Which songs have the most relatable lyrics for you?

[Berkerrang]

I’m used to foreign, especially japanese bands because it sounds better to me personally but the obvious downside is not being able to understand much, even if you speak basic japanese. That being said, i’ve had songs that i didn’t care much for become really important to me once i looked up the lyrics.

Obviously Kyo, my inspiration, has the most relatable lyrics for me personally.

Keibetsu to hajimari, devote my life, and values of madness are songs that became super important to me because of the lyrical content and how it felt like i was being spoken to directly.

Another one is Blemish by the Gazette.

Despite all the nonsense english and common lyrical tropes in a lot of japanese bands, theres a lot of really deep stuff too.

[zeetabyte]

Nightmare, forever, and always.

I think what I like about them is that they aren’t one to shy away from the cheesefest when they wanna, and their sincerity and vulnerability, despite probably being the opposite of what some people may think vkei is, really makes them a precious gem to me.

I say this, and I show like the cheesiest ass lines ever: (I love it, I screamed this alone at an event once)

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@Berkerrang

I’m used to foreign, especially japanese bands because it sounds better to me personally

same, just for clarification by “foreign” u mean lyrics not in English, right?

for me the syllables in japanese words vs english words and how that makes them fit a tune really makes a difference - recently someone had me listen to Nightwish (english lyrics) and i thought it was v noticeable that a lot of english words are short ?

@Berkerrang

i’ve had songs that i didn’t care much for become really important to me once i looked up the lyrics.

@Berkerrang

Obviously Kyo, my inspiration, has the most relatable lyrics for me personally.

lmao was not expectign that, but alright valid.
ty for song titles, i looked those up, looks like theyre from teh same album? (i was not keeping up w/music when it came out)

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ty for a topic to focus on… “most relatable for you,”
i feel like theres levels, all of these are relatable for me:

generally relatable

i think immediately of something like mr. children - innocent world (yt), a song that’s “relatable” to very wide audiences - most ppl grow up. most ppl have to deal with jobs, most ppl have to end a relationship, most ppl eventually figure out they need to keep moving forward without blaming themselves or their ex

something like loving or missing/losing a loved one happens to everyone, even if circumstances are private and unique to each individual.
THE YELLOW MONKEY - JAM (yt)

both of those youtube links have the audience singing along lol

life sucks, relatable

sometimes it’s literally EVERYONE’s fault but mine tho?!
this waiter doesnt know shit and im blowin this place up in my mind (sex machineguns - ファミレス・ボンバー family restaurant bomber)(yt)

singing/shouting about it at a concert can help keep u sane at work the next day!

“fuck the world” - u feel alone and UNRELATABLE

this and the last category is where dir en grey lyrics in general fit, to me. when you have feelings that polite society is not ready for. i’m not super familiar with kyo’s lyrics in particular, but i remember reading some uncomfortably direct lyrics when i was younger! i was learning, at the same time, to avoid being direct in japanese lol

for me personally, onmyo-za’s 10th album 鬼子母神kishibojin is weirdly relatable; they were able to express a range of monstrous humanity by blaming demons and obfuscating what’s going on with unfamiliar language.
matatabi’s said that it could be more palatable to hear a song about evil deeds in the ancient past when u can’t do anything about the ppl in the current world who are still hurting u in the same way, etc.

• for example the feeling of absolute helplessness leading to an interminable grudge 組曲「鬼子母神」～怨讐の果てurami no hate (yt)
• or you’ve been demonized unfairly or made to take responsibility for blame that’s not yours. 組曲「鬼子母神」～径michi(yt)
• or you are part of the violent mob that sacrificed someone else
  組曲「鬼子母神」～鬼拵ノ唄onikosae no uta (yt)

even they’re relatable…?

yes, somehow… i find music lyrics can be a way of making the very specific into something relatable…

THE BACK HORN - cobalt blue re: kamikaze pilots (lyrics in captions)

Chyno - O.P.P re: 2010s suicide bomber (lyrics in description)

this is something that even if you sing along at a concert, the feeling might be relatable but the content is something you can take off at the end

[rukarukaruka]

Hoo boy I have a million of these but i will write about a few:

the depressing ones

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• nightmare - wasurenagusa

it’s just perfect. it perfectly captures the feeling of being young and in love with someone who doesn’t love you back

• Jakigan Meister - Stargazer

another perfect song, no notes. it says so little about the two people that are in the song, and yet the imagery is so vivid and dreamlike. it’s like i can feel myself stargazing in the cold while my mentally fragile gf-but-not-quite-gf tears my heart into pieces

• Kagrra, - Utakata

a grief song for someone you’ve lost. the lyrics are so simple, but they get straight to the point

• Shellmy - Fashion Myslee

oh god during my menhera-kms-everyday phase, this was the song that kept me on the edge. I think it’s the best depiction of a Menhera girlie I’ve ever encountered so far. I felt like it was speaking TO me personally

• Xaa-xaa - Happy Wedding

POV: someone who destroyed u gets married. ur mad about it bc ur a scorned woman. they are happy and u are wallowing in your own despair. the end. so relatable

• MUCC - Ieji

the dialogue in the song - the part where the guy and girl go back and forth about her wanting to die and him being mad at her - is the realest thing i’ve ever heard. i felt so called out by it when i first heard it

The fun ones

• Zombie - Kusottare ga

it’s one long “fuck you” song. to hate is to be human. maybe.

• SID - Natsukoi

POV: ur a girl dating a hot dude. his texts make your heart flutter. he’s extremely hot. you’re kinda vapid and shallow, but it’s okay. you like him for his personality now.
this hella takes me back to when i was a shallow and vapid teen…

• Acid Black Cherry - Cherry Cherry

POV: ur a simp. simping for a hot girl. u wanna tell her to stick that LV bag up her ass, but u can’t bc ur a simp!!! and ur still in love with her! even tho she’s just using u!!!

• SID - and boyfriend

this one captures the feeling of trying to be someone you’re not. you’re a young ish girl (probably 19, 20?) and you tried to act sophisticated to date a guy, but that’s not who you are. you just tried to be his type. but at the end you figure out that you’re better off being friends, he’s better off with someone else, and you’ll get over him someday. all is well. ahh, to be young…

[zeetabyte]

utakata is so beautiful I sang it to my dad’s casket when we held the funeral.

I learnt it was inspired by the passing of Isshi"s dear dog too it seems

Also I need to go reread the lyrics of stargazer and probs go cry again SOBS

[rukarukaruka]

sorry for your loss.

yes, he said he envisioned himself singing it at a grave when he wrote it for his dog.

[JukaForever]

Art of Life by X Japan

Perfectly captures the chaos of life; the bad, the really bad, holding on or hope and pushing through.

If you meant like strictly Japanese lyrics, it is a bit harder as feel like I may be losing additional meaning when the lyrics get translated. Otherwise Seranade or Faith and Decision by Versailles. Even if just 90% of the lyrics were accurate, the care in the way the lyrics were sung emphasizes the meaning behind them.

[ChlorophyllRabbit]

I also tend to be a Kyoling, for better or worse. I’ve been going back to Luna Sea now that I have some Japanese and find myself relating a good bit to Ryuichi, too. And Sugizo’s and Inoran’s solo stuff also has me pretty gripped, believe it or not.

That being said, I do consider myself to have been a listener during my formative years a good bit, so I definitely wonder if my relationship with the lyrics is partly due to that. I tend to be a loyal listener to stuff I like overall, so definitely the type to have absorbed it in general. But such is art, after all. Probably.

[Kaishiki]

There are quite some but I usually only think of the respective songs when I deal with the lyrics. So I guess I’ll start with few now and come back every now and then. It’s also not like I relate to each of them all the time, it rather depends on circumstances.

It's the depressive/heavy stuff because it's the bands I listen to mostly these days, I still need to go through more of their (and other bands's) lyrics to see what else to find (including completely different themes).

To whom needs this: TW for what the titles imply which’s suicide and depression

For now I throw in メディーナ’s “SUICIDE” and ヴァージュ’s “憂鬱に裂く”.

And just in case that gets anyone worried, to prevent that, I’m here, I’m typing, I’m listening, I’m loving deeply (and who’s on the Discord server probably knows I’m rather on a musical high than anything else right now).

[sayonara_blue]

             The kiddie - smile. 

" Smile smile smile
When you want to cry, it’s ok to weep with all your might !
Smile smile smile
Be the way you are, the way you want to be ! Oh oh
Smile smile smile
No matter how hard it is, it’s all right 'cause you’re not alone
Smile smile smile
Your smiling face is what saves me

There’s no rain that doesn’t cease but you can get used to an umbrella,
So go straight without losing sight of it,
Such a rough world, hope and despair exist so that you’ll see a wonderful dream,
It’s ok to just be the way you want to be, go the way you want to go "

              aaaand D'espairsray - Horizon  

" Even if our legs are full of wounds, we’re holding our desires…

Even if this world is in conflict and our powerlessness carves into hearts
we seek the light because our legs won’t give up

It’s the voyage beyond the world, go
The next era belongs to groundbreakers, it’s exciting road
This area, still unknown to us, horizon and only your color
We’ll cross the wind, ride on

You don’t see your future anymore, even your nights are condemned to sorrow.
I’ll become your sustenance and i’ll change you, you should be able to walk again.

So the flower called you won’t wither
So you will be able to smile at last
Go your own way
You and earth, the horizon, which was born. "

so many others but those are the ones that popped up right in my mind

[Hayabusa]

Child Prey by DIR EN GREY. No, i’m joking.