 Genius Meanings
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The National – Humiliation
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“Humiliation” sees the main character feeling somewhat detached and indulging in some self-loathing.
Like many other tracks within The National’s Trouble Will Find Me, the song
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The National – Pink Rabbits
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[Verse 1] / I couldn't find quiet, I went out in the rain / I was just soaking my head to unrattle my brain / Somebody said you disappeared in a crowd / I didn't understand then, I
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Taylor Swift – Mean
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Swift wrote “Mean” in response to music critic Bob Lefsetz, who gave her a cruel review after a February 2010 performance with Stevie Nicks. Lefsetz claimed that Swift “can’t sing
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The National – I Need My Girl
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“I Need My Girl” was written by all members of the band. It was released as a single (the fifth and final single from Trouble Will Find Me) in February 2014.
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The National – Graceless
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In this song, Berninger talks about medicine and drugs (namely anti-depressants), and the effects that these can have on us.
The National first played the song during a concert at
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The National – Fireproof
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I think that’s mainly a romantic notion of a femme fatale kind of thing or someone who seems so emotionally indestructible, but then somehow that’s often a shell or a façade. In
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The National – Slipped
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[Verse 1] / I'm in the city you hated, my eyes are falling / Counting the clicks with the living dead, my eyes are red / I'm in the crush and I hate it, my eyes are falling / I'm
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The National – Hard to Find
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[Verse 1] / I can see the glowing lights / I can see them every night / Really not that far away / I could be there in a day / I wonder if you live there still / I kinda think you
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The National – Don't Swallow the Cap
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The first single off of The National’s 2013 release Trouble Will Find Me.
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The National – Sea of Love
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On the Song Exploder podcast, lead singer and co-writer Matt Berninger explains:
[‘Sea of Love’ is] a romantic song about a man who’s bitten into the apple a little bit. It’s a
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The National – I Should Live in Salt
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The opening track to The National’s 2013 album “Trouble Will Find Me,” is about lead vocalist Matt Berninger’s younger brother Tom.
Tom and Matt are almost a decade apart in age
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The National – This Is the Last Time
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Written by Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner, This Is the Last Time is a song by The National, released in the band’s sixth studio album, Trouble Will Find Me (2013
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Tactical Sekt – Devil's Work
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Pain, humiliation / Driving nails through the fragile skin / Insane mutilation / Why do we need suffering to forgive our sins? / Fire to contain us / Liar to confuse us / Hate to
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The National – Murder Me Rachael
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[Intro] / I saw my love with pretty boy / I saw my love with pretty boy / [Verse 1] / Murder me Rachael; I made a mistake / I loved her to ribbons / Loved her to ribbons / Murder
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The National – Learning
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A Perfume Genius cover, “Learning” was released as the B-side to the “I Need My Girl” single (which itself came with a cover contest for fans).
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The National – Demons
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The first single off of The National’s album, Trouble Will Find Me, released on May 20th 2013 on 4AD records.
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The National – Heavenfaced
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The band subsequently relocated to Dreamland Studios – located within a converted 19th century church, in West Hurley, New York – to record the track, “Fireproof”, entirely live
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Joyce Manor – Orange Julius
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Barry commented on the song saying it’s about “revenge, sweet revenge” at the Glass House in Pomona, CA on 1/17/2020. Further specifying, the song is about bullies. When questioned
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Primordial – The Coffin Ships
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According to the liner notes, The Coffin Ships is written about the famine that took place in Ireland from 1845 to 1852. (Sometimes called the Irish Potato Famine)
The title is
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Howard Zinn – Chapter 19: Surprises
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Helen Keller had said in 1911: "We vote? What does that mean?" And Emma Goldman around the same time: "Our modern fetish is universal suffrage." After 1920, women were voting, as
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2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil (Ft. HelloThereThom, MrXercules & Zk123) – Live Blogging the World Cup: Brazil 1-7 Germany
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Wow.
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Psycho Realm – R. U. Experienced
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There’s a hidden message in this song. If you check, the first letter of each word of each verse you’ll pretty much get these:
B-real: the new order is in full effect protect
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Kurt Vonnegut – Slaughterhouse-Five (Chapter 3)
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The Germans and the dog were engaged in a military operation which had an amusingly self-explanatory name, a human enterprise which is seldom described in detail, whose name alone
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Noam Chomsky – Scenes from the Uprising
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One of the great themes of modern history is the struggle of subjugated people to gain control over their lives and fate. In April, I visited Israel and the occupied territories
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Rock Genius (Ft. Spinelli) – #7 The National - Trouble Will Find Me
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While becoming one of the biggest and best bands in the world, The National, still continued to tell the tale we’ve been following for the last 12 years.
The Rock Genius Albums
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Ann Coulter – America's Favorite National Pastime: Hating Soccer
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Ann Coulter graces the world with her deep thoughts on the World Cup.
Originally found here.
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Laurie Anderson – O Superman (For Massenet)
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“O Superman (For Massenet)” was initially released as a single from Laurie Anderson’s first studio album, Big Science. It became an unexpected pop hit, reaching #2 on the UK
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[Song Highlight] (G)I-DLE - "Nxde"
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From the day we are born, women are taught to promote unrealistic and unhealthy stereotypes that abide by society’s view on body image, sexuality, or self-confidence, which can sometimes be irreparable after the damage has been done. We’re constantly being surveilled and censored if we are not submissive to the patriarchal world we live in, to the point where some of us are abused or killed to suppress us. No longer should women like us live in fear at the hands of the men that try to rule over our autonomy and a misogynistic society that tries to silence our voices. At the height of Women’s History Month — a month that showcases the impactful contributions of women from around the globe — female musicians and artists in K-pop like (G)I-DLE have used their platform to speak on the injustices women face with their song “Nxde.” With straightforward and unapologetic lyrical content, the quintet demands we join them as they bring awareness to the strife we continue to face to this day and fight for
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mgk – RAP DEVIL
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Machine Gun Kelly released this track as a response to Eminem’s disses from his surprise 2018 album, Kamikaze. On “Not Alike,” Em raps:
He wants to keep up his tough demeanor
So
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Tim Minchin (Ft. The Born Woke Youth Theatre Collective) – 15 Minutes
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[Verse 1] / By now we thought that there would be / Jetpacks and flying cars / Robots to do the cleaning up for us / And help with the shopping / We’d all be famous for a bit
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Fidel Castro – GUNS YES! AND WHO IS TAKING THEM AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE
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Today, on 27 November of this year, there is a circumstance worthy / of attention and that is that this event, this year, is a bigger affair / than the one last year. This means a
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