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I'd Rather Sleep
Kero Kero Bonito
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- Album
- Intro Bonito
- Released
- 2014
- Genres
- Length
- 1:55
- Tempo
- 142 BPM
- Label
- Kero Kero Bonito
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About this song
"I'd Rather Sleep" is the last track on Kero Kero Bonito's first EP, "Intro Bonito", which the band self-released on Bandcamp in July 2013. The band's later album "Time 'n' Place", released four years after the EP, was their second full-length and also deals with mental illness, particularly depression.
What it's about
The song probably deals with mental illness, possibly depression, along with the discomfort of growing up and the struggle to regain the innocence lost in adulthood. Its simple language likely uses sleep, an analogy for death, as a childlike ideal.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 14 other songs, like “Plastic Bitch by Lui5 (Ft. Im Erom)”.
- Covered once, including “i'd rather sleep (cover) by 707c (Ft. 桃音モモ (Momone Momo))”.
- Written by Sarah Bonito.
- Produced by Jamie Bulled and Gus Lobban.