When I hear the words "get back" by themselves, I think "get back [away from a dangerous person/situation in front of you]." So this song threw me a little at first. It probably doesn't help that the way they sing "get baaack" sounds to me like "Bat-maaan" as sung in the theme song from the …
Tag: NEO JAPANESE HEROINE
exist†trace — Kimi to ame to himitsu
This track appeared on Royal Straight Magic and later on NEO JAPANESE HEROINE under the translated title "You, Rain, and Secrets." At the time of said compilation album's release, miko described this song as "a quiet, fiery love ballad" in a blog post in English, and said it was about a man who doesn't know what he has until …
exist†trace – Psychedelic Black Night
This song first appeared on Royal Straight Magic and was also included on the Western release Neo Japanese Heroine. Given the time of year and the title, I was thinking it would be fitting for Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve. But I digress. On the occasion of that Western release, miko posted to her blog in English …
exist†trace — BLAST
With the release of the compilation album NEO JAPANESE HEROINE, I wanted to do more of the tracks that are on that album specifically. Hence why today I jump to "BLAST," the last track on THIS IS NOW. Songs like this that have a lot of English interspersed can actually be harder to translate, because …