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The Strokes – Meet Me in the Bathroom
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[Verse 1] / When they say promises, they mean promises / They'd say, "That's okay, long as we can celebrate" / [Pre-Chorus] / You see, my uncle would say / Things would change when
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The Strokes – Meet Me In The Bathroom (Early Version)
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(Verse 1) / When they say promises / They mean promises / They’d say that’s ok long as we can celebrate (Compton) / My uncle would say things would change when he’s dead / (Pre-
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The Strokes – 12:51
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The Strokes' frontman Julian Casablancas said “12:51” was about “the moment right before you fuck.”
Lead guitarist Nick Valensi managed to painstakingly create the sound of a
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The Strokes – New York City Cops
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“New York City Cops” is a fast-paced, punk blaster from The Strokes' debut album, Is This It. It departs stylistically from the rest of the more slowed down, almost apathetic
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The Strokes – Reptilia
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The title “Reptilia” refers to the “reptilian brain”, the central part of your brain that handles basic emotions such as love and hate.
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The Strokes – Between Love & Hate
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The song recalls the feeling of a couple who were together for a while and then drifted apart. Despite trying to make it work, the girl breaks up with the boy. The boy brushes it
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The Strokes – Automatic Stop
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“Automatic Stop” is a slow-paced tale about two people’s different perspectives over their mutual relationship. It serves as the third track of The Strokes' second record, Room on
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The Strokes – I Can't Win
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Track 11 from Room on Fire, by The Strokes.
This song is about a “loner” who often gives up every time he is motivated to do something.
Fun Fact: “Take It or Leave It” is the
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The Strokes – Under Control
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The eighth track on the sophomore album from The Strokes, “Under Control” is a soothing proposition from one person to his lover to end a relationship on peaceful terms, despite
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The Strokes – The Way It Is
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The Way It Is is about the narrator breaking up with his lover. Breakups are hard – even for the dumper. The song shifts between slow and chaotic sections where the narrator
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The Strokes – You Talk Way Too Much
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[Verse 1] / Now we're out of time / I said it's my fault, it's my fault / Can't make good decisions / It won't stop, I can't stop / [Pre-Chorus] / Give me some time, I just need a
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The Strokes – The End Has No End
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[Verse 1] / One by one, ticking time bombs won / It's not the secrets of the government that's keeping you dumb / Oh, it's the other way around — wait, what's that sound? / One by
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Nothing But Thieves – City Haunts
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[Chorus] / City haunts been hauntin' me / Train tracks keep trackin' me / Sleazeballs eyeballin' me for too long / [Verse 1] / Hackney prick asking for a light / Hey, meet me in
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The Strokes – What Ever Happened?
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As the opening track on their second album, Room On Fire, “What Ever Happened?” kicks off the album’s themes of the band gaining newfound fame and relationships.
The title refers
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Bandit (Liverpool) – I'd Try Anything Twice
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Friday's cigarette smoke / Pirouette to the Strokes / Rosé, leather jacket / No one else can cause a racket, you don't even have to try / Probably break my heart for the third time
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Cage The Elephant – Social Cues
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“Social Cues” weighs the anxieties that accompany success as a rockstar – a well-tread theme in rock/music history (e.g. Pink Floyd’s The Wall). The “back room” of the chorus
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The Strokes – Eternal Summer
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“Eternal Summer: encapsulates the feeling of eternal bliss, and perhaps the faults that it has. Here summer is an eternal force, making everyone aware of its effects it has
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Genius Traducciones al Español – The Strokes - I Can't Win (Traducción al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Eso eras tú en la cima de la montaña / Solo y rodeado / Caminando sobre el piso que estás rompiendo / Riéndote de la vida que estás desperdiciando / Uno, dos intentos
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Epoxies – Bathroom Stall
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Hey there, baby doll / Come meet me in the bathroom stall / Or anywhere, anywhere you please / Hey there, lover please / I'm begging you, I'm on my knees / It's cruel to make me
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Genius Traducciones al Español – The Strokes - Reptilia (Traducción al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Se veía impresionado por la forma en que entraste / "Cuéntanos una historia, sé que no eres aburrido" / Tenía miedo de que no insistieras / "Suenas tan adormecido, toma
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lovelytheband – broken
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This song details the joy of finding another person who is comfortable as their real self instead of always trying to put forth a filtered, best-life version of themselves.
Love
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Jagged Edge – Let's Get Married
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[Verse 1] / See, first of all / I know these so-called players wouldn't tell you this / But I'ma be real and say what's on my heart / Let's take this chance and make this love feel
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Genius Traducciones al Español – The Strokes - 12:51 (Traducción al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Háblame ahora que soy más viejo / Tu amiga te dijo porque yo le dije / Las noches de viernes han sido solitarias / Cambia tus planes y luego llámame / [Verso 2
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Genius Traducciones al Español – The Strokes - Between Love And Hate (Traducción al Español)
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[Verso 1] / La miré mientras se secaba los ojos / No me haces sentir mal / Ahora sé que nunca escuchaste – escucha / Pensando en ese baile de secundaria / Preocupándonos por los
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Olivia Rodrigo – good 4 u
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“good 4 u” is the third single from Olivia Rodrigo’s debut studio album, SOUR. The song’s hook is laced with sarcasm, as Olivia sharply addresses her former partner for quickly
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Machine Gun Kelly – why are you here
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On “why are you here,” Machine Gun Kelly continues to explore his diversity, taking a pop-punk approach to discuss his ongoing relationship with an ex-partner. On the guitar-driven
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Genius Traducciones al Español – The Strokes - Under Control (Traducción al Español)
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[Verso 1] / No quiero hacerte perder el tiempo / No quiero hacerte perder el tiempo / Sólo quiero decir / Tengo que decir / [Coro] / Trabajamos duro, cariño / No nos falta control
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Genius Traducciones al Español – The Strokes - Automatic Stop (Traducción al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Tantos peces allí en el mar / Yo te quería a ti, tú me querías a mí / Es solo una fase, tiene que pasar / Yo era un tren moviéndose demasiado rápido / [Pre-Coro] / No
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Ariana Grande – positions
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On “positions,” Ariana shows her commitment and love for her boyfriend with her flexibility in trying to make their relationship work.
Ariana announced the lead single for her
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SZA – Low
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[Intro: SZA] / Tell 'em to shoot / I'm out the loop, I'm out of range / Oh, I stay out the way / [Pre-Chorus: SZA] / Got another side of me, I like to get it poppin' / But these
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The Beatles – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
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A dry-witted story of a man who failed to charm his love interest into bed, and how he got his revenge in an extreme (and sociopathic) way.
Norwegian Wood is my song completely
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The Notorious B.I.G. – One More Chance / Stay With Me [Remix]
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Released in the summer of 1995, this remix of “One More Chance” became Biggie’s biggest hit (until his death), tying Michael Jackson’s record for highest debut on Billboard’s Hot
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Madison Beer – Reckless
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“Reckless” is the first single to Madison’s upcoming untitled second studio album. According to Madison, the song is about “how easy it is for some people in relationships to hurt
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YoungBoy Never Broke Again – Letter to Big Dump
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[Intro] / Jake Angel on the track / Oh, Desmond / Oh, Dump, oh, my friend / Ooh, ooh, yeah-eah-eah / Ooh, ooh, la-la-la, la, la, la / Ooh, ooh, I tried, I tried, I tried / [Verse 1
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Natalie Imbruglia – Torn
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Smash hit in the nineties. Few are aware that this is actually a cover of a song initially written by the three future members of Ednaswap, Scott Cutler, Phil Thornalley, and Anne
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Eminem – Brain Damage
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Slim Shady spins a grotesque and surreal tale (although inspired by real events) about his childhood and how he became so crazy.
The DeAngelo Bailey named in the song actually
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Olivia Rodrigo – bad idea right?
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Described as ‘fun and playful’, “bad idea right?” serves as the second single for GUTS. The cover art has a more complex design compared to the sophomore albums lead single, “
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My Chemical Romance – Welcome to the Black Parade
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This song is on My Chemical Romance’s third studio album, entitled The Black Parade. The song, as well as the rest of the album, follows The Patient, a man who is dying, through
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Eminem (Ft. Nate Dogg) – Shake That
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A track so drenched in amoral hedonism it would make a porn actor blush, “Shake That” is Eminem’s last Curtain Call single, and one of the album’s three original songs, “Shake That
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