Balloon at dawn / Short hair
"Short hair" by Balloon at dawn Lyrics | Spotify | Apple Music
The song in the music video sounds slightly different than the album recordings, so I highly recommend listening to both! This is also my favorite song on this album!
English:
Sodas steeped in nightfall hasten along the endless summer In their boredom, they’re still unaware of what it means to be constrained
They always disappear in an instant - those petals of a fleeting summer I am still pretending I don’t know, clinging to a small space of belonging
In the thick of summer I wanted to flee, but I had nowhere I could go I could do nothing but cut my hair short In the end I wanted to give up, I felt it didn’t matter where I went I could do nothing but cut my hair short
No matter what, the rays of sunlight wet with morning dew rushes in the next day But while almost boiling over, I paused for a moment. Is that a sunflower that I see?
It’s because I shouldered more and more, but the summer charring me has an end It was the season I learned that my existence is not so special
Tracing the rusted railway tracks, I could also choose to turn back
In the thick of summer I wanted to flee, but I had nowhere I could go I could do nothing but cut my hair short In the end I wanted to give up, I felt it didn’t matter where I went I could do nothing but cut my hair short
I made my choice
After I cross those railway tracks Will be where I embrace the sunflowers
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Comments:
I found an article here on the meaning of sunflowers in the Japanese language of flowers (花言葉). When giving to a person who is working hard on something, it conveys passion or enthusiasm. To someone whom you respect, such as parents or a senior colleague, it conveys admiration or aspiration.