 Genius Meanings
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Portishead – Seven Months
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[Verse 1] / How can I forget you / Disregard how I feel / Silently listen / To the words I can't see / [Chorus 1] / As long as I have tried / As low as I can be / I will never
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Portishead – Only You
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The music video was directed by Chris Cunningham.
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Portishead – All Mine
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[Verse 1] / All the stars may shine bright / All the clouds may be white / But when you smile / Oh, how I feel so good / That I can hardly wait / To hold you / Enfold you / Never
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Portishead – Mourning Air
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[Verse 1] / Did I see a moment with you / In a half lit world / I'm frightened to believe / But I must try / If I stumble if I fall / [Refrain] / I'm reaching out in this mourning
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Portishead – Elysium
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[Verse 1] / No one has said / What the truth should be / And no one decided / That I'd feel this way / If you felt as I / Would you betray yourself? / [Hook] / But you can't deny
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Portishead – Over
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“Over” is the second single from Portishead self-titled sophomore album.
The music video was directed by Chris Bran.
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Portishead – Western Eyes
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[Verse 1] / Forgotten throes of another's life / The heart of love is our only light / Faithless screeds, consolidating / Holding down sweet charity / [Pre-Chorus] / With western
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Portishead – Half Day Closing
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[Verse 1] / In the days of golden days / When everybody knew what they wanted / It ain't here today / [Verse 2] / Through the times of lasting love / When parents talked of things
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Portishead – Undenied
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[Verse 1] / Your softly spoken words / Release my whole desire / Undenied / Totally / [Hook] / And so bare is my heart / I can't hide / And so where does my heart / Belong? / [
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Portishead – Cowboys
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[Verse 1] / Did you sweep us far from your feet? / Reset in stone this stark belief? / Salted eyes and a sordid dye / Too many years / [Chorus] / But don't despair / This day will
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Portishead – Humming
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Closer / No hesitation / Give me / All that you have / And it's been so long, that I can't explain / And it's been so wrong / Right now, so wrong / Naked / My thoughts are creeping
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Simon & Garfunkel – Mrs. Robinson
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During the filming of the 1967 film The Graduate, director Mike Nichols, who had become a fan of Simon & Garfunkel’s work, asked for permission to use their music in the soundtrack
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Lupe Fiasco – Jonylah Forever
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In this song, Lupe raps about an alternate reality in which Jonylah Watkins, 6-month-old baby who was shot dead in Chicago in 2013, grows up to become an ambitious woman. In this
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Massive Attack (Ft. Horace Andy) – Angel
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Angel is the opening track of Massive Attack’s third album Mezzanine. It samples “Lost Bongo in Belgium” by The Incredible Bongo Band.
Originally, Angel was intended to be a
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Radiohead – Street Spirit (Fade Out)
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A song about the futility of life, the pointlessness of existence and the certainty of death.
The song is a fitting end to a quite depressing album in which Yorke ends with a
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Nirvana – All Apologies
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An acoustic fan favorite, “All Apologies” has Kurt Cobain “apologizing” for how he behaves, in a way he summarized as “Peaceful, happy, comfort”. He went on to dedicate it to his
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Muse – Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)
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“Neutron Star Collision (Love Is Forever)” is the lead single from The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
Throughout the song, Bellamy reflects on the
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RZA (Ft. Ol' Dirty Bastard) – Kiss of a Black Widow
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[Ol' Dirty Bastard (RZA)] / Let me tell y'all all something motherfuckers / (Oh you complaining about that man?) / Yeah them motherfuckers belong to us / Straight up, tell all ya'
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Lovage – To Catch a Thief
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[Intro] / I feel that you shouldn't get involved in an intimate relationship / Until you are emotionally mature enough to handle it / Totally able to cope with your feelings and
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TORRES – Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head
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[Verse 1] / If we're calling off the funeral / Then I'm calling for a hitching / Just when I thought that it was over / It was only just beginning / I know you've been here time
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Gwen Stefani (Ft. Akon) – The Sweet Escape
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“The Sweet Escape” was released as the second single from Stefani’s album of the same name. The song features guest vocals from Akon, which marks the first collaboration between
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