 Genius Meanings
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The Verve – Weeping Willow
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Weeping Willow stands the test of time because of its talk of guns under pillows and its intense, rich sonic layering.
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (MSG Version)
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[Instrumental]
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The Verve – Country Song
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Dying is easy / It's what I'm living for / I heard a beggar / As he wept on my floor / These days I just can't find my ground / No one seems to see me as I'm walking around / Cause
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The Verve – Three Steps
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It's alright, alright / We're going through changes / Sometimes in life / You feel yourself rearranging / That's just the way it goes / Come on (repeat) / Why'know we nearly died
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The Verve – Never Wanna See You Cry
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I don't like the way that you say you feel fine / When you look so down / And I don't like the way that the pills you take / They just keep you down / Shiny little minds / Trying
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The Verve – Echo Bass
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In the beds of a million homes / Lie the broken hearted / In the rooms in a million houses / Die the broken hearted / Tell me why, I just started / In the bridges, in the arches
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Warren Zeiders – Weeping Willow
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[Verse 1] / To her mama and her daddy, she's the best thing ever made / To the boys 'round here, she's the one that got away / To the bird on the barbwire, that girl looks like
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Richard Ashcroft – Weeping Willow
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When morning breaks / We hide our eyes and our lung's aching / Nothing's strange / It was in our hands from 6 to 10 / It slipped right out again / There'll be no better time
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The Verve – The Drugs Don’t Work (Demo)
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All this talk of getting old / It's getting me down my love / Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown / This time I'm comin' down / And I hope you're thinking of me / As you lay down
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The Verve – Lord I Guess I'll Never Know
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I heard you stirring in your sleep last night / I was awake with something on my mind / What happens when I leave, will you come with me? / These things I guess I'll never know
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The Verve – The Longest Day
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Oh, I know it's supposed to be / Some kind of visionary / Laying on your head / We've got you in our hands / Ah, we've been here for so long / Yeah, there's nothing changed
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (James Lavelle Remix)
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[Verse 1] / 'Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony that's life / Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die / I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
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The Verve – Stamped
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So, I'm living a bad dream / So, I'm living a bad dream / So, I'm living a bad scene / So, I'm living a bad dream / So, I'm having a bad dream / Oh, Oh, oh, oh ... / In a bad dream
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony
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“Bitter Sweet Symphony” is perhaps the most ambitious Britpop hit of the late 90s. It is now absolutely everywhere. It’s lyrically opaque, and it is six minutes long, but that hasn
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The Verve – Bitter Sweet Symphony (Extended Version)
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[Verse 1] / 'Cause it's a bitter sweet symphony that's life / Trying to make ends meet, you're a slave to money then you die / I'll take you down the only road I've ever been down
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Garth Brooks – Walking After Midnight
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[Verse 1] / I go out walkin' after midnight / Out in the starlight, just like we used to do / I'm always walkin' after midnight / Searchin' for you / [Verse 2] / I walk for miles
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The Verve – Judas
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[Verse] / Feelings / Only feelings / Just let them, let them go / Feelings / Only feelings / Just worthless, so I let them go / New York, I was Judas / She said 'a latte, double
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The Verve – Sonnet
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“Sonnet” verges on sappy, but some of Ashcroft’s Bono-tastic bombast makes the song soar.
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The Verve – This Time
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[Verse 1] / Looking back on my life / You know that all I see are things I coulda changed / I should have done / Where did the good times go? / Good times so hard to hold / This
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Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong – Willow Weep For Me
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Willow weep for me / Willow weep for me / Bend your branches green along the stream that runs to sea / Listen to my plea / Listen willow and weep for me / Gone my lovers dream
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The Verve – Love Is Noise
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Released as the first single from their 2008 album Forth, “Love Is Noise” was The Verve’s first release since the band broke up in 1999. It was a big success for the band, reaching
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The Verve – I See Houses
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[Verse 1] / I see houses / Rows and rows of red bricks / I see black cars / Some blood-stained exit / [Chorus] / I get this feeling that I / I've been here before / How many lives
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The Verve – The Drugs Don't Work
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“The Drugs Don’t Work” was released as the second single off of Urban Hymns. One interpretation is that it was written following the death of singer Richard Ashcroft’s father.
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The Verve – Neon Wilderness
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[Chorus] / In a neon wilderness / He was restless / Escape loneliness / Find a new address / [Bridge] / Stood before I sink / [Chorus] / In a neon wilderness / Spilled my last
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The Verve – Velvet Morning
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[Verse 1] / Yes / It's been long / And yes / I still feel strong / [Refrain] / Into the half light / Another velvet morning for me, yeah / [Verse 2] / Time / Stands still / As you
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