Like Sections, Sen is unhappy with the terms of how a relationship has ended. He describes it as some sort of purgatory, where the other person says that “it wasn’t real” and Sen feels differently.
[Intro]
Pull me apart
I'd rather learn my lesson from the start
I'd rather not, what happens when we part?
Tear me away
I'd rather know tomorrow than today
I'd rather not, would you mean when you say
"It wasn't real"? I feel that, but
[Chorus]
That's not how it feels
That's not how it feels
[Verse 1]
Ten toes down, or
Six feet underground, or
Somewhere in-between
Like a dream
Like it always seems like
Um, oh, well, I guess
Okay, I am not my best
Today, this is not a test
You don't get a grade
You don't get a (get a, get a, get a..)
[Refrain]
Oooh (That's not how it feels)
You don't get a redo
You don't get a redo
Oooh (That's not, that's not, that's not how it feels)
[Bridge]
Pull me apart
I'd rather learn my lesson from the start
I'd rather not, what happened to your heart?
It wasn't real, I feel that 'cause
Nothing is real, I
Feel, but, still
[Chorus]
That's not how it feels (That's not how it feels)
That's not how it feels
That's not
How it feels
[Outro]
You don't get a redo
[X26]
How It Feels was written by Sen Morimoto.
How It Feels was produced by Sen Morimoto.
Sen Morimoto released How It Feels on Fri May 18 2018.
The chord changes on this song are my favorite on the record. Isaac said the “It wasn’t real I feel that but…” part sounds like “Golden Slumbers”-type dramatic silly Paul McCartney. I liked that. The chorus feels like 6/8 but it moves in counts of 10, which was not intentional when I wrote it. I usu...