Joshua Tree
Rozzi * Track #8 On Bad Together
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Joshua Tree by Rozzi
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I wrote Joshua Tree a week after my boyfriend and I broke up. I wanted to get out of town so my friend and I went to the beach over the weekend, smoked a little weed in the hotel parking lot, and I wrote the first draft of the song as a poem. A couple days later the incredible writers Wrabel and Eri...
Joshua Tree Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm selfish
I always made your problems ’bout me
I can't help it
I wish I had a little empathy for ya
But that night that you told me
That I don't work hard enough
Told me I cried too much
Ripped me to pieces
And then called it love
Oh and I never handled it like I wanted to
What was I supposed to do?
Knowing that both of us had enough
[Chorus]
But when you think of me
I hope you think of Joshua Tree
That summer, where the road went on forever
No end in sight for us
When you think of me
I hope you think of the letters that I sent ya
From across town, just ’cause I missed ya
When the worst was yet to come
'Cause you know I do, when I think of you
Yeah you know I do, when I think of you
[Verse 2]
You're careless
Always saying things you didn't mean
Took me for granted
Expecting me to find the in-between
But that night that I told you that I wouldn't marry you
Swear I could feel from the floor to the ceiling
Your walls came up
So then I pulled you closer, and you pushed me further
And nothing would matter
We kept getting sadder
And called it love
[Chorus]
But when you think of me
I hope you think of Joshua Tree
That summer, where the road went on forever
No end in sight for us
When you think of me
I hope you think of the letters that I sent ya
From across town, just 'cause I missed ya
When the worst was yet to come
'Cause you know I do, when I think of you
Yeah you know I do, when I think of you
[Bridge]
I think of New Year's in San Francisco
Drunk on my roof looking at you
Wrapped up in your coat
So tell me, my dear
What do you think of?
Don’t you remember why we fell in love?
[Chorus]
Oh, when you think of me
I hope you think of Joshua Tree
That summer, where the road went on forever
No end in sight for us
When you think of me
I hope you think of the letters that I sent ya
From across town, just ’cause I missed ya
When the worst was yet to come
'Cause you know I do, when I think of you, oh baby
Yeah, you know I do, when I think of you
I think of you, I think of you, baby
Are you thinking ’bout me, baby?
I'm thinking 'bout ya
Joshua Tree Q&A
When did Rozzi release Joshua Tree?
Rozzi released Joshua Tree on Fri Sep 14 2018.
What does “told me I cracked too much” mean?
A couple of days after I had written the poem, the incredible writers Wrabel and Eric Leva helped me put it to music. Eric wrote these beautiful chords on the piano but it felt too melodramatic to me so we played it on guitar instead. The final version is more or less just the demo we recorded that...
How did the song come together?
I wrote Joshua Tree a week after my boyfriend and I broke up. I wanted to get out of town so my friend and I went to the beach over the weekend, smoked a little weed in the hotel parking lot, and I wrote the first draft of the song as a poem.
What is the inspiration behind this track?
My breakup had just ended so I was very aware of the reasons we broke up, but I also couldn’t help but remember the reasons we were together in the first place. It was a “this really doesn’t work but it also really works” situation. The fact that both of those things were true, at the same time, was...