 Genius Meanings
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R.E.M. – Near Wild Heaven
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A song about the twilight of a relationship – the feeling is gone, but the breakup hasn’t happened yet.
This is one of the handfull of R.E.M. songs with bassist Mike Mills on lead
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R.E.M. – Near Wild Heaven - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Verse 1: Mike Mills] / Whenever we hold each other / We hold each other / There's a feeling that's gone / Something has gone wrong / And I don't know how much longer I can take it
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R.E.M. – Get Up - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Intro] / Sleep delays my life (get up, get up) / Where, where does time go? (get up, get up, get up) / I don't know / [Bridge] / Sleep, sleep, sleepy head (get up, get up, get up
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R.E.M. – Rocker with vocal
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[Verse 1] / Will I really raise a solar system? / Gotta get it done just right for you / What's a couple of stars / When you're talking 'bout a ground-zero holiday? / I was
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R.E.M. – Pop Song 89 - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Verse 1] / Hello, how are you, I know you, I knew you / I think I can remember your name (name) / Hello, I'm sorry, I lost myself / I think I thought you were someone else / [
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R.E.M. – 40 Sec. (40 Second Song Demo)
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[Non-lyrical Vocalizing]
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R.E.M. – Let Me In (Remix)
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[Verse 1] / Yeah, all those stars drip down like butter / And promises are sweet / We hold out our pans with our hands to catch them / We eat them up, drink them up, up, up, up / [
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R.E.M. – Untitled Demo 2
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[Instrumental]
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R.E.M. – Undertow - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Verse 1] / I know what I wanted, I know what I wanted / I know how I wanted this to be / Go down to the water, drink down of the water / Walk up off the water, leave it be / But
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R.E.M. – It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Intro, spoken] / Okay, well here we go / Gimme that beat, boy / Free my soul / [Verse 1] / That's great, it starts with an earthquake / Birds and snakes, an aeroplane / Lenny
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R.E.M. – Everybody Hurts - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Verse 1] / When the day is long / And the night, the night is yours alone / When you think you've had too much / Of this life, well, hang on / [Chorus] / Don't let yourself go / '
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R.E.M. – Monty Got a Raw Deal - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Verse 1] / Monty, this seems strange to me / The movies had that movie thing / But nonsense has a welcome ring / And heroes don't come easily / Now, nonsense isn't new to me / I
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R.E.M. – Crush With Eyeliner (Remix)
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[Intro] / La la la la la / La / [Verse 1] / I know you / I know you've seen her / She's a sad tomato / She's three miles of bad road / Walking down the street / Will I never meet
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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion 2 (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Oh, life is bigger / It's bigger than you, and you are not me / The lengths that I will go to / The distance in your eyes / Oh no, I've said too much / [Pre-Chorus
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R.E.M. – Star 69 - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Verse 1] / You don't have to take the bar exam to see / What you've did is Ignoramus 103 / What've I got to hang my hat on, you don't have a pot to pee in / All this just to be
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R.E.M. – Revolution 4-21
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[Intro] / Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / [Verse 1] / Your revolution is a silly idea, yeah / All your friends are feeling mad / It's like you need a reason
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R.E.M. – Blackbirds (Half a World Away Demo)
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[Verse 1] / This could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen / Turn to a miracle, high-alive / My mind is racing, as it always will / I'm half a world away / My hurricane, my shoes
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R.E.M. – Bang and Blame (Remix)
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[Verse 1] / If you could see yourself now, baby / It's not my fault / You used to be so in control / You're going to roll right over this one / Just roll me over, let me go / You'
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R.E.M. – I Don't Sleep, I Dream (Remix)
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[Verse 1] / I'm looking for an interruption / Do you believe? / You looking to dig my dreams / Be prepared for anything / You come into my little scene / Hooray, hooray, hip-hip
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R.E.M. – Orange Crush - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Verse] / (Follow me, don't follow me) / I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush / (Collar me, don't collar me) / I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush / (We are agents
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R.E.M. – Texarkana (Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Went to take a ride out in the county / Trying to forget about me and you / Made believe, can't you see / It's coming up a storm and I am gone / Change the medium
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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion
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“Losing My Religion” was released as a single in February 1991, in advance of R.E.M.’s album, Out of Time, where it appeared as the second track.
It became R.E.M’s biggest hit
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R.E.M. – Strange Currencies (Remix)
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[Verse 1] / I don't know why you're mean to me / When I call on the telephone / And I don't know what you mean to me / But I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out, sign
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R.E.M. – Me in Honey
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This song is about an unexpected pregnancy told from the point of view of the father-to-be. Michael Stipe wrote it as a counterpoint/response to the 10,000 Maniacs song “Eat for
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R.E.M. – Losing My Religion - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Spoken Intro] / This song was made popular in 1973 when I was 13 years old by B.J. Thomas. We've only covered it one time before, so please bear with us. But I think you'll enjoy
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R.E.M. – So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) - Live in Chicago / 1995
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[Intro, spoken] / So, thanks for coming out tonight / I'm Michael, that's Peter, that's Mike, that's Bill, we're R.E.M / Here's a song / [Verse 1] / Did you never call? I waited
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R.E.M. – Half a World Away
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[Verse 1] / This could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen / I turn to a miracle, high-alive / My mind is racing, as it always will / My hands tired, my heart aches / I'm half a
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The Cure – Just Like Heaven
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“Just Like Heaven” was the third single from Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me It was inspired by a trip Robert Smith took with his then-girlfriend (future wife) Mary Poole to Beachy Head
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R.E.M. – Endgame
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[Instrumental]
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R.E.M. (Ft. KRS-One) – Radio Song
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[Intro: KRS-One] / Hey, I can't find nothing on the radio / Uh, yo, turn to that station / [Chorus: Michael Stipe] / The world is collapsing around our ears / I turned up the radio
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Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
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“Wish You Were Here” is the title track on Pink Floyd’s 1975 album. The song’s lyrics encompass writer Roger Waters‘ feelings of alienation from other people, drawing particular
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R.E.M. – Country Feedback
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Stipe has said at concerts that this is his favorite R.E.M. song.
This and “Losing My Religion” are both songs about the band struggling to maintain their identity and integrity
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R.E.M. – Shiny Happy People
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“Shiny Happy People” was the second single from REM’s Out Of Time album. It was inspired by a Chinese propaganda poster that the government there released after the infamous bloody
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R.E.M. – Texarkana
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The title is a reference to the city of Texarkana (located on the border of Texas and Arkansas), originally mentioned in the chorus before it was changed.
Mike Mills sings lead
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R.E.M. – Belong
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In “Radio Song,” KRS-One raps, “Now our children grow up prisoners/All their lives, radio listeners.”
Since this song has a reference to a child, a barricade, and a radio, it
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R.E.M. – Low
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[Verse 1] / Dusk is dawn is day / Where did it go? / I've been laughing / Fast and slow / Moving in a still frame / Howling at the moon / Morning found me laughing / Up and down
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Juice WRLD (Ft. Kid Cudi) – All Life Long (Good Time)
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“All Life Long,” also known to fans as “Good Time,” is a currently unreleased collaboration between Juice WRLD and Kid Cudi. On this Take a Daytrip production, Juice reminisces
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Talking Heads – This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)
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Once described by frontman David Byrne as “the most direct love lyrics that I’ve ever written”, the island-y vibe of this beautiful song is the soundtrack for when everything in
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Nas – Shootouts
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Shootouts is exactly what it sounds: Classic Nas weaving vivid stories about being a murderous thug in Queens. The first part refers to Nas and Jungle killing a notoroiously
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Kanye West & André 3000 – Life Of The Party
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“Life Of The Party” is a collaboration with André 3000. Its title is a term Ye has used in his song “Jesus Lord” to refer to his late mother Donda West.
A version of the song was
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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Scar Tissue
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The first single off of Californication describes the struggles addicts go through to get sober and how they are viewed different when they return to reality. Scar tissue is a good
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The Cure – Pictures of You
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“Pictures of You” is the fourth and final single released from Disintegration. It reached the top 30 in the UK and Germany, and was a minor hit in the US and The Netherlands.
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