 Genius Meanings
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Mac DeMarco – Nobody
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[Verse 1] / I'm the preacher / A done decision / Another creature / Who's lost its vision / [Pre-Chorus] / Let it go / Reel it in / For the creature / On television / [Chorus
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Mac DeMarco – Brother
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[Intro] / Shit / [Verse 1] / You’re no better off / Living your life / Than dreaming at night / This much is true / But it’s still up to you / To take my advice / [Chorus] / To
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Mac DeMarco – K
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“K” is a tribute to DeMarco’s long-term girlfriend, Kiera McNally. They met each other aged 14 and eventually got together five years later.
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Mac DeMarco – One More Love Song
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This song showcases the turmoil brought on by a seemingly endless stream of ill-fated relationships. Going through all the work of building a relationship with someone that means
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Mac DeMarco – My Old Man
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This song details how Mac realizes he sees his father – an addict and abuser – in his reflection more and more every day.
In “My Old Man”, Mac describes how he sees himself aging
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Mac DeMarco – Moonlight on the River
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In “Moonlight on the River,” Mac DeMarco talks about his dad who abandoned him and his Mom because he was an addict and an alcoholic. He isn’t sure how he should feel about him. He
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Mac DeMarco – For the First Time
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[Verse 1] / While she's been away / Living day-to-day has been tough / Without her at my side / Simply being alive has been rough / [Pre-Chorus 1] / And though she won't be gone
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Mac DeMarco – Dreaming
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Mac Demarco’s second song on his second album, 2.
In this song, Mac describes having the idea of the perfect girl in his mind, and thus seeing all other girls as being not ‘
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Mac DeMarco – Salad Days
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The album’s title track comes from the Shakespeare play Antony and Cleopatra of 1606. Cleopatra is nostalgic of her youthful gallivanting times with Julius Caesar:
My salad days
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Mac DeMarco – Preoccupied
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[Verse 1] / Passin' around, your blood and your body / No conversation to ease up your mind / And nobody seems to see the outside of it / Preoccupied, and nobody's hiding it / [
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Mac DeMarco – Watching Him Fade Away
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Mac plays tug-of-war between calling his father, seemingly to say goodbye, or letting him “fade away” with no closure from Mac– the ultimate revenge for an absent father.
Mac’s
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Mac DeMarco – 20201203
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I was too late for you, baby / I was too late for you, baby / I was too late for you, baby / Too late for you, baby / Now you're gone / Gone, gone / Now you're gone / Gone, gone
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Mac DeMarco – No Other Heart
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No Other Heart talks about falling in love with someone who is already in a relationship.
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Mac DeMarco – Chamber of Reflection
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Musically heavier than most of the songs on Salad Days, DeMarco mixes several things on this song. Starting from the topic about the Chamber of Reflection in the Mason Culture and
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Mac DeMarco – Another One
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The second single from Mac’s 2015 mini-LP Another One, he discussed his relationship with it in an interview with NPR.
“Another One” is my favorite song on the album because I’m
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Mac DeMarco – 20220223
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[Instrumental]
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Mac DeMarco – My Kind of Woman
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Mac writes about a relationship between a boy who loves a girl, sees her as a reflection of him and loves her with with everything he has. With a semi-poignant ballad, Mac pleads
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Mac DeMarco – Baby Bye Bye
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[Verse] / Another night / You don't sleep at all / You lay awake / Waiting for her call / But it never comes / And it never will / One more love to fall / Down from your windowsill
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Mac DeMarco – One Another
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Mac is trying to put a different perspective on a breakup. Instead of feeling like it was pointless, Mac tries to get his friend to understand the valuable lessons learned and
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Mac DeMarco – Portland
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[Instrumental]
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Mac DeMarco – Annie
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[Verse 1] / Annie knows when it's me / Knows how I'm feeling and gives me her healing / Oh Annie, sit down beside me / Let me confide in you, you know when I'm blue / You know when
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Mac DeMarco – This Old Dog
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On “This Old Dog,” DeMarco highlights his unceasing love for someone, while also touching upon the theme of aging.
The track was recorded on the floor of Mac’s bedroom in New York
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Mac DeMarco – Still Beating
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[Verse 1] / I never meant to make her cry / And now I'm seeing tears in her eyes / Half and half, make believe / 'Cause so she thought, well, my heart was on my sleeve / [Chorus
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Mac DeMarco – All of Our Yesterdays
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[Verse 1] / Holdin' out / Another day has come and let you down / All of our yesterdays have gone now / Tearin' up / Lookin' for a shoulder to prop you up / [Pre-Chorus] / All of
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Mac DeMarco – The Way You'd Love Her
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This is the first single and extract from Mac DeMarco’s upcoming mini-album Another One, scheduled for August 7th, 2015.
This song is kind of a slow song where it’s like, “You
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Mac DeMarco – 20221102 The Truth
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[Verse 1] / She taught me to see it all / For what it is now / Made me believe in love again / Boy, it's been years now / But debts that I owe to my old days / Won't go away so
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Mac DeMarco – 20200816 She Want The Sandwich
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[Verse 1] / She want the sandwich, baby / She want the sandwich, baby / Lettuce and tomato, baby / With mayo on a roll, I'll go anywhere she goes / [Verse 2] / I'll get the
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Mac DeMarco – Let My Baby Stay
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This ballad is for Mac’s longtime girlfriend Kiera “aka Kiki” McNally.
When they as a couple moved to the U.S., Kiki was at risk for being deported back to Canada as she didn’t
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Mac DeMarco – Passing Out Pieces
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Comin' in after a string of infamously riotous live shows and one great album, Mac DeMarco drops a new track from his upcoming LP, Salad Days.
The song comments on who Mac has
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Mac DeMarco – On the Level
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It feels as though Mac is echoing similar themes from ‘My Old Man’ in this track, namely the realisation of getting older and the passing of the torch from father to son.
The
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Mac DeMarco – 20200820 Turn My TV On
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[Verse 1] / Now she's gone / I'll turn my TV on / I should mow my lawn (No) / I'll turn my TV on / Write another song (No) / I'll turn my TV on / Hope it isn't long / 'Til I turn
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Mac DeMarco – Freaking Out the Neighbourhood
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Freaking Out The Neighborhood is a languid apology to Mom for some untold act of youthful misadventure.
“Freaking Out The Neighborhood” began as “Harrison Ford Escort,” a track
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Mac DeMarco – Let Her Go
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Honesty is crucial for a healthy relationship, but it can also destroy one. “Let Her Go” sees Mac advocate for complete honesty when it comes to decisions about whether to continue
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Mac DeMarco – 20210220 Stratocaster
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[Verse 1] / Stratocaster / Play me that one we used to play / Doesn't matter / My heart belongs to yesterday / [Chorus] / Just / Me and you and moonlight / Me and you and moon
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Mac DeMarco – Blue Boy
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Classic tune on the teenage condition.
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