tokyo by RM

Artist: RM

Album: mono.

Genre: Pop

Length: 3:28

Released: 2018

“Tokyo” is the the only song completely performed in English on mono.. ‘Tokyo’ in Japanese is 東京, and it has the same pronunciation as Korean 동경 (dong-gyung), which translates in English as ‘the state of longing.’ With background city noise followed by this melodic piano instrumental, the song depicts waking up in both Tokyo and this state of longing. The lyrics express the hollowness of both missing something, from home to a person, and wanting to be comforted.

tokyo lyrics

Wake up in Tokyo, feel like a torn soul
I know it's time to grow
I see Pinocchio wearing a poncho
That's me some time ago
Do I miss myself?
Do I miss your face?
I don't know
I don't know
Life is a word that sometimes you cannot say
And ash is a thing that someday we all should be
When tomorrow comes
How different is it going to be?
Why do love and hate sound just the same to me?
I can't sleep
Homesick
But I just wanna
Stop right next to you
If I could choose my dream
I just wanna
Stop right next to you

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