Genius Meanings
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Tool – Bottom
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[Verse 1: Maynard James Keenan] / Compassion is broken now / My will is eroded now / Desire is broken now / It makes me feel ugly / [Chorus: Maynard James Keenan] / On my knees and
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Tool – Undertow
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The Tool FAQ offers this explanation of the lyrics:
Undertow is a song about repeated drug use. The voice that he hears is some sort of craving for this drug (or something), it
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Tool – Sober (Live)
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There's a shadow just behind me / Shrouding every step I take / Making every promise empty / Pointing every finger at me / Waiting like a stalking butler / Who upon the finger
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McCafferty – Bottom
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‘Bottom’ is the 7th track from their full-length album ‘BeachBoy’
This song is a reference to a well-known band called The Front Bottoms who the singer, Nick Harktop, is heavily
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Tool – Jerk-Off (Live)
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[Intro] / "Used to be a bunch of assholes that lived in this part of the building here. But we systematically removed them like you would any kind of termite or roach." / [Verse 1
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Coi Leray – Players
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[Chorus] / Yeah, 'cause girls is players too / Uh, yeah, yeah, 'cause girls is players too (Keep it player, baby) / 'Cause girls is players too / Bitches gettin' money all around
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A Perfect Circle – Weak and Powerless
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“Weak and Powerless” talks about a narrator attempting to overcome drug addiction. It is the band’s highest charting song as of 2019, reaching #1 on both the Mainstream Rock Tracks
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Tool – 4°
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[Intro] / Get up, get up now / Get up, get up now / Get up, get up now / Get up, get up now / And free yourself from yourself / Free yourself from yourself / [Verse 1] / Locked up
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Tool – Forty Six & 2
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The meaning of 46 and 2:
“According to Melchizedek, our planet is covered with geometrically constructed ‘morpho genetic grids’. These grids extend from about 60 feet under the
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Eminem – Believe
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“Believe” is the second track on Revival, and Eminem starts rhyming from where he left off on “Walk On Water”.
The track marks Eminem’s first take on a modern trap beat. His flow
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Glorb (Ft. Mr. Swags (Glorb), SpongeOpp (Glorb) & Squidwock (Glorb)) – The Bottom
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[Chorus: Mr. Swags] / Hi, hi, do you wanna die? / 'Cause I'ma take your soul back, baby, I'm the reaper / Hi, hi, keep it to the side / I got Karen actin' priest, the way she
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Jeezy (Ft. Birdman & Bun B) – My Tool
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[Chorus: Birdman] / Give me my tool, die for my goons / Cooked up the food got the ice for the jewels / Bullshit or hustle money, Motherfucker / Buy it ourself private Jets
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Tyler, The Creator (Ft. 42 Dugg) – LEMONHEAD
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“LEMONHEAD” is the third track off Tyler, the Creator’s seventh studio album, Call Me If You Get Lost. The track features Tyler, 42 Dugg, and Frank Ocean showing their bravado by
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Tool – Prison Sex
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With introspection that Maynard seems to bring to the table almost constantly, “Prison Sex” addresses the psychological, almost procedural impact of abuse on its victims.
The song
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Lil Dicky (Ft. Snoop Dogg) – Professional Rapper
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“Professional Rapper” is the second track off of Lil Dicky’s debut album Professional Rapper. This track is structured like a job interview with Snoop acting as the interviewer and
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A Perfect Circle – Gravity
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Each song on Thirteenth Step is from a different perspective regarding the life and experiences of an addict.
In this song, the narrator is admitting they used again and asking
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Tool – Intolerance
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Intolerance is the first song on Tool’s first full-length studio LP. The song’s intro consists of what some claim to be the sound of a scuba tank running out of air, someone
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K-Rino – Grand Deception
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K’s most successful song to date, as it has racked up over a million views on YouTube.
It tries to make people aware of what goes on “behind the scenes” as he shows the different
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Paul Simon – Proof
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As in the opening track of the album, “The Obvious Child,” the narrator of “Proof” wrestles with the tension between belief and certainty, with some religious undertones.
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Tool – Intolerance (Live)
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I don't want to be / Hostile / I don't want to be / Dismal / And I don't want to / Rot in an / Apathetic / Existence / See, I want to / Believe you / And I wanted to / Trust you
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Drake – Started from the Bottom
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On the lead single to Nothing Was the Same, Drake delivers a come-up piece about how he “Started from the Bottom.“
Thematically, this track embodies the famed underdog narrative
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Cannibal Corpse – Hammer Smashed Face
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This song, which has become the band’s most iconic, goes into gruesome detail of a murder.
This song would be made famous amongst metalheads for their brief cameo in the 1994 film
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Tool – Disgustipated
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A portmanteau of disgust and constipated (obviously).
Another religious satire.
At 15:47, “Disgustipated” was as of its release the longest song in Tool’s discography, even
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Boosie Badazz – My Struggle
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[Intro] / Mixtape! / Boosie Boo nigga / And I be like the best nigga at this shit right now / Word for word / Life story for life story / I'm the truth / [Verse 1] / It started off
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Paramore – Turn It Off
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“Turn It Off” serves as a continuation of “Playing God”. The song continues with Hayley’s critiques of her church; even though she strongly believes in God, she sometimes finds it
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Bad Omens – Just Pretend
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[Verse 1] / I'm not afraid / Of the war you've come to wage against my sins / I'm not okay / But I can try my best to just pretend / [Pre-Chorus] / So will you wait me out / Or
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Tool – Crawl Away
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“Crawl Away” is a song about a controlling narcissist, who loses a person close to them (presumably a significant other).
The fifth track on Tool’s full-length debut, Undertow, it
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