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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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 Fisherman and the Boss".
It tells the story of a fisherman who sometimes goes out for ...
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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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Looking for verses to the refrain of “Hoch sollst du leben”
From my childhood in the 90s I remember that we used a song for the birthday celebrations at my elementary school that had the classic "Hoch sollst du leben" birthday song as a refrain and had two or ...
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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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Did John Lennon condemn the Free Love ideology on the 1970 track “Working Class Hero”?
It's safe to say that the Beatles had a pretty good time in the Sixties. They were certainly at the forefront of the hippie movement, a central aspect of which was the Free Love ideology.
However, in ...
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What does Victor Wooten refers to in his Justice Song in album “Show of Hands”?
In the lyrics of song "Justice" by Victor Wooten in his 1996 Album "Show of Hands" he says:
Twenty two cops on the scene /
And only 4 go to trial
Is there a specific episode he is referring to?
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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 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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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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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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Where do I find lyrics to “Opportunity for Progress”, by Rayne?
Well, this has been bugging me for quite a while, but I simply can't find the lyrics to this song. Can anyone help?
It would also be fine to simply upload the lyrics. I am able to understand almost 80-...
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What do these lyrics in “Angeline the Baker” mean?
In the song "Angeline the Baker," the lyrics go:
Angeline the baker, age of 43
Fed her sugar candy, but she still won't marry me
What does "fed her sugar candy" mean? Is it referring to sweet ...
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I can't remember a song, whose video clip is weird
I can't remember a song, the clip of which had some mannequins without faces in place of people. Some of them, for example, represented a family at home (father, mother and son) sitting around a table....
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Can somebody explain these specific moments of the musical short cartoon “Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs” (1943)?
Disclaimer: Some people probably might find this offensive, and so should not watch it, although I personally don't understand why, and find it to be a very funny and musically catchy cartoon from the ...
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Lyrics of Your Hand On My Shoulder by Jean-François Berger & Cécile Perfetti
Could anyone share the lyrics of Your Hand On My Shoulder by Jean-François Berger & Cécile Perfetti
https://open.spotify.com/album/397yj1XJZdCKnGKsDtV7jL?highlight=spotify:track:...
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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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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
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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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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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Lyrics of The Dynamics' Please think it over
I really do like this old song:
The Dynamics' Please think it over
I'd like to have the lyrics. I have searched the lyrics on the internet, but there is nothing. So I ...
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Lyrics of The Lettermen's Put away your teardrops
I really do like this old song:
The Lettermen' Put away your teardrops
I'd like to have the lyrics. I have searched the lyrics on the internet, but there is nothing. ...
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Lyrics for Fuck Buttons - Sweet Love for Planet Earth
The song Sweet Love for Planet Earth from Fuck Buttons' album Street Horrrsing (2008) contains extremely distorted vocals starting at 5:32. Several sources online cite the following as lyrics:
We're ...
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Roger Miller “Doo Wacka Doo”?
I could have sworn that line was in the song "Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd" by Roger Miller, but I just listened to a recording and it wasn't in there. A Google for that lyric comes up with a ...
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What are the lyrics to “Fiddle-Dee-Dee!!” by Plus-Tech Squeeze Box?
The Japanese electronic music band Plus-Tech Squeeze Box put out an album titled Cartooom! in 2004, with cover art reminiscent of the American animated series Dexter's Laboratory. The song "Fiddle-Dee-...
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Songs with unintelligible lyrics and incomplete lyrics transcript
Are there any recordings of songs that lack a full transcript of the lyrics?
Often lyrics are difficult to understand solely from the recording and I can imagine lower fidelity recordings from the ...
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“Come Baby Come” by K7 - lyrics for the female vocals?
I am looking for the lyrics of the 90s song "Come Baby Come" by K7, but I cannot find one that includes the female vocals at the start of the song after the "Da ding de ding de ding" part. (I turned ...
