 Genius Meanings
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Phish – Bug
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[Verse 1] / There’ve been times when I wonder / And times when I don’t / Concepts I’ll ponder / And concepts I won’t ever see / God isn’t one of these / Former or latter / [Pre-
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Cavetown – Boys Will Be Bugs
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“Boys Will Be Bugs” is the first track of the split EP Animal Kingdom: Comet.
This song is about the toxic masculinity toward teenage boys that is portrayed in society. Robbie
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Phish – Alaska
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[Verse:] / I Always had to tell her to relax[x3] / And a cat can slip indoors, through multitudes of cracks / But it’s funny what they’ll do / Cause cracks lead outside too / When
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Phish – Fluffhead
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The song that most Phish fans think of as “Fluffhead” is actually a combination of two tracks from their debut album Junta: “Fluffhead” and “Fluff’s Travels”. The portion published
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Phish – The Lizards
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“The Lizards” forms a central portion of the narrative featured in songwriter Trey Anastasio’s senior thesis project The Man Who Stepped Into Yesterday. The song is told from the
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Phish – Sand
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[Verse 1] / If you can heal the symptoms but not affect the cause / It’s quite a bit like trying to heal a gunshot wound with gauze / If you instead attempt to wrest the pistol
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Phish – Mist
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This song is more commonly known as “Mountains in the Mist,” but according to phish.net, appears exclusively on the Japanese release of Farmhouse under the name “Mist.”
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Phish – Gotta Jibboo
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[Chorus] / Mama sing sing when she gotta jibboo / Papa sing gotta jibboo / Mama sing sing when she gotta jibboo / Papa sing gotta jibboo too / Mama sing sing when she gotta jibboo
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Phish – Sleep
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[Verse 1] / I can’t describe the feeling when / I’m in my bed asleep and then / I wake up with a vision blurred / And all my efforts are deterred / To reconstruct this image lost
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Phish – Twist
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[Intro] / (I spoke your name for many days) / (Pronouncing it in several ways, ah) / [Verse] / I spoke your name for many days / Pronouncing it in several ways / And moving letters
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Phish – Heavy Things
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[Chorus] / Things are falling down on me / Heavy things I could not see / When I finally came around / Something small would pin me down / When I tried, to step aside / I moved to
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Phish – Back on the Train
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[Verse 1] / When I jumped off, I had a bucket full of thoughts / When I first jumped off I held that bucket in my hand / Ideas that would take me all around the world / I stood and
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Phish – Dirt
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[Intro] / Washed on the shore / Washed on the shore / [Verse] / I’d like to live beneath the dirt / A tiny space to move and breathe / Is all that I would ever need / I wanna live
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Dave Matthews Band – Big Eyed Fish
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[Verse 1] / Look at this big-eyed fish swimmin' in the sea / Oh, how it dreams to be a bird, swoopin', divin' through the breeze / So one day caught a big old wave up on to the
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Phish – First Tube
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[Instrumental]
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Reel Big Fish – Beer
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“Beer” is one of Reel Big Fish’s biggest hits, and it remains a favorite among fans and talk-radio bumper music listeners alike.
As one of the band’s oldest songs (and one of the
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Tame Impala – Elephant
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Tame Impala’s first major hit was inspired by the arrogant bands and artists that Kevin Parker encountered in the Perth rock scene; who were certain of their future success. In
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Ayesha Erotica – Yummy
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“Yummy”, is a single written and produced by Ayesha Erotica. It plays on the theme of self-love.
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2Pac (Ft. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman) – California Love
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2Pac and Dr. Dre rap about the many facets that accompany living the California lifestyle.
Arguably his most famous song, it was the first track he released after his stint in
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Butthole Surfers – Pepper
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The song is centered around average people (or people in general) dying in modern times.
Most of the main characters are his friends from high school, as revealed by one of the
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Rick Ross – Push It
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“Push It” is the second single from rapper Rick Ross' debut album Port of Miami. It samples “Scarface (Push It to the Limit)” (keeping with the theme of the album) and the story of
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Mac Miller – 2009
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“2009” is a reflective journey from the year before Mac’s breakout mixtape, K.I.D.S, was released to the present day. He speaks to the listener about the lessons he’s learned and
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Reel Big Fish – Sell Out
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This song was a sarcastic response to all the flack they got from signing to a major label (Atlantic Records).
Reel Big Fish was on a major label from 2000 – 2005 and has been
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Led Zeppelin – Good Times Bad Times
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The opening track of Led Zeppelin’s eponymous album featured the musical prowess held by all band members, ranging from the unique vocal performances to the different take on
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Big Sean (Ft. Chance the Rapper & Jeremih) – Living Single
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“Living Single” first surfaced online in July of 2016 and was reported as an unreleased track from Chance’s Coloring Book studio sessions.
Later that year, on December 17, Big
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Talking Heads – The Great Curve
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The song is a noisy yet hypnotic piece with an
ultra-fast driving riff along with afrobeat inspired bongos and harmonizing horns, the chorus has multiple singers creating a complex
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