Song Meanings and Facts

Song Meanings and Facts

Tagged: Alicia Keys

Pretty Hurts

Beyonce

Beyoncé’s “Pretty Hurts” Lyrics Meaning  

Queen Bee’s “Pretty Hurts” is designed to show the world the downside of trying to achieve society’s standards of beauty and furthermore. The track starts off with a very strong message with American actor,...

Billions

Alicia Keys

“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

Alicia Keys

“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

Alicia Keys

“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...

Like Water

Alicia Keys

“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...

Only You

Alicia Keys

“Only You” by Alicia Keys

It is apparent by this point, i.e. the eighth track on the playlist of “Keys”, that this is for the most part a romance album. All of the preceding songs, with the exception of “Plentiful“, are either...