you should totally listen to um. sou deshou ka. by kiri shimentai. you dont have to analyze it (it hasnt been translated into english yet anyways) but i like the song and i think you should listen to it
SOU DESHOU KA - KIRI SHIMETAI ANALYSIS
Note: I know you said i didnt have to analyse it... but i got carried away and translated the song myself lol ^3^ this was very fun to do!
Disclaimer: I know limited japanese, so some lyrics were translated using a translator (not generative ai)
The flower featured in the mv is a japanese camellia, in flower language, a red camellia represents deep romantic passion and a burning deisre, like a true declaration of love
During the interlude, a series of flowers are shown, here is the flower language of them (in order)
-bougainvillea: Passion, a warm welcome and peace
-White cornflower: purity, hope and single life
-Pink pagoda (?) : grace, abundance, spiritual protection
-Blue hydrangea: apologies, forgiveness, and deep gratitude.
-White and pink japanese lily: purity, admiration, grace and chastity
-narcissus: rebirth, renewal and in some cases unrequited love
-Dodder: Parasitic flower, represents selfishness because of that
-Chinese Lantern: protection, safety, and hidden worth
-Marigold: joy, grief, and remembrance
-Cape daisy: joy, resilience, and new beginnings
-Yellow carnation: Disappointment, rejection, or sorrow.
-Milk thristle: Protection, resilience and healing
-Lovelia: Malevolence and ill will
-Lavander: devotion, calmness, and purity
-Nard: boundless devotion, supreme sacrifice, and divine love
Most of these flowers share one meaning: love, but some of them represent some sort of sadness and dissapointment, which makes me think of getting backstabbed by someone you used to love, or maybe just unrequited love
the final flower shown after the interlude is a White peony, which usually represents Sincerity and purity, but it can also represent remembrance since its commonly used in funerals
This song is sung by two utau voicebanks: Fuuga CotoĀ andĀ Shouka Tori, so we can interpret the lyrics as if they're talking to eachother
"Iām sure there were things we didnāt talk about, but theyāre buried in vague nonsense, so I just donāt get it.
Letās talk about the story of emotions within emotions that flowed through the AM 1:57 timeline."
This sounds like someone speaking about their late night thoughts, about the unspoken words they left between their partner, emotions they never got to express and are now coming back
"Iām becoming my own judgment, resenting the sand that wonāt even bloom for a moment"
This is a saying , it represents the frustration you feel when you pour all of your love, time or effort on someone who wont return it, using the sand as a metaphor since it is unfertile
These lines are sung separately by the two utaus, it sounds like one person isolates themselves in the relationship while the other is pouring all of their love into it
"A distant place where, before I know it, I fall in love"
This line probably represents a feeling of nostalgia, looking back to the place they both met and fell in love for the first time
"I suppose soāI swim high in the sky like a bird.
It must be a lieāthereās no wind, and the moon just circles round and round.
I try saying, āItās lovely,ā but I canāt bring myself to mean it."
In the chorus there are multiple metaphors, "there's no wind" could represent a lack of movement or external force, "and the moon just circles round and round" could mean being stuck in a monotone loop, these lines could represent the state of the romantic relationship between the two, monotone and unmoving, they try acting like they still love eachother just for the sake of not ending the relationship, but they both know its not true
"Even when faced with a conclusion beyond words, you still point to the absolute truth
Even when faced with the verdict that Ā“youāre at fault,Ā“ you refuse to admit the truth, even though"
This line represents some sort of disagreement, where one refuses to admit they're wrong even though there is concrete proof, and that one of them is close minded
"Thatās right, isnāt it? The sound of a star that canāt be reached, a star of longing
I end up searching for a shadow that canāt be reached, even as Iām drowning
Is that right? The word āloveāāIām a bird in a cage
Is it natural for me to adorn it like this?"
They both want for the relationship to work and to love eachother, but it simply doesn't work out for them, even when they're suffering they reach for the "shadow" of what their love used to be
This causes both of them to feel trapped by their love, feeling like "a bird in a cage" the "Is it natural for me to adorn it like this?" is both of them asking if its really good for them to romanticize their unhealthy love
TLDR: The song is about an unhealthy relationship, but they both still refuse to let eachother go bcuz they miss how they used to love eachother
