Tomo Nakayama - Paper Snowflakes

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🗓️ 1 January 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Despite the perils of 2020, Seattle’s Tomo Nakayama had a momentous musical year. Alongside his excellent synth-pop turn with his third solo LP, Melonday, Nakayama released some stirring singles, including a December release of “Paper Snowflakes.” The song finds Nakayama back in the familiar territory of the acoustic guitar, providing the perfect foundation for his pristine, effortless vocals. It’s a winter song of longing, wishing the best for someone far away and detached. While the song references Christmas, its emotional core is timeless. As we enter the new year, “Paper Snowflakes” offers a moment to reflect and look back.

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0:00.0	You're going to go. I'm staying so far away because I love you this Christmas.
0:30.0	I'm singing alone in my room because I love you this Christmas. smiles. I'm hanging in the lights on my window
0:59.0	thinking about the good times.
1:05.0	My darling, there will be so anymore
1:10.0	if we just make it through these hearts and
1:19.0	don't leave all now.
1:20.0	Don't leave all now.
1:25.0	It's only for now.
1:30.0	I'll see you next year.
1:31.0	I'll see you next year.
1:36.0	I'll see you next year when the sun's out again. So I hope you are cozy and warm wherever you are shelter. I'm trying the best that I can because I love you this Christmas. I'm shaping
2:29.0	shaping these small bicker gross snowflakes and thinking about my loved ones.
2:40.0	I'll send you the song from my room because I love you this Christmas.
2:47.0	It's Christmas.
2:54.0	It's only for now.
3:00.0	It's only for now. It's only for now for now
3:05.0	only for now
3:11.0	it's only for now
3:10.0	It's only for now. Oh, No, do no, do you do, ooo,
3:34.0	Ooooo,
3:36.0	noo,
3:38.0	oo,
	...

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