キリンジの曲

 

 

I sometimes listen to Japanese music. Specifically this time, I listened to this song, Drifter by キリンジ.  I have often listened to other songs by this band, although this song in specific was a little more difficult to understand compared to other songs. But, after looking up a lot of the vocabulary, I believe that it deals with someone who often feels down, lost, and as if the world was against him. In lines like "祈りをカラスが引き裂いて",  "a crow that rips apart his prayers", or "流氷のような街で追いかけてたのは逃げ水",  "in a town like [drift ice?] where he follows [I think 'mirages']", his inner struggles and feelings of a lack of clear direction are described. But, throughout the lyrics it is also demonstrated how there is someone in his life that keeps him going despite everything. "手放せない理由がこの胸にある", "there is a reason/motive in him that he does not let go of", and "あなたがいるかぎり僕は逃げない", "as long as they exist he will not run away", are clear examples of the role of this other person. I think this song, however, serves an ode to this person he holds hope onto, and demonstrates a type of doubt towards their commitment to him, which can really be seen when he asks "この僕の傍にいるだろう", "if they will be there even for the struggling, uncertain him". I think this is the premise of the song, I probably missed a lot of other references and allusions, but from what I was able to understand it is a very poetic song that encapsulates the love that two people may feel towards each other through the perspective of one of them, who is conscious of his difficulties and the uncertainty of being too much for someone to handle. Personally, I also connect very well with this song.