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I'm Sorry, Tokyo (#7 of 262)

from making an omelet (262 songs, volume 1) by Brendan Milburn

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This is the seventh of my proposed 262 song-a-weeks. Wish me luck! And thanks for listening. If you'd like to see the video, it's here: youtu.be/bxV1XUf1eCY

lyrics

I hate it when they call me a monster
I hate it when they say I'm such a dinosaur
I hate it when they say I'm
only good for
wrecking things and
nothing good can
come from hanging
'round me anymore

I hate it when I spoil the party
I hate how conversation dies when I come near
I hate the way they say
such awful things
behind my back
well they think I'm out of earshot
but the truth is I can hear it all

I'm sorry, Tokyo
for ripping out your heart
for tearing up your roads
for tearing you apart
I wish there were a way
to save you but I know
I cannot make this right
I'm sorry, Tokyo.

We used to have a good thing going
You were the loveliest metropolis around
We got along until
the day that I got hit
with radiation from atomic tests
and turned on you and then I burned you down.

I'm sorry, Tokyo
for ripping out your heart
for tearing up your roads
for tearing you apart
I wish there were a way
to save you but I know
I cannot make this right
I'm sorry, Tokyo,

and I've been talking to my therapist about you
'cause I've been paralyzed with guilt for what I've done
he says you can't know you're fire-breathing monster
'til the day that you wake up to find that you've turned into one.
he says Godzilla is a force of great destruction,
he leaves a wake of wreckage in his path, but maybe then
the ones he leaves behind can have a cleaner slate and maybe,
build a better city skyline this time, and maybe start again.

I hate it when you call me a monster.

I'm sorry, Tokyo
for ripping out your heart
for tearing up your roads
for tearing you apart
I have no other choice
no other way to go
for this is who I am
I'm sorry, Tokyo.

credits

from making an omelet (262 songs, volume 1), track released September 18, 2016
all singing and instrumenting and producering by Brendan Milburn
photo of Tokyo, Japan by Daryan Shamkali, cc no attribution from Unsplash, and yet I am crediting him anyway because it's a lovely photo.

copyright (c) 2016 by Brendan Milburn
administered by WB Music Corp

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Brendan Milburn Seattle, Washington

Brendan Milburn is a music teacher and a dad. In his former life he wrote musicals, songs for animated movies, shows for theme parks and cruise lines. He used to play in a band called GrooveLily. Now he has chickens, cats, and kids, and he is making a song a week. ... more

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