 Genius Meanings
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Owl City – Hello Seattle (Ocean Eyes Version)
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In many Owl City songs, Adam creatively sings from the points of view of his nature-oriented characters. This song is no exception with Adam taking on the varied personas of a
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Owl City – Hello Seattle (Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Hello Seattle, I am a mountaineer / In the hills and highlands / I fall asleep in hospital parking lots / And awake in your mouth / [Verse 2] / Hello Seattle, I am a
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Owl City – Hello Seattle (Ocean Eyes Version) Samples
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See all of “Hello Seattle (Ocean Eyes Version)” by Owl City’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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Owl City – Hello Seattle (Of June Version)
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Hello Seattle, I am a mountaineer / In the hills and highlands / I fall asleep in hospital parking lots / And awake in your mouth / Hello Seattle, I am a manta ray / Deep beneath
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Owl City Explains The Lyrics To “Fireflies” In Hilarious Detail
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He broke out the biology textbook on this one.
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Diberhaze – RESCUED
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Owl City – Butterfly Wings
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[Verse 1] / If I was a raindrop / Would you be my thunderstorm? / It's cold so surround me / With rain clouds to keep me warm / I feel like I'm falling / So darling don't let me go
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Owl City – Dental Care
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[Verse 1] / I brush my teeth, and look in the mirror / And laugh out loud as I'm beaming from ear to ear / I'd rather pick flowers, instead of fights / And rather than flaunt my
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Owl City – The Airway
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[Verse 1] / When I am fast asleep / I dream and see you floating high above me / And I awake at dawn / Before the rays of morning paint the front lawn / From on the bedroom floor
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Owl City – The Bird and the Worm
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[Verse 1] / If you're the bird / Whenever we pretend it's summer / Then I'm the worm / I know the part, it's such a bummer / But fair is fair / If my segments get separated / I'll
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Owl City – Fireflies
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“Fireflies”, Owl City’s debut single, was an international smash hit, effectively launching the genre Twee into the mainstream. It reached #1 in the US in November 2009.
The song
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Owl City – Umbrella Beach
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In “Umbrella Beach”, Adam discusses a place in his childhood where he felt comforted and reflects back on fondly now as an adult. He uses metaphors to describe the fantasy games he
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Owl City – Meteor Shower
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse] / I can finally see / That You're right there beside me / [Chorus] / I am not my own / For I have been made new / Please don't let me go / I
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Owl City – The Tip of the Iceberg
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[Verse 1] / Welcome back, winter, once again / And put on your warm fuzzy sweater 'cause you'll feel much better when / The snowflakes fall gently to the ground / The temperature
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Owl City – Rugs From Me To You
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[Verse 1] / Toupee or not toupee / That is the question / It refused to stay as it all turned grey / William Shakespeare's receding hair / Please excuse the pun / 'It's hair today
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Owl City – Designer Skyline
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This song describes an architect designing a city. It starts out with a design on paper and slowly transforms into a real city. This could be seen as a metaphor describing how Adam
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Owl City – Fuzzy Blue Lights
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[Verse 1] / If I could look across the country / From California to New Jersey / Then I would count the parks and lake resorts / And number all the jets and airports / All those
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Owl City – Panda Bear
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[Verse 1] / I'm moving to Tokyo / 'Cause I'm tired of San Francisco / My contracts are finally void / And I am getting out / [Verse 2] / On houses and building tops / I swallow the
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Owl City – Sunburn
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[Verse 1] / So there we were, back home from somewhere inside my head / Oh, bravely I fought off the monsters beneath her bed / Pillars of postwar books supported my frame of mind
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Owl City – Vanilla Twilight
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“Vanilla Twilight” is slower and softer than Owl City’s electronica songs, and radiates feelings of both coziness and melancholy at once. It tells of the narrator’s longing to be
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Owl City – Strawberry Avalanche
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This song explores a fictional world filled with fruit mountains, avalanches, and constellations, which is later revealed to be an elaborate imaginative romp during an outdoor
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Owl City – Hot Air Balloon
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This song, alongside “Strawberry Avalanche” were two promotional singles released in 2009 by Adam Young, the brains behind the electronic/synthpop project, Owl City before the
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Owl City - Vanilla Twilight (Tradução em Português)
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[Tradução de "Vanilla Twilight" com Owl City] / [Verso 1] / As estrelas se inclinam para te beijar / E eu deito acordado sentindo sua falta / Me sirva uma dose pesada de atmosfera
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Owl City – Swimming In Miami
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[Verse 1] / I'm alone above the atmosphere / And no one looking up can find me here / 'Cause I can close my eyes and disappear / When I climb the stairs to watch the sun / Above
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Owl City – Captains and Cruise Ships
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Captains and Cruise Ships is a happy tempo, sad lyric story of Adam Young’s longing to be closer to his faraway love. The majority of the song tells of the distances between the
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Owl City – Cave In
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[Verse 1] / Please take a long hard look / Through your text book, cause I'm history / When I strap my helmet on I'll be long gone / 'Cause I've been dying to leave / Yeah, I'll
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Owl City (Ft. Matthew Thiessen) – Tidal Wave
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“Tidal Wave” is a song about dealing with depression. It starts out with the narrator reflecting on his feelings of guilt and hopelessness, but the tone shifts in the final verse
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Owl City – Fireflies (Adam Young Remix)
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The official remixed version of Owl City’s breakthrough and most recognizable single.
This version was remixed by Adam himself and was included as an exclusive iTunes track on the
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Owl City – If My Heart Was a House
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[Verse 1] / You're the sky that I fell through / And I remember the view whenever I'm holding you / The sun hung from a string / Looking down on the world as it warms over
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Owl City – The Saltwater Room (Ocean Eyes Version)
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[Verse 1: Adam Young] / I opened my eyes last night and saw you in the low light / Walking down by the bay, on the shore / Staring up at the stars that aren't there anymore / I was
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Genius Brasil Traduções – Owl City - Fireflies (Tradução em Português)
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“Fireflies”, o single de estreia de Owl City, alcançou o topo das paradas em 24 países, inclusive na Billboard Hot 100. A canção foi inspirada por estrelas cadentes em um
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