Genius Meanings
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OneRepublic – Kids
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“Kids” is the second single from OneRepublic’s fourth studio album, Oh My My. The lyrics premiered on Genius on Aug. 11, 2016, and the song’s audio was released globally on Aug. 12
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OneRepublic – Kids (Alex Ross Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Days when / We'd fight, we'd fight 'til I would give in / Yeah, perfect disasters / We were reaching, reaching for the rafters / [Pre-Chorus] / And on most of the days
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OneRepublic – Run
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[Verse 1] / When I was a young boy living in the city / All I did was run, run, run, run, run / Staring at the lights, they look so pretty / Mama said "Son, son, son, son, son
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OneRepublic – Preacher
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This is the 11th track out of OneRepublic’s 2013 album Native and talks about lead singer Ryan Tedder’s late grandfather, who really was a preacher and was like a guide to Ryan
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OneRepublic – I Ain't Worried
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[Verse 1] / I don't know what you've been told / But time is running out, no need to take it slow / I'm stepping to you toe-to-toe / I should be scared, honey, maybe so / [Chorus
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OneRepublic – Connection
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OneRepublic’s second standalone-single of 2018, this song is unusually short – at two and a half minutes – yet lyrically dense, with a modern hip-hop influenced style.
Ryan Tedder
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OneRepublic – Distance
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[Verse 1] / I don't wanna only call your name when I'm brokenhearted, yeah / I already know how much I've got to lose, oh, ooh-oh, oh / I don't wanna have to crash and burn to be
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OneRepublic – Stop and Stare
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This song was OneRepublic’s second big hit, and it marked a crucial, “make it or break it” moment in their history, as recounted in the mini-documentary Don’t Look Down. Would “
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OneRepublic – I Lived
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“I Lived” is the fifth track on Native. It was also the last song covered on the Fox comedy-drama, Glee.
Frontman Ryan Tedder has stated in an interview with Radio.com that
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Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
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The first song on Imagine Dragons' debut album Night Visions gives off a revolutionary vibe, but leaves what is being changed up to interpretation. Some argue it is about nuclear
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OneRepublic – West Coast
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“West Coast” is the second single from OneRepublic’s upcoming sixth studio album. The song is an ode to the American state of California and evokes classic 1960s California sounds
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Kygo (Ft. OneRepublic) – Stranger Things
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Norwegian DJ Kygo and American pop-rock group OneRepublic fuse their unique styles for “Stranger Things” off Kygo’s second studio album Kids in Love.
OneRepublic vocalist Ryan
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Imagine Dragons – Demons
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“Demons” is the fourth single from Imagine Dragons' debut album, Night Visions, and the lead track for the band’s Demons (Remixes) – EP. The track is about acknowledging and
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OneRepublic – Counting Stars
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The first track on OneRepublic’s third studio album Native, “Counting Stars” was inspired by lead singer Ryan Tedder’s writing sessions with Beyonce in the Hamptons. The song has
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OneRepublic – Let's Hurt Tonight
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[Verse 1] / When, when we came home / Worn to the bones / I told myself, "this could get rough" / And when, when I was off, which happened a lot / You came to me and said, "that's
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Kygo & OneRepublic – Lose Somebody
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“Lose Somebody” is the fourth single off Kygo’s album Golden Hour. The song was teased, like singles before it, when Kygo started following OneRepublic on Instagram. On May 12th
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OneRepublic – Wanted
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This song has a colorful history: Ryan Tedder first started singing it live in the summer of 2018, with lyrics slightly different from the final version. OneRepublic waited over a
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Kygo (Ft. OneRepublic) – Stranger Things (Alan Walker Remix)
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[Intro] / Castles glitter under Spanish skies / But I'm just looking out for you tonight / [Verse 1] / We used to run around this ghost town / Always thinking out loud / Are we
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OneRepublic – Secrets
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“Secrets” reflects the struggles Ryan Tedder, the lead singer of OneRepublic, has faced in his writing career, being one of the most well-known and in-demand writers in the pop
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OneRepublic – Sunshine
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[Chorus] / Runnin' through this strange life / Chasin' all them green lights / Throwin' out the shade for a little bit of sunshine / Hit me with them good vibes / Pictures on my
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Buffalo Springfield – For What It's Worth
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“For What It’s Worth” is one of the most widely known protest songs of the 1960s. Recorded by Buffalo Springfield as a single, it was eventually released in 1967 on their self-
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OneRepublic – Future Looks Good
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[Verse 1] / Woke up starin' at this, starin' at this empty room / Looked at a thousand different pictures that your mother took of you / You see, I had this crazy dream last night
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Imagine Dragons – Believer
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“Believer” thunders around a percussive backbeat and expressive vocals from Dan Reynolds to bring about a message of embracing pain, and using it as a tool for personal growth. It
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OneRepublic – All the Right Moves
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[Chorus 1] / All the right friends in all the right places / So yeah, we're going down / They've got / All the right moves and all the right faces / So yeah, we're going down / [
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OneRepublic – Feel Again
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“Feel Again” is the lead single for Native.
Part of the earnings of the song will be donated to Save the Children’s Every Beat Matters campaign.
The song could be about someone
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X Ambassadors – Renegades
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“Renegades” is the second single off their debut album VHS.
The song was made explicitly for the purpose of a commercial tie-in with the 2015 Jeep Renegade. Olivier Francois
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OneRepublic – RUNAWAY
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[Intro] / Run away / Right now, let's just run away / All that talk is killin' me / One last shot, hold onto me, oh / [Verse 1] / There's something I gotta say to ya / There's
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twenty one pilots – Heathens
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“Heathens” premiered in June 2016 and was the first new single from twenty one pilots following the success of their 2015 album, Blurryface, and its singles. Billboard hinted
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KIDZ BOP Kids – I Lived
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Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall / Hope when the water rises, you built a wall / Hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name / Hope if
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KIDZ BOP Kids – I Ain't Worried
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[Verse 1] / I don't know what you've been told / But time is runnin' out, no need to take it slow / I'm stepping to you toe-to-toe / I should be scared, honey, maybe so / [Chorus
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