"Take Me Back to LA" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter The Weeknd. It was released on January 31, 2025 as one of the tracks from the artist's sixth studio album, Hurry Up Tomorrow.
Release[]
The song was first teased through an Instagram live on March 25, 2020, as it was initially written during the After Hours recording sessions, although ultimately scrapped from it, as well as the Deluxe edition.
In 2023, Tesfaye first performed a small bit of the track live a bunch of times during the After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour.[1][2] On March 1, 2024, he once again sang it as a part of an "In Heaven" (David Lynch cover) / "Take Me Back to LA" medley during Mike Dean's concert in Los Angeles, this time with full production.[3] The song was performed in full during Abel's September 7 one-night-only in São Paulo, Brazil, and later again during the Australian shows of the After Hours Til Dawn Stadium Tour.
Audio[]
- Demo - (
listen)
Lyrics[]
[Verse 1]
Take me back to LA
When the sun will kiss on my face
Now the sunshine breaks my skin
I stayed too long
Take me back to a time
When my blood never tasted like wine
My love could fill the sea
But now I can't even feel the breeze
And it hurts when I think about
The nights we would always shout
My voice cracking when we scream
You scream, we scream
And they watched while I wiped your eyes
And I learned to cover mine
And that's when I realized that
[Chorus]
It's better when I'm by myself
By myself, by myself, yeah, oh-oh
It's better when I'm by myself
[Verse 2]
Take me back to a place
Where the snow will fall on my face
And I miss my city lights
I left too young
Take me back to a time
The trophies that I had would still shine
Now I have nothing real left
I want my soul
And it hurts when I think about
The days I would tell myself
It's okay for me to scream
To scream, to scream
I put my hand over the fire
And see if I can still cry (Can still cry)
And that's when I realize that
[Chorus]
I hate it when I'm by myself
By myself (oh), by myself, oh-oh
I hate it when I'm by myself
By myself, by myself
I hate it when I'm by myself
[Instrumental Outro]
Trivia[]
- After Tesfaye previewed the track in 2020, it became a fan-favorite up until its release.
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