In Heaven is the first song off Michelle Zauner’s (of Little Big League) debut solo album Psychopomp. Working under the moniker Japanese Breakfast, the album is built off of the grief that she felt after losing her mother to cancer in 2014.
In Heaven is a light indie pop song that dwells on the dif...
[Verse 1]
The dog's confused
She just paces around all day
She's sniffing at your empty room
I'm trying to believe
When I sleep, it's really you
Visiting my dreams
Like they say that angels do
[Pre-Chorus]
I came here for the long haul
Now I leave here as an empty fucking hole
[Chorus]
Oh, do you believe in heaven
Like you believed in me?
Oh, it could be such heaven
If you believed it was real
[Verse 2]
Is there something you can do with yourself?
As I sift through the debris
While I empty every shelf
And flounder in the muck that I'll be drowning in so soon
You can't watch me from the banks then
Turn to say you're swimming too
[Pre-Chorus]
Come here for the long haul
Now I leave here just an empty goddamn hole
[Chorus]
How do you believe in heaven
Like you believe in me?
Oh, it could be such heaven
If you believed it was real
[Outro]
How?
In Heaven was written by Michelle Zauner.
In Heaven was produced by Michelle Zauner & Ned Eisenberg.
Japanese Breakfast released In Heaven on Fri Apr 01 2016.