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Tokyo

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Call Tokyo, call New York
It's just same but different, love
Call Jupiter, call Lyon
Find a right, and find a wrong
Go breathe it out, walk your walk
Come back when you're ready to talk
But heart ringing, take the call
Our life is in print to play
Flip the set if it's starting to fray
If there's nothing new to crave
'Cause you know
That every city has a Chinatown
Call Tokyo, call New York
It's just same but different, love
Call Jupiter, call Lyon
Find a right, and find a wrong
Call Tokyo, call New York
It's just same but different, love
Call Jupiter, call Lyon
Find a right, and find a wrong
Find a right, and find a wrong
Write back, or just write it off
Hasn't everybody suffered enough
With the carcass left of us?
Your every unhappy cruise
Oh, you've never looked good in blue
And I'm the sunset, I'm the view
'Cause we know
That every city has a Chinatown
Call Tokyo, call New York
It's just same but different, love
Call Jupiter, call Lyon
Find a right and find a wrong
Call Tokyo, call New York
It's just same but different, love
Call Jupiter, call Lyon
Find a right and find a wrong
Find a right and find a wrong
Get me London, get me Seoul
Say it's me who's calling
Girl, I'm lower than a dog
And my ego's falling
Get me Bangkok, get me Rome
Where all the hope is hiding?
Just know I'm numb and I'm alone
So come back to me crying
Call Tokyo, call New York
It's just same but different, love
Call Jupiter, call Lyon
Find a right and find a wrong
Call Tokyo, call New York
It's just same but different, love
Call Jupiter, call Lyon
Find a right and find a wrong
Call Tokyo, call New York
It's just same but different, love
Call Jupiter, call Lyon
Find a right and find a wrong
Call Tokyo, call New York
It's just same but different, love
Call Jupiter, call Lyon
Find a right and find a wrong
Find a right and find a wrong
Find a right and find a wrong
Find a right and find a wrong

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eternaltearsofsorrow On Jan 27, 2019

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2019-01-27 09:26:25

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by EternalTearsOfSorrow MOD

7y ago

I think this song is how hopelessness & depression is a universal language. No matter where you are or where you're from we all bleed the same.

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by gilbag 6y ago

@EternalTearsOfSorrow Nicely stated - I think you nailed it.

by sassysophia

7y ago

When asked about the meaning behind the sentence “every city has a Chinatown” on an Instagram live session on 09/Feb/19, Charles Cave stated that it means that “Every city is the same. Which is a stupid thing to say […] but then again the man singing this song is a bit stupid”.

I believe this song is a about a person who has big dreams, who wants to see the world and experience different cultures, different relationships, different lives, but his/her partner (singing the song) thinks those dreams are silly and not worth pursuing.

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by markybwoy

6y ago

It is about optimism and the journey v destination.

See Voltaire's Candide.

"We must cultivate our garden then all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds".

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