Genius Meanings
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Genius English Translations – IU - Love Poem (English Translation)
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[Verse 1: IU] / I think there is someone / Praying for someone / I can hear the love poem / They wrote holding their breath / I wish it flies to you / And arrives to your place
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The Walters – I Love You So
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“I Love You So” is about falling in love with someone who isn’t ready for a serious relationship. The love interest in the song isn’t ready to be exclusive and eventually the
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Genius Romanizations – IU - Love Poem (Romanized)
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[Verse 1: IU] / Nugureul wihae nugunga / Gidohago inna bwa / Sumjungnyeo sseun sarangsiga / Natge deullineun deuthae / [Pre-Chorus: IU] / Neoegero seonmyeonghi naraga / Neutji anke
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Fontaines D.C. – I Love You
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[Chorus 1] / I love you, I love you, I told you I do / It's all I've ever felt, I've never felt so well / And if you don't know it, I wrote you this tune / To be here loving you
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Genius English Translations – IU - Love wins all (English Translation)
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[Verse 1] / Dearest, darling, my universe / Would you take me along? / To a place I can't dream / With my poor imagination / [Verse 2] / Far away in the universe from Earth to Mars
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Genius English Translations – IU - Blueming (English Translation)
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[Verse 1] / In the words "What are you doing" / What I actually mean is "I miss you" / In each emoticon / I wonder if you know my subtle changing feelings / [Pre-Chorus] / No I'm
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Billie Eilish – i love you
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“i love you” is a soft acoustic ballad that explores the struggles and feelings from a complicated relationship. The song’s chorus features vocal harmonies by her brother, FINNEAS.
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Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You
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“I Will Always Love You” was covered by Whitney Houston and recorded for her 1992 film The Bodyguard. The song was originally written by Dolly Parton and released on June 6, 1974
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Kanye West – I Love Kanye
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“I Love Kanye” was added to the tracklist of The Life of Pablo after his live performance in Madison Square Garden on February 11th, 2016. The song is a satirical take on the “
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Arctic Monkeys – I Wanna Be Yours
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The song reworks John Cooper Clarke’s poem of the same name. The song focuses on similar themes in the poem. In an interview, Clarke said his poem is:
one of a classic style of
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Genius English Translations – IU (아이유) - 그 사람 (The Visitor) (English Translation)
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He doesn’t look back / He doesn’t promise me love Living everyday like an endless dance / I guess I couldn’t take my eyes off him because of that / He doesn’t feel shy / He doesn’t
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Barney – I Love You
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“I Love You” by Barney is the theme song of the popular show Barney & Friends.
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Genius English Translations – IU - Unlucky (English Translation)
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You don’t have to love her with all your heart / You don’t have to be happy for a day or so / And yet you are perfect, my lady um / There’s still a lot of blanks / It’s like I’m on
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Genius English Translations – IU - Celebrity (English Translation)
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[Verse 1] / The world's edge / Sharply angled, a troubled outsider (Uh, huh) / The walk, the style / Through the earphones the music of my playlist is all minor / [Pre-Chorus
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under the Bridge
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The song is about front man Anthony Kiedis and the period in his life when he walked around Los Angeles sad and very alone, finding solace in the streets and hills and the wind
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Over the Rhine – Desperate For Love
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Are you feelin' / A little desperate / Get on your knees / And confess it / Honey please / Don't second guess it / You're desperate / For love / Is this just / A little fling / Or
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Stephanie Poetri – I Love You 3000
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“I Love You 3000” is inspired by box office record breaking and the highest grossing film of all time, Avengers: Endgame. The song makes many references to the film, one notably
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Genius English Translations – Indila - Love Story (English Translation)
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[Verse 1] / A soul in woe / He lives though hardly speaks / He waits for her in front of this photo of way back when / He, he’s not a fool / He believes in it, that is all / He
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Genius English Translations – BTS - Answer: Love Myself (English Translation)
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“Answer : Love Myself” is the 16th track and closing song for Disc A of BTS’s repackaged album Love Yourself: 結 ‘Answer.’ Since Disc A is centered around the storyline of Love
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JAY-Z – Can I Live
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Irv Gotti samples “The Look of Love” by Isaac Hayes as Jay asks a simple yet resonant question. A sequel was created with a feature from Memphis Bleek and was added as a bonus
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Summer Walker – Session 32
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“Session 32” is a raw and unedited piece that confronts an ex-boyfriend that failed to show his unconditional love for her and his commitment to the relationship. Even though it’s
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Drake – In My Feelings
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“In My Feelings” is an upbeat, club-mixed love letter to “Kiki,” “KB,” and the members of City Girls. The track rides on Drake’s heartfelt singing and honest lyrics, wondering if
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Future – LOVE YOU BETTER
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On “LOVE YOU BETTER,” Future talks about the vulnerability he feels after breaking up with someone, mentioning how she needs to find another person who loves her and treats her
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NF – If You Want Love
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On “If You Want Love,” NF talks about the essentials of love, and how it takes going through the struggles and hardships in life and willingness to learn change to gain a sense of
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Kanye West – I Thought About Killing You
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“I Thought About Killing You” is the opening track from Kanye West’s eighth studio album, ye. The song debuted during West’s album premiere in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on May 31
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Common – I Used to Love H.E.R.
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On “I Used to Love H.E.R.,” the classic first single off his 1994 sophomore album Resurrection, Common Sense (who now goes by Common for legal reasons) tells the story of a girl he
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21 Savage – ball w/o you
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On “ball w/o you,” 21 Savage reflects on multiple past relationships and realizes that he has become disillusioned with love, which he considers artificial. 21 prefers loyalty
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Laufey – From The Start
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[Verse 1] / Don't you notice how / I get quiet when there's no one else around? / Me and you and awkward silence / Don't you dare look at me that way / I don't need reminders of
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Mitski – I Bet on Losing Dogs
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[Verse] / My baby, my baby (Ooh-oh) / You're my baby, say it to me (Ooh-oh, ooh-oh) / Baby, my baby (Ooh, ooh-oh) / Tell your baby that I'm your baby (Ooh-oh, ooh-oh) / [Chorus
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SZA (Ft. Phoebe Bridgers) – Ghost in the Machine
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“Ghost in the Machine” was revealed on December 5, 2022 via Twitter when SZA posted the album tracklist revealing Phoebe Bridgers feature. The following day SZA went to Twitter and
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood – The Power of Love
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One month after releasing their debut album Welcome To The Pleasuredome, FGTH dropped their third single “Power Of Love”. It became their third consecutive UK chart-topper – a feat
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2Pac – Dear Mama
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“Dear Mama” is the song that made it OK to admit: even if they kill people and sell drugs, deep down, thugs are all sensitive mama’s boys.
It was the third hip-hop act ever (after
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BTS – FAKE LOVE
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“Fake Love” is the lead single off BTS' 3rd full studio album, Love Yourself 轉 ‘Tear’. The song is about one realizing his love, what he thought was fate, turned out to be fake
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Elevation Worship & Maverick City Music (Ft. Chandler Moore & Naomi Raine) – Jireh
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“Jireh” is the lead song from the first full-length collaboration between Elevation Worship and Maverick City Music, Old Church Basement.
The title refers to one of the Jehovistic
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Genius English Translations – BTS - 보조개 (Dimple) (English Translation)
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[Verse 1: V, Jimin] / You hide but only appear when you smile / Where did you come from? / Don’t lie, I know you’re an angel / What are you? / [Verse 2: Jungkook, Jin, Jimin] / But
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Summer Walker (Ft. Jhené Aiko) – I'll Kill You
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“I’ll Kill You,” the 15th track off of Summer Walker’s debut studio album Over it, features singer Jhené Aiko, and is the second collaboration between the two artists. Throughout
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Genius English Translations – BTS - Life Goes On (English Translation)
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This nostalgic song blurs alternative hip-hop sound with acoustic guitar and synth-pop. The lyrics offer comfort in a time when the world faces the pandemic.
The story behind the
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Phoebe Bridgers – I Know the End
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‘'I Know the End’‘ is the metalinguistic closing track of Phoebe’s sophomore album Punisher.
The apocalyptical folk ballad track reclaims the singer-songwriter narrative abilities
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OutKast – Hey Ya!
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“Hey Ya!” is the first single from André 3000’s half of OutKast’s Speakerboxxx/The Love Below double album. André said the following about the concept of this genre-bending song:
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Taylor Swift – London Boy
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“London Boy” is most likely an ode to Swift’s boyfriend as of the song’s release, British actor Joe Alwyn. Other songs on the album, including the title track, are assumed to be
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Genius English Translations – BTS - REFLECTION (English Translation)
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“Reflection” is the seventh track on BTS’s second full album, Wings. Prior to the release of the album, the song was previewed in the fifth Wings short film, “Reflection,” released
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Genius English Translations – GOT7 - I Mean It (English Translation)
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[Verse 1: Mark] / How shall I say it? / This heart is for you now / A sleepless night / My phone is just Upside down / [Pre-Chorus: Bambam] / Something like love and hate / I'm
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Halsey – Colors
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“Colors” is about falling out of love with someone because they changed too much as a person.
The context behind family and addictions provides evidence that “Colors” is about The
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Genius English Translations – BTS - 작은 것들을 위한 시 (Boy With Luv) ft. Halsey (English Translation)
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“작은 것들을 위한 시 (Boy With Luv)” is the title track of BTS' 2019 album Map of the Soul: Persona featuring American artist Halsey, who has been a fan of the group since 2017. The pop
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Mac Davis – Poem For My Little Lady
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She's young and soft and kind / And she deserves a whole lot better / Than a guitar pickin' drifter / Who never gave a tinkers damn / But if lovin' me is what she really wants / I'
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Genius English Translations – BTS - Outro: Her (English Translation)
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[Verse 1: RM] / The world is a complex / We wus lookin’ for love / I was just one of those people / Didn’t even believe in true love / Just said I wanted to be in love like a habit
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GIVĒON – LIKE I WANT YOU
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“LIKE I WANT YOU” is GIVĒON’s first lead single teasing the release of his debut album TAKE TIME. Stuck and reminiscing on what was, GIVĒON pours out his soul in hopes that his
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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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Genius English Translations – YOASOBI - ラブレター (Love Letter) (English Translation)
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[Verse 1] / "Nice to meet you" / To my favourite music / The things I've always thought about / I want you to hear them no matter what / (There are things I want to tell you) / It'
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Genius English Translations – Pablo Neruda - Body of a Woman (English Translation)
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Although this poem celebrates the ‘body of a woman’, it also carries an undertone of infinite longing – an existential awareness of the distance between lovers, as well as the ways
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