Paris, Tokyo Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Cushi 

Cover art for Paris, Tokyo lyrics by Lupe Fiasco

I love the line "wipe the (rai)n from (dear) like dasher". Aka dasher the reindeer. Amazing word play!!!!

And "X's on the shore." I think that means x boyfriends and girlfriends who they left behind.

But I think the song has a deeper meaning and considering that the album is based on 3 characters, the cool, the street, and the game, (the streets being the girlfriend of the cool) I feel that the song is about the streets. The cool is singing the song to the streets. I think its a metaphor for how some ppl can't leave the streets behind. Th whole "U can take me out the street but can't take the streets out of me" idea

also in the song "The Coolest" there is a lot of wordplay related to weather, related to reign and rain, related to tears--in that song the girlfriend cries tears when the rain (reign) goes away and everything is dry. It's interesting how in "The Coolest" he needs the rain, but in this song he wipes it away. I think this song comes after "The Coolest" on the album, so the Cool is getting overly confident with all his riches?

the Cool also doesn't really care about his girlfriend (the Streets) in this song. It...