 SongMeanings Interpretations
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous (featuring Timbaland) Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Promiscuous (featuring Timbaland) Lyrics & Meanings: NELLY: Am I throwin’ you off? / TIMBERLAND: Nope / NELLY: Didn’t think so. / / / [Verse 1] / TIMBERLAND: / How you doin’ young lady? / That feelin’ that you givin’ really drives me crazy / You don’t haveta play about the joke / I was at a loss of words first time that we spoke / / NELLY: / If you looking for a girl that’ll treat you right / If you lookin’ for her in the day time with the light / / TIMBERLAND: / You might be the type if I play my cards right / I'll find out by the end of the night / / NELLY: / You expect me to just let you hit it / But will you still respect me if you get it / / TIMBERLAND: / All I can do is try, gimme one chance / What’s the problem I don’t see no ring on your hand / I be the first to admit it, I’m curious about you, you seem so innocent / / NELLY: / You wanna get in my world, get lost in it / Boy I’m tired of running, lets walk for a minute / / / [Chorus] / TIMBERLAND: / Promiscuous girl /
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Promiscuous [Instrumental] Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Promiscuous [Instrumental] Lyrics & Meanings: You're off beat / So, I'm jamming, right? And I see her in the background / I'm like,
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Say It Right Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Say It Right Lyrics & Meanings: In the day / In the night / Say it right / Say it all / You either got it, or you don't / You either stand, or you fall / When your will is broken / When it slips from your hand / When there's no time for joking / There's a hole in the plan / / Oh, you don't mean nothing at all to me / No, you don't mean nothing at all to me / But you got what it takes to set me free / Oh, you could mean everything to me / / I can't say that I'm not lost and at fault / I can't say that I don't love the light and the dark / I can't say that I don't know that I am alive / And all of what I feel I could show you tonight, / You tonight / / Oh, you don't mean nothing at all to me / No, you don't mean nothing at all to me / But you got what it takes to set me free / Oh, you could mean everything to me / / From my hands I could give you something that I made / From my mouth I could sing you another brick that I laid / From my body I could show you a place god knows / You should know the space is h
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Island Of Wonder Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Island Of Wonder Lyrics & Meanings: The man wrinkles his face / But it's already worn / The coffe is sour / And the shirt is torn / But the smile is bigger than the Atlantic sea / And it happens to bring out the Atlantis in me / Island of wonder / Where do you come from / Is it the way the sun hits my face / Or is it your memory which I cannot trace / Eu vejo mais ao longe / Pessoas sem fome / Com p©s sangrando / Na vereda florida / And the church bell dongs / A remarkable song / And I swallow the salt / As I hum along / The woman she laughs as I pass her by / In a patchwork (dream) I left behind / Island of wonder / Where do you come from / Is it the way the sun / Hits my face / Or is it your memory which I cannot trace / I cannot trace / Look at me I have so much pride / I took my shoes off I ran I did not hide / Look at me i Have so much pride / I will give my dowry for the prize / Island of wonder / Where are you going / Nobody knows it / But it is snowing / In the hearts / and minds of every kind of uni
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Give it to me (featuring Timberland and Justin Timberlake) Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Give it to me (featuring Timberland and Justin Timberlake) Lyrics & Meanings: Give it to me / / Is it goin’? (X4) / I don’t know / You’re lookin’ for / / I’m the type of girl that’ll look you dead in the eye, eye / I’m real as it comes if you don’t know why I’m fly / / Seen you tried to switch it up but girl you ain’t that dope / I’m a wonderwoman let me go get my robe / I’m a supermodel and mami, see mami / Amnesty international got bank out to Montauk on lock / Love my ass and my abs / In the video of promiscuous / My style is ridiculous / / CHORUS / If you see us in the club, we’ll be actin’ real nice / If you see us on the floor, you’ll be watchin’ all night / We ain’t here to hurt nobody, / So give it to me (X3) / Wanna see you work your body / So give it to me (X3) / / When Timbo’s in the party everybody put up they hands / I get a half mil for my beats you get a couple grand / Never gon’ see the day that I ain’t got the upperhand / I’m respected from Cali
|
|
Nelly Furtado - glow Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
glow Lyrics & Meanings: people say i've gone crazy / that i'm not the same lady / people say my eyes are hazy / people say i'm acting shady / but i'd rather be your baby / than sit around and do the same things / i am getting something out of it / i'm indebted to your goodness / and i could never get enough / / make me glow glow glow glow / how far can you go / make me glow glow glow glow / how far can you go / you make me glow glow glow glow / only you know how to make me / glow glow glow glow / i wanna go and go and go and go / / i don't know what you did / i don't know what you did / but i think that i may float away / i don't know what happened / i don't know where we went / but i think that i may die today / there's everybody else and then there's you / baby why you gotta be so good / and tonight you're on fire / i'm gonna never get tired / / i don't gotta tell you what to do cuz you're on it / i don't gotta let you in my world cuz you rock it / i don't gotta tell you what to do cuz you're on it / i
|
|
Nelly Furtado - do it Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
do it Lyrics & Meanings: you're standing at the door / i'm falling to the floor / you look even better than you did before / i'm staring at my feet / wondering if i can do this / it's been a while but i couldn't forget you / / just a little look has got me feeling things / just a little taste has got me seeing things / just a little touch has got me off the chains / doing things i don't want to / / do it like you do it to me (i'm burning up) / do it like you do it to me (it's not enough) / do it like you do it to me just open up don't you know how much i want you / / we're sitting real close and i can feel your breath / i wanna touch your hand but i lay back / cuz you know this thing could spiral in the night / i've changed my mind i'm ready for you this time / / we're sitting real close i can feel your breath / i wanna touch your hand but i lay back / we're sitting real close i can feel your breath / i wanna touch your hand i cannot fight it off
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Build You Up Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Build You Up Lyrics & Meanings: Baby don't believe it / Oh, it's in your eyes / I can see the weakness / You don't have to hide / I can take you under / Under my wing / cause your voice gives me a song / That i love to sing / / Baby, they build you up / Only to tear you down / Don't give up / Baby don't believe it, baby don't believe it / / Baby they build you up / Only to tear you down / Baby don't believe it, baby don't believe it / Oh, it's good for nothing / / You were just a child / Ready to explore / And everything you saw / Looked like an open door / / A place you can remember / You'd love to go back / But you can't even comprehend / That it's all in the past / / Baby they build you up / Only to tear you down / Baby don't believe it, baby don't believe it / Oh, it's good for nothing / / Baby they build you up / Only to tear you down / Baby don't believe it, baby don't believe it / Oh, it's good for nothing / / Put your heart in my hands and i won't hurt you / Put your heart in my hands / I promi
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Saturdays Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Saturdays Lyrics & Meanings: Hot motel / Stuffy incide / I know well / This eleven walls / Hot black tar / I tan my legs / Rest my heart / And dream of the city / / Magazine and diet coke / I'm not a joke / This is me / Damaged leg / Heavy cart / Plastic cups / Linen mart / / Rock garden / Where i used to play / People stare / Part of their day / Coffe break / Lunch at noon / Pumpernickel steak / Green and orange room / / Done my list / I Make my way / To help my mother / End her day / Fresh cut grass / parking lot / We roll on out / We got a lot / / We're on our way / Roll the windows down / And scream out loud / We're tired now / / Take it home / Stop on the way / To the bakery / For some fruit and cake / Home i lay / After a shower clean / I hit my head / And i dream
|
|
Nelly Furtado - what i wanted Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
what i wanted Lyrics & Meanings: i turned my head away / didn't wanna hear what you said / you had changed your mind / / i showed up insecure / but i thought you would be sure / i guess i had lost sight / / but at the end of my life / oh the bed of my life / i'll know that my life was good / at the end of my life / on the bed of my life / see i went after you like i should / i went after what i wanted / i went after what i wanted / and i never really got it / but it don't matter at all / / i guess it was a lot / to ask for these things we'd lost / i guess it was just a dream / / and time changes many things / but my heart is still singing / for you, i don't know why / / but at the end of my life / on the bed of my life / i'll know that my life was good / at the end of my life / on the bed of my life / see i went after you like i should / i went after what i wanted / i went after what i wanted / and i never really got it / but it don't matter at all / / i thought i'd spend my last days / holding your han
|
|
Nelly Furtado - The Grass Is Green Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
The Grass Is Green Lyrics & Meanings: Oh, i once had something / Something that was so good / Better than the last thing i touched / Then turned right around on that something / And figured i didn't like that much / / Oh yeah, the grass is green / But can you tell me, can you feel it, i just wanna feel it / Oh yeah, the grass is green / But i think i stained my jeans and now everybody knows thah i been in it / / I am a believer / But as i was standing / In line, somebody took my place / Yes, i'm a believer, nver mind what they say / I got so tired along the way / / Oh yeah, the grass is green / But can you tell me, can you feel it, i just wanna feel it / Oh yeah, the grass is green / But i think i stained my jeans and now everybody knows thah i been in it / / I've got a skeleton that's deeper than any closet / And a bomb that i will drop on it / But you opened up to me / 'Til i could only see the beauty in your dishonesty / / Oh yeah, the grass is green / But can you tell me, can you feel it, you just
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Baby Girl Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Baby Girl Lyrics & Meanings: Nelly Furtado / Baby Girl / Whoa, Nelly! / / I've seen a man cry, I've seen a man die inside / I've seen him say to me that he is only mine / That he gotta do what is best for him / Never let me in, not even begin / To tell me I’m the one under his moon and sun / That I am the thing that revolves around him / But while on top of him I know what's best for him / I’ll show him how to win and let me in cuz / / Chorus: / I don’t wanna be your baby girl / I don’t wanna be your little pearl / I just wanna be what's best for me / To be one-da-dum with my own star under my own sun / / We're all sorry now, I didn’t mean to wow / Make you cry like that, it's just a little spat / Still I want you to know, though I love you so / It's mostly me dreaming, forcing, believing / That you’re an ideal, hell I never steal / But I stole you from, from another one / So take yourself and wrap around my little finger / Cuz that’s how it should swing / / Chorus / / Why can't he see, why
|
|
Nelly Furtado - wait for you Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
wait for you Lyrics & Meanings: i know you're trying to get around my baby / i know you've got me in your heart baby / i know that you could love me / if you only had a guarantee / when i look at your face it's so empty / i know i could fill you with love baby / your soul is dying for me / can't deny our energy / / and you're far i'm near you're there i'm here / you're hurting for me i can see it in your eyes / some of the hardest things are easy to achieve with patience / / i'll wait for you until the heavens fall / i'll wait for you until the end of the world / i'll wait for you until i no longer breathe / i know that it's not impossible / i'll wait for you until you finish your fight / i'll wait for you until the timing is right / i'll wait for you until you knock on my door / cuz right now it's feeling just like a movie / / i know that this is hard for you / want you to know that i'm feeling it too / it's taken some time but now i see everything / it's so clear to me i can't give up your love without d
|
|
Nelly Furtado - in god's hands Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
in god's hands Lyrics & Meanings: i looked at your face i saw that all the love had died / i saw that we had forgotten to take the time / i, i saw that you couldn't care less about what you do / couldn't care less about the lies / you couldn't find the time to cry / / we forgot about love / we forgot about faith / we forgot about trust / we forgot about us / / now our love's floating out the window / our love's floating out the back door / our love's floating up in the sky in heaven / where it began back in god's hands / / you said that you had said all that you had to say / you said baby it's the end of the day / and we gave a lot but it wasn't enough / we got so tired that we just gave up / / we didn't respect it / we went and neglected it / we didn't deserve it / but i never expected this / / our love floated out the window / our love floated out the back door / our love floated up in the sky to heaven / it's part of a plan / it's back in god's hands / back in god's hands / / it didn't last / it's a
|
|
Nelly Furtado - ... On The Radio (Remember the Days) Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
... On The Radio (Remember the Days) Lyrics & Meanings: Nelly Furtado / ... On The Radio (Remember the Days) / Whoa, Nelly! / / You liked me till’ you heard my shit on the radio / Well I hate to say but pop aint’ going solo / You liked me till’ you heard my shit on the radio / But now I’m just too mainstream for you, oh no / You liked me till’ you seen me on your t.v. / Well if you’re so low below then why you watching / You say good things come to those who wait / Well I’ve been waiting a long time for it / / Chorus: / I remember the days when I was so eager to satisfy you / And be less then I was just to prove I could walk beside you / Now that I’ve flown away I see you’ve chosen to stay behind me / And still you curse the day I decided to stay true to myself / / You say your quest is to bring it higher / Well I never seen change without a fire / But from your mouth I have seen a lot of burning / But underneath I think it’s a lot of yearning / Your face, the colours change from green
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Hey, Man! Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Hey, Man! Lyrics & Meanings: Nelly Furtado / Hey, Man! / Whoa, Nelly! / / Hey, man, don't look so scared. / You know I'm only testing you out. / Hey man, don't look so angry, / you're real close to figuring me out. / / We are a part of a circle. / It's like a mobius strip, / and it goes round and round until it loses a link. / And there's a shadow in the sky and it looks like rain, / and shit is gonna fly once again. / / Hey, man, we look at each other with ample eyes, / so why not some time to discover what's behind your eyes? / I've got so many questions that I want to ask you. / I am so tired of mirrors- pour me a glass of your wine! / / And there's a shadow in the sky and it looks like rain, / and shit is gonna fly once again! / I've got a bunch of government cheques at my door. / Each morning I try to send them back but they only send me more. / I look at myself in the mirror; am I vital today? / Hey, man, I let my conscience get in the way! / / And there's a shadow in the sky , an
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Maneater Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Maneater Lyrics & Meanings: [Timbaland:] / Take it back, take it back... / / Verse 1- / Everybody look at me, me / I walk in the door you start screaming / Come on everybody whatchu here for? / Move your body around like a nympho / Everybody get your necks to crack around / All you crazy people come on jump around / I want to see you all on your knees / you either want to be with me, or be me / / Chorus- / Maneater, make you work hard / Make you spend hard / Make you want all, of her love / She's a maneater / make you buy cars / make you cut cords / make you fall, fall in love / Maneater, make you work hard / Make you spend hard / Make you want all, all of her love / She's a maneater / make you buy cars / make you cut cords / Wish you never ever met her at all / / Verse 2- / And when she walks she walks with passion / when she talks, she talks like she can handle it / when she asks for something she means it / even if you never ever ever seen it / everybody get your necks to
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Let My Hair Down Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Let My Hair Down Lyrics & Meanings: I'm Nelly, I'm Nelly, I'm Nelly, I'm Nelly / / If you want it hit it oh, / I'm on your video / If you want it hit it oh, / I'm on your radio / Holler if you hear me, yo / I'm Nelly, I'm Nelly, I'm Nelly, I'm Nelly / / Baby I wanna let my hair down, / Baby I wanna let my hair down, / Baby I wanna let my hair down, / Play me something that'll make me jump around / / Let's flow with this / Let's get to know with this / Let's hit the show with this / Let's fly like a crow with this / Do you wanna be my raven? / I could be your style maven / We could make a little haven / Tell me what you're craving / / Let's make a dust bowl / We'll hit it like at the Rose Bowl / I do like sports / But I don't like wearin’ shorts / It's ok we could do it in the dark / If you got a candle let's light a spark / Everybody looks good in good lighting / Hey we could do it, we could go down fighting / / Baby I wanna let my hair down, / Baby I wanna let my hair down, / Baby I wanna let my hair
|
|
Nelly Furtado - Powerless (Say What You Want) [Instrumental] Lyrics & Meanings
|
|
Powerless (Say What You Want) [Instrumental] Lyrics & Meanings: Paint my face in your magazines / Make it look whiter than it seems / Paint me over with your dreams / Shove away my ethnicity / Burn every notion that I / May have a flame inside to fight / And say just what is on my mind / Without offending your might / / 'Cause this life is too short / To live it just for you / But when you feel so powerless / What are you gonna do? / / So say what you want / Say what you want / / I saw her face outside today / Weatherworn, lookin' all the rage / Took her passion and her gaze / And made a poster / Now it's moccasins we sport / We take the culture and contort / Perhaps only to distort / What we are hidin' / / 'Cause this life is too short / To live it just for you / But when you feel so powerless / What are you gonna do? / / But say what you want / Say what you want / Say, say / / Hey you, the one, the one outside / Are you gonna get in, get in? / Hey you, the one that don't fit in / How you, how you gonn
|
