Genius Meanings
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Years & Years & MNEK – Valentino
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[Verse 1: Olly Alexander] / I think I must have met him yesterday / He waltzed in from the outskirts of east L.A / He seems to be the name on everybody's lips / So I told myself I
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Olly Alexander – Take Shelter
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The lead single of the trio’s EP Take Shelter, “Take Shelter” is the first track that Years & Years released through the label Polydor. The single was later used in the EP Y & Y
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Olly Alexander – King
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“King” is the fourth single from Years & Years debut studio album, Communion, originally appearing on their extended play Y & Y. It reached the #1 spot on the UK Singles Chart on
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Olly Alexander – Worship
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Worship finds Years & Years singer Olly Alexander express his desire to love someone completely to the point where he’s worshipping their every move. Most intriguingly, this song
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Olly Alexander – Desire
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“Desire” details getting out of a relationship with a person that you can’t lose feelings for, and it seems like they can’t either.
This was the third single from Communion, Years
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Tom Rosenthal (Ft. dodie) – Years Years Bears
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Tom Rosenthal said “For those asking what ‘YEARS YEARS BEARS’ is, all I can say is you’ll need to ask your milkman and your local bishop. But only ask them in the afternoon.”
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Olly Alexander – Gold
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[Verse 1] / Am I defined, oh, by the way they look at me? / Will I be tried? / Oh, will they take what I believe? / [Pre-Chorus] / I shiver on a one, I breathe for two / I give you
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Olly Alexander – Foundation
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“Foundation” is the opening track on Years & Years debut album Communion.
As it is the album’s opening track, it could be seen as almost a prelude to the album.
It details Olly’s
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Olly Alexander – Shine
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“Shine” is the fifth single from Years & Years‘ debut album Communion, first released on the 5th of July 2015.
It is an unusual addition to the album in that the song describes an
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Laufey – Valentine
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[Verse 1] / I've rejected affection / For years and years / Now I have it and damn it / It‘s kind of weird / He tells me I'm pretty / Don't know how to respond / I tell him that he
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Kodak Black (Ft. PnB Rock) – Too Many Years
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PnB Rock and Kodak hop on a track together to give us a catchy hook and explain how they have put “too many years” into stuff they aren’t proud of, such as going to jail. They are
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Lukas Graham – 7 Years
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In “7 Years”, the Danish group Lukas Graham reflect on their life and wonder about growing older. Nostalgia from ages 7, 11, and 20 are explored before the band goes on to wonder
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Olly Alexander – Ties
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[Verse 1] / You tell me you like to burn a bridge / That you always make mistakes like this / Are you having fun? / I tell you I've got my secrets too / I go hunting for someone
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Five for Fighting – 100 Years
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A deeply sentimental song about how fast life goes by, “100 Years” is the fourth track on Five For Fighting’s third album, The Battle For Everything. In the US, it reached #28 on
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Josh Groban (Ft. Jennifer Nettles) – 99 Years
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[Verse 1: Josh Groban] / Boy meets girl and the world stops turning / She makes him forget all the rules he was learning / They give a toast to the ones who never stop hoping
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Olly Alexander – Memo
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A heartbreaking and haunting song about the love between two people (presumably, two men) who can’t be together any longer. The singer wants to stay together, promising that no one
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Olly Alexander – Without
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[Verse 1] / You're the first one, you're the champion / You're the tall one, you the halcyon / You don't belong to me / You're too far away / And everything falls apart when I try
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Taylor Swift – The Archer
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“The Archer” is a mid-tempo track about Swift’s insecurities in a relationship. It’s the third song released from 2019’s Lover, preceded by “ME!” and “You Need To Calm Down.”
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Olly Alexander – Border
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[Verse 1] / Stutter your moves / How you wanna play? / Yeah, it's all so easy when you're the one who loves to pay / Do I remember what I was taught? / Am I gonna catch you? / Is
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The Griswolds – 16 Years
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In an interview, Christopher Whitewall, the band’s lead singer, described “16 years” as a song about
the massive life changes we’ve been going through since we started playing
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Christina Perri – A Thousand Years
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“A Thousand Years” is about an eternal love. It was written by Christina Perri, specifically for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 soundtrack.
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Television – Torn Curtain
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Final track from the album Marquee Moon. Recorded versions of this song go back as far as 1975. It is thought this song was written and first performed after Richard Hell left the
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David Bowie – Five Years
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Perhaps one of the best album openers of all time, “Five Years” crescendos beautifully. A sparse fade in introduces a few verses set to piano, chronicling the panic that
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Simply Red – Holding Back the Years
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“Holding Back the Years” tells of the troubled upbringing lead singer Mick Hucknall had during his youth. The difficulty he had finding support from a stern father and a mother
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