want you to be
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The Grateful Dead – Next Time You See Me (Live)
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Next time you see me things won't be the same / Next time you see me things won't be the same / If it hurts you my darling, you only got yourself to blame / Well, it's true, true
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The Grateful Dead – St. Stephen
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St. Stephen was the first ordained by the apostles as one of the seven deacons. His story, found in Acts 6-8, tells that he was stoned to death for preaching that Israel had become
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The Grateful Dead – Rosemary
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[Verse] / Boots were of leather / A breath of cologne / Her mirror was a window / She sat quite alone / All around her / The garden grew / Scarlet and purple / And crimson and blue
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The Grateful Dead – Mountains of the Moon
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[Refrain: Jerry Garcia] / Cold mountain water, the jade merchant's daughter / Mountains of the moon, Electra bow and bend to me / Hi ho the carrion crow, fol de rol de de riddle
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The Grateful Dead – Dupree's Diamond Blues
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[Verse 1] / When I was just a little young boy / Papa said "son, you'll never get far / I'll tell you the reason if you want to know / 'Cause child of mine, there isn't really very
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The Grateful Dead – Doin' That Rag
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Part of the beauty of this particular song is that it is probably the most cryptical and nonsensical of the Aoxomoxoa album. Robert Hunter has said that much of of it was written
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The Grateful Dead – What's Become of the Baby
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“What’s Become of the Baby?” is one of the confusing and unsuccessful tracks from 1969’s Aoxomoxoa.
Recorded while under the influence of nitrous oxide which, according to Garcia
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beabadoobee – Emo Song
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[Verse 1] / Back on old ways, I know your face / I haven't seen you in some days / It hurts my head, my conscience dead / The fact I miss the way it felt / [Chorus] / You're coming
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Charlie Griffiths – Arctic Cemetary
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Hear me, my children / Find me in alluvium / Breaking the silence / A hammer shatters shale / The dust of thirty thousand years in seconds blown away / Searching the strata / For
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Cosmic Johnny – Resentment
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We went out drinking in some suburban crowded place / I said “I’m feeling real good tonight; it’s time to make some mistakes” / The only words I’m confident in, I live to regret
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The Caretakers – Regression I
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[Unintelligable] / [Instrumental?] / [Unintelligable] / [Instrumental] / [Unintelligable (Cutting "Blips")] / [Unintelligable (Deep-Voice)] / [Unintelligable (Whispering Background
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Charlie Daniels – The Devil Went Down to Georgia
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The song’s verses are closer to being spoken rather than sung, and tell the story of a boy named Johnny, in a variant on the classic deal with the Devil. The performances of Satan
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Mojo Nixon – Don't Want No Foo-Foo Haircut on My Head
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Don't want no foo foo hair cut sitting on my head / Don't want no foo foo hair cut sitting on my head / Man I'd rather be bald, I'd rather be dead / Oh the best of my generation
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Cassidy – R.A.I.D. (Robert Ass Is Dead) [Meek Mill Diss]
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A response to Meek Mill’s Repo.
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Kanye West (Ft. Kid Cudi & Raekwon) – Gorgeous
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“Gorgeous” sees Kanye describing the ugly nature of social injustice in America, ironically calling the nation “gorgeous” because of it.
Recorded during his self-imposed exile in
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Dark Star (rap group) – Earth Rock
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[Verse 1: MC Fosty] / I'm MC Fosty, King of the Rap / Speak Italian and German [?] / Somethin' more, Korean, plus Chinese / The dog, the cat, [?] / Just step aside, open wide, open
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Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
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Widely considered to be one of the greatest songs of all time, “Bohemian Rhapsody” was the first single released from Queen’s fourth studio album, A Night at the Opera. It became
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Travis Scott (Ft. Drake) – SICKO MODE
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“SICKO MODE” refers to Travis and Drake’s work ethic, showing they’re a cut above the competition by going into “sicko” or “beast” mode.
“Sicko,” or “6icko” (the 6 referring to
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Lil' Snupe (Ft. Meek Mill) – Lil Snupe ( Off The Top ) On Dj Cosmic Kev Come up show
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[Meek Mill] / Yall ready know what it is man / I tell you man / We just going to start it off right now / We ain't even going to talk / Everything off the top / Snupe what up
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Smash Mouth – All Star
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Smash Mouth’s best known song, with part of its enduring popularity/infamy caused by its inclusion in the opening scene of Shrek. And yet the music video is a tie-in to another
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Gorillaz (Ft. De La Soul) – Feel Good Inc.
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“Feel Good Inc.” is about criticism of herd mentality, isolation, and escapism.
The music video features computer-generated imagery combined with 2D animation. The inspiration for
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Kanye West (Ft. Post Malone & Ty Dolla $ign) – Fade
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On “Fade,” Kanye calls out to a distant lover, claiming they’re not 100% invested in their relationship. He can feel them slipping away.
“Fade” is built off of four samples
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Reflections of a bloated lie
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This line refers to Trey Spruance looking in Stubb’s cloudy bloated eyes, and seeing a reflection of himself, as the dog was going blind.
Example image (not Stubb of course):
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Billie Eilish – bad guy
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“bad guy” is a playful, bass-heavy track that sees Eilish taunting her lover, flaunting her tough nature while questioning his own.
It was first proven to exist after Eilish
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Rainbow Kitten Surprise – It's Called: Freefall
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This song tells a story of someone who spent their whole life trying to be a good friend to others, but is always resented and left alone. With nothing else left in his life, he
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DragonForce – Through the Fire and Flames
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“Through the Fire and Flames” is DragonForce’s most popular song to date. It became notorious for being the most difficult song featured in the rhythm game Guitar Hero III: Legends
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Childish Gambino – V. 3005
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Because the Internet’s lead single houses some of Gambino’s existential thoughts with a catchy hook and beat.
He said of the song:
Everybody’s like, ‘It’s a love song,’ it’s kind
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ILL BILL & STU BANGAS (Ft. Goretex) – Antron Singleton
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[SAMPLE: Attorney Milton Grimes] / "I don’t think in his 26 years he’s ever... Indicated a propensity to eat people, or do the things that he did to this young lady. This young man
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UDubb Network (Ft. Arsonal & Loaded Lux) – Loaded Lux vs. Arsonal
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In the first battle announcement for their upcoming “Alpha n Omega” card, UDubb announced a main event of Loaded Lux vs. Arsonal. This marks Lux’s second battle with UDubb, his
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Owl City – Fireflies
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“Fireflies”, Owl City’s debut single, was an international smash hit, effectively launching the genre Twee into the mainstream. It reached #1 in the US in November 2009.
The song
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David Sheff (Ft. John Lennon & Yoko Ono) – Playboy Interview: John Lennon & Yoko Ono
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PLAYBOY: "The word is out: John Lennon and Yoko Ono are back in the studio, recording again for the first time since 1975, when they vanished from public view. Let's start with you
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Death Grips – Beware
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Beware follows an unnamed protagonist as he abandons his humanity, giving in to the anger and frustration in his mind and becoming a sort of monster among men.
The song explores
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