ブログ 12: 「昼下りの情事」

 

This is a new song from a band that I have not heard before, called "Lamp". While a strange band name, this song, 昼下りの情事, or "Love after noon", is a very blissful song. I have surprisingly been able to figure out most of the lyrics, however their interpretation is not quite obvious. It starts in the scene of two lovers walking together in summer, a little after noon, "紅い花の影が零れ落ちた通りを / 二人は歩いていた", translated is "We both walked on the path where the shadows of red flowers were scattered". Later on it goes into the chorus, where their connection is further explored, "恋の予感のする季節きみと出逢った / 二人だけに通じる / テレパシーのような", translated is "I met you in the season where love lingers. It is something only we two can understand, like telepathy". Suddenly, though, the scene shifts into seemingly a café of some sort, where some form of physical or symbolic barrier is introduced, "氷珈琲の中へ会話が落ちていく / 混ざるミルクの色 / グラスの向こうで滲んだ恋人 / 古いフィルムのようね", translated is "Our conversation fell into the iced coffee, color of mixed milk. On the other side of the glass is my lover, blurred like an old film". It then shifts into a separation, "日傘の下にきみを残して / ぼくは行くんだ / 遠いあの街まで", translated is "I've left you under the parasol. I'm leaving, far away to that path". It then follows with the chorus again, until it wraps up the ending of the song, "真夏のようなあつさできみに触れた", translated is "I touched you with the heat of pure summer". It seems to be, in my own interpretation, a story about two lovers that have been separated. In the song, the lyrics interchange with a male vocal and a female vocal. I assume, therefore, that this is a separation that both parties are attempting to resolve on their own terms. Walking through the "path" with the other person, only to need to accept that the other person is blurred on the other side of another life, and therefore towards the end of the song, decide to walk that exact same path from the beginning, but alone, leaving their own manifestation of the other person behind. Therefore, it is a song about a breakup, loneliness, and finding the courage to continue on without their presence. A very poetic song, I very much enjoyed it and recommend it.