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A Look At the Lyrics to "HIBANA"

Nokone Miku

Aspiring Lyricist/Producer
Jul 14, 2021
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I was looking at the potential in adapting the lyrics to "HIBANA" by DECO*27. Translates to "SPARKS." I'm reading over it again and again and I gotta say: I'm not sure I understand this song. Is it poetic expressions and colloquialisms that are making this hard to translate, or is it just because the lyrics are open-ended and vague? Or am I just oblivious?



Foregetful Subs via VocaDB

Knock knock, {with} a gentle knock
Embark on my heart’s recapture match
Delusions alone flash {before my eyes} –
Pulse accelerating, just where could an answer be…

Now now, time to mute all complaints,
Hesitating over stupid things –
{it’s all} nothing but jokes, huh? Ah hah hah.
seems like unbreakable walls are {gonna} press for a kiss

Aa, I don’t like this. “There’s no way that’s true”
Aa, I don’t like this. “You’ll understand, won’t you”
Shoot up that head

I don’t want to harbor a love that will never end
Come on, properly fill me more with anxiety
I’d like you to act your part at peek a boo
come on, answer to {what I ask} more properly

Nanana, It’s “incomplete” I’ll say it time and time again
Nanana, Amidst a love that missed hitting “NO”

Knock knock, ‘with this it’s a tie’ –
Confined within unfilled time
Perfectionism {turns} smoky
With an echoing voice {I’m feeling} vertigo and monotony


= = = = = =

Knock knock! Let me go in and get the ace
You’ll paint your face with tears that don’t feel the same
Now Heart Reinforce’s up to end this game
You’d better give up and throw your MP5 away

= = = = = =

Aa, I don’t like this. Choose both
Aa, I don’t like this. Break both
Pull up the roots of my heart

I don’t want to love a weak-minded love
Come on, make it hurt more properly
{Going so far it’s no longer} funny, is surely much more enjoyable
Come on, melt me more properly

Nanana, It’s “incomplete” I’ll say it time and time again
Nanana, Amidst a love that missed hitting “NO”

Aa, I don’t like this. “There’s no way that’s true”
Aa, I don’t like this. “You’ll understand, won’t you”
Shoot up that head, just shoot it up

I don’t want to harbor a love that will never end
Come on, properly fill me more with anxiety
I’d like you to act your part at peek a boo
come on, answer to {what I ask} more properly

Nanana, It’s “incomplete” I’ll say it time and time again
Nanana, Amidst a love that missed hitting “NO”

I don’t want to love a weak-minded love
Come on, make it hurt more properly
{Going so far it’s no longer}funny, is surely much more enjoyable
come on, melt me more properly

Nanana, It’s “incomplete” I’ll say it time and time again
Nanana, Amidst a love that missed hitting “NO”
Nanana, It’s “incomplete” I’ll say it time and time again
Nanana, Amidst a love that missed hitting “NO”

DeepL Translation

Knock, knock gently.
Get in the car. It's a battle for my heart.
My imagination flashes
Accelerating pulse Where will the answer be?

Come on, come on, mute your weakness
Hesitating over trivial things
You're joking, right? Ha-ha-ha
An unbreakable wall will force you to kiss me.

Oh, I don't want to. "No, you don't."
Oh, no. "You'll understand."
I'll shoot you in the head

I don't want to hold on to love that never ends.
You have to make me more anxious.
I want you to play "Peek-a-boo" with me.


nanana Say "unfinished" over and over again.
nanana In the love that struck out NO

Tonton, now you're with me
When you can't fill it, you lock yourself in
Perfectionism is smoky
Monotony and giddiness in a voice that is silent in isolation

= = = = = =

Knock knock! Let me go in and get the ace
You'll paint your face with tears that don't feel the same
Now Heart Reinforce's up to end this game
You'd better give up and throw your MP5 away

= = = = = =

Oh, I don't want you to choose either
Oh, I don't want to destroy them both
Pull the roots out of your heart

I don't want to love unworthy love
Please make it hurt better
I'm sure it's more fun when it's not funny
Please melt me more properly


nanana "I'll tell you again and again that it's unfinished.
nanana In the love that struck out NO

Aha, I hate it "It can't be"
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no
Shoot that head out, shoot it out

I don't want to hold a love that never ends
You have to make me more anxious.
I want you to play "Peek-a-boo" with me.
I want you to play "Peek-a-boo.

nanana Say "unfinished" over and over again.
nanana I don't want to love love that's unworthy

I don't want to love unworthy love.
Make it hurt more
I'm sure it's fun to not be able to laugh
I don't want to love you


nanana "I'll tell you again and again that it's unfinished.
nanana In the love that struck out NO
nanana I'll say "unfinished" over and over again
nanana In the love that struck out NO

My Comments

Meeting for the first time, falling in love,
or the decision to pursue a relationship?
Maybe it's describing a first date
Anticipation of where things could lead

Talking about jitters and awkwardness
small talk and jokes that fail to land
despite this a determination to get a kiss

Is this playing hard-to-get or are they actually
refusing the other? Shooting the head could
refer to mind games or forcefully changing the
other's mind

They don't want a serious relationship
Seems like they're saying the other needs to
"step up their game" so to speak if they want
to win them over.

I guess they're saying they failed to "seal the deal"
(I don't know, this could have nothing to do with dating)

now they're in the same situation, failing at finding
someone else to be with. Nothing better going on
so they go out again, more forgiving of the other's faults
(I'm honestly just kinda puzzled here)


(English Verse and I'm just more perplexed by it)

"get the ace" ???
You'll cry over something you didn't think you would
Steeling your heart to either commit to the relationship
or end the relationship... and toss out your SMG?

(I'm not sure if the song is from one or two perspectives)

Some sort of indecision seems to be going on
Or a refusal to recognize their feelings?
Maybe self-sabotaging behavior?

commitment and a willingness to be vulnerable
or just saying that what they have between them
isn't enough or is unexciting



one saying it's not good enough and it's over
or it's fine, but it's not what they want

is one pleading with the other not to end it
or is this internal conflict about knowing they're
giving up a good thing when they shouldn't

Is this whole thing about the conflict between
choosing a stable relationship or an exciting one?
Do they have such a pathological tendency toward
dysfunctional relationships that they can't handle
an average, normal one?
Or maybe this is a dysfunctional relationship and
the can't seem to give it up despite saying they
want to do so?
I dunno, there's obviously conflict here, but it's
unclear to me exactly what it's about.
It could just be a rant that the other person
really sucks at being romantic.
Are they conflicted about their own feelings
or are the two at odds about what each wants
from the other?

I guess one thing's for sure:
na na na na na na na na na~

I've been writing adapted versions of songs as a practice exercise for writing lyrics. But I have to understand them to do that! @_@

I wonder if I'm reading too much into it when I observe that DECO*27 went from writing cute, happy songs the first few years, then for a number of years all his songs were about dysfunctional relationships. Now he's back to writing more upbeat songs again.
 

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