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A Painful Difference

Here I am with the final part of this month’s themed week in “Lyrical Love”! Today’s subject is a song by the visual kei band Amber Gris, precisely of their early ones, Love in the First., released as second track of the second single Shoujo no Cure (Cure of the girl), come out on 24th March 2010. The song represents such in a way the band's unique view of the world, with a melancholic atmosphere, surrounding a common subject, but dealt with a particular depth and passion.

THE MUSIC

The song starts with a living rhythm, featuring an energetic guitar and a pretty relevant bass work; Temari's voice is soft and flowing, becoming more intense in the middle part, with parts in falsetto, the key feature of this talented vocalist in each performance; the result is a passionate and gloomy rock theme, rich of idyllic shades, worth of Amber Gris' unique concept.

Lyrics (Romaji)

Rozetta jou no kusabana, Mada minu haru ni kogareru Yukidoke no mizu ni ashi o hitasu Adokenasa o nokosu shigusa. I don't know, Shelly Koe o kikasete? Kotoba o kikasete? Kimi no koto o sukoshi dake de ii Boku ni oshiete yo! Amai kaori tadayou, Noichigo no jamu o motte Yakusoku no jikan made ato wazuka Shisen sorashi isogiashi. I don't know, Shelly Moshi mo boku ga kimi to onaji nara Arui wa kimi mo kono kotoba ni Mimi o katamukete kureta ka na? Kamisama no itazura de Boku wa kemukujara Osorenaide kono ude wa Kimi o mamoru buki ni kaeru kara. I don't know, Shelly Moshi mo umarekawatta no naraba Sekai de ichiban kirei na hana o mi ni yukou. I don't know, Shelly Semete ima dake, owakare no uta o Tsugi ni boku ga mezameta toki ni Kimi o omoidaseru you ni.

Lyrics (Translation)

Flowers shaped like rosetta I still wished to see them in the spring

A wet foot in the melted water A gesture which leaves innocence.

I don’t know, Shelly (I)

Can I hear your voice? Can I hear your words?

Only a little of you Please talk to me!

Sweet scent which is emanated From the strawberry jam I keep in my hand

A little sign, until the established moment And I quickly turn the sight.

I don’t know, Shelly (II)

If I were like you Maybe you, to these words, could lean an ear?

For a God’s mischief I am covered by thick hair Don’t be afraid of this arm I will replace it with a weapon which will protect you.

I don’t know, Shelly (III)

If I was born again Let’s go to see the most beautiful flowers of the world.

I don’t know, Shelly

At least for this moment, a farewell song So that, the next time I will awake I can remember you. (IV)

THE WORDS

Written by the singer Temari, the song summarizes and introduces such in a way all the features which will be seen in most songs by Amber Gris, especially the simple text layout, made for driving the whole thing with images and sensations hidden in the single words. For understanding its meaning, it’s better to start from the single where it is contained; the title, Shoujo no Cure, already contains a reference to a love feeling towards a girl, correlating this song with the others inside it, Ibara no hana wa tsumi ni saku (Flowers’ thorns bloom in the sin) and Sunny day’s seeker, dealing respectively with flowers being symbol of a unforgivable love sin and remembering the best moments of own life. Going back to the one analyzed here, this song encloses the core meaning of the whole single, as it deals with love. In particular the subject is a relationship between two people, who are extremely different each other, as the protagonist is not human at all, hinting to another important theme of Amber Gris’ songs, the difference. This relationship between the man, a beast, and the woman, named Shelly (an English based name, whose meaning is literally “meadow on a ledge”, hinting to the naturalistic concept brought by the band), who might be a fictitious adressee, typical element of some poems, especially by Dante and Petrarca, is dark and gloomy, seeming like a melancholic version of The Beauty and The Beast. And now... let’s analyze the song!

I) The text starts with the protagonist, who says that he wants to see the flowers shaped like a rosetta in the spring (Rozetta jou no kusabana,/Mada minu haru ni kogareru, the word rosetta is referred to a specific flower, the white rose, symbol of innocence and silence, which, not by case, fits with the rest of the text), while his foot gets wet in the melted water, formerly ice (Yukidoke no mizu ni ashi o hitasu, the ice, like the flower is white, creating an analogy of colours, typical in most of their songs), a gesture which leaves a sense of innocence (Adokenasa o nokosu shigusa, white is correlated to innocence and to a winter setting); then there’s a line, written in English, which will recur in the text, where he talks to Shelly, his loved one, telling her that he is confused and doesn’t know what to do.

II) He asks her if he can hear her voice, her words (Koe o kikasete?/Kotoba o kikasete?, note the strong musicality in these two lines), in few words he wants to see something of her, even a little part, begging her to talk to him (Kimi no koto o sukoshi dake de ii/Boku ni oshiete yo!); then the focus moves on a sweet scent, coming from the strawberry jam he is keeping in his hand (Amai kaori tadayou,/Noichigo no jamu o motte, the strawberry is another image linked to the innocence), asking her for a little sign, until the estabilished moment, when he will turn his sight away from her (Yakusoku no jikan made ato wazuka/Shisen sorashi isogiashi, the estabilished moment seems to be the death, likely of hers).

III) He says that if he was like her, probably she would have heard his words, his voice (Moshi mo boku ga kimi to onaji nara/Arui wa kimi mo kono kotoba ni/Mimi o katamukete kureta ka na?); but unfortunately, he, because of a God’s mischief, is made of a thick hair, closer to an animal than to a man (Kamisama no itazura de/Boku wa kemukujara), but she doesn’t have to fear his arm, which he will change into a weapon for protecting her (Osorenaide kono ude wa/Kimi o mamoru buki ni kaeru kara)

IV) In the final sequence he says that if he could be born again, he would take her to see the most beautiful flowers of the world (Moshi mo umarekawatta no naraba/Sekai de ichiban kirei na hana o mi ni yukou), but unfortunately he will have to limit himself in a farewell song, so that when he will wake up from his sleep, his lethargy, he will still remember her, ending the text in a melancholic way (Semete ima dake, owakare no uta o/Tsugi ni boku ga mezameta toki ni/Kimi o omoidaseru you ni).

He is a beast and she is a young maiden, two different people living a romantic relationship, but it will come to an happy ending? Amber Gris rewrite the canon of “happily ever after”, with a gloomy and sour song, made of natural and direct images and reminding us how the differences are seen, unfortunately, as an obstacle.

That’s all folks! See you tomorrow with a new review in “Let’s Listen to”!

Thanks for the reading!

*Sorry for the delay*

#amber gris #jrock #visual kei #love in the first.#love #difference #feelings #sadness #memory #nature #lyrical love

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remade-jimintensify · 7 years

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TAG MASTERPOST

so i had to do quite some tags and here i finally am doing them. srsly, you don’t have to look at this. even when you are tagged. it’s rlly long and i am .. not rlly interesting ;_; also, i thank everyone who tagged me and sorry that i only am doing this now whoops :’)) oh right, feel free to do any tag you like, you don’t have to do all and you don’t have to post them all at once like me so yeah just :3 have fun, i guess :]

I TAG @flowerchildchim @hoseokxx @aegyongi @ssaipeo @chimppup @strawberryjamjimin @vcute @minhollydays @agustdia @jinsasleep @overthemoonjoon @fairyseok @jimin1004 @xbaangtanx @kyuokie @rninyoonqi @turtlenecktaetae @yoonblebells @zuanshi @carameljkook @pjungkook @qtaes @hobipd @taesflower @joonphases @thisspringday @taedboy @slutlingar @mochikissme @mochikotae @chan-yoongi @sugaswagdaddy @fluffyliontae @extrajungkookie @sugamel @wintrychim @thoughtssilent @poofyyoongi

get to know me

tagged by @sugamel @taedboy @overthemoonjoon @slutlingar @sugaswagdaddy @omojinyounghobi @mochikotae @chan-yoongi @fluffyliontae @extrajungkookie @hoseokxx and @qtaes rules: tag 20 followers you’d like to know better

(had to add some questions for this one, because i got tagged in two tags that were pretty similar >.> lmao)

nickname: kiwi, kiki, kyrosh, kiwei, pure angel :))) jk, everyone says i’m liviing in denial so i guess i shld just accept this and move on :3, fruki but tbh everyone calls me kyra lmao :]

gender: female

zodiac sign: aries

height: 160 cm (sth like 5′2″)

hogwart’s house: slytherin

favorite color: i just rlly love colors in general :3

song stuck in your head: treat you better by shawn mendes

time right now: 5pm

average hours of sleep: six

lucky number: none, what even is luck lmao

last thing i googled: the weather lol

blankets i sleep with: one, but it’s so fluffy (someone come n cuddle)

favorite bands: too many but for kpop it’s (obviously) bangtan, got7, mamamoo, monsta x and all of the others i’m posting :3

dream trip: mm.. canada, korea, japan,

wearing right now: oversized burgundy sweater, black sweats

age of blog: two yrs but i only post bangtan since one and a few months

following: 200 sth

posts: .. coughs sth like 30k

what i post about: kpop, pups and kitties, too much personal shit lol

when did my blog reach its peak: /shrugs/ tbh lmao ;;

last movie watched: mm.. kick ass 2 but not rlly so i’m going with the wind rises

last tv show you watched: grey’s anatomy

do you have any other blogs? my main (taehyung1e)

do you get asks regularly? mm.. not .. really? sometimes? idk :3

why did you choose your url? jimin’s intense :3

pokemon team: i was team mystery lol but this game was.. yikes

favorite characters: aomine daiki, levi ackerman, tanaka ryunosuke (probably), ace and so many more, srsly ;; (only animes lol, whoops)

dream job: a rich bitch

no hallyu tag!

tagged by @agustdia

10 groups/artists you like besides Kpop/liked before Kpop:

pierce the veil

bmth

fall out boy

the neighbourhood

panic! at the disco // brendon urie

thirty seconds to mars

papa roach

hands like houses

one ok rock

set it off

10 favorite non-kpop songs:

keep your eyes open - needtobreathe

bullet train - stephen swartz

no parallels - hands like houses

blasphemy - bmth

hero - skillet

surrender - billy talent

light up - thousand foot krutch

falling away from me - korn

texas is forever - pierce the veil

if you can’t hang - sleeping with sirens

srsly i just put my music on shuffle because nope, there is no way imma choose my top 10. :3

10 favorite movies:

spirited away

lilo & stitch

kingsman

cry baby

tangled

dracula untold

maze runner

how to train your dragon (1 and 2)

every old disney movie tbh, rip

hercules (just because)

i literally have no favs, so idk man

10 favorite tv shows, including anime & cartoons:

buffy the vampire slayer

kyoukai no kanata

dexter (but only the first six or so seasons)

zankyou no terror

orange is the new black

haikyuu

yuri on ice

kim possible

ano hana

toradora

10 favorite manga/comics:

gangsta

hirunaka no ryuusei

horimiya

ao haru ride

ookami shoujo to kuro ouji

endou-kun no jikken note

19 days

kirakira no hibi

soul eater

tamen de gushi

10 things you enjoyed before kpop/enjoy besides kpop, that won’t fit in the lists above:

photography

astrology

books

greek mythology

video games

design

writing poems and stories

museums

flower studies

astronomy

ten tag

tagged by @sugamel last movie you watched: kingsman

last song you listened to: very nice - seventeen

last show you watched: dexter

last book you read?: another day

last thing you ate?: crackers :3

if you could be anywhere in the world right now where would you be: idk.. somewhere where.. i can cuddle with .. someone.

when would you time travel to: either the 70s or 80s or the date i’m done with school, lol

first thing you would do with lottery money: traveling or helping poor countries maybe

character you would hang out with for a day? umm.. aomine :3 from knb

time right now: 4pm

the ‘or’ tag (idk how else to call it tbh lmao)

tagged by @thisspringday

build a snowman with v OR have a snowball fight with j-hope

get coffee with suga OR get ice cream with suga

go to the cinema with jimin OR the amusement park with jungkook

do a dance cover with j-hope OR sing a duet with jin

kiss rap monster OR cuddle suga

babysit with jimin AND dogsit with v

meet j-hope’s family OR have v meet your family

film a commercial with j-hope OR film a sketch with v

hug jimin OR hold hands with jungkook

go to paris with jin OR go to london with suga

film a drama with jin OR do a photo shoot with rap monster

attend an award show with rap monster OR wear couple t-shirts at the airport with jungkook

spend a lazy day with suga OR explore a city with j-hope

fall asleep next to jimin OR wake up next to jungkook

make up a silly rap with v OR a silly choreography with jin

have a fun picnic with j-hope OR a fancy date with jin

have jungkook serenade you OR have v sing you to sleep

have a dance party with j-hope OR sing karaoke with suga

go camping with jimin and v OR go to the beach with rap monster and suga

cook with jin OR bake a cake with jimin

have a sleepover with the hyung line OR a birthday party with the maknae line

celebrate halloween with jungkook, suga, v and j-hope OR christmas with rap monster, jimin and j-hope

i decided to not do the nsfw stuff because i am tired, lmao ;;

alphabet tag

tagged by @hoseokxx @overthemoonjoon @pjungkook @yoon-v and @ssaipeo

A - Age: seventeen B - Biggest fear: not being enough, getting more anxieties C - Current time: 6:48pm D - Drink you last had: water E - Easiest person(s) to talk to: friends on tumblr and my mom F - Favorite song: mm.. i don’t have a favorite but i guess, but shape of you is rlly rlly nice to me and maybe also blackbear songs, like, recently :] G - Grossest memory: the spider in the bathtub, fck i almost fainted H - Horror yes or horror no: uhm, no I - In love: with jeon jeongguk J - Jealous of people: .. i am just a rlly jealous person, i’m sick fml K - Killed someone: wish i cld kill my classmates :) L - Love at first sight or should I walk by again: should i walk by again M - Middle name: it would be natalie, but my mom decided to just not N - Number of siblings: two half siblings O - One wish: i want to see my online friends just once, or at least one P - Person you called last: probably my mom Q - Question you’re always asked: are you (really) okay? rip R - Reason to smile: bangtan, my cats, some.. one most likely S - Song you last sang: dearly departed by marianas trench T - Time you woke up: 8:30am U - Underwear color: rn? white and nude V - Vacation destination: i rlly want to go to canada, kraków, seoul or busan, tokyo, scandinavia, back to italy or spain W - Worst habit: not drinking enough, procrastination X - X-rays had: teeth Y - Your favourite food: food is my fav in general, don’t make me choose Z - Zodiac sign: aries

first letter of your name - tag (idek fam)

tagged by @yoon-v rules: answer the questions with the first letter of your name, then tag 10 people. If the person who tagged you has the same initial, you must use different answers. you cannot use the same word twice.

What is your name? - kyra

A four letter word? - knee

A boy’s name? - kyle

An occupation? - kitchen assistant

Something you wear? - knit sweater

A color? - khaki

A food? - kidney beans

Something you find in the bathroom? - knob???

A place? - kraków

A reason for being late? - killing :)

Something you shout? - kaWAII! (idek)

A movie title? - kick ass

Something you drink? - kakao (= hot cocoa in german hah!)

An animal? - koala

A type of car? - kia

Title of a song? - king for a day by ptv

eleven random facts

tagged by @chan-yoongi  rules: tell your followers 11 random facts about yourself, and tag 11 people in return! tag backs are allowed, but you mustn’t repeat any of the facts you mentioned previously. the facts can be absolutely anything! Whatever springs to mind! let’s get started!

i have two cats who own my ass, pretty much

i used to not like the color yellow but now i have a yellow sweater and it looks hella cute

i’m in love with jeon jeongguk

i love finding out about new things

i’m super interested in astrology and astronomy

my favorite sound is probably water and when people talk me to sleep

i love the smell of sunscreen sososo much

i have family all over the world - brazil, germany, france, africa, spain, america, austria and so on

i’m pretty average

i really wanna call my friends i know from tumblr but i am soso shy, but yeah.. just hearing their voices wld make me really happy

my hands are small but my feet are kinda big ://///

fave kpop songs of 2016

tagged by @fluffyliontae @chan-yoongi and @sugamel

no particular order, ofc. how cld i ever decide, lmao :3

stuck - monsta x

lie - pjm, bangtan

wings - bangtan

save me - bangtan

why so lonely - wonder girls

hate - 4minute

shut up and groove - heize & dean

lucky one - exo

check in - hiphop unit, svt

fire truck - nct 127

fxxk it - bigbang

whistle - blackpink

body - mino

very, very, very - i.o.i

galaxy - ladies’ code

love me do - vixx

7th sense - nct u

bonnie & clyde - dean

21 - dean

a few years later - block b

and probably more, heh

url tag (kpop edition)

tagged by @strawberryjamjimin rules: spell out your url with kpop songs and tag ten people

j ump - bangtan i need u - bangtan m ad city - nct 127 i like it - sistar n ow - trouble maker t respass - monsta x e ureka - zico & zion.t n o make up - zion.t s ave me - bangtan i ‘m not sorry - dean & dok2 f anfare - sf9 y olo - madtown

kpop tag

tagged by @extrajungkookie

who was your first female bias? - either LE from exid or hyuna from 4minute (/sobs cuz not anymore), i’m not sure though.. >.>

who was your first male bias? - jeon jeongguk, look at this loyal bub right here /points at myself

who are your current biases? (other than the ones above) - well, as ults i guess jeongguk (which is quite obvious, hello) and jimin aaaand.. well every single girl of mamamoo, don’t make me choose, bye.

in the entire kpop industry who is closest to your ideal type? - tbh, probably taehyung? he is just sweet and energetic and he loves dogs and art and he is aesthetic and idk, i just rlly rlly love him :/

have you ever attended any kpop concert/fan meeting/fansign? - /waves gbye/ NO

if yes, which group/artist? how was the experience? - :)

which group/artist would you like to see live? - bangtan babes ;; and dean tbrh (way more, but these two are like rlly high, prob the highest)

how did you get into kpop? - .. :) my lovely friends got me into that

who are your otps? - every bangtan ship (except for yoonmin, although they are hella cute. i just don’t read them), markson, yugkook, 2hoseok, chanmin, chanbaek, chansoo, yoonhyun, uhmm... more probably? but yeah :3 OH! jeongguk x svt, lolol (esp mingyu, my bby ;;)

when did u start to ship them? - uhm.. jikook since the first second tbh lmao and the others just.. came like that. i think my second bangtan ship was taegi and it was rlly rlly soon after i started shipping jikook. :3

what is your favorite fanfic genre? - fluff, lots of plot with good smut, uhm.. gore tbrh but there is not that much of it :/ angst, when i rlly wanna cry ;; lmao

what is your favorite music genre? - everything except for the good old german schlager, and techno lmao ;; i probably don’t like death metal either tbh ;;

on shuffle (kpop edition)

tagged by @rninyoonqi @mochikotae @sugamel and @chan-yoongi rules: put your music library on shuffle and list down the first 10 songs and tag 10 people.

lost - bangtan

married to the msuic - shinee

begin - bangtan (jeongguk)

let me know - bangtan

black - cover by jung min & daeho

you think - girls’ generation

bae bae - bigbang

okey dokey - zico & mino

come back home - 2ne1

what 2 do - dean

kpop - firsts

tagged by @mochikotae @slutlingar and @hoseokxx rules: list five or ten of your favorite kpop boy / girl groups. put your first bias of each group and the name of the mv you first saw them in.

bangtan - first bias: jeongguk; first mv: dope or i need u

got7 - first bias: jackson and mark; first mv: just right

exo - first bias: kyungsoo; first mv: call me baby

mamamoo - first bias: hwasa; first mv: um oh ah yeah

seventeen - first bias: mingyu; first mv: adore u

monsta x - first bias: jooheon; first mv: trespass

bigbang - first bias: seungri; first mv: fantastic baby

b.a.p - first bias: yongguk; first mv: one shot

wonder girls - first bias: yubin; first mv: so hot

blackpink - first bias: lisa; first mv: whistle

five things tag

tagged by @hoseokxx and @chan-yoongi

5 things you’ll find in my bag

phone

wallet

earphones

glasses cloth

water

5 things you’ll find in my bedroom

bed (!)

photos, a lot

albums

books

school stuff

5 things I’ve always wanted to do in my life

travel a lot

visit a bangtan concert

improve writing

learn about new things

stop procrastination

5 things I’m currently into

bangtan (obv)

writing

photoshop (i’m still learning, bear with me ;;)

astrology

tv shows

5 things on my to-do list:

finish homework

read demian

go out more

start studying for a levels

... secret :3

5 things people may not know about me:

secret :3

i’m not doing so well

i’m honestly such an open book its sad

i have a problem with ppl leaving me behind

i am the epitome of jealousy

random k-pop

tagged by @sugamel rules: go to this website: www.random.org/lists/ and pick 15 of your bias/faves.

mum/dad: mingyu

sibling: jooheon

grandma/grandad: jackson

haunts you: hani hIGHKEY FANGIRLING

boyfriend/girlfriend: yongguk i’m ded

your ex: mino lordY

your bestfriend: joy

proposed to you: solar

your boss: jeongguk .. /coughs i wanna be his secretary

random person you meet at a bar: minho

rival: taeyang

first kiss: chanyeol OK IM OFFICIALLY DED LMAO

drunk and singing karaoke: hyuk o m g, he is such a loser ://

played 7 minutes in heaven with: kyungsoo .. listen.. his.. liPS

gave you your favourite dessert: jimin

#tagged #abt me #FINALLY DID THIS WOW #FFS

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