“Love When You Call My Name” by Alicia Keys
Seemingly, the sentiment Alicia’s “Love When You Call My Name” revolves around is the vocalist being so enraptured by the addressee that even when he ‘calls her name’, it brings Alicia much joy. Or...
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“Billions” by Alicia Keys
“Billions” speaks to a concept which can be more simply defined a soul mating. The vocalist recognizes herself as “one in a billion”, i.e. an extraordinarily-valuable person, on top of perceiving the apple of her...
“Daffodils” by Alicia Keys
Daffodils, as you likely already know, is a type of flower – and a beautiful one at that. And you know how flowers tend to bloom in Spring? That it is that concept, poetically, that this...
“Old Memories” by Alicia Keys
At first, Alicia Keys’ “Old Memories” doesn’t start off as a love song. Instead Alicia is speaking to the general concept of how powerful the human mind is really, how we tend to hold onto...
“Nat King Cole” by Alicia Keys
“Nat King Cole” seems to be the first clearly non-romantic song on the playlist of “Keys” since “Plentiful“, the very first track on the album. However, it is possible that the addressee of this song can also be...
“Paper Flowers” by Alicia Keys (ft. Brandi Carlile)
“Paper Flowers” appears to be the most metaphorical and consequently confusing song on the “Keys” album. The vocalists go about comparing and contrasting themselves to “paper flowers”, but what it is they’re trying to put forth...
“Like Water” by Alicia Keys
Ultimately Alicia’s “Like Water” is a love song, with the title meaning to serve as an analogy of the relationship at hand. And apparently what the vocalist is speaking to is something like the...
“Is It Insane” by Alicia Keys
The titular question (“Is It Insane”) revolves around the vocalist marveling the fact that she has found herself thoroughly smitten. And there appears to be two primary reasons why she is amazed after personally pierced...
“Dead End Road” by Alicia Keys
“Dead End Road” is a song about depression, which in actuality is one of the most common topics in the music industry. Usually when we come across such songs, there is some type of a...
“Skydive” by Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys’ “Skydive” is actually one of those you-and-I-can-take-on-the-world kinda songs. The nature of the relationship between the vocalist and addressee is not really specified in the song. However, by all means the latter would...
