Cola

## Single by Arlo Parks

"**Cola**" is the debut single by Arlo Parks, released by Beatnik Creative on 22 November 2018. It serves as the lead track from her debut extended play, *Super Sad Generation* (2019). She also performed it as part of the A COLORS ENCORE and Apple Music Home Session series in 2020.

## Background

She explained that the song "is a reminder that betrayal is inevitable when it comes to pretty people that think flowers fix everything." To *The Line of Best Fit*, she stated of the response, "I didn't really expect anything. Having people reaching out to me being like, 'oh, this helped me during a difficult time in my relationship,' or really connecting to what I was saying… I didn't expect that. I'm brand new on the scene and I just put it out there. It was way better than I ever anticipated." She added that "I'm sure people see 'Cola' in a million different ways. People were saying that for them it wasn't about romantic love, it was about platonic love, and I like the fact that people can interpret it however they feel."

## Gallery

* Lyric
* COLORS
* Glastonbury

## Lyrics

* Single
* Apple Music Home Session
* A Colors Encore

[Verse 1]

Leave me to my own devices

It's better when your coca-cola eyes are out of my face

I checked your phone and no surprises

She's grinning from ear to ear in purple lace

[Chorus]

So take your orchids

Elsewhere, elsewhere

I loved you to death

But now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

Yeah, you're running 'round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

[Verse 2]

I'll miss your t-shirt in the rain

The one that makes you look like Gerard Way

Eating grapes in the back of the party

Throwing hands 'cause she drank your Bacardi

I know it's kinda dumb but I'll miss the way you dressed all punk

With the black and the studs and the ripped up clothes

Bet she loved your tough guy front

[Chorus]

So take your orchids

Elsewhere, elsewhere

I loved you to death

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

Yeah, you're running 'round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

[Verse 1]

Leave me to my own devices

It's better when your coca-cola eyes are out of my face

I checked your phone and no surprises

She's grinning from ear to ear in purple lace

[Chorus]

So take your orchids

Elsewhere, elsewhere

I loved you to death

But now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

Yeah, you're running 'round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

[Verse 2]

I'll miss your t-shirt in the rain

The one that makes you look like Gerard Way

Eating grapes in the back of the party

Throwing hands 'cause she drank your Bacardi

I know it's kinda dumb but I'll miss the way you dressed all punk

With the black and the studs and the ripped up clothes

Bet she loved your tough guy frown

[Chorus]

So take your orchids

Elsewhere, elsewhere

I loved you to death

But now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

Yeah, you're running 'round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running 'round over there

[Verse 1]

Leave me to my own devices

It's better when your coca-cola eyes are out of my face

I checked your phone, and no surprises

She's grinning from ear to ear in purple lace

[Chorus]

So take your orchids

Elsewhere, elsewhere

I loved you to death

But now I don't really care

'Cause you're running round over there

Yeah, you're running round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running round over there

[Verse 2]

Yeah, I'll miss your T-shirt in the rain

The one that makes you look like Gerard Way

Eating grapes in the back of the party

Throwin' hands 'cause she drank your Bacardi

I know it's kinda dumb

But I miss the way you dressed all punk

With the black and the studs and the ripped up gloves

Bet she loved your tough-guy front

[Chorus]

So take your orchids

Elsewhere, elsewhere

I loved you to death

But now I don't really care

'Cause you're running round over there

Yeah, you're running round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running round over there

And now I don't really care

'Cause you're running round over there

## References

1. ↑ Swash, Olivia (23 November 2018). "Arlo Parks Introduces Soulful Melancholy with Debut Offering "Cola"". *The Line of Best Fit*.
2. ↑ Williams, Pip (28 January 2019). "On the Rise Arlo Parks". *The Line fo Best Fit*.
3. ↑ "The Fifty Best Songs of 2018". *The Line of Best Fit*. 10 December 2018.