 Genius Meanings
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Queens of the Stone Age – Give the Mule What He Wants
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / You'll want it, you'll want it Sunday / He'll eat it, he'll eat it one day / How long, long, long / Do I wait, wait? / Be the mule that you gotta
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Queens of the Stone Age – You Can’t Quit Me Baby
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The persona sings in second person about a “psycho” obsession he/she (just referred to he/him from here on out, but a gender is not explicitly given in the song) has with someone
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Queens of the Stone Age – If Only
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“If Only” was released as the lead single off of QotSA’s debut album.
An early version, entitled “If Only Everything,” was released on 1997’s shared Kyuss / Queens of the Stone
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Queens of the Stone Age – Mexicola
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“Mexicola” is about being in a jail in Mexico.
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Queens of the Stone Age – Regular John
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In North American English slang, the clients of prostitutes may also be referred to as “johns” or “tricks.” A “regular John” may therefore be taken to mean an individual who
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Queens of the Stone Age – Avon
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A rough cut of the song named “Nova” was released through Josh Homme’s Desert Sessions. “Avon” is nova spelled backwards.
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Queens of the Stone Age – You Would Know
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“You Would Know” consists of mellow guitars and soft vocals, which serve to exemplify Josh Homme’s feelings of discontent as seen in the lyrics and droning chorus.
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Queens of the Stone Age – How to Handle a Rope
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“How To Handle a Rope” is the third and final single of Queens of the Stone Age’s debut album.
The song was renamed to “How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)” on the album
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Queens of the Stone Age – I Was a Teenage Hand Model
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“I Was A Teenage Hand Model” is the final song on Queens of the Stone Age’s debut album, and the second single from that record. It reportedly recounts a meeting writer Josh Homme
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Queens of the Stone Age – Walkin’ on the Sidewalks
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This songs cryptic lyrics depicts a dreamlike atmosphere that sways between beautiful and nightmarish. The robotic riffs are accompanied by sexy and stylish guitar solos, making a
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Bronze
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“The Bronze” was released on the Queens of the Stone Age/Beaver The Split CD EP. Over a decade later it was included in the track-list of the re-issue of Queen of the Stone Age’s
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Queens of the Stone Age – These Aren't The Droids You're Looking For
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“These aren’t The Droids You’re Looking For” was released on the The Split CD EP. Over a decade later it was included in the track-list of the re-issue of Queen of the Stone Age’s
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James Joyce – Ulysses (Chap. 15 - Circe)
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Faithfull Place, off Lower Tyrone Street, where this chapter is located. Image via The National Archives of Ireland.
CIRCE
TIME: 12.00 midnight.
SCENE: Bella Cohen’s Brothel
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Richard F. Burton – Arabian Nights, Vol. 8 (Chap. 3)
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Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad / There was once in tides of yore and in ages and times long gone before, in the city of Baghdad, a fisherman, Khalífah hight, a pauper wight, who
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Richard F. Burton – Arabian Nights, Vol. 3 (Chap. 13)
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Tale Of Kamar Al Zaman / That there was in times of yore and in ages long gone before a King called Shahrimán,[FN#220] who was lord of many troops and guards, and officers, and who
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Richard F. Burton – Arabian Nights, Vol. 8 (Chap. 4)
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Masrur And Zayn Al-Mawasif.[FN#308] / There was once in days of yore and in ages and times long gone before a man and a merchant Masrúr hight, who was of the comeliest of the folk
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Richard F. Burton – Arabian Nights,Vol. 2 (Chap. 3)
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Tale of King Omar Bin Al-Nu'uman and His Sons Sharrkan and Zau Al-Makan / And What Befel Them of Things Seld-Seen and Peregrine.[FN#138] / The King asked her, "And what was their
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