Be Sweet is the second track on Japanese Breakfast’s third full-length album. It is happy and upbeat when it is first listened to, but after looking more closely at the lyrics, there is a dark side. In this song, Michelle sings directly to a significant other, mentioning fantasies of her lover leavi...
[Verse 1]
Tell the men I'm coming
Tell them count the days
I can feel the night passing by like a mistake waiting for me
Caught up in my feelings
Overthink the truth
Fantasize you've left me behind and I'm turned back running for you
[Pre-Chorus]
Make it up to me, you know it's better
Make it up to me, you know it's better
[Chorus]
Be sweet to me, baby
I wanna believe in you, I wanna believe
(Be sweet)
Be sweet to me, baby
I wanna believe in you, I wanna believе in something
[Verse 2]
So come and get your woman (Comе and get your woman)
Pacify her rage (Pacify her rage)
Take the time to undo your lies, make it up once more with feeling
Recognize your mistakes and I'll let you back in
Realize not too late, loved you always
[Pre-Chorus]
Make it up to me, you know it's better
Make it up to me, you know it's better
[Chorus]
Be sweet to me, baby
I wanna believe in you, I wanna believe
(Be sweet)
Be sweet to me, baby
I wanna believe in you, I wanna believe in something
Be sweet to me, baby
I wanna believe in you, I wanna believe
(Be sweet)
Be sweet to me, baby
I wanna believe in you, I wanna believe in something
Be Sweet was written by Jack Tatum & Michelle Zauner.
Be Sweet was produced by Japanese Breakfast.
Japanese Breakfast released Be Sweet on Tue Mar 02 2021.
Back in 2018, I decided to try out writing sessions for the first time, and I was having a tough go of it. My publisher had set me up with Jack Tatum of Wild Nothing. What happens is they lie to you and say, ‘Jack loves your music and wants you to help him write his new record!’ And to him they’d sa...