Tokyo Neon Lyrics English Translation by CHANGMO
Fuck the other side
Woo
Yeah
I see you running from the light
but where will you hide?
Woo
Yeah
Ay
Yeah
Thank PB, BP after all these years
Time flies me to this Tokyo
I step out of Aman, crack a can of Strong Zero
then spit on my phone
I’m fine sleeping on the street
I always had fun even without money
Getting drunk on expensive streets
The life I dreamed of, came from the bottom
Barakatt – Rainbow Bridge
I think back to my young self playing that
A kid who didn’t care about fashion
Reflected in the window, ERD and chrome
The tag that must disappear
The dust-like bastards like me that must disappear
The fate of burning to ash, must
The ’94 dog that tried to defy it
I pretend to be a grown adult
To knock down those Hongdae nights, I’m a monster
Club tables, the kids who sat on top of me
Now they wanna show respect, the ones who became moms
The guy who had a tiny bit of money
A chameleon who could go anywhere in Seoul
What’s my real color?
It’s all mixed up, this night’s neon in Tokyo
That Gangnam neon I never set foot in
Jonggak neon, Mangwon, Jungnang neon
The neon in front of Guri Station
Before I knew it, the Deokso intersection became a crossroads like me
The faded neon of Ilshin Plaza
Aoyama, that Prada prism
Light scattering like glass about to break, shining, the season that used to be glamorous
Yeah
Ay
Nothing happens without a reason
I hope it lasts forever, 1llionaire
Right now, as we’re fading too
I need to go back now
But it turns out I can’t go back easily
I thought I’d still be radiating red light
Looking back, it’s all ash over there
The kids say, the 9s are leaving
The numbers say the world has changed too
Everyone says I’ve lost it
So we go through it too, the next turn
Should I go too, courtside?
In my heart I’m always Michael
Bubble Era Tokyo I’ve never even seen
I miss it, feels like the me who was on top
But that’s not me now, this is me now
Is that the picture the world wants?
My neon sign is too flashy
I hid inside a 90s building
Ksubi jeans, Band check
Ambition, make money, go up, counting stacks
Different from these kids, another class
A bastard who spat it out even when it wasn’t true
The trophies were sweet but
They rotted me out like cavities
Even though I’m no Mick Jagger
I let it fool me into thinking that was the goal
I pretend to be a grown adult
To knock down those Hannam-dong kids, I’m a monster
The kids who used to get champagne from me
Will I fade? The one who left with me?
The guy who had quite a few hits
A chameleon who could go anywhere in the country
Where’s the location I belong to?
I’m dizzy, like this night’s neon in Tokyo