Questions tagged [lyrics]
For questions regarding the words to a song, their interpretation and meaning.
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“Waking up to find your love's not real” in “Right Here, Right Now”
In Fatboy Slim’s Right Here, Right Now, the lyrics consist of repetitions of two lines:
"Right here, right now"
"Waking up to find your love’s not real" ¹
The first line comes from the movie Strange ...
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Old song with lyric “Number 9 with a brass plate on the door”
My grandfather often used to sing a snippet of an old song. My mother and I are curious as to what the song is, but we've not been able to find it with Google. I wondered if anyone here happened to ...
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What are all stanzas of “Jane Kaha Gaye Wo Din” by Hasrat Jaipuri?
I'm talking about an Indian old Hindi song "Jane Kaha Gaye Wo Din" sung by my favorite singer Mukesh Chand Mathur (1923-1976). Some information is as follows:
Film: Mera Naam Joker (1970)
Music ...
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What is the background of “Der Fischer und der Boss” by Reinhard Mey?
The german singer-songwriter Reinhard Mey has a song called "Der Fischer und der Boss", which translates to "The fisher and the boss".
It tells the story of a fisher that sometimes goes out for ...
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Tie between Warning and American idiot?
Is there a tie between Warning , Shenanigans , American Idiot?
The album Warning points to a story of kids being kids (think: Fashion Victim) while the album AI (American Idiot) points to the kids ...
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Was Mary a prostitute in Queensrÿche's “Operation: Mindcrime”?
Queensrÿche in 1988 gave us the rock opera Operation: Mindcrime. It tells the tale of Nikki who succumbs to the underworld of crime.
We learn of his love of a nun, Sister Mary, who later gets killed....
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Is “Nachts weinen die Soldaten” a hommage to “Es ist an der Zeit” or to “Green Fields of France”?
Today I listened to "Nachts weinen die Soldaten" (At night the soldiers are crying) by Saltatio Mortis. And I was reminded of "Es ist an der Zeit" (It's about time) by Hannes Wader. So my question ...
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Song recorded off UK radio
Does anyone recognise this song? I tried shazam and sound hound.
I can't really identify the words to try and find it through its lyrics.
https://youtu.be/1pnZxUimvew
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What movie or book the “Безумие” song was based on? (writer M.Pushkina, for Kipelov rock-band)
It's common knowledge that Pushkina's works are all based on (not to say "ripped of") the last movie or book she has while writing yet another song.
What movie or book the "Безумие" song ("Жить ...
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What is the track/album/concert name or lyrics of this song from Alim Qasimov?
I have received a miscellaneous clip that its author had mixed a piece of music (~ 40 seconds) with some pictures.
I extracted the music from the clip and already have recognized that the singer of ...
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Meaning of BRMC's song's title (0.0770833333333333)
I've been wondering for a while about what could 0.0770833333333333 mean? It's a song by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, from Beat The Devil's Tattoo album. What I figured out so far is that 0....
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Need help remenbering. Lyrics with: “With my baby”
I hace been thinking about this since weeks
The other day i was listening to Hall & Oates, and one song, "starting all over again" shooted in my head, another, with a similar vibe, that in some ...
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What do the lyrics of “Juliet” by Cloudnone and Matt Van mean?
There is a song of the genre Future Garage called Juliet by Cloudnone and Matt Van, and the lyrics seem to be about a man building a spaceship to find his lost lover in space, but upon further review, ...
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One butterfly pull the iron out the maiden
There is a song called “Iron Out The Maiden” by Shahmen, here are the lyrics.
I don’t understand this sentence:
One butterfly pull the iron out the maiden
Why “pull”, not pulls or pulled?
And ...
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Which place does “west side” in Hamilton Leithauser + Rostam's “A 1000 Times” refer to?
This is the line from the lyrics "I left my room, on the west side".
Does this refer to the upper west side in nyc? Does this even refer to a specific place at all?
The music video seems to show ...
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What is the missing verse from Dr. John's “Mama Roux”?
In Mama Roux by Dr. John, there's an instrumental break near the end of the song (around 2:18), but you can hear Dr. John singing another verse under the music. What is this verse, and why is it ...
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Hatten är din - original lyrics
What are the original lyrics of "Hatten är din"?
I am not talking about the English or Swedish lyrics.
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Unofficial Call and Response lyrics
Call and response is a common form for music around the world. Typically the leader sings something, and the chorus or audience either repeats it back, or gives a set response. This is especially ...
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Why is the text of “Space Oddity” different in different recordings?
The different recordings of David Bowie's “Space Oddity” have slightly different texts.
In this 1969 video the first refrain contains
Here am I floating round my tin can
far above the world
and ...
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What song has the most *distinct* words in the lyrics?
I see that "Rap God" by Eminem is generally credited as the hit song with the most (1560) words in the lyrics, and one or two other less-known songs (such as "Animal" by Harry Shotta with 1771 and "La ...
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Language and lyrics for Massano's “Indianotech”
I'm looking for lyrics to the song "Indianotech" by Mossano.
I'd like the language it is sung in, the text of the original lyrics, and if possible, an English translation. I've tried searching ...
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Eluveitie - “The Call of the Mountains”. What the children's choir is singing at the end?
Does anyone know the language and the text of what the children's choir is singing at the end of the song?
I've searched over the internet, but found nothing.
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Do anyone know a Marathi/Hindi song praising Ravana in India?
I had heard this song in my childhood(approx 1996) on radio. But now I don’t remember the correct words and so not able to find.
The words are like “उठ रावणा जागा हो” i.e. something like “Hey great ...
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Spoken lines in Annie Lennox' “No More I Love You's”
In Annie Lennox' 1995 song, No More I Love You's, a young sounding voice (maybe Annie herself voicing a childlike voice?) says
They were being really crazy. We were all in the car, and you know ...
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Danish (?) lyrics for “All that Jazz” by Julie Steincke
Some time ago I come across this performance of "All that Jazz" by Julie Steincke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scdu88ln_Q4 (I am enchanted with it). I do not recognize the language, but since ...
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What does 'imagined ecstasy' mean?
The song Zedd - Addicted to Me's lyrics contains a phrase 'Imagined ecstasy'.
Can anybody please explain it's meaning related to the song?
Does it have any meaning outside the song? If it does, ...
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Help needed deciphering lyrics of the song “Camera” by “A Witness”
I'm having difficulty deciphering most of the lyrics in this song:
[Inline Link] (https://youtu.be/v6dKwLphZT8)
Here's what i understand so far:
"He bought his first camera. With his pocket money. ...
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What is Wynton Marsalis' band saying on the song Juan, and what does it mean?
On the Wynton Marsalis album "Live at Blues Alley" there is a song that they play three times during the set. The song is called "Juan" the first time through. The second time it is titled "Juan (E. ...
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Ecuadorian song with “el ecuador” in the lyrics
I was at the global village in Dubai the other day, they did an amazing Ecuadorian dance to a song which went like this:
"em barema el cuador, bam barema el ecuador"...
That's all I have.
