 Genius Meanings
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The Strokes – Red Light
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The final track on Impressions of Earth is about the hesitation of falling back in love. The term “Red Light” refers both to traffic signals and the famous “Red-Light District” of
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Genius English Translations – Stray Kids - 강박 (Red Lights) (English Translation)
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[Verse 1: Bang Chan, Hyunjin] / I cannot breathe without you being right by my side, I'll die / So can you please come over closer? / Hold me tight, right now / No matter how hard
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The Strokes – Electricityscape
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[Verse 1] / Oh, with strangers to impress so near / Old friends don't realize I'm here / I wish two drinks were always in me / I'd pretend I had the perfect ear / [Pre-Chorus 1
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The Strokes – Juicebox
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“Juicebox” is the aggressive first single of The Strokes’s third album, First Impressions of Earth. It’s B-side is Hawaii.
The track was originally called “Dracula’s Lunch,” but
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The Strokes – Ize of the World
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Ize of the World is a look at the state of modern society and how it inhibits true social growth by molding young adults into boring, law-abiding adults who cause no problems
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The Strokes – Selfless
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“Selfless” is centered around love and relationships, with Julian beckoning to a significant other that he wants them to come live life with him, not missing out on a moment that
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Jack White – Blue Light, Red Light (Someone's There)
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“Blue Light, Red Light” is a cover of a 1991 Harry Connick Jr. song that is to serve as the B-side to the 7" of “That Black Bat Licorice.”
It is the second 7" single released from
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Jackson Dean – Red Light
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[Verse 1] / Off and on, stop and start / Goodbye, hello, pull us back together / And pull us back apart / Here and gone, sun shinin' in the dark / Slammin' brakes, lead foot all
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Arctic Monkeys – Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured
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[Verse 1] / We'll ask if we can have six in / If not we'll have to have two / Well, you're comin' up at our end, aren't ya? / So I'll get one with you / Won't he let us have six in
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Genius Traducciones al Español – The Strokes - Red Light (Traducción al Español)
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[Verso 1] / Dos podrían estar completos sin el resto del mundo / Dos podrían estar completos sin el resto del mundo / Hazlo por la gente que murió por tu bien / Una generación
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The Strokes – Call It Fate, Call It Karma
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The last track off Comedown Machine.
Discussing the recording process with Zane Lowe, bassist Nikolai Fraiture said:
We got off tour and we had these songs, some left over and
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The Smiths – There Is a Light That Never Goes Out
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“There Is a Light That Never Goes Out” is a sacred Smiths classic by now, one that makes fans across the globe join hands and mope together. To some it is a depressive anthem, to
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The Strokes – Bad Decisions
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“Bad Decisions” is, according to band member Albert Hammond Jr., the first official single from The Strokes sixth studio album The New Abnormal. The Strokes debuted the song with a
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The Strokes – Last Nite
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One of three tracks originally included on The Modern Age EP that prompted a record label bidding war and would later become the second single off of Is This It.
In March 2005, Q
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The Strokes – Razorblade
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[Verse 1] / Oh, the razorblade, that's what I call love / I bet you'd pick it up and mess around with it if I put it down / It gets extremely complicated / Anything to forget
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Dave – Purple Heart
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On “Purple Heart,” Dave addresses a romantic interest, illustrating his passionate feelings about them throughout his verse. He relates aspects of his love to the solar system
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Redlight King – Old Man
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“Old Man” was written by Mark ‘Kazzer’ Kasprzyk about a falling out he’d had with his father, originally set to be titled “Hardworking Hands”.
Kazzer heard Neil Young’s 1972 song
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The Strokes – You Only Live Once
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You Only Live Once is the opening track and third single from First Impressions of Earth, the third album from American rock band The Strokes. They have performed this song on
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The Strokes – Evening Sun
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[Verse 1] / They love you or they hate you, but they will never let you be / They'll thrill you or sedate you, but they will never let you see / [Chorus] / In the evening sun
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The Strokes – On the Other Side
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[Verse 1] / I'm tired of everyone / I know / Of everyone I see / On the street and on TV, yeah / [Chorus] / On the other side, on the other side / Nobody's waiting for me on the
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The Strokes – At the Door
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“At The Door” is the first single from The Strokes sixth studio album The New Abnormal, their first new studio album in seven years. The song is an emotional ballad from the group
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U2 – Red Light
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“Red Light” is the eighth song on U2’s third album, War.
The song prominently features the Coconuts, backup band for Latin disco artist Kid Creole. The group was visiting Dublin
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The Strokes – Ask Me Anything
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“Ask Me Anything” is the seventh track on The Strokes' 2005 album, First Impressions of Earth.
In an interview with GQ, Julian Casablancas told how the song came to him in a dream
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Arctic Monkeys – Star Treatment
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“Star Treatment” is the opener to the Arctic Monkeys' sixth studio album, co-produced by Alex Turner himself for the first time.
Turner personifies a washed up lead of the
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The Red Light Sting – Punch The Light's Out
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Woke up at six AM, it's pouring rain / Vancouver Skyline calls my name / Answer the telephone, waste of time / I can't wait to leave this place again / "Do this time? / What're you
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The Strokes – Fear of Sleep
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[Verse 1] / How did anybody find out where I was? / How did anybody find that out? / I was hiding from the world, I was a squirrel / But you chopped down my tree to get my fur / [
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The Strokes – The Adults Are Talking
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“The Adults Are Talking” is the opening track on The New Abnormal. The track takes on a rebellious tone against higher-ups in the world, a common theme in The Strokes' discography
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M Row – Get With Me
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[Intro] / Bae, I'm a opp / Come get, uh / Come get with me, like / M Row, baow / [Verse] / No lovey-dovey, I love when you slutty / Friends with the benefit, can't be your buddy
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Lorde – Green Light
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“Green Light” is about Lorde’s first major heartbreak and is “the first chapter of the last two wild, fluorescent years” of Lorde’s life before the song dropped. Over those years
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SZA – Blind
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On “Blind,” SZA speaks about how she is blind to the good things in here life, while also touching on attempting to seek the things that are right in front of you.
The song was
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Olivia Rodrigo – making the bed
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“making the bed" is a melancholic, self-deprecating ballad that serves as the sixth track on GUTS. Here, Olivia reflects on her dwindling satisfaction with fame and the state in
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The Strokes – Heart in a Cage
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The second single off First Impressions of Earth, “Heart In a Cage” was released on March 20th, 2006 in the UK and April 18th, 2006 in the US. The vinyl 7" featured “I’ll Try
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Arctic Monkeys – Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secured (Live in Texas)
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[Spoken intro] / This is, this next song, every band's got a song called "Red Lights something," so, so do we / [Verse 1] / We'll ask if we can have six in / If not we'll have to
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BT & Christian Burns – Red Lights
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[Verse 1] / Only while I feel like you belong / When you're in the right place but you don't what you're doing wrong / The struggling to get over this wall / Let the brave move on
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The Rumour Said Fire – Red Light
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Red light on me again / A restless jaw repeating my last words / I'm in love with your grace, my tired girl / I'm surprised by the fact that you are in this world / Red light on me
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The Strokes – Hard to Explain
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“Hard to Explain” is the first single from New York garage rock band The Strokes (their only previously released material was The Modern Age EP). It was released first in the UK
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The Strokes – Vision of Division
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The most aggressive track from The Strokes' third effort, First Impressions of Earth, “Vision of Division” encapsulates the uniqueness of the album and materializes the group’s
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The Strokes – 15 Minutes
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[Chorus 1] / It was all just a dream, oh no / Yet I wish it was real / [Verse 1] / All my pets they were there and they smiled / Take a shit, it was fine / Everybody's so inviting
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Red Light Company – Arts & Crafts
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[Verse 1] / That holds the first and I'm the last / I wasn't good at arts and crafts / Move, my mood / You've got the the thirst and that's too bad / I've got the water and it's
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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 – Barely Legal
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One of three tracks originally included on The Modern Age EP that prompted a record label bidding war and would later appear on their debut album Is This It.
“Barely Legal” is
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The Replacements – Run It
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Red light, red light, run it / Red light, red light, run it / Lyndale, Garfield / Back up now 'cept / Engine stopped runnin' / There ain't nobody watchin' -- run it / There ain't
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The Strokes – Killing Lies
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[Verse 1] / Say a prayer now, don't be scared now / You don't want trouble, well, we might get some / We might get some, it's troublesome / But don't you worry, you can help me / [
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