Genius Meanings
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LP – Everybody's Falling in Love
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[Verse 1] / Take me with your eyes / Hold me like we're out of time / Drink me like the cheapest wine / And disappear in a day / [Verse 2] / I'm not going for the win / And I don't
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LP – Poem
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Being the closer of LP’s album Churches, “Poem” is a spoken-word outro that sums up the record’s themes by making references to every track on it.
When asked about how this idea
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LP – When We Touch
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[Verse] / When we touch / I remember how I missed you very much / When we touch / No amount of time could ever be enough / Oh / We’re a river to an ocean in denial / Oh / Will we
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Lauv & Troye Sivan – i'm so tired...
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“i’m so tired…” is Lauv’s collaboration with Australian-South African singer-songwriter Troye Sivan. In the track, both artists complain about how tired they are of love songs and
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The Main Ingredient – Everybody Plays the Fool
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“Everybody Plays the Fool” is the 1973 Grammy-nominated hit from The Main Ingredient. The song hit #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1972, and was the group’s largest hit. In
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LP – My Body
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[Verse 1] / I feel like starting over / Punk Rock from Bossanova / Change my style and maybe go buck wild / Yeah, yeah / Start to pay myself some more attention / A motherfucker of
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LP – Lost On You
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The Death Valley EP’s second single sees Pergolizzi sing a toast to the time spent (and wasted) on a failed relationship, as she tries to come to terms with the break-up that she
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James Arthur – Say You Won't Let Go
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“Say You Won’t Let Go” is the first single from British singer-songwriter James Arthur’s second studio album, Back from the Edge. The song has peaked at No. 1 in several countries
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LCD Soundsystem – Beat Connection
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And nobody's falling in love / Everybody here needs a shove / And nobody's getting any touch / Everybody thinks that it means too much / And nobody's coming undone / Everybody here
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Elton John – We All Fall in Love Sometimes
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“We All Fall In Love Sometimes” was released as the ninth single of Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy. The theme of this album is the relationship between Elton and his
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The Last Shadow Puppets – Sweet Dreams, TN
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“Sweet Dreams, TN” is seemingly dedicated to Alex Turner’s girlfriend at the time he wrote this song, Taylor Bagley. While Bagley was actually born in Oklahoma, she was raised in
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Eagles – New Kid in Town
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“New Kid in Town” takes on two meanings. The literal interpretation involves the experience of a band becoming famous and being treated differently in society, because they are now
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Toosii & Summer Walker – Love Cycle
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[Intro: Toosii & Summer Walker] / Oh-oh, uh / Oh-oh, uh / Oh, oh / Yeah, yeah-yeah, ayy, ayy / [Chorus: Toosii] / You got me stuck inside your love cycle, I read your love bible
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Aerosmith – Dream On
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Off of their first LP, this is one of Aerosmith’s biggest early hits, along with “Walk This Way” and “Sweet Emotion.”
Frontman Steven Tyler began writing the song on his father’s
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Post Malone – I Fall Apart
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On “I Fall Apart,” Post reminisces about a heart break up he experienced in high school. The song was released as the sixth single from Stoney on October 17, 2017.
He jokingly
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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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The Cranberries – Linger
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“Linger” is a defining song of the 90’s alternative rock period and the song that put Irish band The Cranberries on the map.
Despite being on the original demo that got them
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LP – Churches
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[Verse 1] / I can't believe in churches so I guess I'll keep on searching / I don't want someone that doesn't want me back / I'm not looking for perfection, I prefer to keep 'em
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Beastie Boys – Root Down
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“Root Down” is Track #5 on the Ill Communication LP, released 5.31.1994. Evan Bernard directed the video. The song is so nice, it was re-released on 5.23.1995 (as the album’s 4th
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Car Seat Headrest (Ft. 1 Trait Danger) – Bodys [2018]
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“Bodys” is the sixth track on Car Seat Headrest’s 2018 album, Twin Fantasy (Face to Face). Like much of the rest of the album, it is a remake of the track of the same name from
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Eminem (Ft. Dina Rae) – Drug Ballad
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Em’s love song!
Slim tells us about his love/hate relationship with alcohol, solvents, ecstasy, and who knows what else. Basically any substance he can cram in to his body, a
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Nat "King" Cole – When I Fall In Love
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(Historical content found on en.wikipedia.org)
“When I Fall in Love” is a popular song, written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was introduced in the film
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Linkin Park – Papercut
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“Papercut” is the first song off Linkin Park’s first album, Hybrid Theory.
It is one of their most well known songs. However, it wasn’t officially released as a single in the U.S.
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Lil Peep – nineteen
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“Nineteen” is the ninth track from Lil Peep’s 2016 mixtape, crybaby. He talks about his life as a 19 year old and how he doesn’t want to lose this girl, even though they are both
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Harry Nilsson – Everybody's Talkin'
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“Everybody’s Talkin' ” is a song written by Fred Neil in 1966 and later sung by Harry Nilsson as the title song for the 1969 film Midnight Cowboy. The movie’s theme was originally
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EDEN – gold
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“gold” is EDEN’s way of telling how he has moved on from writing songs about old relationships, mostly as his former alias The Eden Project. It’s the second single off EDEN’s first
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Rina Sawayama – Tokyo Love Hotel
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‘'Tokyo Love Hotel’‘ is an 80s tinged synthpop jam about Tokyo being reduced to an aesthetic wonderland by Western tourists. Rina described the song as “getting frustrated by
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Kendrick Lamar – i (Album Version)
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“i” is the first single from Kendrick’s third studio album, To Pimp a Butterfly. Kendrick received two Grammys for the studio version of the song at the 57th Grammy Awards for Best
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The 1975 – I’m in Love With You
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“I’m in Love With You” is the third single and sixth song included in The 1975’s fifth album ‘Being Funny in a Foreign Language’.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVzVUDXoi0Y
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Louis Tomlinson – Perfect Now
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“Perfect Now” sees Louis telling a shy, unconfident lover that they are perfect the way they are, even on their worst days. The track features a dulcet guitar tone backed by a
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The Beach Boys – Kokomo
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“Kokomo” is a song written by John Phillips, Scott McKenzie, Mike Love and Terry Melcher and recorded by The Beach Boys in spring 1988. Its lyrics describe two lovers taking a trip
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Metro Station – Shake It
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“Shake It” is the fourth track off Metro Station’s debut self titled album. The song was a huge commercial success, with the single reaching a 2x platinum certification in the US.
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Limp Bizkit – Re-Arranged
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[Intro] / Just think about it / Just think about it / [Verse 1] / Lately, I've been skeptical, silent when I would use to speak / Distant from all around me who witness me fail and
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LP – Yes
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[Verse 1] / I’ve been here waiting for you / These LA nights destroy you / Might never get to know you / But I’ll be here waiting for you / Oh, I can see the lights / Yeah, oh
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Shakira (Ft. Freshlyground) – Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)
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Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) is a song by Colombian singer Shakira, featuring the South African Freshlyground. It was the 2010 FIFA World Cup official song, leading to some
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Oddjobs – Liberal Arts
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[Verse 1: Advizer] / People are just paperclips and staples I keep passing / All the cables switching stages in my fatalistic waste of paper / Sit and take your pay, it's just the
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Laura Branigan – Gloria
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“Gloria”—a cover of the Italian original by Umberto Tozzi— was Laura Branigan’s first major hit, and her self-described ”signature song.” It stayed for 36 weeks in the Top 100—a
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