Story Behind The Song
Don't we all have at least one?
Song Description
Pretty much like the short description - the idea being is that we invest so much into a relationship and want it to succeed that we often become blind to what is really going on - then the light finally comes on once we make that decision to GET OUT -- s
| Song Length |
3:46 |
Genre |
Pop - Rock, Pop - Easy Listening |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Subject |
Bad Love, Breaking Up |
Similar Artists |
Blues Traveler, Tom Petty |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
I wrote this song initially from an idea I jotted down while driving through downtown Tokyo coming back home with my band from a studio practice session (imagine the taxi scene from Lost In Translation). While at a stop light I looked over and saw a young woman trudging up the sidewalk, somewhat bundled against a cold breeze. She was definitely on her way somewhere but seemed to have this "barrier" around her -- it made me think that is must be tough growing up as a young woman and living in a big city like Tokyo "makes you tough don't it" -- From there the song grew out of a great drum track I found (psuedo-Pete Yorn style beat) and a hook-lick for the intro remeniscent of 60's pop sound -- this is a great song to play/hear live and to crank up while driving down the road -- the late chorus/bridge builds to and outstanding rock lead break played by Yoshiki (well.. at least I really love this song -- hope you do too