“tokyo,” is the third single released from joan’s debut ep portra. According to the band, “tokyo” is about running away with someone you love.
[Verse 1]
Feel it
I can feel it coming
You're touching my heart
You're touching me
Feel it
I can feel it burning
It's more than a spark
This fire in me
[Chorus]
We can go to Tokyo
On the first flight out tomorrow
Don't know what the future holds
I just wanna feel this moment
Maybe this is summer love
Maybe we're just living for tonight
Tonight
We can go to Tokyo
On the first flight out tomorrow
Don't know what the future holds
I just wanna feel this moment
Maybe this is summer love
Maybe we're just living for tonight
Tonight
[Verse 2]
Can't believe it
Can't believe it's coming
Our time's running out
Our time's running
[Chorus]
We can go to Tokyo
On the first flight out tomorrow
Don't know what the future holds
I just wanna feel this moment
Maybe this is summer love
Maybe we're just living for tonight
Tonight
We can go to Tokyo
On the first flight out tomorrow
Don't know what the future holds
I just wanna feel this moment
Maybe this is summer love
Maybe we're just living for tonight
Tonight
[Bridge]
Yeah
I can feel your body pushing off my body
Quit telling me you're leaving in the morning
If I never see you past this hotel lobby
That's okay, but baby
[Chorus]
We can go to Tokyo
On the first flight out tomorrow
Don't know what the future holds
I just wanna feel this moment
Maybe this is summer love
Maybe we're just living for tonight
Tonight
Maybe we're just living for tonight
We can go to Tokyo
On the first flight out tomorrow
(On the first flight out tomorrow)
Don't know what the future holds
I just wanna feel this moment
(I just wanna feel this moment)
Maybe this is summer love
Maybe we're just living for tonight (Yeah)
Tonight
[Outro]
Maybe we're just living for tonight
Maybe we're just living for tonight
Yeah
tokyo was written by Steven Rutherford & Alan Benjamin Thomas.
tokyo was produced by Steven Rutherford & Alan Benjamin Thomas.
In an interview with Complex, Joan spoke about the song:
Tokyo is about that moment you’re falling for someone, but your time is running out — overtaken by spontaneous, crazy love, you end up saying, ‘let’s just run away together.’