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Rio by Mika

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Mika

Rio

Release date: 11th June 2015

From No Place In Heaven
Track 10
4:08
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About This Track

'Rio' by Mika is a 2015 pop track from 'No Place In Heaven'. The lyrics frame a weary, cyclical routine, with the narrator waking to repeat patterns and counting their failings, then trying to change their ways while feeling like the villain in a low-grade drama. The mood is self-critical and resigned, as if the story has been written already, until a last line breaks off into uncertainty, quoted as “I’d rather be”.

"Rio" is a track by Mika, from the album No Place In Heaven, released 11th June 2015. The track is 4:08 long. It's filed under Pop. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about Mika.

About the Artist

Mika

Mika

Lyrics

Rio

Oh, here I go again
I wake up every morning to this Groundhog Day
Thinking about the list of things that I've done wrong
Can't even count, it goes on too long

I try to change my ways
I feel like I'm the villain in some crappy play
The book has long been written, but I'd rather be
Just about anyone else but me, I hope you see

It doesn't mean I'm not a fighter
It's just that I wanna be a little lighter
Spent so long fixing things I've done
I've got holes in all my pockets
Even those holes, they've got pockets
Hiding things that'll never see the sun

I'm taking off, going to Rio
I'm getting lost to find an alter ego
It could be Paris or Berlin
I don't care what state I'm in
Gonna leave it all behind
Maybe I'll be myself when I'm somebody else

This is not an invitation
I'm going to Rio
This is not a conversation
Say goodbye to me, oh

Maybe in ten years time
You'll receive a letter from some random guy
You'll like him so much better, but then you will see
He's not a stranger, it's only me

I can only be myself as somebody else
'Cause you got sun, I got bad weather
Anything you can lose, I can lose better
Did my best with what life gave to me
I've got holes in all my pockets
Even those holes, they've got pockets
Hiding things that I sure want to leave

I'm taking off, going to Rio
I'm getting lost to find an alter ego
It could be Paris or Berlin
I don't care what state I'm in
Gonna leave it all behind
Maybe I'll be myself when I'm somebody else

This is not an invitation
I'm going to Rio
This is not a conversation
Say goodbye to me, oh

Give me a peanut and I'll turn blue
I can't even eat the things you do
Bake you a cake and I burn it up twice
I roll 13 on a pair of dice

Give me a peanut and I'll turn blue
I can't even eat the things you do
Bake you a cake and I burn it up twice
I roll 13 on a pair of dice

I'm taking off, going to Rio
I'm getting lost to find an alter ego
It could be Paris or Berlin
I don't care what state I'm in
Gonna leave it all behind
Maybe I'll be myself when I'm somebody else

This is not an invitation
I'm going to Rio
This is not a conversation
Say goodbye to me, oh

This is not an invitation
I'm going to Rio
This is not a conversation
Say goodbye to me, oh

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Track details

From No Place In Heaven

4:082015
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Album
No Place In Heaven
No Place In Heaven
Mika
12th June 2015
Track number
10
Release year
2015
  1. 1Talk About You
    3:22
  2. 2All She Wants
    3:40
  3. 3Last Party
    3:39
  4. 4Good Guys
    3:23

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    • Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    Clay “Krucial” Perry III, Jarrad Kritzstein, MIKA, Nina Woodford
    Producer
    Greg Wells, MIKA
    Engineer
    Ian MacGregor
    Bass
    Greg Wells
    Drums
    Greg Wells
    Guitar
    Greg Wells
    Vocals
    MIKA
    Background Vocals
    Jeanette Olsson
    Mastering Engineer
    Emily Lazar
    Mixing Engineer
    Greg Wells
    Piano
    Greg Wells, MIKA
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