This song is a violent tale of backwoods justice delivered by a mysterious stranger who helps a woman in need. It falls into a timeless tradition of murder ballads. "Wait in the Truck" is the result of a collaboration between Lainey Wilson and HARDY. Wilson is a...
This is the true story of Megan Moroney falling in love with a boy from the University of Tennessee while she attended a rival school, the University of Georgia. Yes, it Really Happened Moroney has said herself that the story contained in these lyrics is no...
This song is about a struggle with mental health, addiction and attempting to change your ways. Jelly Roll gives listeners a significant amount to unpack with his dense lyrics rich with meaning. You have to ensure you're up for the ride because it might feel like...
This song is about a scorned lover telling their ex to get out of their life once and for all. The One That Changed Everything "Rolling in the Deep" is the first song on Adele's sophomore project, 21, which came out in 2010. It's the track that secured her status as a...
"Party in the U.S.A." was originally written to capture the feeling of being an immigrant in the United States. A New Immigrant Song or a National Party Anthem? This song can take on drastically different meanings depending on who's listening. To some, it might sound...
This song is about being in a drug haze while feeling a strong physical attraction to someone who doesn't seem to care. Kid Indigo Sets the Record Straight To some, he's better known as Breezy. Others call him Kid Indigo. There's also C. Breezy, Indigo Breezy, CB and...
This song likens the feeling of falling in love to the transformative effects of sunset. The Process JVKE describes the process of creating this song as being akin to a compositional golden hour. According to the singer-songwriter, everything just fell into place. It...
This song is about a scorned lover trashing her ex-partner's truck for being unfaithful to her. Underwood's character hits you in the face with the song's meaning - or more fittingly, hits her unfortunate ex in the face with it, to say nothing of his truck. While most...
"Without Me" heralds Eminem's return to save the world, takes jabs at his adversaries and describes his impact on music and culture. Spotlighting His Rapper-in-Training Eminem wastes no time dropping references and double entendres in his raps, and this song is no...
Eminem's "Superman" describes the troubled relationships of Slim Shady's past as well as the promiscuousness of the women around him, and he plans how to deal with it. A Certain Kind of Superpower "They call me Superman / Leap tall hoes in a single bound" In the...
The overall message is one of leaning into discomfort. The lyrics are about embracing pain because it helps you grow as a person and serves to make you stronger. A Tribute to Pain “You made me a, you made me a believer, believer / (Pain, pain) / You break me down, you...
"Joy of My Life" is a song about how happy one man's love makes him feel. This is a cover of the John Fogerty song of Creedence Clearwater Revival fame that he recorded in 1997. The title takes the phrase "love of my life" and shifts the meaning slightly while adding...
