Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Author: SMF

Shawn Mendes

Shawn Mendes

“If I Can’t Have You” by Shawn Mendes

Shawn Mendes’ single “If I Can’t Have You”, expresses a very intense love that is unwilling to give up. It adequately describes how almost every aspect of his life revolves around this person as...

I Rise

Madonna

“I Rise” by Madonna

Madonna’s “I Rise” begins with a fragment of a speech by Emma Gonzalez, a gun control advocate who survived the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting. This intro coupled with verse lines about bulletproof and...

Homicide

Eminem / Logic

“Homicide” by Logic (Ft. Eminem)

In this track, the artists approach “homicide” from two different perspectives. In the chorus, Logic literally takes on the role of – for lack of a better term – a mass murderer, who has...

Stop Cappin

Blueface

Meaning of “Stop Cappin” by Blueface

While the slang term capping has meant different things throughout the years, apparently within the context of this song, it alludes to its most-current usage on the streets, which is lying. In other words, the titular “stop...

Win Win

Diplo / Tove Lo

“Win Win” by Diplo Ft. Tove Lo

A win-win situation is one in which both parties involved walk away triumphant. And in this track the singer (Tove Lo) is presenting such a scenario to the individual she is addressing. What we know about this...

Joy

Bastille

“Joy” by Bastille

Bastille’s “Joy” Dan Smith finds the singer waking up in a devastated state, as he is lying on the kitchen floor, mentally broken. The backdrop of the track is that he is recuperating from a...

Chase Rice

Chase Rice

“Eyes on You” by Chase Rice

This song is based on the singer’s infatuation with his girlfriend. Or as the lyrics relay it, he is so entranced by her ambiance that regardless of the venue, his ‘eyes are on her’. And he...

Kendrick Lamar

Kendrick Lamar

“Swimming Pools (Drank)” by Kendrick Lamar

Listening to Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools” opens one up to the reality of two major influencers in society, Alcoholism and Social Pressure. In the first verse of the track, Kendrick recalls the early stages...

Lessons in Love

Level 42

“Lessons in Love” by Level 42

“Lessons in Love” is a name given to classify the informal education the singer received via a troubled romance. He became privy to these teachings primarily through failing to realize ambitions he and his...