NOTE: If you’d like to skip my commentary and go straight to the song, go to 13:13. However, I do suggest listening to the whole episode!

NOTE 2: Other than the title, this song has nothing to do with the new film, “Last Night In Soho.”

Thanks for tuning into the fifth episode of “25 Bad Songs,” an Art In All Its Forms podcast series where I (Suraj) write 25 songs — one song a week — and show you how I did it!

Today’s song, “Last Night In Soho,” tells a story of a breakup that happens in a very famous place and how rejection can be difficult to deal with.

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Full Lyrics:

Verse 1I’ll dress up nice if you say soCause it’s our last night in SohoLiving with zero regretsTrade in the t-shirt and sweatsOne look in the mirror before I go

Pre-chorus-ishStep up onto the streetAnd our eyes meetCan you believe this heatI keep on talking nervouslyWalking down West BroadwayThat’s when you say “shut up let’s get a drink”We go into the place right away

Build upSince that summer I met youI still look at you the same wayYou drink so slowly and put the glass downTo tell me everything’s changed

ChorusPlease don’t say anymoreI can’t handle the fallPlease don’t say anymoreI need help from the alcohol

Verse 2I dressed up nice cause you said soAnd it’s our last night in SohoBut now I can see what you meantOur relationship currency spentYou wanted to talk before you go

Pre-chorus-ish You’re so complicatedI don’t get it I’m too fadedTo make any sense of thisDon’t leave me though

Build up Since that summer I met youI still look at you the same wayYou drink so slowly and put the glass downTo tell me everything’s changed

ChorusPlease don’t say anymoreGuess I better walk out the doorPlease don’t say anymoreIt was good while it lasted though

Build upSince that summer I met youI still look at you the same wayYou drink so slowly and put the glass downTo tell me everything’s changed

ChorusPlease don’t say anymoreYour voice will leave me on the floorPlease don’t say anymoreI’m too immatureI’ll just take the train back home

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