 Genius Meanings
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The National – Cherry Tree
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[Verse 1] / Take us down and all apart / Cherry tree / Lay us out on the table / You're sharp alright / [Chorus] / But no one is asking to leave it alone / Leave it alone / Can we
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10,000 Maniacs – Cherry Tree
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[Verse 1:] / Over your shoulder / Please don't mind me / If my eyes have fallen / Onto your magazine / I've been watching and wondering / Why your face is changing / With every
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The National – All the Wine
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A song describing a drunk man’s self-centered fantasies.
Matt Berninger said during his set at Pukelpop 2019 that this song is about a trip he took to Napa Valley when he was 13
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The National – Wasp Nest
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You're cussing a storm in a cocktail dress / Your mother wore when she was young / Red sun saint around your neck / A wet martini in a paper cup / You're a wasp nest / You're a
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The National – About Today
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“About Today” is among the most depressive in a large catalog of depressive National tracks. In addition to its emotional impact, it’s quite clever in how it plays with conceptions
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The National – Reasonable Man (I Don't Mind)
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I don't mind losing a girl to herself / A quiet love is better than none / And I don't mind losing a friend to a friend / If only to be a reasonable man / And I don't mind waiting
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Genius Users (Ft. jayclay & Seaeffess) – User Interview: Jayclay
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Despite being only able to communicate via carrier pigeon and tin-can telephones, seaeffess interviews the jayclay to Genius-wide acclaim. Everyone is happy and the world is better
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The National – All Dolled-Up in Straps
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[Verse 1] / I think I saw you riding in a car / You looked happy for a woman / Black fingers in your mouth and a white / And a white pearl choker / [Verse 2] / My head plays it
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Epic Rap Battles of History (Ft. EpicLLOYD & Nice Peter) – George Washington vs William Wallace
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[Intro] / EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY! / GEORGE WASHINGTON! / VS! / WILLIAM WALLACE! / BEGIN! / [George Washington] / There's a difference between you and me, Willy / I fought '
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Harry Styles – Cherry
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“Cherry” is written about Harry Styles' ex-girlfriend Camille Rowe, following their break-up in July 2018, during a time when Harry was feeling “not great.” Her voice is even
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The National (Ft. Bon Iver) – Weird Goodbyes
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“Weird Goodbyes” is one of the few songs The National debuted during their 2022 summer tour. The Cincinnati rockers kept changing the title of the song from “Bathwater” to “Mount
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Jerry Herman (Ft. Carol Channing, Eileen Brennan, Original Broadway Cast of Hello, Dolly! & Sondra Lee) – Motherhood
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[DOLLY] / I stand for / Motherhood / America / And a hot lunch for orphans / Take off your hat, sir / Betsy Ross' flag is passing / Do you see him / On the hill at Gettysburg / '
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Taylor Swift – Blank Space
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Taylor Swift plays her “serial dater” image to her advantage with “Blank Space,” a synth-pop anthem that the RIAA certified 8x platinum in July 2018. Swift explained to GQ in
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Beyoncé – BLACK PARADE
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“BLACK PARADE” is a song celebrating blackness. It was released in the final hours of Juneteenth, the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the end of slavery in the United
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Lana Del Rey – Carmen
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“Carmen” is the 9th track from Lana Del Rey’s album Born to Die.
The song’s 17-year-old protagonist suffers from substance abuse. Del Rey admitted in 2012 that she had a problem
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Grand National – Talk Amongst Yourselves (Sasha Remix)
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I blame it on myself 'cos i can't keep anything down, anything down / However hard i do try / So talk amongst yourselves while i try to figure it out, figure it out / I'll let you
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Harry Styles – Watermelon Sugar
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In “Watermelon Sugar”, Harry Styles recalls a summer past, singing of scrumptious berries and a former love. The song was released without warning to fans, less than an hour before
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The National Parks – Chance
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[Verse 1] / Lately I've been losing sleep / The bright lights led me to the deep / If only this was just a game / It wouldn't be so hard to walk away / No, no / [Verse 2] / Well I
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Talking Heads – (Nothing But) Flowers
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The 5th track off Talking Heads' 1988 album Naked was the second single from the album, released after “Blind”, and it peaked at number 79 on the UK singles chart.
Written by
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Grand National – Drink to Moving On
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Moved on to clear the air / Just to be alone / We're perfect on our own / Settle down / Try not to clean it up / I'm ready in my time / I'm here i'm doing fine / Settle down my
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Harry Styles – To Be So Lonely
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After the emotional ballads of “Cherry” and “Falling”, “To Be So Lonely” resembles a drunk phone call that may come at the denial stage of grief, after anger (“Cherry”) and
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. Kali Uchis) – See You Again
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Tyler’s favorite off of Flower Boy, “See You Again” is a love song. The song features vocals from Kali Uchis, who appeared on Tyler’s 2015 album Cherry Bomb on “FIND YOUR WINGS
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