“skyscrapers” is the 7th song of Lil Peep’s 2016 crybaby mixtape, where he mentions hotel rooms, skyscrapers, impressing the girl he wants and enjoying the relationship at the moment.
The sub-title and oft-repeated line, “love now, cry later”, is also likely a reference to Ice Cube’s album and/or s...
[Intro]
J-J-Jayyeah
[Chorus]
Hotel rooms and skyscrapers
I got a new pair of shoes to impress her
She fell in love with the devil, the worst
Love now, cry later, it hurts
Hotel rooms and skyscrapers
I got a new pair of shoes to impress her
She fell in love with the devil, the worst
Love now, cry later, it hurts
[Bridge]
Love now, cry later, cry later
But, I always take the chance
But, I always take the chance
If I could save her
If I could save her
She said she got other plans, damn
[Chorus]
Hotel rooms and skyscrapers
I got a new pair of shoes to impress her
She fell in love with the devil, the worst
Love now, cry later, it hurts
Hotel rooms and skyscrapers
I got a new pair of shoes to impress her
She fell in love with the devil, the worst
Love now, cry later, it hurts
skyscrapers (love now, cry later) was written by Benjamin Gibbard & Chris Walla & Cold Hart & Lil Peep.
skyscrapers (love now, cry later) was produced by Cold Hart.
Lil Peep released skyscrapers (love now, cry later) on Fri Jun 10 2016.
The beat samples the piano melody from Death Cab For Cutie’s 2005 song “Brothers on a Hotel Bed”: