two posts in a day omg who is she??????????
so today i was listening to ai to highball (an amazing song) and i figured i should do a song analysis because why not
i really liked this song, so i was searching for others like it and searching 'songs like ai to highball' wasnt helping. almost all songs i got from searching that were more happy go lucky than the more somber sound the song has. while yes it is upbeat, i dont feel happy listening to it. it gives me a more melancholy feeling. and sort of a nostalgia? kinda like ive felt whatever this song is trying to convey.
now before i even thought about doing this, i only remembered the lyrics talking about how 'my underwear is wet' (not a fake sub thats an actual line) and i was associating that song with sex and it gave me a picture of like a couple doing it for the first time but yk since its they're first time its a little inexperienced/awkward now pls dont think im weird cus i was thinking of me and my bf so i kept associating it with us since we have not done anything of the sort yet (or maybe ever idek) but enough about that
after some time studying the lyrics i got the impression this song is about a guilty pleasure due to lines like 'Even if you say it's impure' 'God, just let me have this night' 'I know it’ll only make the emptiness grow' 'Just let me off the hook a little' 'I still want to drown a little' - i also think that that the guilty pleasure IS sex since it has some suggestive/not-even-suggesting-just-straight-shouting-it-at-you lyrics.
so i think the story is that our MC/whoever the song's perspective feels lonely and often drinks his sorrow away (due to all the lines referring to drinking) and he meets this girl/person that kinda opens his heart(?) - 'Your kindness soaked into my withering heart. And a strong highball brings me back to life' and they start fucking and for some reason, the MC is guilty about it. the line that especially draws my attention is the 'God, just let me have this night' this could potentially hint to the guilt being due to religion since in christianity its a sin to fuck before marriage but thats the only i know about. anyway now that i think about it, it is most likely that since he even suggests that what they're doing is 'impure'.
i just thought of how the lyrics constantly mention drowning like for example 'Will I drown in booze again?' 'Honestly, I just want to drown a little' - perhaps this is referring to him 'drowning' in his sin. with the alcoholism and his new 'guilty pleasure' they know they shouldn't be doing this but it feels too good to stop. and the 'I know it’ll only make the emptiness grow' is insinuating that they know that the good feeling only lasts a certain amount of time and that once the ecstasy is gone, they'll feel sorrowful once again. and even more yearnful for/dependent on the guilty pleasures to feel good or alive again.
also little thing i forgot to mention before is that the post-chorus interlude(?) is sounding like its trying to run away idk how to explaining but it just sounds like its running away from the rest of the song which is a cool detail to consider since the mc is kinda running away from taking responsibility for what they've done.
the singer's 'ahhhhhhhahahah' before the chorus also sounds so good and fitting since this mc is clearly stressed out. but also props to these vocals they are MOTHER
idk how accurate the english translation is but heres the site i used! - ai to highball english lyrics
anyway thats just my take on it! im sad i cant find any song like it cus this song is such a masterpiece and i love listening to it
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