BIG POST OF DOOM
Yes yes, here comes the post of doom~!!
This post consists of…
1. monochrome lyrics analysis + 1 edit ANSWERS! HELL YEAH! + MY translation (SUCK!)
2. trivial school stuffs
3. some things -_- P posting <3
4. RANTINGS ON HOW MUCH I MISS PEOPLE
Monochrome lyrics analysis
To start off, I would like to mention that my Japanese is really lousy and I should wait till someone translates this before I do a lyrics analysis of this song, but I don’t have that patience especially with Taku screaming away in my ears over 100 times already. I would post my own translation of the song, but I am not that thick skin <3
This analysis is going to be based on personal interpretation and understanding to the song itself. I am going to use ‘Takuya’ to represent the ‘I’ in this song. Reason being the lyrics sounded really personal compared to their other songs, especially their A sides (excluding Kimi no suki na uta). According to my assumption, I would say this is based on one part of Takuya’s life; but most probably not a complete depiction. As someone who hates losing precious things and betrayals than any normal person would, I would presume Takuya has lost many things before. Theory based on Oricon style’s interview of Takuya’s music history (reference).
First, the title, Monochrome means one colour; kizukenakatta devotion means the unrealized devotion. I am not sure how Monochrome is related to the lyrics, but it does have a monotone, sad sound to it, which is probably one of the fitting words to describe the song (or we can just assume UVER was determined to put some English into a song with no Engrish at all).
The 2 verses of the song and the bridge, depicts a scene of ‘Takuya’ being in a Sakura garden, ‘his’ experiences in that same garden in 3 different stages of his life. The first verse, illustrates a picture of ‘him’ walking in that garden with ‘his’ precious one. The second verse describes how ‘Takuya’s’ precious person let go of him and let him on his own
僕も少し 大人になって
手を離し 仲間と群れる
This can also mean ‘Takuya’ is the one who became slowly distant from ‘his’ precious one as he started to make friends.
The bridge portrays the current ‘Takuya’ who walks down the path of the garden again and memories come back to him. It seems like the memories are starting to fade because he can feel a sudden surge of loneliness.
The 3 chorus, have the same repeating lines
笑って話して通ってたあの思いも
今はもう届かないんだよ
I do not have much comments about the first 2 chorus, but the 3rd chorus, showed us how precious is that person to him. He is living and smiling for that one person.
The coda is definitely the most heart wrenching part of the song.
大切な人との間に 僕もいつか命を産むだろう
その時はあなたがしてくれたように
大きな愛で 守れるように
強くなるから 心配しないで
休んでいいよ
‘Takuya’ is learning from the priceless experience given to him and he will do the same for his precious ones. ‘He’ will be strong so he ‘wants’ to tell that person to rest and not worry about him.
I wouldn’t want to know if it is really Takuya writing his own experience or watching from a third person point of view. This sound like a drama-like situation and you might say any artists would be able to write the same. However, what triggers his inspiration has to be his personal experience or something else (media maybe) that made him write this song. However, I would like to keep to my assumption that this song is derived from his personal experience (because we need more of that) because something from the melody tells me that this song is indeed very personal and probably special and unique. Heck, I would even assume that he has trouble penning it down he has to get the help of Katsu-mama to write the song.
One thing I would want to bring out is the identity of this ‘you’ Takuya is writing in his lyrics. If it’s totally based on his personal experience, I would guess it’s his parents (or parent, mother maybe) since we knew from Oricon interview that Takuya has been living alone since high school and started mingling with his 仲間 (and our former Sangoku road members). If it’s just coming from a third person point of view, I have nothing to say plzkthx 8D
However, if that’s the case, I find myself denying it because of the last 2 stanza. If ‘Takuya’ is telling the person to ‘rest’, does it mean the person just died? I am very uncertain of this fact because according to my tiny winny little knowledge of UVER, I am pretty sure Takuya’s direct relatives are still alive. (shitz am I like cursing?) Then again, 'rest' does not have to mean 'die'
Either way, I totally cried when I listen to this song. Many many many times. Especially when I am looking at the Kanji lyrics... As the song peaked at its bridge, my heart totally sunk and I tried holding back my tears to no avail. Whenever I reach the coda, the tears would just flow.
Darn UVER
In conclusion, I don’t really care if it is Takuya’s own personal experience or a 3rd person’s. This song is just too beautiful and it is definitely my most favourite UVER’s Bside till date. I am going to quote from my previous post and mention once again the best part of this song is how the music and lyrics flow together, and not very much of how skillful the UVERmembers are.
Darn… I better read my Arena37 June issue about monochrome.
Screw my analysis <3 I AM CORRECT! This person Takuya's talking about is his grandfather; and the Sakura garden is a garden near his grandfather's grave I believe so 8D I wasn't reading Arena carefully. This song is also written for Akira and Shintarou who just lost their grandfathers in this 2 years.
Monochrome translation - Eve version w00t!
Even if there was no exchange of word
There was the endless love that embraced me
When I was young, you pulled me into the Sakura garden
Walking, that was my first memory
Always laughing, speaking, and they just pass, those memories.
Till date, I still can’t express it
The amount of love you have shared with me,
I surely cannot return it
All alone, I swallowed my own tears
I grew up a little
You let go of my hands, and I blend into the midst of my companion
The you who was walking alone in that Sakura garden,
Your back view, was my last memory of you
Always laughing, speaking, and they just pass, those memories
Till date, I still couldn’t express it
That time being embarrassed, you/I let go of my hand which was connected a little
It would be good if we can just continue to walk
(unsure of these 3 lines)
Spring is over, and in that same garden
The path brings back the old memories
The scattering Sakura, the bare-branched trees give me a somewhat lonely feeling
I am searching for that laughter
Always laughing, speaking, they just pass, those memories
Till date, I still can’t express it
The current me can do it for your sake
And it still won’t change tomorrow, and I live to smile
(unsure of these 2 lines too)
Someday I will also create the life of precious people
Just like what you did at that time,
Just like the love that you protected,
I’ll be strong, that’s why you don’t have to worry about me
You can take a rest…
end translation
So… that’s all I need to say =3 I probably get myself involved too much with UVER that this song has been bothering me for days and even made me cry during classes (thankfully no one noticed). As mentioned earlier, living in 3 countries with 3 separate groups of friends made me realize how precious things are.
Sad but true, I don’t think I can carry on without UVER’s continuous ‘support’ through their songs. I would probably be scolded again by some of my friends (hannee & lyna…) for being too obsessed over them. I won’t deny it =3 but at least they’re not leading me towards the bad side.
Mahh… I want to know them so much more ;___; give takuya a hug, tell him how much I love him, pat him on his head and make him trust me 8D
Like Sejin said to me on Thursday, there is no such thing as the ‘best’ band, because it totally depends on whose music click with you and your personality. I would bet with all my fandom that I will NEVER find any other outsiders that can inspire me like UVER does. This bring me back to the conversation I had with Corina (I think) the other day about how popularity is not everything for a band. I would agree to a certain extent. For UVER, I would kill to make them known because I am sure their songs would reach out to the many other people.
Quote: Takuya’s goal of life: To inspire as many people as possible
Period.
DAMNIT UVERWORLD HAS TO GET BIG!
;___;
Call me stupid, we fangirls live for our fandom ;__; not our fandom lives for us.Right, Vannee & Janice? (8D) SUCK!
Oh oh, and about UVERtv and Takuya mentioning about ‘Singapore’, I wouldn’t put much hope into it because I don’t see Japanese fans blogging about it >__> Sigh… SIGHH…
Life’s turning upside down… for me.
I MISS MY FRIENDS DAMNIT T____T STUPID INTERNET, COME BACK TO MAMA! I TALKED TO DARLING BRO YESTERDAY DURING COMP STUDIES. IF MY STOMACH WASN’T GROWLING AND IF IT WASN’T THOMAS’S BIRTHDAY I WOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE COMP LAB AND RANT AWAY WITH MY STUPID BRO T______T Broooooooooooo *glomps* I’ll draw you a Buku ;___; Stupid spreadsheet tasks, I could have talked to minion forever and I could have at least give Corina a glomp before she signed off. Darn yesterday.
Lyna and Herry that 2 morons, thanks to them I didn’t enjoy Pirates of the Carribean that much yesterday BECAUSE I HEARD SOME SPOILERS FROM THEM. If we hadn’t had ‘fun’ doing design project and go through thick and thin together (+ they having to bear with my ridiculous expectations) I would have immediately commence an UVERbrainwashing technique on them.
PS: Oh, and yesterday was Jian Hao’s birthday too =3
PPS: LAO MA, JIA YOU! DON’T GIVE UP OR I’LL BASH YOUR SKULL =)
PPPPSSS: TAKUYA DARLING~~~~~~~~~~
PPPPPPPSSSSSSS: BUKU PWNS KIKU! HAH!
Oh wtf, I am currently abstaining myself from Monochrome. It seems. Cause I've played it a good 130 times!! muahua, monochrome is not allowed to beat Colors of the Heart (what logic is that)
This post consists of…
1. monochrome lyrics analysis + 1 edit ANSWERS! HELL YEAH! + MY translation (SUCK!)
2. trivial school stuffs
3. some things -_- P posting <3
4. RANTINGS ON HOW MUCH I MISS PEOPLE
Monochrome lyrics analysis
To start off, I would like to mention that my Japanese is really lousy and I should wait till someone translates this before I do a lyrics analysis of this song, but I don’t have that patience especially with Taku screaming away in my ears over 100 times already. I would post my own translation of the song, but I am not that thick skin <3
This analysis is going to be based on personal interpretation and understanding to the song itself. I am going to use ‘Takuya’ to represent the ‘I’ in this song. Reason being the lyrics sounded really personal compared to their other songs, especially their A sides (excluding Kimi no suki na uta). According to my assumption, I would say this is based on one part of Takuya’s life; but most probably not a complete depiction. As someone who hates losing precious things and betrayals than any normal person would, I would presume Takuya has lost many things before. Theory based on Oricon style’s interview of Takuya’s music history (reference).
First, the title, Monochrome means one colour; kizukenakatta devotion means the unrealized devotion. I am not sure how Monochrome is related to the lyrics, but it does have a monotone, sad sound to it, which is probably one of the fitting words to describe the song (or we can just assume UVER was determined to put some English into a song with no Engrish at all).
The 2 verses of the song and the bridge, depicts a scene of ‘Takuya’ being in a Sakura garden, ‘his’ experiences in that same garden in 3 different stages of his life. The first verse, illustrates a picture of ‘him’ walking in that garden with ‘his’ precious one. The second verse describes how ‘Takuya’s’ precious person let go of him and let him on his own
僕も少し 大人になって
手を離し 仲間と群れる
This can also mean ‘Takuya’ is the one who became slowly distant from ‘his’ precious one as he started to make friends.
The bridge portrays the current ‘Takuya’ who walks down the path of the garden again and memories come back to him. It seems like the memories are starting to fade because he can feel a sudden surge of loneliness.
The 3 chorus, have the same repeating lines
笑って話して通ってたあの思いも
今はもう届かないんだよ
I do not have much comments about the first 2 chorus, but the 3rd chorus, showed us how precious is that person to him. He is living and smiling for that one person.
The coda is definitely the most heart wrenching part of the song.
大切な人との間に 僕もいつか命を産むだろう
その時はあなたがしてくれたように
大きな愛で 守れるように
強くなるから 心配しないで
休んでいいよ
‘Takuya’ is learning from the priceless experience given to him and he will do the same for his precious ones. ‘He’ will be strong so he ‘wants’ to tell that person to rest and not worry about him.
I wouldn’t want to know if it is really Takuya writing his own experience or watching from a third person point of view. This sound like a drama-like situation and you might say any artists would be able to write the same. However, what triggers his inspiration has to be his personal experience or something else (media maybe) that made him write this song. However, I would like to keep to my assumption that this song is derived from his personal experience (because we need more of that) because something from the melody tells me that this song is indeed very personal and probably special and unique. Heck, I would even assume that he has trouble penning it down he has to get the help of Katsu-mama to write the song.
One thing I would want to bring out is the identity of this ‘you’ Takuya is writing in his lyrics. If it’s totally based on his personal experience, I would guess it’s his parents (or parent, mother maybe) since we knew from Oricon interview that Takuya has been living alone since high school and started mingling with his 仲間 (and our former Sangoku road members). If it’s just coming from a third person point of view, I have nothing to say plzkthx 8D
However, if that’s the case, I find myself denying it because of the last 2 stanza. If ‘Takuya’ is telling the person to ‘rest’, does it mean the person just died? I am very uncertain of this fact because according to my tiny winny little knowledge of UVER, I am pretty sure Takuya’s direct relatives are still alive. (shitz am I like cursing?) Then again, 'rest' does not have to mean 'die'
Either way, I totally cried when I listen to this song. Many many many times. Especially when I am looking at the Kanji lyrics... As the song peaked at its bridge, my heart totally sunk and I tried holding back my tears to no avail. Whenever I reach the coda, the tears would just flow.
Darn UVER
In conclusion, I don’t really care if it is Takuya’s own personal experience or a 3rd person’s. This song is just too beautiful and it is definitely my most favourite UVER’s Bside till date. I am going to quote from my previous post and mention once again the best part of this song is how the music and lyrics flow together, and not very much of how skillful the UVERmembers are.
Darn… I better read my Arena37 June issue about monochrome.
Screw my analysis <3 I AM CORRECT! This person Takuya's talking about is his grandfather; and the Sakura garden is a garden near his grandfather's grave I believe so 8D I wasn't reading Arena carefully. This song is also written for Akira and Shintarou who just lost their grandfathers in this 2 years.
Monochrome translation - Eve version w00t!
Even if there was no exchange of word
There was the endless love that embraced me
When I was young, you pulled me into the Sakura garden
Walking, that was my first memory
Always laughing, speaking, and they just pass, those memories.
Till date, I still can’t express it
The amount of love you have shared with me,
I surely cannot return it
All alone, I swallowed my own tears
I grew up a little
You let go of my hands, and I blend into the midst of my companion
The you who was walking alone in that Sakura garden,
Your back view, was my last memory of you
Always laughing, speaking, and they just pass, those memories
Till date, I still couldn’t express it
That time being embarrassed, you/I let go of my hand which was connected a little
It would be good if we can just continue to walk
(unsure of these 3 lines)
Spring is over, and in that same garden
The path brings back the old memories
The scattering Sakura, the bare-branched trees give me a somewhat lonely feeling
I am searching for that laughter
Always laughing, speaking, they just pass, those memories
Till date, I still can’t express it
The current me can do it for your sake
And it still won’t change tomorrow, and I live to smile
(unsure of these 2 lines too)
Someday I will also create the life of precious people
Just like what you did at that time,
Just like the love that you protected,
I’ll be strong, that’s why you don’t have to worry about me
You can take a rest…
end translation
So… that’s all I need to say =3 I probably get myself involved too much with UVER that this song has been bothering me for days and even made me cry during classes (thankfully no one noticed). As mentioned earlier, living in 3 countries with 3 separate groups of friends made me realize how precious things are.
Sad but true, I don’t think I can carry on without UVER’s continuous ‘support’ through their songs. I would probably be scolded again by some of my friends (hannee & lyna…) for being too obsessed over them. I won’t deny it =3 but at least they’re not leading me towards the bad side.
Mahh… I want to know them so much more ;___; give takuya a hug, tell him how much I love him, pat him on his head and make him trust me 8D
Like Sejin said to me on Thursday, there is no such thing as the ‘best’ band, because it totally depends on whose music click with you and your personality. I would bet with all my fandom that I will NEVER find any other outsiders that can inspire me like UVER does. This bring me back to the conversation I had with Corina (I think) the other day about how popularity is not everything for a band. I would agree to a certain extent. For UVER, I would kill to make them known because I am sure their songs would reach out to the many other people.
Quote: Takuya’s goal of life: To inspire as many people as possible
Period.
DAMNIT UVERWORLD HAS TO GET BIG!
;___;
Call me stupid, we fangirls live for our fandom ;__; not our fandom lives for us.Right, Vannee & Janice? (8D) SUCK!
Oh oh, and about UVERtv and Takuya mentioning about ‘Singapore’, I wouldn’t put much hope into it because I don’t see Japanese fans blogging about it >__> Sigh… SIGHH…
Life’s turning upside down… for me.
I MISS MY FRIENDS DAMNIT T____T STUPID INTERNET, COME BACK TO MAMA! I TALKED TO DARLING BRO YESTERDAY DURING COMP STUDIES. IF MY STOMACH WASN’T GROWLING AND IF IT WASN’T THOMAS’S BIRTHDAY I WOULD HAVE STAYED IN THE COMP LAB AND RANT AWAY WITH MY STUPID BRO T______T Broooooooooooo *glomps* I’ll draw you a Buku ;___; Stupid spreadsheet tasks, I could have talked to minion forever and I could have at least give Corina a glomp before she signed off. Darn yesterday.
Lyna and Herry that 2 morons, thanks to them I didn’t enjoy Pirates of the Carribean that much yesterday BECAUSE I HEARD SOME SPOILERS FROM THEM. If we hadn’t had ‘fun’ doing design project and go through thick and thin together (+ they having to bear with my ridiculous expectations) I would have immediately commence an UVERbrainwashing technique on them.
PS: Oh, and yesterday was Jian Hao’s birthday too =3
PPS: LAO MA, JIA YOU! DON’T GIVE UP OR I’LL BASH YOUR SKULL =)
PPPPSSS: TAKUYA DARLING~~~~~~~~~~
PPPPPPPSSSSSSS: BUKU PWNS KIKU! HAH!
Oh wtf, I am currently abstaining myself from Monochrome. It seems. Cause I've played it a good 130 times!! muahua, monochrome is not allowed to beat Colors of the Heart (what logic is that)