Genius Meanings
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Queens of the Stone Age – Suture Up Your Future
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Introducing an acoustic version of Suture to a Dutch audience in 2007, Homme described the track as emotional, “about looking forward, and not giving a fuck what’s behind”.
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Queens of the Stone Age – 3's & 7's
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“3’s and 7’s” was released as the second single off of Era Vulgaris. Despite the misleading name, skittish guitar and erratic tempo changes, this song is actually in a run-of-the-
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Queens of the Stone Age – Turnin’ on the Screw
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This song is somewhere between a self-deprecating reflection on the fleeting nature of fame and a diss on people who embrace bitterness and aloofness as lifestyle choices. Hipsters
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Queens of the Stone Age – Battery Acid
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“Battery Acid” follows up on lots of themes covered throughout the album so far. The facades of fame, sex, control and power, and identity. Battery acid as a substance is extremely
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Queens of the Stone Age – Into the Hollow
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Homme has previously explored the feeling of hollowness on songs such as “Everybody Knows That You Are Insane” off of Queens' preceding album Lullabies to Paralyze.
The lyrical
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Queens of the Stone Age – Running Joke
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[Verse 1] / When I was a little boy, I looked under the stairs / The king and the pawns were caught unawares / Standing in the shadows, a whisperer to be / Just fishing in the
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Queens of the Stone Age – Misfit Love
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“Misfit Love” tells the story of someone going from a small town to a city and thinking they are “hot shit” (as singer Josh Homme has said about the song) only to learn that they
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Queens of the Stone Age (Ft. Mark Lanegan) – River in the Road
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[Verse 1: Josh Homme] / A fast approaching monster, marching in a row / Grab what slips your mind and what your memory won't hold / Run, darling, run, I'll stall them if I can
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Queens of the Stone Age – Run, Pig, Run
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[Instrumental Intro] / [Verse 1] / When I was young, we used to play the game of hide and seek / Someone go hide, I count to ten / You probably never played, instead you talk a
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Queens of the Stone Age – Make It wit Chu
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One of the sexiest rock songs of the 21st Century, “Make It Wit Chu” was released as the third and last single of the album. Upon its release, many hardcore QotSA fans felt that
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Queens of the Stone Age – I'm Designer
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[Verse 1] / My generation's for sale, beats a steady job / How much have you got? / My generation don't trust no one, it's hard to blame / Not even ourselves / The thing that's
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Queens of the Stone Age (Ft. Trent Reznor) – Era Vulgaris
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The Latin term “Era Vulgaris” actually translates to ‘Common Era’, instead of ‘Vulgar Era’ as one might guess. Josh Homme chose it because “It sounds like ‘the Vulgar Era’, which I
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Queens of the Stone Age – Sick, Sick, Sick
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‘Sick, Sick, Sick’ was the first single from Era Vulgaris. It features the Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas on backing vocals and synth guitar.
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Queens of the Stone Age – The Fun Machine Took a Shit & Died
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“The Fun Machine Took a Shit & Died” was released as a promotional single off of Era Vulgaris. It was not included in the original version of the album, but made its way onto
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