Genius Meanings
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Senses Fail – Steven
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The opening track of From the Depths of Dreams about a friend’s death.
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Senses Fail – Buried a Lie
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The title is a clever play on the phrase “Buried Alive”. The girl was buried as a “Lie” because she was thought to have committed suicide when she was actually murdered.
Going
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Senses Fail – Bloody Romance
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“Bloody Romance” is also featured on the band’s compilation album Follow Your Bliss: The Best of Senses Fail.
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Senses Fail – Lady in a Blue Dress
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The second track off Senses Fail’s debut album, Let It Unfold You, called “Lady in a Blue Dress” talks about a woman struggling with self-worth.
The album was reissued in November
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Senses Fail – The Ground Folds
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An acoustic version of “The Ground Folds” that has slightly different lyrics is featured on the re-release of From the Depths of Dreams.
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Senses Fail – Let It Enfold You
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The songs title comes from a poem by Charles Bukowski (An American-German poet).
It’s about uh… living in the moment and being happy with who you are, and finding happiness and
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Senses Fail – Tie Her Down
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[Verse 1] / So love me gently with a chainsaw / And take the glass against your wrists / You know I am your worst nightmare / Oh how you love my bloody kiss / But it's time to die
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Senses Fail – Renacer
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The opening and title track of Senses Fail’s fifth album. This song was written specifically to be the first song on the album to set the heavy tone. It shows the listener that
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Senses Fail – NJ Falls into the Atlantic
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[Intro] / And it's four AM and we will stalk again / The princess and her bitter queen / On the fourth day of July / Deep in Summer's eye / Naked like the truth should always be
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Senses Fail – Dreaming a Reality
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“Dreaming a Reality” from Senses Fail’s EP From the Depths of Dreams.
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Senses Fail – The Path
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Lyrically it’s about someone who is too hung up on their own shit. Someone who’s just too afraid to make a change or movement. Too afraid to really try to start comprehending the
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Senses Fail – American Death
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“American Death” is a bonus track from Senses Fail’s debut album Let It Enfold You.
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Senses Fail – Choke on This
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[Verse 1] / Half smoked cigarettes and you're the trash that infests my sheets / Can't make a wife out of a whore, don't want your skin on me / [Pre-Chorus] / And you're, you're
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Senses Fail – One Eight Seven
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“One Eight Seven” is featured on both the EP From the Depths of Dreams and the greatest hits album Follow Your Bliss: The Best of Senses Fail. The term One Eight Seven is slang
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Senses Fail – Bastard Son
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“Bastard Son” is about Senses Fail vocalist Buddy Nielsen’s father who left him and his family.
This song is featured as a B-Side from “Rum Is For Drinking, Not For Burning.”
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Senses Fail – Canine
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I used to live this life like I was dead / So scared so trapped so alone in my own head / I wasted, I wasted / I was drunk in the gutter where no one could hear me scream / We are
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Senses Fail – Slow Dance
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[Verse 1] / If you pull too hard / Then the string will break / And if you leave it slack / Then the string won't hold / [Chorus] / So how can we find ourselves / Trapped in our
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Senses Fail – Snake Bite
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“Snake Bite” was the last song recorded for Renacer.
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Senses Fail – You're Cute When You Scream
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Track 3 of Let It Enfold You.
You’re Cute When You Scream is featured on the band’s compilation album Follow Your Bliss: The Best of Senses Fail.
This seems to tell the story of
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Senses Fail – Handguns and Second Chances
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A bonus track from the re-release of From the Depths of Dreams.
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Senses Fail – The Ground Folds (Acoustic)
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The acoustic version of “The Ground Folds” has slightly different lyrics than the original.
“The Ground Folds (Acoustic)” appears on the re-release of From the Depths of Dreams.
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Senses Fail – Irony of Dying on Your Birthday
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[Verse 1] / Just know we are a speck in time / So follow your bliss and destroy the beauty / [Chorus] / I'll lock myself alone in a room / Drink until the clock strikes noon / With
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Senses Fail – Donde Esta Santa Clause
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Mamacita, ¿dónde está Santa Claus? / ¿Dónde está Santa Claus? / And the toys that he will leave? / Mamacita, oh, where is Santa Claus? / I look for him because it's Christmas Eve
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Senses Fail – Martini Kiss
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[Verse 1] / There's poison in my drinking glass / Don't stop, just sip it down / And in a swirling masquerade of sound / My body hits the ground / I'm beautiful when I'm asleep
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Senses Fail – Lost and Found
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An acoustic version of “Lost and Found” is featured on Still Searching as a bonus track.
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Senses Fail – I Wish It Was Christmas Today
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[Intro] / 1-2, 1-2-3-4 / [Verse 1] / I don't care what your momma says / Christmas time is near / I don't care what your daddy says / Christmas time is near / All I know is that
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Senses Fail – Free Fall Without a Parachute
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Free Fall Without a Parachute from Senses Fail’s EP From the Depths of Dreams.
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Senses Fail – Angela Baker and My Obsession with Fire
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Angela Baker is the main character of the slasher-style Sleepaway Camp movies. She is a mass murder similar to Jason Vorhees who spends summer at a camp where she kills many of the
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Senses Fail – Bite to Break Skin
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Bite To Break Skin is featured on the band’s compilation album Follow Your Bliss: The Best of Senses Fail.
The Legion of Doom remixed Bite To Break Skin for the Underworld
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Senses Fail – Rum Is for Drinking, Not for Burning
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The title of the song comes the 2003 Disney movie Pirates of the Caribean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
In one of the more famous scenes in the movie, Captain Jack Sparrow’s rum is
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Senses Fail – Lady in a Blue Dress (Acoustic)
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[Verse 1] / Just like the lady in the blue dress / You've got cigarettes on your breath / Hairspray and some cheap perfume / I'll put a little sour in your sweet / You've got so
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Steve Winwood – Real Love
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In my life there was emptiness / Where I was going I couldn't guess / Then one day into my life you came / And from then on nothing seemed the same / You gave me strength when I
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Attila – Callout 2
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“Callout 2” is the sequel to 2013’s “Callout” from Attila’s album About That Life. The song was released as a download for those who bought an exclusive T-shirt.
In this song
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MC Lars (Ft. Hearts That Hate) – Signing Emo
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[Intro] / Once upon a time, in the city of Los Angeles… / “Marty, Marty listen to me / Bring me something the kids will cry for / Get out there, and get us stoked!” / [Verse 1
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Porcupine Tree – I Fail
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You are sure because you are pure / I stand and I wave at the dots on the shore / Trying to reach out to a few dozen more / May as well bash out my brains a bit more / You know
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Beanie Sigel (Ft. Melissa Jiménez) – Feel It In The Air
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Sigel ponders on his recent life – going to jail and feuding with allies and enemies alike. A deep song with many references and allusions to the events of his real life.
It
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Eminem – Sing for the Moment
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This song was the fourth single released from Eminem’s fourth studio album The Eminem Show. It was an international hit, reaching the top 10 in several countries and peaking at #14
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