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Tokyo​(​bay)

from You're (Not) Alone by Ikari

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This song is about my desire to move on, wanderlust. About leaving your friends, your family, your pain, and your past and moving onto somewhere, and why.

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i wrote this down
when I left this town
i was in tokyo,
listening to the sound
of the ships coming in and out
of the harbour
two years ago

it was late december
almost christmas then
and I was waiting for
the new year to begin
i had to put some distance
between me and you

I'm often asked
what am I doing here
what am I running from
what it is that I fear
and I say, I am not quite sure
I don't really know
why
I am not quite sure
what my problem is

its just that
I have never really had a place
where I felt safe
where I felt at home
and it scares me to think
what my future will bring
if I keep on like this
am I going to die alone?

and who knows, how long
that will take
I debate the pain
of everyday
against the pain
of making it
all go away

before I left
I heard you speak
in tones of regret
of quiet defeat
oh how our love
had failed to flourish
of how it grew
diseased

so I left that town
went to tokyo
to bathe in the sound
of ships coming in and out
of the harbour
I'm sorry but
I couldn't face you dear
I couldn't stand to see
I didn't want to hear
you weren't in love with me
what am I running from
what am I doing here
what am I doing here
what am I doing here

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from You're (Not) Alone, released July 25, 2012

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Ikari Richmond, Virginia

Post-Hardcore from Richmond Virginia. God is in his heaven, all is right with the world. We strive for instrumentality.

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