Genius Meanings
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Owl City – On the Wing
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A song about how Adam felt the presence of love, for a brief moment, and how he longs to find it once again, in the form of Owl City.
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Owl City – Bird With A Broken Wing
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The sixth track off of the Owl City Album Mobile Orchestra, “Bird With A Broken Wing” is a song about the lone survivor of an apocalypse and what his thoughts would be like.
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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 – The Real World
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The first song of Owl City’s second major label album, All Things Bright and Beautiful, featuring one of his most quotable lyrics of all time.
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Owl City – House Wren
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[Verse 1] / I'm a house wren, hunting for a house / I haven't found one, I'm on the lookout / For a home to call my own / A private residence / Through the grapevine I heard an
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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 – Kelly Time
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[Verse 1] / Well, videotapes and ice skates are beautiful things / Like a birthday card for Johnny and a pair of angel wings / You were tryna light a fire, and all you wanted was a
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Owl City – The Meadow Lark
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[Verse 1] / Upon a winding forest road / I met a soldier far from home / I saw he was my enemy / So I aimed at him and he at me / Prepared was I, but loath to shoot / And he
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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 – Air Traffic
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6th track of Owl City’s “Maybe I’m Dreaming”.
Additional vocals by Breanne Düren.
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Owl City – Up All Night
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The second track from Owl City’s EP – Ultraviolet.
The song which is reminescent of Owl City’s breakthrough single, Fireflies, talks about a romantic exchange of longing between
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Owl City (Ft. Breanne Düren) – The Saltwater Room
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This song details a relationship between two people who are separated by distance. Although they truly love each other, the distance has made them grow apart and it seems as though
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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 – 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 – To The Sky
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The main song for Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, recorded exclusively for the film.
In September 2010, “To the Sky” was officially released via iTunes on the
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Owl City – This Is the Future
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“This Is The Future” is a dream-pop ballad that delivers a comforting reassurance of a happy ending. The song could be about awakening into a pleasant afterlife, which would be
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Owl City – Always
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[Verse 1] / When the road is long / And your strength is gone / Remember I am just a prayer away / When the way is hard / And you are faint of heart / Remember I am just a prayer
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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 – 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 – 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 – This Isn't the End
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Track number 3 from Owl City’s first in a series of EPs – Ultraviolet is a heart rending story of a little girl whose father commits suicide when she is very young. The song
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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 – 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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