Quietly dreaming of slower days
But I don't want to let you down
We've come so far
Can you see a life where we leave this behind?
While last night's drinks bring on your morning traumas
And I'll run my guts back through the spoke again
Measure by measure
In time with the songs we loved
Watching you from the yard
Life is sad but here is someone
Someone
Someone
Someone
Someone
Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) Album Lyrics
Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) Lyrics
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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Orlando in Love
Orlando in love
Writes 69 cantos
For melancholy brunettes and sad women
The breeze carries salt
And sipping milky broth
He cast his gaze towards the sea out the Winneabago
As if the sea had bore her to be an ideal woman
She came to him from the water like Venus from a shell
Singing his name with all the sweetness of a mother
Leaving him breathless and then drowned
Orlando, Orlando
Orlando, Orlando
Writes 69 cantos
For melancholy brunettes and sad women
The breeze carries salt
And sipping milky broth
He cast his gaze towards the sea out the Winneabago
As if the sea had bore her to be an ideal woman
She came to him from the water like Venus from a shell
Singing his name with all the sweetness of a mother
Leaving him breathless and then drowned
Orlando, Orlando
Orlando, Orlando
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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Honey Water
Why can't you be faithful?
Why won't you believe?
They say only love can change a man
But all that changes is me
Return through the seasons
Make up for the night
I dream about leaving
But no coward soul is mine
So, it goes
Any day
I don't mind
The lure of honey water draws you from my arms so needy
You follow in colonies to sip it from the bank
In rapturous sweet temptation, you wade in past the edge and sink in
Insatiable for a nectar, drinking 'til your heart expires
So, it goes
I don't mind
So, it goes
I don't mind
So, it goes
I don't mind
So, it goes
I don't mind
Why won't you believe?
They say only love can change a man
But all that changes is me
Return through the seasons
Make up for the night
I dream about leaving
But no coward soul is mine
So, it goes
Any day
I don't mind
The lure of honey water draws you from my arms so needy
You follow in colonies to sip it from the bank
In rapturous sweet temptation, you wade in past the edge and sink in
Insatiable for a nectar, drinking 'til your heart expires
So, it goes
I don't mind
So, it goes
I don't mind
So, it goes
I don't mind
So, it goes
I don't mind
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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Mega Circuit
Barreling 'round the mega circuit
Kicking mud off ATVs
Plotting blood with your incel eunuchs
I could be the home you need
Oh, I'm gonna write my baby a shuffle good
Come on
Shooting blanks off a blacktop surface
Blue light cast off a sodium beam
Sucked you off by the AC unit
Caught your breath while the evening steeped
Well, I'm better write my baby a shuffle good
Or he's gonna make me suffer the way I should
Deep in the soft hearts of young boys so pissed off and jaded
Carrying dull prayers of old men cutting holier truths
Kicking mud off ATVs
Plotting blood with your incel eunuchs
I could be the home you need
Oh, I'm gonna write my baby a shuffle good
Come on
Shooting blanks off a blacktop surface
Blue light cast off a sodium beam
Sucked you off by the AC unit
Caught your breath while the evening steeped
Well, I'm better write my baby a shuffle good
Or he's gonna make me suffer the way I should
Deep in the soft hearts of young boys so pissed off and jaded
Carrying dull prayers of old men cutting holier truths
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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Little Girl
Pissing in the corner of a hotel suite
Do you always remember where you are?
Drank the gin at noon and watched the ATVs
Rounding muddy corners until I found the strength to leave
All I need is understanding
Pretty girl in my arms
Passing days, immolation
Little girl, meant no harm
Seven years of running at a breakneck speed
Convalescing cheaply far abroad
Dreaming of a daughter who won't speak to me
Running for her father coming home
All I need is understanding
Little girl never calls
Every day, annihilation
Pretty girl, all I own
Do you always remember where you are?
Drank the gin at noon and watched the ATVs
Rounding muddy corners until I found the strength to leave
All I need is understanding
Pretty girl in my arms
Passing days, immolation
Little girl, meant no harm
Seven years of running at a breakneck speed
Convalescing cheaply far abroad
Dreaming of a daughter who won't speak to me
Running for her father coming home
All I need is understanding
Little girl never calls
Every day, annihilation
Pretty girl, all I own
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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Leda
"Tell me everything"
"Everybody's fine"
I can tell you're drunk
Wandering somewhere creation
Gordian-like knot
Raveled by the days
Tried to cut you off
Somehow pulled it tighter
Talking to you
It's nearly morning where you are
While my afternoons move so slow
Pacing the room
Awaiting a moment gone too far
And your special way of ruining the mood
Oh, I'm always wondering where you are
May this be the year the spirit takes you, takes you, takes you
Oh, you always take it way too far
Is it the bottle or blood?
I can't relate to you at all
The ocean in view
I'm thinking of all the Grecian Gods
The men they all played to get what they want
A crashing of waves
A sculpture of Leda and the swan
You wait, you wait, you wait
You wait and wait and wait
"Everybody's fine"
I can tell you're drunk
Wandering somewhere creation
Gordian-like knot
Raveled by the days
Tried to cut you off
Somehow pulled it tighter
Talking to you
It's nearly morning where you are
While my afternoons move so slow
Pacing the room
Awaiting a moment gone too far
And your special way of ruining the mood
Oh, I'm always wondering where you are
May this be the year the spirit takes you, takes you, takes you
Oh, you always take it way too far
Is it the bottle or blood?
I can't relate to you at all
The ocean in view
I'm thinking of all the Grecian Gods
The men they all played to get what they want
A crashing of waves
A sculpture of Leda and the swan
You wait, you wait, you wait
You wait and wait and wait
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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Picture Window
My baby loves a port town
And a shuffle
Only cries on Ferris wheels
This baby's on the verge of
If she lost him, would most certainly be committed
Are you not afraid of every waking minute
That your life could pass you by?
But all of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are my home
Heart breaking like a punch card
Keeps his mouth shut
Keeps his mind fixed and well hidden
You dream enough for two, dear
Picture window
Looking out on somewhere else
Do you not conceive of my death at every minute
While your life just passes you by?
But all of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are my home
All of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are my home
And a shuffle
Only cries on Ferris wheels
This baby's on the verge of
If she lost him, would most certainly be committed
Are you not afraid of every waking minute
That your life could pass you by?
But all of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are my home
Heart breaking like a punch card
Keeps his mouth shut
Keeps his mind fixed and well hidden
You dream enough for two, dear
Picture window
Looking out on somewhere else
Do you not conceive of my death at every minute
While your life just passes you by?
But all of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are my home
All of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are real
All of my ghosts are my home
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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Men in Bars
[ Featuring Jeff Bridges ]
Got lost on the way
Took a route I didn't mean to follow down
And I was tempted, sure, but I have come home now
Remember the day
You picked me up, you had me screaming, showing off
With all those lighter tricks I once was so fond of
And who am I to leave behind
We built this
And even when it falls apart it's ours
But who could say that I'm to blame
For wandering
I never knew I'd find my way into the arms
Of men at bars
Got back in the ring
I took a spill, I spent a while just tumbling down
I found my head again and took to a new town
Remember the day
I picked you up, flicked on my torch and you hid it well
The humiliation tactics you'd become known for
Said who am I to leave behind
We built this
And even when it breaks apart it's ours
But who could say that I'm to blame
For wondering
I never knew I'd wind up here, to take up arms
At men at bars
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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Winter in LA
I wish you had a happier woman
One that could leave the house
Someone who loves the sun
Loves everyone
Loves the sun
And California days
Sweet and warm
Like winter in LA
And if I were a happier woman
With flowers in a vase
Writing the sweetest songs
They're for the man she loves, she loves
She loves the sun
And California days
Sweet and warm
Like winter in LA
Loves the sun
And California days
Loves the sun
And winter in LA
Loves the sun
She loves the sun
Loves the sun
And California days
She loves the sun
And winter in LA
Loves the sun
One that could leave the house
Someone who loves the sun
Loves everyone
Loves the sun
And California days
Sweet and warm
Like winter in LA
And if I were a happier woman
With flowers in a vase
Writing the sweetest songs
They're for the man she loves, she loves
She loves the sun
And California days
Sweet and warm
Like winter in LA
Loves the sun
And California days
Loves the sun
And winter in LA
Loves the sun
She loves the sun
Loves the sun
And California days
She loves the sun
And winter in LA
Loves the sun
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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Magic Mountain
Once the fever subsides
I'll return to the flatlands
A new man, a new man
Playin' king, slowin' time
Bundled for our next cure with your x-ray in my pocket
Planting seeds, idle hours
Chained to my reflection in the shadow of a mountain
Playin' king, playin' bride
Bloomin' in my leisure, slipping hours left uncounted
You and me, and soon ours
Bury me beside you in the shadow of my mountain
I'll return to the flatlands
A new man, a new man
Playin' king, slowin' time
Bundled for our next cure with your x-ray in my pocket
Planting seeds, idle hours
Chained to my reflection in the shadow of a mountain
Playin' king, playin' bride
Bloomin' in my leisure, slipping hours left uncounted
You and me, and soon ours
Bury me beside you in the shadow of my mountain
Writer: Michelle Zauner
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For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) is the fourth studio album by American indie pop band Japanese Breakfast. The album was produced by Blake Mills and released on March 21, 2025, through Dead Oceans. Two singles, "Orlando in Love" and "Mega Circuit", were released earlier in the year.
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Genre(s): Indie pop, indie rock, dream pop
Producer(s): Blake Mills
Length: 32:17
Released: March 21st, 2025
Year: 2025