 Genius Meanings
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Oasis – Waiting for the Rapture
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“Waiting for the Rapture” is a fan favorite song about the time Noel met his future (and current) wife Sara MacDonald.
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Oasis – The Turning
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“The Turning” is a mid tempo song with lyrics centered around religious themes and the eventual end of everything. Fittingly, the song has backing vocals provided by the National
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Oasis – To Be Where There's Life
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[Verse 1] / Days, turning to night / Pray for the light / Let me come through / Let me take you / Way over the line / [Verse 2] / Everyone fallin', everyone fallin' / Jailers come
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The Smashing Pumpkins – The Everlasting Gaze
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Both the lead single and opening track for Machina, “The Everlasting Gaze” was released on December 9, 1999, complete with a music video directed by the Grammy award-winning artist
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Oasis – Falling Down
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“Falling Down” was the third and last single to be released off of Dig Out Your Soul (as well as the last single ever by Oasis, as they split up in 2009). In 2010 it was included
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Oasis – The Shock of the Lightning
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“The Shock Of The Lightning” was released as the lead single off Oasis' comeback album, Dig Out Your Soul. In 2010 it was included in the singles collection Time Flies… 1994-2009.
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Oasis – Bag It Up
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“Bag It Up” is a song about doing drugs as a kid, set to a heavy riff and thumping drums.
After titling it “Bag It Up”, Gallagher was unaware that Geri Halliwell had recorded a
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Oasis – The Nature of Reality
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[Verse] / The nature of reality / Is pure subjective fantasy / Space and time and here and now / Are only in your mind / Machine of god and devil too / With no weapons just the
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The Doors – Five to One
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The Doors' “Five to One” is possibly most contemporarily known for it’s sample by Kanye West for Jay-Z’s diss-track of Mobb Deep and Nas, “Takeover”.
In the song, Morrison uses
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Sublime – Santeria
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This was written about a guy contemplating using black magic, voodoo, or “santeria” – anything he can to get back his girl.
Instrumentally, Sublime had already released a version
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Oasis – Ain't Got Nothin'
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One of Liam’s three contributions to the record.
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Oasis – Ain't Got Nothin'
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One of Liam’s three contributions to the record.
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Oasis – (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady
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“(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady” is a slow tempo, bass heavy psychedelic tour into the sunset.
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Oasis – Soldier On
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“Soldier On” is a mellow mid tempo rocker about keeping on trying.
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Oasis – I'm Outta Time
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“I’m Outta Time” was released as the second single off Dig Out Your Soul. In 2010 it was included in the singles collection Time Flies… 1994-2009.
Written by Liam Gallagher, he
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Blondie – The Tide Is High
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Blondie’s early 1981 chart-topping cover of Jamaican group The Paragons song was the lead single of the album Autoamerican, where they incorporated elaborate orchestration, heard
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Canibus – RTJ2INfinity
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[Samples] / The body is the surface of the mind / We've got infinite power / This is a story of a man that was before his time / [Hook] x3 / (Rakim) / In this journey you're the
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Pedro The Lion – Magazine
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“Magazine” continues the albums exploration of the disconnect between surface and content through the metaphor of a magazine cover. The song addresses dualities and the way that
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds – Be Careful What You Wish For
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“Be Careful What You Wish For” is a mid tempo rocker driven by a Beatles-esque bassline. In a BBC 2 (with Chris Evans) interview, Noel said that he wrote the song for his children
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Canibus – Rip The Jacker 2 IIIFINITY DVD LP - 9.14.2012
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I was chasing a Tri Oasis Till I found something amazing in me. Adjacent matrix I've been anticipating and waiting with a slave's patients ... meaning. Ask a ...
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Evelyn Evelyn – Tragic Events - Part II
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[Voiced - Evelyn, Evelyn, both] / Are you crying, Evelyn? / No... Well, yes. I was just thinking about Sandy. And about Bimba and Kimba. I miss them, Evelyn / I know, I miss them
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Charles Dickens – DAVID COPPERFIELD (CHAP. 33)
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CHAPTER 33. BLISSFUL / All this time, I had gone on loving Dora, harder than ever. Her idea was my refuge in disappointment and distress, and made some amends to me, even for
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