 Genius Meanings
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Jeff Buckley – Dream Brother
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“Dream Brother”, written by Jeff Buckley, Mick Grøndahl and Matt Johnson, is the last track on Buckley’s album Grace but is the penultimate track on later releases of the album. It
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Jeff Buckley – Dream Brother (Alternate Take)
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[Verse 1] / There is a child sleeping near his twin / The pictures go wild in a rush of wind / That dark angel, he is shuffling in / Watching over them with his black feather wings
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Jeff Buckley – Dream Brother (Live À L’ Olympia 1995)
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[spoken] / Is everyone okay? [?] / Ahh, Paris / [singing in French] / There is a child sleeping near his twin / Pictures go wild in a rush of wind / That dark angel, he is
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Jeff Buckley – Dream Brother (Nag Champa Mix)
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[Verse 1] / There is a child sleeping near his twin / The pictures go wild in a rush of wind / That dark angel he is shuffling in / Watching over them with his black feather wings
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TesseracT – Dream Brother
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[Verse 1] / There is a child sleeping near his twin / The pictures go wild in a rush of wind / That dark angel he is shuffling in / Watching over them with his black feather wings
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Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye
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“Last Goodbye” was the second single from Grace. It details a man ending a relationship with a woman who both love each other, but both come to terms with the fact that they are
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah/I Know It's Over (Medley) (Live at The King Theatre, Seattle, WA - May 7, 1995)
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I heard there was a secret chord / That David played and it pleased the lord / But you don't really care for music, do you / Well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth / The
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Jeff Buckley – Sky Blue Skin - Demo - September 13, 1996
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Take the pain until it all rings hollow / We learn to loathe the truth as it shines / I already see the ghosts on the sidewalk / Kissing in the hereafter / And your hands are in
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Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should've Come Over
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[Verse 1] / Looking out the door I see the rain / Fall upon the funeral mourners / Parading in a wake of sad relations / As their shoes fill up with water / Maybe I'm too young
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Jeff Buckley – What Will You Say (Live at Theatre de Fourvière, Lyon, France - July 4, 1995)
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It's been such a long time / And I was just a child then / What will you say / When you see my face? / Time feels like it's flown away / The days just pass and fade away / What
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Jeff Buckley – Grace
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The song was based on an instrumental song called “Rise Up to Be” written by Buckley’s collaborator, Gary Lucas. Jeff wrote lyrics inspired by his saying goodbye to his girlfriend
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Jeff Buckley – Mojo Pin
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“Mojo Pin” is the first song on Jeff Buckley’s 1994 album Grace. It was written by Jeff Buckley and Gary Lucas, and was first introduced on his EP, Live at Sin-é. Buckley stated
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Jeff Buckley – I Woke Up in a Strange Place (Live at The Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia - February 28, 1996)
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The ghost calls to visit / With my keys in his pocket / Kisses in my mouth with his / Eyes hanging out of his sockets / My memories crumble / Under still resistance / I was torn
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Jeff Buckley (Ft. Shudder to Think) – I Want Someone Badly
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[Chorus] / Now I-I-I want someone badly / Got a girl here tonight wants someone new / Someone new / A little cry-y-y-y wants someone badly (wah-oop) / I wanna know if this is a bad
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Jeff Buckley – The Other Woman (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / The other woman finds time to manicure her nails / The other woman is perfect where her rival fails / And she's never seen with pin curls in her hair anywhere / [Verse
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Jeff Buckley – Lilac Wine (Live at Eurockéennes Festival, Belfort, France - July 1995)
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[Part I] / [Verse 1] / I lost myself on a cool, damp night / I gave myself in that misty light / Was hypnotized by a strange delight / Under a lilac tree / [Verse 2] / I made wine
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Jeff Buckley – Lost Highway (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / I'm a rolling stone, all alone and lost / For a life of sin, I have paid the cost / When I walk by, all the people say / "Just another boy down the lost highway" / [
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Jeff Buckley – Mojo Pin (Live at Südbahnhof, Frankfurt, Germany - February 1995)
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[Verse 1] / I'm lying in my bed, the blanket is warm / This body will never be safe from harm / Still feel your hair, black ribbons of coal / Touch my skin to keep me whole / [
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Jeff Buckley – Alligator Wine (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / Take the blood out of an alligator / Take the left eye out of a fish / Take the skin off of a frog / And put 'em all in a dish, huha / [Verse 2] / Throw some salt over
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Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life
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“‘Eternal Life’ was inspired by anger over "the man that shot Martin Luther King, World War II, slaughter in Guyana and the Manson murders.” – Jeff Buckley
“This is a song about…
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Jeff Buckley – What Will You Say? (Live at Südbahnhof, Frankfurt, Germany - February 1995)
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[Verse 1] / It's been such a long time / And I was just a child then / What will you say / When you see my face? / Time feels like it's flown away / The days just pass and fade
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Jeff Buckley – Last Goodbye (Live at MTV's Most Wanted, London, UK - March 1995)
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[Verse 1] / This is our last goodbye / I hate to feel the love between us die / But it's over, just hear this and then I'll go / You gave me more to live for, more than you'll ever
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Jeff Buckley – Eternal Life (Road Version)
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[Verse 1] / Eternal life is now on my trail / Got my red glitter coffin, man, just need one last nail / While all these ugly gentlemen play out their foolish games / There's a
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Jeff Buckley – Forget Her
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[Verse 1] / While this town is busy sleeping / All the noise has died away / I walk the streets to stop my weeping / 'Cause she'll never change her ways / [Chorus 1] / But don't
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
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The song, written by Leonard Cohen, is about love which has soured and gone stale. Cohen used a lot of religious imagery, including references to some of the more notorious women
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Jeff Buckley – Kanga-Roo (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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[Verse 1] / When I first saw you / You had on blue jeans / Your eyes couldn't hide anything / I saw you breathing, oh / Saw you staring out in space / [Verse 2] / When I next saw
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Jeff Buckley – That's All I Ask (Live at Théâtre Antique de Fourvière, Lyon, France - July 1995)
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[Verse] / Don't try to blow out the sun for me, baby / I'm not hopin' for what i know can't be / All that all I ask is for a kiss each day / I'll give you love that can never blow
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Jeff Buckley – Kanga-Roo (Live at Palais Theatre, Melbourne, Australia - February 1996)
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[Verse 1] / When I first saw you / You had on blue jeans / Your eyes couldn't hide anything / I saw you breathing, oh / Saw you staring out in space / [Verse 2] / When I next saw
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Jeff Buckley – Strawberry Street (Live rehearsal at Knitting Factory, New York, NY - May 1993)
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[Verse 1] / Streetlights flicker on, as they take on the sun / Like counterfeit stars / Watch them come / Watch them come / The pacified hate's full-speed away / A company in the
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Jeff Buckley – Lilac Wine
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“Lilac Wine” is a song written by James Shelton. It was covered by Nina Simone on her album Wild Is The Wind (1966), was a solo hit by Elkie Brooks (1977) and appeared in her album
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Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah (Live at MTV Japan, Tokyo, Japan - January 1995)
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[Verse 1] / Well I heard there was a secret chord / That David played, and it pleased the Lord / But you don't really care for music, do ya? / Well it goes like this, the fourth
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Jeff Buckley – Mama, You Been on My Mind (Studio Outtake - 1993)
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This song is a cover of the original written by Bob Dylan for his 1964 album ‘Another Side of Bob Dylan’, though it was not included on the official release and not officially
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