 Genius Meanings
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MIKA – Any Other World
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In contrast with the more upbeat, tongue-in-cheek songs on the album, this song is of a quite serious nature and differs significantly in tempo.
Mika said of this song:
There is
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MIKA – Love Today
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I’ve been crying for so long / Fighting tears just to carry on / But now, but now it’s gone away / Hey girl why can’t you carry on / Is it cuz your just like your mother / A little
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Bill Xtillidiex Muir – Otherworld
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A song from the soundtrack of the 2001 JRPG Final Fantasy X for the Playstation 2. It plays twice in the game: once in the opening FMV and again during the final boss battle
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MIKA – Emily
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[Intro] / Emily / Emily / [Verse 1] / Emily, can’t you write a happy song? / Get your ass to number one? / You could try a little harder / Emily, you could be a millionaire / But
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MIKA – Lollipop
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The seventh track from Mika’s 2007 debut album “Life in Cartoon Motion”. Despite mixed critical reception, the album did very well sales-wise, ending up as the ninth-best-selling
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MIKA – Grace Kelly
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“Grace Kelly” is a genre-defying pop song about being yourself. It’s named for Hollywood legend Grace Kelly—this opening dialogue is based off her 1954 film The Country Girl. The
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MIKA – Happy Ending
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Mika described the story behind the song:
“It’s about a few things. In a way, it’s a kind of sad break-up song like ‘My Interpretation.’ But, at the same time, it’s about a lot of
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MIKA – Blue
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[Verse 1] / Blue is a feminine color (Ooh) / Blue is deep and bold (Ooh) / Blue is like no other (Ooh) / As sacred as it's old (Ooh) / Blue like the ocean's water (Ooh) / But you'
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MIKA – All She Wants
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This is a song about how the speaker, who is gay, feels pressured by his Lebanese mother to act like he is straight, going so far as to marry a woman and live with her. He follows
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MIKA – Billy Brown
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“Billy Brown” is the main character in a story told by Mika. Billy isn’t sure about his sexuality and that causes him problems.
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MIKA – Stuck in the Middle
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[Intro] / Ooh, oh-oh! / [Verse 1] / I sit and think about the day that you're gonna die / Your wrinkled eyes betray the joy with which you smile / Care to see my reason? / Care to
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MIKA – Tiny Love
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[Verse 1] / It's not a sunrise over canyons shaped like hearts / It isn't bursting into song in Central Park / It's not the outline of your face drawn in the stars / It's a 'still-
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MIKA – Promiseland (Bonus Track)
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Promiseland sees Mika in open dialogue, if not an outright argument, with God. The song expresses anger at Christianity’s rejection of the LGBT community, and his feelings of being
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Audrey Mika – Deserve
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[Verse 1] / I'll listen to everything you know / And then you'd do the same / 2 forces that cannot be broken / You caught me the first time I saw you twice / Did I mention we're
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MIKA – My Interpretation (Acoustic)
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You talk about life, you talk about death / And everything in between / Like it's nothing and the words are easy / You talk about me and talk about you / And everything I do / Like
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MIKA – Good Wife
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This song has the singer expressing sadness that he is a gay man and his friend, who he likely has romantic feelings for, is a straight man. The straight man’s wife has just left
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MIKA – Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
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Sweet dreams are made of this / Who am I to disagree? / I travel the world and the seven seas / Everybody's looking for something / Some of them want to use you / Some of them want
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MIKA – My Interpretation
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[Verse 1] / You talk about life, you talk about death / And everything in between / Like it's nothing / And the words are easy / You talk about me and talk about you / And
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MIKA – Your Sympathy
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Running out of breath / Chasing down the big parade, rising up my hand, thought I'd beg the marching band to play, for me / All of these illusions, they really mean the world to me
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Genius English Translations – Mika Nakashima - KISS OF DEATH (English Translation)
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Original song:
https://genius.com/Mika-nakashima-kiss-of-death-lyrics
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MIKA – Over My Shoulder
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Over my shoulder, running away / Feels like I'm falling, losing my day / Cold and dry / Cold and dry / Fog out my daylight, torture my night / Feels like I'm falling far out of
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MIKA – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
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[Intro] / Big girl, you are beautiful... / [Verse] / Walks into the room, feels like a big balloon / I said, "Hey girls, you are beautiful" / "Diet coke and a pizza, please." Diet
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fun. – Some Nights
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The second single from Fun’s album of the same name. It asks what you’re prepared to sacrifice in order to succeed, whether in the music industry or in love.
Given Nate’s first
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The Weather Station – You and I (On the Other Side of the World)
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[Verse 1] / Oh, it was always a marriage / From the moment that you stepped into my hallway / Shy as anyone I'd ever known / You choose what to believe in in this flippant time
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MIKA – Lonely Alcoholic
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You're a lonely alcoholic / With a tendency to whine / Well you speak it and you drink it / And bore us all the time / Say you drink out of your sorrow / For you've got no one to
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MIKA – Origin of Love
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According to Mika’s track-by-track review, “The Origin of Love” was written to convey fear, resentment and anger but also convey happiness, representing MIKA’s experience with love
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MIKA – Last Party
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[Verse 1] / There's a party going on in here / It's been happenin' for many years / You weren't invited and don't want to stay / But keep partying anyway / DJ's playin' my familiar
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MIKA – The Only Lonely One
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Hey / Eins, zwei, drei, vier! / Who lives without love / Got lots of things but it's not enough / Am I the only lonely one? / I turn on my TV / See lots of houses / But there's
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澤野弘之 (Hiroyuki Sawano) (Ft. David Whitaker & 小林未郁 (Mika Kobayashi)) – Before my body is dry
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One of the main theme songs from the 2013 anime Kill la Kill, and also the opening track of the Kill la Kill Original Soundtrack. “Before My Body Is Dry” is the main leitmotif of
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MIKA – Platform Ballerinas
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This song is a lot like his 2007 hit “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)” in that it is an empowering song about women who don’t fit a certain mold.
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MIKA – Ring Ring
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[Verse 1] / I was sitting on the fence / And I thought that I would kiss you / I never thought I would've missed you / But you never let me fall, push my back against the wall
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MIKA – Erase
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I shouldn't have called so late last night / All insecure- out of my mind / I shouldn't have left that message on your phone / I shouldn't have said the things I said / Lookin' for
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澤野弘之 (Hiroyuki Sawano) (Ft. Aimee Blackschleger, Aimer, 小林未郁 (Mika Kobayashi) & mpi) – Song of...
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[Verse 1: Aimee Blackschleger] / How long must I wait? / The hopes that I chase / Whether it's too late / If my bird has flown / Away? / [Verse 2: Aimee Blackschleger] / The
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MIKA (Ft. Pharrell Williams) – Celebrate
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[Intro: MIKA & Pharrell Williams] / I want the whole world to celebrate! (Let’s go) / [Verse 1: MIKA] / I wanna come home / To the only place I know / Where the trees I've planted
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MIKA – Love Today (Acoustic)
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Alternative cover artwork of this single:
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