 Genius Meanings
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Mitski – Circle
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There's a lie that I told to you / That now I can't tell the truth / And it ate me inside, so one soft drunken night / I slept with a man you knew / And in the morning I walked
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Mitski – I Want You
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[Verse 1] / I want you / I hold one card / That I can't use / But I want you / [Pre-Chorus] / You're coming back / And it's the end of the world / We're starting over / And I love
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Mitski – Liquid Smooth
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[Verse 1] / I'm beautiful, I know 'cause it's the season / But what am I to do with all this beauty? / Biology, I am an organism, I'm chemical / That's all, that is all / [Chorus
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Stephen Sanchez “Until I Found You” Official Lyrics & Meaning ...
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Jul 27, 2022 ... Until I Found You” is Stephen Sanchez's latest hit, which has been streamed over 170 million times on Spotify to date. The song is produced ...
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Mitski – Class of 2013
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Recorded and self-released as a student project during her time at Purchase College’s Conservatory of Music, the title “Class of 2013” likely refers to Mitski’s own cohort of
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Mitski – Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart
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“Goodbye, My Danish Sweetheart” notes the feelings one has after a breakup with a lover or even a friend. There’s a mix of feelings — from idolizing the love you had before to
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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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Mitski – Your Best American Girl
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“Your Best American Girl” is the lead single on Mitski’s 4th album, Puberty 2. The song represents the turmoil that one feels when they experience a relationship that brings them
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Mitski – I Don't Smoke
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This song illustrates the parallels between the toxic and addictive habit of smoking with a toxic and addictive relationship.
She is completely aware of how unhealthy this person
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Mitski – Shame
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[Verse] / It feels so good, it feels so good / And right outside the door nobody knows / They're right outside the door and they don't know how it / Feels so good, it feels so good
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Mitski – A Horse Named Cold Air
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In this song, Mitski uses the metaphor of an aging racehorse to tell the story of someone who, looking back on their life, finds that they’ve just “circled the same old sin”.
This
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Mitski – Once More to See You
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[Verse] / In the rearview mirror I saw the setting sun on your neck / And felt the taste of you bubble up inside me / But with everybody watching us, our every move, we do have
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Mitski – Humpty
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Eggshells feature prominently as a metaphor for frailty and vulnerability in “Humpty”, whose title and coda allude to English nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty. Mitski spends
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Mitski – Crack Baby
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In a press release, through her label Dead Oceans, Mitski explained that the theme in her record, Puberty 2, and therefore this song, is that:
Happiness fucks you. Happiness is up
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Mitski – Square
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Stereogum called this song
…a chronicle of a decaying relationship, a convoluted interrogation of why things seem so complicated when “God’s very simple and love shouldn’t burn”.
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Mitski – Townie
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In this song, Mitski captures the self-destructive fatalism of youth coupled with coming-of-age attitudes of anarchy against parental principles.
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Mitski – I Love Me After You
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[Intro] / Hmm / Hmm / [Verse 1] / Brushin' my hair naked / Spritz my face with toner / Splash water on my neck / Laughin' in the mirror / Cool water in a glass / Drink it down
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Mitski – I'm Your Man
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[Verse 1] / You're an angel, I'm a dog / Or you're a dog and I'm your man / You believe me like a god / I destroy you like I am / I'm sorry I'm the one you love / No one will ever
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Mitski – The Deal
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[Verse 1] / There's a deal you can make on a midnight walk alone / Look around, listen close, hear it fall from above / It will ask what you'd give and what you'd take for it in
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Hozier – Butchered Tongue
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In “Butchered Tongue”, Hozier tackles the 7th Circle of Hell Canto XII to XVII, known as the ‘Circle of Violence or Hell of the Violent and Bestial’ which is one of the lower
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Mitski – Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear
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“Because Dreaming Costs Money, My Dear” is a shift in lyrical work for Mitski as she relays what possibly sounds like tensions between what she envisioned for her future and her
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Mitski – When Memories Snow
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[Verse 1] / When memories snow / And cover up the driveway / I shovel all those memories / Clear the path to drive to the store / And when memories melt / I hear them in the
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Son Lux (Ft. David Byrne & Mitski) – This Is A Life
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[Intro: Mitski & David Byrne] / Ooh / Ooh / [Chorus 1: Mitski] / This is a life / Free from destiny / Not only what we sow / Not only what we show (We) / [Chorus 2: Mitski, David
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SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE – WRONG CIRCLE
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Staring over my back / To trace a fading line / I don’t know where I am / No shape, no second try / Pick up the phone / The little death is all I want / To be alone / To shake
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Mitski – My Love Mine All Mine
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In “My Love Mine All Mine,” Mitski recognizes the beauty of her love and asks the Moon to capture it, for it to shine down and preserve even after her passing. It was the third
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Mitski – Nobody
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Mitski’s ninth track off her 2018 album Be the Cowboy, “Nobody” was released as a single on June 26.
The song touches on themes of alienation and estrangement, but over a disco-
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Mitski – Bug Like an Angel
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“Bug Like An Angel” is the lead single from Mitski’s seventh album The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We. Featuring impactful gospel choral backing vocals that contrast Mitski’s
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Phoebe Bridgers – Garden Song
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Since Phoebe’s 2017 debut album, Stranger in the Alps, Phoebe Bridgers makes her solo return with the lead single “Garden Song” for her sophomore album Punisher.
In an interview
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Mitski – First Love / Late Spring
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The title “First Love/Late Spring” is a juxtaposition, mirroring the turmoil of the song’s themes of restlessness and unease. “First love” is a common theme in music, usually
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Mitski – Working for the Knife
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The lead single from her sixth album Laurel Hell, “Working for the Knife” sees Mitski singing with her characteristically expressive voice about characteristically cynical subjects
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bôa (UK) – Duvet
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The opening theme of the 1998 anime series Serial Experiments Lain, released as the 3rd track to Bôa (UK)’s 1998 album The Race of a Thousand Camels and later the first track on
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Mitski – Strawberry Blond
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Memories as shapes (of a body, of a trip with a romantic interest, of a potential relationship voided and thwarted by its unrequitedness) and as a hair colour are all Mitski can
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Lana Del Rey – Cruel World
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“Cruel World” is the opening track from Lana Del Rey’s 2014 album Ultraviolence.
This track is also her personal favorite. Here’s how she described it:
I went down to the beach
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Mitski – Heaven
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[Verse 1] / All of our love / Filling all of our room / Your low, warm voice / Curses as you find the string / To strike within me / That rings out a note / Heard in heaven / [
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Imogen Heap – Hide and Seek
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“Hide and Seek” is a song by Imogen Heap, released as the first single from her second album, Speak for Yourself.
On this track, Imogen is solely accompanied by a keyboard
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Mitski – Star
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[Verse 1] / Remember when we met? / We acted like two fools / We were so glad / So glad to have found it / [Chorus] / That love is like a star / It's gone, we just see it shinin
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Mitski – Shame (Jammin' Out Solo Version)
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[Verse 1] / It feels so good / It feels so good / And right outside the door nobody knows / They're right outside the door and they don't know how it / Feels so good / It feels so
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M. Roosevelt & Mitski – Nightcall
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I'm giving you a night call to tell you how I feel / I want to drive you through the night, down the hills / I'm gonna tell you something you don't want to hear / I'm gonna show
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112 – Cupid
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Over a guitar-driven track with a sparse rhythm, “Cupid” finds 112 trying to assuage the fears of a doubtful lover and establish trust in their relationship. Marvin “Slim
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Miracle Musical (Ft. Stephanie Koenig & Zubin Sedghi) – White Ball
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[Verse 1: Zubin Sedghi and Stephanie Koenig] / Drift aloft / In some effortless place / Bound by delicate dread / Saving no face / Air dissolves / Where one game is designed
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Laufey – Promise
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[Verse 1] / I made a promise / To distance myself / Took a flight, through aurora skies / Honestly I didn't think about / How we didn't say goodbye / Just, "See you very soon" / [
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Genius Deutsche Übersetzungen – Mitski - Class of 2013 (Deutsche Übersetzung)
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[Deutscher Songtext zu „Class of 2013“] / [Strophe 1] / Mama, ich bin müde / Kann ich heute Nacht in deinem Haus schlafen? / Mama, passt es / Wenn ich für ein Jahr oder zwei bleibe
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Suki Waterhouse – Good Looking
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“Good Looking” is a portrait of lust, intimacy, and eventual loss as the singer attempts to navigate through the undiscovered lies of her past love experience, encapsulating these
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Lana Del Rey (Ft. Father John Misty) – Let The Light In
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“Let The Light In” is the twelfth song on Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. It features Father John Misty, with whom Lana has
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Lucy Dacus – Night Shift
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The lead single off Lucy Dacus' sophomore album, Historian. The six-and-a-half minute track is about the aftermath of a break up, where she tries to move on and re-structure her
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Lana Del Rey – The Other Woman
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A haunting cover of the song made popular by Nina Simone, “The Other Woman” is a melancholic send off to Ultraviolence that explores the darker side of being the titular woman in a
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Son Lux (Ft. David Byrne & Mitski) – This Is a Life (Extended)
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[Intro: Mitski & David Byrne] / Ooh / Ooh / [Chorus 1: Mitski] / This is a life / Free from destiny / Not only what we sow / Not only what we show (We) / [Chorus 2: Mitski, David
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