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The Killers – Fire In Bone
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[Intro] / (Fire in bone) / I felt fire in bone / (Fire in bone) / I felt fire in bone / (Fire in bone) / [Verse 1] / I felt cast out / I felt eighty-sixed / I felt darkness / But I
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The Killers – Flesh and Bone
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“Flesh And Bone” is the first song in The Killers' 2012 album Battle Born in which Flowers declares that he is ready to fight for what he wants, since he is “battle born”. The
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The Killers – Read My Mind
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[Verse 1] / On the corner of Main Street / Just tryna keep it in line / You say you wanna move on and / You say I'm falling behind / Can you read my mind? / Can you read my mind
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The Killers – When You Were Young
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The lead single off of Sam’s Town. The song contemplates the difference between expectations and reality through a love affair between a girl and a gentleman who ‘doesn’t look a
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Slipknot – Solway Firth
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“Solway Firth” is the second single from Slipknot’s sixth album, We Are Not Your Kind. The title is likely a reference to the “Solway Firth Spaceman” which is an image of a little
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The Killers – Bling (Confession of a King)
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In “Bling,” Brandon shares the tale of struggling to cope with failure and how easy it is to lose focus on the goals we set on our lives.
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Kings of Leon – Sex On Fire
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Kings of Leon released their fourth album later the month on this release, their second in successive years, and by rights the Nashville quartet would’ve be running short on ideas
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The Notorious B.I.G. (Ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) – Notorious Thugs
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The opening track of Disc 2 of Life After Death (13th track overall) is a collaboration between two of the most prolific acts in hip-hop: The Notorious B.I.G., and Bone Thugs-N-
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The Doors – Riders on the Storm
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This was the last song Jim Morrison recorded. He went to France and died a few weeks later. The single was released in June, 1971, shortly before Morrison’s death.
This evolved
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Imagine Dragons – Radioactive
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The first song on Imagine Dragons' debut album Night Visions gives off a revolutionary vibe, but leaves what is being changed up to interpretation. Some argue it is about nuclear
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Charley Crockett – Killers Of The Flower Moon
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Gather round the fire boys, a story I will tell / About a persecution I’m sure you don’t know well / An Oklahoma tale of trading land and gems / And goin’ down a river that you can
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The Killers – C’est La Vie
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[Verse 1] / There's dignity in calloused hands / The tools you have are not for sale / Well, sometimes, you're the hammer / And sometimes, you're the nail / It's not about how you
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Phoebe Bridgers – Killer
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“Killer” is a melancholic piano ballad on which Bridgers explores the dark corners of her psyche whilst struggling in a relationship. Open and honest, Bridgers imagines the idea of
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The Killers – All These Things That I've Done
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“All These Things That I’ve Done” was written by frontman Brandon Flowers and features gospel choir The Sweet Inspirations. It was released as the third single from the band’s
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The Killers – Battle Born
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“Battle Born” is the twelfth track and the title track of the fourth studio album Battle Born by American indie rock band The Killers.
“Battle Born” is taken from the band’s
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Mobb Deep – Shook Ones Part II
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“Shook Ones (Part II)” is – with almost unanimous consent – proof that sequels can be better than the original song.
In what must be a contender for the greatest remix ever, Mobb
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The Killers – Running Towards a Place
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[Verse 1] / Give me the eyes that I may see / The good in my people and the trouble in me / Give me the hands that I may lift / The weight of another who's starting to drift / [
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The Killers – A Matter of Time
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This is a song about the inevitability of heartbreak when love isn’t grounded in trust; it’s just a matter of time until it crashes.
The easiest kind of relationship is with ten
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The Killers – Dying Breed
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[Verse 1] / There's gonna be opposition / Ain't no way around it / But if you're looking for strong and steady / Well, baby, you found it / We'll weather the coldest night / Baby
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Spillage Village, JID & EARTHGANG (Ft. Ant Clemons) – Baptize
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“Baptize,” the first song on Spilligion, introduces the themes of the album, which strives to encapsulate what was occurring in the world as the record was being created. On the
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The Killers (Ft. k.d. lang) – Lightning Fields
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[Verse 1: Brandon Flowers] / Last night I saw you dressed in white / Nothing around you / You were standing in the lightning field of love / You were waiting for the lightning to
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The Killers – Blowback
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[Verse 1] / She's reaching for her backpack / Puts out a cigarette and gets on the bus / She's sittin' on a secret / She didn't ask for, no girl ever did / But there's a whisper in
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The Killers – When the Dreams Run Dry
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[Verse 1] / Can't hear myself think through the crashing of the rain / I'm passing judgement in the fast lane / And smoothing out a rough stone / Guess it comes with age / You
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The Killers – Prize Fighter
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[Verse 1] / She's a pillar by the day, a fire by night / She's a famous architect, like Frank Lloyd Wright / When it comes to tight rope walking / She's world-renowned / Her
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The Killers (Ft. Weyes Blood) – Imploding the Mirage
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[Verse 1] / I was a timid Rockwellian boy / She was tattooed and ready to deploy / Gave me reservation and the like / But she could be the dangerous type / But I threw caution '
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Rag'n'Bone Man – Human
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“Human” is a song expressing the angst of the human condition and the inability of humans to be perfect or even fix many of the “real problems” in life.
Rag'n'Bone Man powerfully
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Three 6 Mafia (Ft. Kingpin Skinny Pimp & Playa Fly) – Live by Yo Rep (B.O.N.E. Dis)
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The beef between Three 6 Mafia (and the rest of Memphis) and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony was short-lived but intense. This tune was perhaps the highlight of the whole back-and-forth.
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Lil Durk – Cross Roads
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Lil Durk makes a song about all the fallen souls of Chicago.
The song mentions multiple fallen rappers who lived in Chicago, such as Capo who died in a drive-by shooting back in
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Brandon Flowers – Playing With Fire
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[Verse 1] / Daddy I'm not gonna tell you that I'm sorry / Cause there ain't nothing you can do to change my mind / I'm not here to know the things I cannot do / We've seen the
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The Rolling Stones – Gimme Shelter
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“Gimme Shelter” is the opening track of the Rolling Stones’s 1969 album Let It Bleed (where it was actually spelled “Gimmie Shelter”, but the more accurate spelling was adopted
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The Killers – Caution (Wasatch Style)
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[Verse 1] / Let me introduce you to the featherweight queen / She got Hollywood eyes / But you can't shoot what she's seen / Her mama was a dancer / And that's all that she knew
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Christian Death – Spiritual Cramp
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Incurable disease on the day of rest / I'm walking on water in a sea of incest / I've got the image of Jesus embedded in my chest / I can't leave home without my bullet-proof vest
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Arcade Fire – The Suburbs
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The first song on Arcade Fire’s 2010 album The Suburbs. Like their other work, it’s concerned with growing up, but isn’t fictional – it’s about band members Win and Will Butler’s
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21 Savage, Offset & Metro Boomin (Ft. Travis Scott) – Ghostface Killers
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21 Savage, Offset, and Travis Scott open up Without Warning with “Ghostface Killers”—an ode to why they aren’t to be messed with. The song’s title is a reference to Ghostface
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$UICIDEBOY$ – Avalon
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“Avalon” is the second single off the $UICIDEBOY$‘ third studio album, Long Term Effects of SUFFERING, following April’s “NEW PROFILE PIC.”
The track’s title is an island paradise
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$UICIDEBOY$ (Ft. Pouya) – BREAKDALAW2K16
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Pouya rejoins the boys for the first track on Eternal Grey: “BREAKDALAW2K16”—all about breaking da law.
The song itself is a homage to Three 6 Mafia’s “Break Da Law ‘95,” a song
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