This breezy, serene ballad with orchestration that channels Brian Wilson features Michelle singing about the sweet loneliness of teenage love, waiting for your crush to return. Incidentally, Kokomo is also a Beach Boys' song about two lovers enjoying a relaxing vacation in Kokomo island in the Carib...
[Verse 1]
If I could throw my arms around you
For just another day
Maybe it'd feel like the first time
Now that you're away
I'll just spend my life not knowing
How it'd feel to
[Verse 2]
These days, I can't shake the awful feeling
I'm missing something I can't place
Is that you?
Manifesting like the fear of an oven left on
God, I felt so much back then
I was soft as a dune
[Chorus]
If ever you come back
Wherever you find your way to
And though it may not last
Just know that I'll be here longing
[Verse 3]
I'll wait, passing time just popping wheelies
And kicking round this flyover state
Watching you show off to the world the parts I fell so hard for
God, I wish we could go back there
Left alone in my room
I know they deserve you too
And maybe I'm not that worthy
[Chorus]
If ever you come back
Wherever you find your way to
And though it may not last
Just know that I'll be here longing
If ever you come back
Wherever you find your way to
And though it may not last
You know that I'll be here always
Kokomo, IN was written by Michelle Zauner.
Kokomo, IN was produced by Michelle Zauner.
Japanese Breakfast released Kokomo, IN on Fri Jun 04 2021.
This is my favourite song off of the album. It’s sung from the perspective of a character I made up who’s this teenage boy in Kokomo, Indiana, and he’s saying goodbye to his high school sweetheart who is leaving. It’s sort of got this ‘Wouldn’t It Be Nice’ vibe, which I like, because Kokomo feels li...