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The French Kicks - Down Now

The French Kicks - Down Now Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: One Time Bells
Released: 2002

Down Now Lyrics

Down Now

Written by lead singer/drummer Nick Stumpf and guitarist/keyboardist Josh Wise. They were listening to a lot of Radiohead at the time and that sound can be heard in parts of the song. Stumpf says, "tons of artists influence the group... there are too many to name."

Since there are several tracks of drums on the studio version of the song, Stumpf had to alter his beat in order to perform it live. This is the exception to the rule for the band since they usually try to perform songs live as close to the studio version as possible. (thanks to Nick Stumpf for giving us these Songfacts in an interview)

Slash - World on Fire

Slash - World on Fire Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: World on Fire
Released: 2014

World on Fire Lyrics

Well they say that we are tragic
And they say we're born to lose
You're the misfit, I'm the sinner,
You're the heathen, I'm the fool
But today you'll be the master or the slave,
It's up to you
Or my beautiful disaster take me anywhere you choose

Don't fight it, ignite it
This much I'm sure

I think it's time to set this World on Fire
I think it's time to push it to the edge
Burn it to the ground and trip the wire
You may never be this good again

It's like a new religion speaking tongues
come see the light
Do not trip on inhibitions that will only waste my time
Let me tempt you with the evils of the flesh and so much more
Like a Babylon redeemer, like a pusher, like a whore

Just try it, you'll like it
I'll give you more

I think it's time to set this world on fire
I think it's time to push it to the edge
Burn it to the ground and trip the wire
You may never be this good again

It's so dark, I can't see
All the truth inside us
All I want is to feel something that's real before the end

Close the door
Turn the key
Do you like
What you see

Kill the lights
Oh come to me
Set it off tonight
Baby just like fire on gasoline

I think it's time to set this world on fire
I think it's time to push it to the edge
I'm so fuckin' bored so trip the wire
You may never be this good again

Just trip the wire
This world's on fire
Just trip the wire
You may never be this good again

Writer/s: HUDSON, SAUL / KENNEDY, MYLES
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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World on Fire

The title track of Slash's third album, this was released as the first single from the project. Asked by Blabbermouth.net why he led the album with this song, Slash replied: "I think there's a lot of singles on the record, but it's a good kick-off song. It's up-tempo, aggressive, it's a fun song. I love the whole world on fire, larger-than-life kind of vibe that the title and lyrics have."

Asked about the song's meaning, Slash replied: "To be literal about it, we have the global warming thing. But that's not the catalyst for the title. 'World On Fire' is more of a tongue-in-cheek, positive, fun thing — it has a lot of sexual connotations in the actual song itself. It's a euphemism for going a little bit crazy and pulling out all the stops."

Slash told The Pulse of Radio why he decided to title the album after this tune. "It was a song on the record basically about sex," he said. "But when I started looking for an album title, something about that title stuck out to me. I think it was because a lot of stuff has been going on - the whole thing with the Malaysian flight, and Israel, and all the stuff going on with Russia at the time. So 'World On Fire' all of a sudden had a much broader connotation."

The French Kicks - Sunday Night is Fair

The French Kicks - Sunday Night is Fair Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: One Time Bells
Released: 2002

Sunday Night is Fair Lyrics

Sunday Night is Fair

When they recorded their debut album, the group was destitute. They had no money and had been sleeping on various floors and couches. Lead singer Nick Stumpf described them as being "at the end of our rope... we had been homeless for about 9 months."

Nick Stumpf wrote the lyrics the day before he was supposed to recorded the vocals. It was a Sunday night, and he took a walk around Manhattan to get inspiration. The city was empty, and what Stumpf saw on his walk felt similar to the mood of the song's music. Sunday nights are also a time when he feels exhausted from the week and weekend, which also seemed to fit what became "Sunday Night is Fair."

This song also features a Wurlitzer, a type of electric piano. Stumpf says that many people mistake the sound of it for a guitar. (thanks to Nick Stumpf for giving us these Songfacts in an interview)

The Ting Tings - Wrong Club

The Ting Tings - Wrong Club Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Super Critical
Released: 2014

Wrong Club Lyrics

(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey, If you can’t move your feet
You wanna stand like a woman
You wanna stand with me
If you don’t seem to fit in
You wanna take some cover
You wanna leave with me

Did I ever tell you about the way I wanna feel
Giving it up and fly away
Did I ever tell you about the good times that you get
Don’t know if you got another day

(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey! I’m in the Wrong Club
Listening to this shit
(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey! I’m in the wrong life, someone get me out of it
(Oh oh oh oh)

And if you wanna come in
We can sit on boxes
I keep everything
Oh, and if you're standing in the corner
You can tell me you don’t wanna talk
And I tell you how it’s always been

Did I ever tell you about the way I wanna feel
Giving it up and fly away
And did I ever tell you about the good times that you get
Don’t know if you got another day

(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey! I’m in the wrong club
Listening to this shit
(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey! I’m in the wrong life, someone get me out of it
(Oh oh oh oh)

I ain't moving though the beat is on
Everyone's gonna let me know it
Get me out somewhere I belong
Come with me, we can over throw it
What’s the matter with the crazy fool
Keep it in or I can go and show it
No DJ never saved my life

(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey! I’m in the wrong club
Listening to this shit
(DJ never saved my life)
I’m in the wrong life, someone get me out of it

(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey! I’m in the wrong club
Listening to this shit
I’m in the wrong life, someone get me out of it

And everyone's gonna let me know it
Come with me, we can over throw it
Keep it in or I can go and show it

(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey!
No DJ never saved my life

And everyone's gonna let me know it
Come with me, we can over throw it
Keep it in or I can go and show

(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey!

And everyone's gonna let me know it
Come with me, we can over throw it
Keep it in or I can go and show it

(Oh oh oh oh)
Hey!

Writer/s: WHITE, KATIE / DE MARTINO, JULES / TAYLOR, ANDY
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Wrong Club

The first single from the Ting Tings third album, this euphoric Disco-infused number finds Katie White trying to let go of her troubles on the dance floor. "It's about feeling like you don't fit in," she told NME, "finding someone you can leave with - finding someone like you - finding someone who likes you - even if you can't dance like the rest."

The song's music video was filmed by the French/Italian fashion director Lisa Paclet (Dior, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent). It finds Katie White dancing around a light show in an old Parisian warehouse.

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals

Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Mechanical Animals
Released: 1998

Mechanical Animals Lyrics

Mechanical Animals

This was partially inspired by a boy who killed himself. His dad found him dead with Manson's Antichrist Superstar on repeat in his CD player. The dad then blamed Manson for his son's suicide. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ)

Korn - Balltongue

Korn - Balltongue Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Korn
Released: 1994

Balltongue Lyrics

Balltongue

This is rumored to be about oral sex, but it isn't. It is about a man who had to work with the band on a T-Shirt design. He either had a pierced tongue or a wart on his tongue and he gave the band a really hard time.

During the chorus, lead singer Jon Davis shouts a lot of unintelligible things. He claims it is just gibberish, but many fans believe there are actual words being said. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ, for above 2)

System of a Down - Aerials

System of a Down - Aerials Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Toxicity
Released: 2001

Aerials Lyrics

Life is a waterfall
We're one in the river
And one again after the fall

Swimming through the void
We hear the word
We lose ourselves
But we find it all?

Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go
But you never want to stay

And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play
But you never want to lose

Aerials, in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life

Life is a waterfall
We drink from the river
Then we turn around and put up our walls

Swimming through the void
We hear the word
We lose ourselves
But we find it all?

Cause we are the ones that want to play
Always want to go
But you never want to stay

And we are the ones that want to choose
Always want to play
But you never want to lose

Aerials, in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Aerials, so up high
When you free your eyes
Eternal prize
Aerials, in the sky
When you lose small mind
You free your life
Aerials, so up high
When you free your eyes
Eternal prize

Writer/s: MALAKIAN, DARON / ODADJIAN, SHAVO / DOLMAYAN, JOHN / TANKIAN, SERJ
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Aerials

This song is about how people can lose their identities and become just like everyone else. Some lyric analysis:
"Life is a waterfall,we're one in the river, one again after the fall." - We all start off the same and we all end up the same.
"Swimming through the void, we hear the words,we lose ourselves, but we find it all." - As we go through life we are told lessons, but we ignore them. We forget who we really are in the mix of seeking the synthetic lifestyle, and that's the price to lose who we really are.
"'Cause we are the ones that wanna play, always want to go, but you never want to stay." - We always want to be part of the scene. We strive for what we want and when we get it, it still does not satisfy.
"And we are the ones that want to choose, always wanna play, but you never wanna lose." - We want and want. We do whatever we can but if trouble is ever near we do whatever we can to maintain innocence.
"When you lose small mind you free your life." - When we stop to see the full picture is when we really have control of our lives.
"Life is a waterfall, we drink from the river then we turn around and put up our walls." - We take and take and in the end we give nothing. This shows how greedy, oblivious and inconsiderate people can be. (thanks, joe - visa, CA)

The final track on the Toxicity album and the third single. The lyrics were written by Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian. Malakian wrote the music. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ)

On the CD, right after the song ends, another song called "Arto" comes on. "Arto" is based on a traditional Armenian song with a chant that is played at funerals in the Armenian community. It is named "Arto" because their friend Arto Tuncboyaciyan played a duduk (a reed instrument similar to an oboe) on the track. Daron and Serj's grandparents both wept when they heard it. (thanks, Anthony - Willow Wood, OH)

Daron Malakian once said that this song is about the beauty of retarded children and how they see the world. They have also said that it is about nothing. (thanks, Ankabandoodoo - lala, MT)

The band performed this on Saturday Night Live in 2005. The first song they performed, "B.Y.O.B.," caused some controversy because they swore on the air.

Atmosphere - Kanye West

Atmosphere - Kanye West Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Southsiders
Released: 2014

Kanye West Lyrics

Kanye West

This song finds Sean "Slug" Daley rapping about how people have a knee jerk to artists like Kanye West who shows passion as a human. He explained to Artist Direct : "Kanye, he's really the best example. Because the media industrial complex totally jumped on Kanye and turned him into some sort of, almost a bad guy. And it's like this dude is not a bad guy. This dude is just a passionate guy. I don't know what to say about that. I don't know that the world is ever not going to be intimidated by passion."

Korn - Clown

Korn - Clown Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Korn
Released: 1994

Clown Lyrics

Life is within my body. All right go.

Four I just said (Four) you fagot piece of shit on the ground.

Four?

Four?

Oh.
Hey what are you talking about, Ross?

Hey, the song starts like (and he plays).

Hey, are you saying so there's no clicks?

Hey, we are recording now start.

Just fucking do it dammit.

I get Twist, I wish we could put Twist on the fucking tape.

want to hear it?

Stupid.

Fuck you.
Fuck you!

Go!

Okay.
You piece of shit.

Anger inside.
Builds within my body.
Why you hit me?
What have I done?
You tried to hit me.

Try and hit me again if you like.
Throw your hate at me with all your might.
Hit me 'cause I'm strange hit me.
Tell me I'm a pussy and you're harder than me.
What's with you boy?
Think hard.
A tattooed body to hide who you are.
Scared to be honest, be yourself.
A cowardly man.

I don't run around, trying to be what's not within me.
Look into my eyes.
I am free.
You're just a want to-be.

Try and hit me again if you like.
Throw your hate at me with all your might.
Hit me 'cause I'm strange, hit me.
Tell me I'm a pussy and your harder than me.
What's with you boy?
Think hard.
A tattooed body to hide who you are.
Scared to be honest, be yourself.
A cowardly man. To come out.

Hit me Clown because I'm not from your town, now hit me clown
Hit me clown because I'm not from your town, now hit me clown
Hit me clown because I'm not from your town, now hit me clown
Hit me clown because I'm not from your town, now hit me clown

Clown you ain't shit, turn around got your face split
Clown you ain't shit, turn around got your face split
Clown you ain't shit, turn around got your face split
Clown you ain't shit, turn around got your face split

Try and hit me if you like.
Throw your hate at me with all your might.
Hit me 'cause I'm strange, hit me.
Tell me I'm a pussy and you're harder than me. What's with you boy?
Think hard.
A tattooed body to hide who you are.
Scared to be honest, be yourself.
A cowardly man.

Just too fucking little
Just too fucking little
Just too fucking little
Just too fucking little

I'm just a fucking mental
I'm just a fucking mental
I'm just a fucking mental
I'm just a fucking mental

Writer/s: Davis, Vidal / Tatum, Mary Ann / Harris, Andre / Carey, Mariah
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Clown

This is about how people try to be something they're not in order to be accepted instead of just being themselves. What inspired lead singer Jon Davis to write the lyrics, though, was an early gig where a skinhead was booing them and telling them to "go back to Bakersfield!" Jon kneeled down to hear him and the guy took a swing at him. The skinhead was all tattooed and looked like a clown, so that was the inspiration for the title of the song and also the line "Hit me clown, because I'm not from your town."

This was the fourth (and final) single released from the band's first album, and like all Korn songs, is a band composition. The group's first two albums were recorded at Indigo Ranch Studios in Malibu, California, which their guitarist Brian "Head" Welch tells us was a great place to work. "It was in the hills and it was all like vintage stuff," he said. "There was some partying and stuff like that, so some of those memories are kind of blah. But the creative process was really cool to experience."

Unfortunately, the studio burned down in 2007 wildfires that also destroyed about 50 homes in the area.

The video for this song was Korn's third, following "Blind" and "Shoots And Ladders." All three were directed by McG, who would later direct the first two Charlie's Angels movies and the TV show Chuck.

Atmosphere - Flicker

Atmosphere - Flicker Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Southsiders
Released: 2014

Flicker Lyrics

Flicker

Michael "Eyedea" Larsen (1981-2010) was an American underground rapper from St. Paul, Minneapolis who toured extensively as second MC and support DJ for Atmosphere. Eyedea died in his sleep on October 16, 2010. The cause of death was ruled by the the Ramsey County medical examiner's office to be an accident, from "opiate toxicity."

Atmosphere rapper Sean "Slug" Daley penned this song as a way of expressing the phases he went through when dealing with his pal's death. Asked by Artist Direct if it was a difficult song for him to write, he replied: "I think the most difficult part about making that track was the timing because you can't really force a song like that to come out. So, I had to wait for when it felt right to write. I was consistently being asked by fans and younger people like, 'When are you gonna make a song for Eyedea?' and 'Why don't you make a song for Eyedea? You owe us a song for Eyedea.' That's a weird pressure. What do you mean I owe you something about my feelings? You know what I mean? It's kind of a weird position to have people tell you, 'You owe us this, I can't believe you haven't done this yet,' without realizing this s—t doesn't just write itself. There's no switch that you can turn on and off. So for me, the difficult part was in waiting for when it happened."

"Once I sat down to write it, no, it wasn't difficult to write because I could've written 12 songs about Eyedea," Slug continued. "It's one of those things where there's no way to fit it all in three verses. There's so much material that I actually had to figure out what material to use and what not to use to present the point I was trying to present. You know at the end of the day, the song 'Flicker' is not really about Eyedea. It's about me and my coping mechanisms. It's about me and discussing the different stages that I went through after he passed away, much like a song that I did from a few years ago that was called 'Yesterday'"

Linkin Park - Crawling

Linkin Park - Crawling Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Hybrid Theory
Released: 2000

Crawling Lyrics

Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming, confusing
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling
I can't seem
To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced
That there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure

Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

Discomfort, endlessly has pulled itself upon me
Distracting, reacting
Against my will I stand beside my own reflection
It's haunting how I can't seem

To find myself again
My walls are closing in
(Without a sense of confidence I'm convinced
That there's just too much pressure to take)
I've felt this way before
So insecure

Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

Crawling in my skin
These wounds, they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing, confusing what is real

There's something inside me that pulls beneath the surface
Consuming (confusing what is real)
This lack of self control I fear is never ending
Controlling (confusing what is real)

Writer/s: SHINODA, MIKE / DELSON, BRAD / BENNINGTON, CHESTER CHARLES / HAHN, JOSEPH / BOURDON, ROBERT G.
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
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Crawling

In the video, the girl (Katelyn Rosaasen) is physically abused by her father. At the beginning, we can see all her bruises. Many of the lyrics demonstrate how hard it is to break the cycle of abuse ("These wounds, they will not heal" and "It's haunting, how I can't seem to find myself again, my walls are closing in"), and how self-confidence is crushed. The blue crystal background closes in on her at the beginning of the first chorus - this shows an emotional shell that she has built around her. The thick make-up is like a mask, trying to hide what's going on inside. The septum ring is designed to link with Chester's lip ring. When the girl walks away from her boyfriend, it's because she's too scared to get close to people. This is also true for the high school bathroom scene. When Chester sings, "Against my will I stand beside my own reflection," he and Katelyn are looking at each other. She looks like she wants to get out of the shell she's in. She also sees painful memories from her past in the crystal. When the second chorus starts, the crystal begins to break and chunks of it are flying about - this is her shell falling down. It represents her father's departure, as does her smiling at the end with the roses in the vase. She's not wearing the thick make-up because she doesn't feel like she needs the protection of a mask - she's got nothing to hide from.

A lot of what Chester is singing about are side effects of taking methamphetamines - a drug he used throughout his teens. The anxiety, hallucinations and a feeling of things crawling under his skin. (thanks, Abbey - Essex, England, for above for above 2)

This won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance.

This was the second single off Hybrid Theory, the best selling album of 2001.

The video was nominated for Best Rock video on MTV's Video Music Awards. It lost to Limp Bizkit's "Rollin." (thanks, William - Indiana, IN, for above 4)

In the CD booklet, the lyrics "These wounds, they will not heal" were incorrectly written as "Consuming all I feel."

There is a remixed version of this song on Reanimation, their 2002 CD which contained remixes of the songs from Hybrid Theory and a couple of new songs. The remix features Staind's Aaron Lewis on vocals. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ, for above 2)

Chester Bennington in Rolling Stone magazine 2002: "The song is about taking responsibility for your actions. I don't say 'you' at any point. It's about how I'm the reason that I feel this way. There's something inside me that pulls me down."

Chester Bennington claims it's hard to perform this song live due to his own personal experience similar to the problems in the song. He feels as though his past drug addiction, to crystal meth and other hard drugs such as cocaine, is literally under his skin. In an interview he said: "'Crawling' has caused me the most trouble live more than any other song. 'Crawling' is about feeling like I had no control over myself in terms of drugs and alcohol..." (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)

Augustana - Alive

Augustana - Alive Lyrics and Youtube Music Videos

Album: Life Imitating Life
Released: 2014

Alive Lyrics

Well this is not a lesson
And this is not a cry for help
And this is not a test
And this is not for someone else

Yeah, this one's for you and everything you do
For every time I said this one's forever
And this one's for me, I'm starting to believe
You and I were born to be together

And I can feel it right now, just where I want to be
I reach out, you're right in front of me
We are unstoppable, we are unbreakable, we are invincible together
And I feel Alive with you
And I feel alive with you

Well this is not a battle
And this is not a field of blood
And this is not as easy,
Not as easy as it ever was

Yeah, this one's for you and everything you do
For every time I said this one's forever
And this one's for me, I'm starting to believe
You and I were born to be together

And I can feel it right now, just where I want to be
I reach out, you're right in front of me
We are unstoppable, we are unbreakable, we are invincible together
And I feel alive with you
And I feel alive with you

This is not a devil
And this is not a child of god
And this is not a message
And this is not a double shot
Hell, I'm just loving you, babe, with everything I got

And I can feel it right now, just where I want to be
I reach out, you're right in front of me
We are unstoppable, we are unbreakable, we are invincible together
And I feel alive with you
And I feel alive with you

Writer/s: LAYUS, DANIEL ROBIN / SCHNEIDER, CURT
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Alive

Augustana mainman Dan Layus told AbsolutePunk the story of this song: "That was a really important song, not only for a refreshing direction of Augustana as a songwriter, but just as a human, as a person," he said. "I was just in desperate need of writing something that felt good. That was at a time where I had turned a lot of things around. I've been sober for nearly three years now, not quite but we're getting there. At that time I was freshly on the wagon there, getting my life together and figuring out how to live my life in a really positive way. I needed to write and perform something every night that felt great and that wasn't so blue and wasn't so down. That song is what came out."

"It flowers from being sober, I think," Layus continued. "It felt good to feel nervous at shows again. It felt good to feel butterflies and actually not be numb to everything around me all day and night, to actually be scared or excited or nervous, all those feelings that come back that I had sort of stuffed away and numbed for a lot of years. That's kind of what that's saying, and then it's also saying in the verses that this isn't a message and this isn't a lesson for anybody else. It's my experience. This isn't saying that this is going to work for everyone, it's just saying this is me and this is my experience. This is what I've been through, and now it feels so good to feel alive again. I know that road has been walked before, and that alludes to Life Imitating Life as well. It all ties together."