Genius Meanings
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Matchbox Twenty – Queen of New York City
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[Verse 1] / There's a rhythm to her heart / And a world inside her head / She'll tell you from the start / Boy, you don't know her yet / She's like a constellation / Of stars that
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Matchbox Twenty – Selling Faith
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[Verse 1] / You and me and all this love / Ring the bell til summer comes / Calling out from a long, long way / We'll hold it down for one more day / [Pre-Chorus] / And when that
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Matchbox Twenty – Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)
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[Verse 1] / We were eyes wide open when the world got dark / Dancin' to the rhythm that felt so hard, you could feel it / You could feel it / And blood ice cold, baby, racin
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Matchbox Twenty – Hang on Every Word
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[Verse 1] / Don't let your falling stars blow out / No matter what you've heard / Don't let the rainy days / Cloud what you're seeing / I know you're thinking that you've shown up
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Matchbox Twenty – Don't Get Me Wrong
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[Verse 1] / I'm feeling calm, but I'm never relaxed / I feel it coming, but I'm holding it back / I'm on the edge, but I never attack / I'm straight off the moment / But I still
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Matchbox Twenty – Friends
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[Intro] / Woah, woah / Oh-oh-oh, oh / [Verse 1] / Flower in the desert / Spring into the fall / Rushing to the West side / When the east sent out the call / Lessons in the matter
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Matchbox Twenty – One Hit Love
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[Verse 1] / Don't wanna be your problem / Don't wanna be your pain / Don't wanna hold your sorrow / All in my hands / Don't wanna sell you something / I could never be / I know it
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Matchbox Twenty – Where the Light Goes
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[Chorus] / Can you tell me where the light goes / Every time your eyes close? / If it's there, then it doesn't show / Tell me where the light goes / I wanna know / [Verse 1] / Can
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Matchbox Twenty – Rebels
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[Verse 1] / When you lose yourself / In photographs / And the room gets heavy / 'Cause you can't go back to sixteen / To rainbow hair and ripped jeans / [Pre-Chorus] / To keep your
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Matchbox Twenty (Ft. Amanda Shires) – No Other Love
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[Intro: Amanda Shires] / No other love / No other love / [Verse 1: Rob Thomas] / You say you're sorry / Well, I forgive you / It's all just smoke / We're moving on / 'Cause it don'
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Matchbox Twenty – Warm Blood
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[Verse 1] / I don't know what you've heard / I don't know what you think / Maybe now it's time we talk about it / I, I am almost certain / We're hanging off the brink / Maybe we're
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Matchbox Twenty – I Know Better
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[Verse 1] / I will always know better / So I really don't see / A problem with knowing the answer / In the absence of those who agree / I've got access to information / That's
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Kid Rock (Ft. Joe-C) – Devil Without a Cause
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[Verse 1: Kid Rock] / You knew that I was coming cause you heard my name / But you don't know my game, you never felt my pain / Can't read my brain but you read my lips / And got
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Barenaked Ladies – What a Good Boy
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Steven Page:
I’ve heard so many good interpretations of this song that I’m loath to tell the real story, but suffice to say that it’s an idealistic twenty-one year-old’s view of
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3 Doors Down – Kryptonite
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The song was written by drummer/vocalist Brad Arnold in a mathematics class when he was fifteen and was one of the first songs he ever wrote.
In terms of the song’s meaning Arnold
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Fall Out Boy – We Didn't Start The Fire
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Fall Out Boy’s rendition of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” quickly covers significant political, cultural, sporting, scientific events from 1989 up to 2023, just as the
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The Goo Goo Dolls – Iris
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“Iris” was written for the 1998 film City of Angels starring Nicolas Cage. John Rzeznik explained:
When I wrote it, I was thinking about the situation of the Nicolas Cage
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Kid Rock – Cocky
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[Verse 1] / Guess who's back / I used to be broke, Confused, No Joke / Got used, Smoked Dope / Paid Dues, Refused, To give up quick / Now there's 10 Million Motherfuckers on my
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MARINA – Primadonna
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“Primadonna” is a song by Welsh recording artist Marina and the Diamonds, from her second studio album, Electra Heart (2012). It was released on 20 March 2012 as the album’s
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Tracy Chapman – Fast Car
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“Fast Car” is a song by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman. It was released in April 1988 as the lead single from her self-titled debut album. Her appearance on the Nelson
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David Bowie – Modern Love
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David Bowie’s hit single from 1983, a song he claimed was inspired by Little Richard, especially the “back and forth” lyrics.
The first track and third single from the Let’s Dance
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Staind – It's Been Awhile
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In this song, Staind lead Aaron Lewis is speaking of how, in his mind, he messes everything up and is disappointing the person who means the most to him. Lewis also dips into his
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Counting Crows – Mr. Jones
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“It’s really a song about my friend Marty and I. We went out one night to watch his dad play, his dad was a Flamenco guitar player who lived in Spain, and he was in San Francisco
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