[Verse 1]
Bought a one-way ticket
To central Japan
Getting lost in the city
That was once my dad's
My own hometown
Never felt like home
I'm not asking for your pity
But there's nowhere left to go
[Chorus]
Tokyo's so loud
I wish I knew how to drown it out
Home's so hard to find
I wish we had more time
[Verse 2]
My grandfather passed
When I was barely one
Burning incense around the pine trees
Fell and scraped my knee
Always on the run
[Chorus]
Tokyo's so loud
I wish I knew how to drown it out
Home's so hard to find
I wish we had more time
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
Tokyo's so loud
I wish I knew how to drown it out
Home's so hard to find
I wish we had morе time
[Outro]
I wish we had more timе
Japan was written by Tommy English & Wallice.
Japan was produced by marinelli & Tommy English.
My father was born and raised in Tokyo and lived there until he was 27, and my mother lived there for a couple of years in the 90s, so Japanese culture has heavily influenced my identity. I don’t know my father’s family in Japan at all. I only met them once when I was little at my grandfather’s fune...
This video is really special. It is my first time back in Japan after covid, so almost four years. I absolutely love Japan- it’s my favourite place in the world. I feel like over covid and just growing up, I have lost touch with my culture. I don’t stay for weekends at my dad’s house like I did when...