Genius Meanings
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Warpaint – Undertow
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“Undertow” began its life as a cover of Nirvana’s song ‘Polly’. In an interview, Jenny Lee Lindberg said:
Instead of making that a cover – even though it sounded really cool – we
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Warpaint – Chic U
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An unreleased song – first played live in 2012.
In 2017, the band started adding parts of the song to their jams at the end of ‘Undertow’
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Warpaint – Baby
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“Baby” is the seventh track on Warpaint’s debut album The Fool.
In an interview, vocalist Emily Kokal said that the song “Baby” was written from start to finish vocally before
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Mac Lethal – Warpaint
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[Verse 1] / Every morning when I wake up, a couple seconds go by / Where I can't remember that my heart is broken, and I can't feel the pain inside / Suddenly it fucking hits me, I
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Warpaint – Stars
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Oh wonderful one why are you like that? / Oh wonderful one why are you like that? / Glow in the darkness, that's how we do it / Glow in the darkness, that's how we do it / Just
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Warpaint – Composure
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[Pre-Verse: Emily, Theresa, Jenny] / The clit-cut, the clit-cut, the clit-cut, the cut what? / The clit-cut, the clit-cut, the clit-cut, the cut what? / The clit-cut, the clit-cut
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Warpaint – Jubilee
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Though performed by Warpaint several times in 2011 while touring their full-length debut album The Fool,
“Jubilee” remained unreleased until a decade later when it was included in
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Warpaint – Billie Holiday
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This song was featured in Warpaint debut EP “Exquisite Corpse”.
It is some kind of variation on a song called “My Guy”, made famous in 1964 by Marry Wells. Most of the lyrics
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Warpaint – Burgundy
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If you want to hold me, I’ll want you more / Than anyone ever wanted anyone before / If you want to hold me, I’ll hold you back / If you want to hold me, hold me down / I'll need a
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Warpaint – Elephants
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I'll break your heart / To keep you far from where / All dangers start / And atmosphere / Gets crazy light / Where every breath transpires / And to a star / Space of calm about you
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Reef the Lost Cauze – Stay Golden
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[Verse 1] / They call me papa bear, posted in my easy chair / If it ain't about no bread or my babies, then you won't see me there / A pimp and a preacher, no bright suit or greasy
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Warpaint – Krimson
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Ooh, hold me, I'll want you more / Than anyone ever wanted anyone before / And if I ever turned away / Only was I trying to find out the words to say / All my life, well I can't
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Warpaint – Shadows
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Shadows is the 5th song on Warpaint debut album : The Fool.
It sounds like a post-break-up song filled with vivid images conveyed by a stunning economy of words.
Don’t miss the
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Warpaint – Warpaint
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The song was called Warpaint before the band was called Warpaint.
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Warpaint – Bees
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This song was featured in Warpaint debut album “The Fool”.
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Warpaint – Beetles
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Track 4 on Warpaint’s debut EP, Exquisite Corpse. The following transcript is from an interview Emily Kokal did in 2009 for Rollo & Grady:
Theresa actually wrote it. She was just
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Warpaint – Billie Holiday (Steve Mackey Radio Edit)
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B. I. L. L. I. E. H. O. L. I. D. A. Y / B. I. L. L. I. E. H. O. L. I. D. A. Y / B. I. L. L. I. E. H. O. L. I. D. A. Y / B. I. L. L. I. E. H. O. L. I. D. A. Y / As I walk this line
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Warpaint – Set Your Arms Down
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This song is performed by Warpaint and appears on the album The Fool (2010).
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Warpaint – Majesty
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When I held your hand / When I held your hand / When I helped you / When I held your hand / You still went the other way / And you wanted me to stay / With my arms stretching away
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Ella Hooper – Old News
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Old news / I feel like I'm just old news / Hung up on some teenage blues / Yeah, the story never ends / And who am I to try to take another bite / Of the cherry if it's pie in the
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Dave Hause – Saboteurs
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[Verse 1] / In the morning glow, I'll hold you close / While lunatics clutch the nuclear codes / And take their tolls on burning roads / While we huddle here over the radio / We'll
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Warpaint – Lissie's Heart Murmur
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This is taken from their debut album The Fool released on October 25, 2010. It will be their first release since signing to UK-based record label, Rough Trade. It was produced by
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Dave Hause – Bearing Down
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[Verse 1] / I've been considering oblivion tonight / I'll squeeze the last few drops of the bruised, dark fruit / And pretend that I just might / Might get the Viking funeral
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