#nobody by mitski core

[prettygirlgerard]

okaaaaaayyyy I’ll say it who gonna hold my hand and play with my hair

[iamnotmitskii]

Nobody (Behind The Scenes)

[pastasauceandmoms]

me bc ive been big and small and big and small and big and small again and still nobody wants me

[idontwikeit]

Claudia // Nobody (Mitski)

"At the core of it she’s just the loneliest girl ever." - Delainey Hayles

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[nightcolorz]

Just saw your post about relating Mitski song to Armand....

I am begging you on my knees to explain Nobody to me. "Venus, planet of love / Was destroyed by global warming / Did it's people want too much, too? / Did it's people want too much?" Just that passage + the possibilities make me insane. Like Armand as to have painted roman mythology scenes (since he was owned by a painter), he must know a lot of the stories. Does he appears in any of those painted scenes? Does he see himself as a sterile environment for emotions? 😭😭😭😭

RAHHHH!!!! YESSSSSS!!! So true so true runs around. I often consider nobody more of a lestat song than an Armand song and u pointing this lyric specifically out as Armand core is opening my brain up sm omggg. Ahhh tysm sm for the ask I have thoughts!

the comparison of Armand to Venus is so sad, omg, bcus like, yes. The way “Venice planet of love was destroyed by global warming” functions in the context of the song supports the main theme with a sort of a self aware edge. Nobody is about how incredibly desperate the narrator is for human connection while being completely unable to connect with ppl. By bringing up Venus the meaning is basically like, “I have so much love in me but I want too much that I can’t have and it’s destroying me”. By bringing up global warming also there is an edge of “the world is a corrupt place that is falling apart and it’s preventing me from feeling like I’m able to be a person”. Which is all so Armand ‼️‼️ the imagery of a planet that has so much to give and so much to love being destroyed by the curroption of humanity is ugh, Armand to a tea. He was born an earnest, innocent child, with so much potential and sm love in his heart and anything he could have been was stripped from him horribly bcus men r fucked up and evil. He was a human made an object, a sterile environment as u said, omgg. And because of what he’s been through Armand is unable to connect with people or ever feel like he’s a part of the world or part of humanity. And he’s always longing for that connection, always feeling that gaping hole in his chest destroy him from the inside and looking for something to fill it. And all he wants is love 😭 love he can never understand or find for himself because he was never given it. UGHHH

also, nobody always reminds me of this rant Armand goes on in queen of the damned, where he’s freaking out as he talks to Daniel and talking about how he feels like the world keeps becoming more sterile and isolated, and being alone keeps becoming more normalized, and he is watching in real time as loneliness eats up the population collectively and destroys them. And I always felt like Armand gets so freaked out about this because he suffers from feeling unable to connect with other people or the world and unable to understand it, and I think for Armand seeing this becoming a wide spread issue for normal people is frightening cus of how he relates to it

thank u SM for this ask omg!!!! I hope you enjoy my answer <3 (Cough cough guys pls feel free to send me “explain how this Mitski song is Armand” asks its my favorite thing to do)

[tipsygnostalgy]

mitski album announced so i have thoughts about rose lalonde.

in MY opinion rose lalonde grew up as such a reactive little spitfuck because she was never reacted to as a child. nothing she did got an active response from shit-faced-drunk mom, so she learned to escalate and lash out and verbally annihilate people to prompt something from them (see: grimdark, see: suicide threats). she pokes and prods because it will keep them engaged, because genuine sentiment can be rejected but nobody likes to be mildly condescended towards. the delusion with which she approaches the "one uppmanship" game with mom, and the amount of attachment she has to it, stems from the fact that it's a stable reaction. every time she makes her move, she anxiously waits for the next ten days to see if and how mom will react. every time mom makes hers, it's this cathartic adrenaline rush and reassurance that she is worth at least that much to her mother. she has learned to sustain herself off practically nothing, grasping at any emotional thread and evidence that she is a daughter to her, and later even recognizes this insanity as her mother's best shot at love, just like how mom might have grasped at grandpa harley. to the core she is her mother's child. killing myself.

[tortol]

v important quastion. what mitski songs do u think r lilith clawthorne core. second important q. would lilith clawthorne listen to mitski in ur opinion. okay thanks

OHHGAGGG this is a VERY GOOD ASK. the actual perfect ask for me to receive. i’m doing a giddy leg wiggle. i LITERALLY have a playlist of exclusively mitski songs that remind me of lilith on my old phone and you made me charge it and turn it back on just to check my sacred archives i’m so excited

a horse named cold air (EXTREMELY lilith song and i’ve never heard anyone talk about that. her whole entire character arc is there)

remember my name (also extremely lilith song)

class of 2013 (duh)

working for the knife (duh)

pearl diver

francis forever (in regards to her mom mostly but also eda)

fireworks (i think this one is great and oozing with lilithness because there’s a line about how her eye is greying)

a burning hill (particularly s2a lilith)

nobody (from her Good Times in the coven. i think she was very, very lonely)

honestly i feel like there could be a couple more but these are just so straightforward and lilithful. i kind of want to say i bet on losing dogs, my body’s made of crushed little stars and geyser because my brain could do a backflip to relate them to her but that’s not really what the songs are about. they could be if you’re insane enough, though.

second v important answer: actually i don’t think lilith would really listen to mitski, like, religiously. she enjoys the music but she wouldn’t just grab her headphones and Crack A Last Words of a Shooting Star on a daily basis. her music taste consists predominantly of ambient noises, classical music and very cathartic emo songs she’s embarrassed to admit she listens to but there’s not an inbetween. probably one of the kids on the hexsquad introduces her to mitski *after* all the shit goes down and she’s more established as everyone’s cool aunt. maybe then she’d give herself some time to listen to mitski and bake a nice cake and process her feelings.

edit: i also found a picture i drew circa 2021 after KUA came out that i think is relevant to this conversation

[badlandsdeluxeedition]

okay so i analyzed a pearl for my english final last year. i had to do it in a lot diagram format😭

Plot Diagram 

PLOT:

Title : A Pearl (Song)

Author : Mitski

PROTAGONIST vs. ANTAGONIST:

Narrator vs. Self-destructive habits/behaviors

CONFLICT:

 Feeling unsafe/uncomfortable in a safe and healthy environment 

 because you’re so used to abuse and toxicity, leading to

 self-destructive behaviors/habits, along with being unable to 

 navigate a healthy relationship.

RISING ACTION:

(List examples that create complications or suspense)

“You  love me so hard and I still can’t sleep”

↳ The speaker is not trusting of their new partner 

       despite them showing how much they love the speaker.

 “I’m sorry I don’t want your touch

  It’s not that I don’t want you”

↳ The speaker is having trouble accepting physical 

  affection/intimacy from their partner

 “It’s just that I fell in love with a war

  Nobody told me it ended”

↳ The speaker ‘fell in love with a war,’ they became so 

  used to abuse it became normal, now, with this new 

  partner, they no longer know how to feel. And, maybe, 

  they crave abuse and toxicity because it’s what’s 

  Familiar, it’s safe.

CLIMAX:

“And it left a pearl in my hand

 And I roll it around

 Every night, just to watch it glow

 Every night, baby, that’s where I go”

↳  The “pearl” is a metaphor for self-destructive

   behaviors. The narrator “rolls it around,” and,

   in doing so, indulges in these behaviors. They

   might make the relationship toxic because that’s

   what they’re used to. They could pick fights over

   nothing or act like their abusers to create that

   familiar environment once again.

FALLING ACTION: 

“There’s a hole that you fill”

↳ The narrator acknowledges that their partner 

  fills this hole, making them complete. This 

  hole is the one created because of abuse, the

  narrator lost a part of them. 

RESOLUTION: 

In the final stanza, Mitski repeats things she said earlier in the song. Because of this, some might say there is no resolution, but, to me, she is making the narrator speak directly to their new partner during these lines. The narrator, instead of hiding these habits, is sharing and explaining them to their partner. They are helping their partner understand why they act certain ways or react to things in a “weird” or “odd” way.

THEME:

 The theme of “A Pearl” by Mitski is very clearly spelled out:  

 being so used to abuse that you are unable to live in a non-abusive environment.

EXPOSITION:

 Setting: 

A healthy, non-abusive relationship

 Situation/climate:

Being uncomfortable in a healthy relationship, leading

  to self-destructive behaviors and actions.

 Characters:

The narrator (The person who was living in an abusive relationship)

The new, non-abusive partner

While it can’t be considered a literal, physical character, abuse, core beliefs, and trauma/trauma responses are characters in my view.

so yeah. i love mitski, basically

hannah you always have the most eloquent beautiful analysis of this song i’ve seen yet. i have so many other thoughts but it’s 11pm here so i’ll probably add on my own thoughts later but omg this is a work of art

[purpledonutpeanutturkey]

Thought daughter thoughts.

Song: Nobody by Mitski

Lyrics: "Venus planet of love was destroyed by global warming, did its people want too much too?"

Interpretation: Through books and movies, I believe we have been shown a false idea of what love is and how it works. Love is a human emotion, therefore it is also flawed. Nowadays we expect love to do everything for us, we expect it to make us happy and whole, it's a common quote that "love is all we need" but obviously that is not the case, we have not only destroyed what love is but I not sure we ever knew what it was, what it means to be loved and what being loved looks like. For me the earliest memory of what being loved looked like to me, it stems from the bible. I make one mistake and I'm sent to hell to burn for an eternity. Is that love? Hurting people because they don't obey you. I don't know. Venus is similar to earth in the sense that human beings want too much from it. We push the earth to its very core so we can profit off it similar to how we push love to its very core so we can profit from it.

I have this mantra that I repeat when I feel that I like someone, a friend, partners and even family. "The mantra is simply tapping my chest, twice" I repeat that when I am looking to be loved, expect something from love that I know "being loved" cannot give me, like happiness, joy or a relief from guilt. I can't know what love is but I know what it's not, I know that's somehow, I have profited from it. Love has kept me alive. Because I love, I have continued to endure living even though I fail to see the point in it but I think of my family and my friends, how much I love them, and how sad it would be to see me go. Somehow it still feels selfish.

[intoloopin-archive]

⭐ – for everyone!

GIO.

Dani, you chose VIOLENCE. I tried to pick ones I haven't mentioned before!

⭐️ ── a theme song.

TAESONG:

Oh baby here we are, I made a wish on shootin' stars / It would be so tragic if we abandoned this part, no / Baby we've journeyed too far / No U-turns my sweetheart.

He loves this fucking group so bad, God bless his heart and soul. Get these dudes OFF HIS KITCHEN.

MINWOO:

But it's just that I fell in love with a war / And nobody told me it ended / And it left a pearl in my head / And I roll it around every night / Just to watch it glow / Every night, baby, that's where I go.

Mitski just can't stop writing songs about him, it's so silly of her.

SEUNGSOO:

Maybe it's in the gutter / Where I left my lover / What an expensive fake / My V is for Vendetta / Thought that I'd feel better / But now I got a bellyache.

He can't make a single good decision to save his life.

HARUKI:

One hug of yours can solve so much / Don't give me a single reason to run away because I don't want to / Be yours or be sincere? You want me? I'm at your mercy / I don't feel things halfway, baby, I go overboard.

Someday he will quit self sabotaging! Fingers crossed!

DYLAN:

So many balconies and no one ever uses them / So many balconies and no one ever uses them / Your nostrils are bleeding chocolate out / You're eating chocolate.

It's all about being terrified of the past, present and future with Chihoon.

GYUJIN:

Speak to me the language of love / The language of violence, the language of the heart / This isn't the first time I've asked for money or love / Heaven and earth don't ever mean enough.

He just gets it. He knows exactly what's going on.

O.Z:

Never seen a hero like me in a sci-fi / But I'd save a life if I thought it belonged to you / Mary Magdalene would never let her loved ones down.

I am so normal about how much Zhiming is the whole Magdalene album at his core. So normal. No one has ever heard a thing about it or anything.

HANJAE:

I know that I ended it, but / Why won't you chase after me? / You know me better than I do / So why didn't you stop me? / Why didn't you stop me.

Local man wants to feel wanted so bad it makes him sick, would rather be struck by lightening then communicating it.

J.J:

And I've always been too smart for that, but you know what? / My heart was not, I took it like a kid, you see / The cool kids voted to get rid of me / I'm ashamed of what it did to me / What I let get done / It stole my fun, it stole my fun.

It's so spot on about everything he is and been trought that it sounds biographical. Anyone can really roll his eyes at him and kill.

HAEGON:

I've been traveling so long, I don't think I can hold on / Where were you when I needed you the most? / Now I'm sitting here with a black hole in my chest / A heartless, broken mess.

Yikes, dude. Yikes.

[nobodywritingao3]

Nobody core ??

Wikipedia; Mitski; The Crane Wives; half•alive; Hozier; Glass Animals; Melanie Martinez

[mentalityenvm]

SONGS-TO-PLAY PLAYLIST (Musi)

Date Started: 9 September 2023

Locations:

📍Yeo Chei Man (Youth College)

📍Wan Chai

📍Eastern Hospital

Songs:

7C▶️61: Tim Ayre - Mexican Holiday

7C▶️57: Olivia Rodrigo - Deja Vu

7C▶️01: Tim Ayre - I Want It

7B▶️78: The Lounge/The Caretaker - Libet’s Delay Extended

7C▶️04: Cults - Always Forever

7B▶️80: The Lounge/The Caretaker - AYWTDIGBT Extended

7C▶️07: Willowsmith - Wait a Minute!

7C▶️62: Duncan Laurence/FLETCHER - Arcade

7C▶️63: Yuki Saito - Yours

7J▶️25: Zoraah - Recollections of Lies

7C▶️68: Junko Ohashi - Crystal City

7C▶️100: Olivia Rodrigo - Driver’s License

7C▶️109: Conan Gray - Maniac

7B▶️76: Kevin MacLeod - Aftermath

7C▶️117: Mr. Kitty - After Dark

7C▶️113: Omar Rudberg - Alla Ba Ouff

7C▶️114: Remi Wolf - Liz

7B▶️75: Clown Core - Infinite Realm of Incomprehensible Suffering

9K▶️65: James Arthur - Car’s Outside

7C▶️60: Chase White/Jimmy Burney - When It Feels Right

7C▶️59: Beegees - More Than A Woman

7C▶️66: P!nk - Perfect

7B▶️13: The Caretaker - Libet’s Delay

7C▶️112: Mitski - Nobody, No

7C▶️108: Conan Gray - Overdrive

9▶️117: POLIÇA - Violent Games

7B▶️90: The Caretaker - Libet’s Delay (Slowed)

(Unpinned)▶️00: ProleteR - Destiny

7C▶️03: COIN - Loving

7C▶️18: Dayglow - Fair Game

7B▶️08: Yandare Mix - Schoolday BGM

7C▶️32: Princess Chelsea - Cigarette Duet

7C▶️34: Cemeteries - I Will Run Away From You

7C▶️115: Rosie Okumura - I’m So In Love With Me

7B▶️15: Marsen Jules - Chanson Du Soir

7B▶️14: The Caretaker - Just A Burning Memory

7B▶️12: The Caretaker - This is Romance

7B▶️88: The Caretaker - Libet’s Delay (Mall)

7B▶️89: The Caretaker - Libet’s Delay (Slowed)

7B▶️81: Kane Pixels - Building 29

7B▶️38: Xori - Warm Nights

7B▶️42: Undertale - Fallen Down (Reprise)

7C▶️14: Wallows - Hurts Me

7C▶️21: Cults - Go Outside

7C▶️15: Cults - Most Wanted

7C▶️17: Remi Wolf - Disco Man

7C▶️26: Zack Tabudlo - Habang Buhay

7C▶️31: Frances Forever - Space Girl

7C▶️35: Remi Wolf - Hello Hello Hello

7C▶️40: COIN - Cutie

7C▶️20: Waterparks - Telephone

7C▶️22: VACATIONS - Telephones

7C▶️24: COIN - Killing Me

7C▶️47: KIDSNOTSAINTS. - Daydreamer

7C▶️78: Beegees - Stayin’ Alive

7C▶️110: COIN - Heart Eyes

7C▶️111: Conan Gray - Wish You Were Sober

7C▶️102: Röyksopp - Happy Up Here

7C▶️103: Foster The People - Chin Up Music For The Unsuspecting Hero

7C▶️101: Pink Floyd - Time

7C▶️116: Paramore - Ain’t It Fun

7C▶️118: Stephen Sánchez/Em Beihold - Until I Found You

7C▶️123: IV of Spades - Captivated

7C▶️120: Galaxy Fingers - Cynically Sweet

7C▶️105: COIN - Brad Pitt

7C▶️73: Tim Ayre - California Dreamin’

7C▶️74: Tim Ayre - Find You

7C▶️124: Lana Del Ray - Say Yes to Heaven

7C▶️91: The Caretaker - This is Romance (Slowed)

[nerdybluehairandpronouns]

Damn, this whole post is just our gc.

I think I did this same thing last year, but I cannot find or remember what I put soooo Doing It Again Baby! (I’m so funny trust)

N- Never Ending Song by Conan Gray

E- Europapa by Joost (Mic Reference 🤯🤯)

R- Ruins by Destroy Boys

D- DOING IT AGAIN BABY by girl in red

Y- You Stupid Bitch by girl in red (me-core)

B- Battle Ground by Stray Kids (Ty Natpat)

L- Laplace’s Angel by Will Wood (Ty again)

U- us. by Gracie Abrams and Taylor Swift

E- Eye Of The Night by Conan Gray

H- Huhhahhei by Käärijä (shout-out to Mic)

A- arsonists by Ethan Bortnick

I- I Shot Cupid by Stella Cole

R- Risk by Gracie Abrams

A- Afraid Of Quiet by Lydia the Bard

N- Ne Bi Smel by Joker Out

D- DOMINO by Stray Kids (AYE DOMINO 🔥)

P- Playing His Game from Death Note The Musical (No I dont have any shame why do you ask)

R- Respectless from Hazbin Hotel (I stand by it)

O- Otaku Hot Girl by Megan Thee Stallion (Some of the best/worst lyrics there are)

N- Nobody by Mitski

O- On Top Of The World by Imagine Dragons (KIM?!?!?!??)

U- Ugly Side by girl in red (I love this song you don’t even know this is my Cabo)

N- No Rules! by Windows95Man

S- Speeding 72 by Momma

All of these songs are from my “On” playlist so they’re all similar vibes. I wonder how different it would be if I took all of them from one of my other playlists? And why are there so many good S , F, and C songs?

Tagging @anxiety-cheese @totallynots8tan @the-turtle-fan @iceeericeee-reblogs @fischiiru and @blunt-force-therapy

tag game! pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people (if you can)

thank u @hanguangjunji for tagging me! (that most have been difficult ;p

B - bibaram itself ;)

I - impossible, nothing but thieves

B - could do "baram" ;p but also "barea", by day6, since it is my blog description... actually, why do I have so many with b that I'd like to choose?

A - all is found, evan rachel wood

R - r u mine - arctic monkeys

A - a writer in a love story, wonpil

M - microphone, young k

I'll tag @starlost-lix @tounknowndestinations @ladymesblog @umbreonwolfy @adorerbati if they want to

[othersidebyperfumegenius]

here is my vaguely chronological goldfinch playlist

[bento-bunny]

My edit

Source: https://daisybrat.tumblr.com/post/108111934452/public-transportation

[charisaloser]

Nana Pairings/Characters as Mitski Lyrics !!

Please keep in mind that not all of the pairings I mention are romantic^^. And please understand that these are just my interpretations of the songs, and it's totally okay if you don't agree with me!!

SPOILER WARNING!! This post contains a whole lot of Nana manga spoilers, so if you are not up to date with the manga, I suggest you get up to date before you continue reading.

I also want to make it clear that I may not associate the whole song with the character I assign it to. For some of these, I only associate them with specific lines from that song.

Nobody - Reira Serizawa

My God, I'm so lonely

So I open the window

To hear sounds of people

To hear sounds of people

Venus, planet of love

Was destroyed by global warming

Did its people want too much too?

Did its people want too much?

[Pre-Chorus]

And I don't want your pity

I just want somebody near me

Guess I'm a coward

I just want to feel alright

And I know no one will save me

I just need someone to kiss

Give me one good honest kiss

And I'll be alright

I think this is the most straight-forward comparison in the post, and it's one I've seen many times before. At it's core, 'Nobody' is a song about loneliness and alienation, both things that Reira struggles with throughout the series. Her wanting to sleep with Takumi and Shin comes from a place of loneliness, which I think is pretty similar to the line 'I'm just asking for a kiss, give me one good honest kiss and I'll be alright'

Fireworks - Hachiko/Nana Komatsu & Nana Osaki

To be completely honest, I associate this song with the entire Fireworks arc of Nana, and all of the future scenes we see.

And then, one warm summer night

I'll hear fireworks outside

And I'll listen to the memories as they cry, cry, cry

My interpretation of this song is that it is about living life and moving on despite the pain you've dealt with. Living with trauma, and not letting it hold you back. I believe the 'summer night' refers to a time where the memories of your struggle might come flooding back, and you have to face them.

I associate this song with the older and wiser Hachiko we see in the future sequences in Nana. While we see that she has grown and changed, become stronger because of her struggles, we know that she still carries them with her. I think this is most evident in the scene in the last episode, in which Nobuo grabs her hand, and in the scene where Hachiko and Shin see the photos of Nana singing.

You are a liar if you say that this song does not remind you of Nana in any way.

Washing Machine Heart - Shin & Hachiko

I want to make it VERY clear that I do not associate the entire song with Hachi and Shin. Not at all. Just these particular lyrics:

Baby, though I've closed my eyes

I know who you pretend I am

I know who you pretend I am

These lines, in my head, are from Hachiko to Shin. She knows that he sees her as a mother figure.

Should've been me - Hachiko & Nobu

I've seen a lot of people on TikTok make edits of this song with Sachiko, Shoji, and Hachi. And initially, I thought it was a pretty valid comparison.

My reasoning being: Sachiko shares a bit of a resemblance to Hachi when she first met Shoji. Not only that, Hachi hadn't been giving Shoji what he wanted in their relationship, so he turned to Sachiko. At first glance, this may seem like one of the most obvious comparisons on this list.

However, after a quick look on genius.com, and a look into other people's views on the song, my interpretation on this song completely changed.

When I saw the girl looked just like me

And it broke my heart, the lengths you went to hold me

To get to have me, 'cause

[Chorus]

I haven't given you what you need

You wanted me, but couldn't reach me

So you went into your memory

Relived all the ways you still want me

I haven't given you what you need

You wanted me, but couldn't reach me

I'm sorry, it should've been me

In the song, Mitski sings about how her partner is in love with somebody else, somebody who looks like her, and is saddened by this fact. In my opinion, this person that her partner is in love with is not a different person, but an idealized version of Mitski herself. A version that her partner has projected onto her. They are in love with this version that lives in their mind, not Mitski herself.

I think it's pretty easy to see how my mind immediately went to Nobuo and Hachi after I realized this. Nobuo has the habit of idealizing those around him. He does this to Nana, Ren, and most notibly, Hachiko. I am by no means trying to say that Nobu did not love Hachiko, but it's pretty evident that he did idealize lot of things about her, especially when he first started liking her.

I learned this interpretation of the song from reddit user vampireweekdayz. If you want a more in depth and interesting look at the song, I highly suggest that you check out their post abt it on r/mitski. They explained it much more eloquently than I did!

Jobless Monday- Hachiko/Nana Komatsu

Jobless Monday is about the feeling of being in a dead end relationship. A relationship that is nearing it's inevitable end. A relationship in which you are not important to the other person.

I think it's easy to see how I associate this song with Hachiko, as she is no stranger to this feeling.

This line in particular struck me:

He only loves me when

Theres a means he means to end

I think this perfectly encapsulates how Hachiko is not prioritized in any of her relationships(aside from her and Nobuo's). She's seen as unimportant. We see this Shoji, Asano, and Takumi.

I also think this song applies to the early days of her relationship with Takumi. She knew he didn't exactly see her as somebody worth respecting, and she knew that he probably wasn't planning on pursuing an actual relationship with her. She knows not to believe Takumi when he promises to see her as soon as the tour concludes. And even when she marries him, she knows she will always be second to trapnest.

Francis Forever - Nana Osaki

I don't know what to do without you

I don't know where to put my hands

I've been trying to lay my head down

But I'm writing this at three AM

I don't need the world to see

That I've been the best I can be, but

I don't think I could stand to be

Where you don't see me

On sunny days I go out walking

I end up on a tree-lined street

I look up at the gaps of sunlight

I miss you more than anything

Francis Forever is a song about inadequacy, and coming to terms with the end of a relationship. I associate this song with Nana O, after her breakup with Ren. One of the central themes of the song is the narrorator being torn between not caring about other's opinions of her, and wanting to know her former lover's perception of her. She can't stand to be without this person(her former lover), nor can she stand not knowing where she stands with them.

I think this pretty accurately encapsulates Nana's feelings towards Ren when they first split. It also perfectly encapsulates Nana's feelings to those around her-- she really doesn't care about their perception, good or bad. I think the fact that she didn't bother to defend herself when accused of prostitution in highschool and ended up expelled because of it really proves this.

In my opinion, Blast, Ren, and Hachiko are the only exceptions to this rule.

I guess - Nana Osaki

I guess, I guess

I guess this is the end

I'll have to learn to be somebody else

It’s been you and me since before I was me

Without you, I don't yet know quite how to live

I guess is a song about the unexpected ending of a relationship, and preparing to move on. These lines in particular reminded me of Nana O after Ren's death. Being emotionally unequiped to part with a relationship, and lacking the closure to say that it is definitively over, describes Nana O's reaction to Ren's death pretty well. She felt as if he was part of her, a part she couldn't live without.

With him gone, she'll have to learn how to live knowing that it's definitively over, unlike their first breakup.

I don't smoke - Takumi Ichinose & Hachiko/Nana Komatsu

I don't smoke

Except for when I'm missing you

To remember your mouth

How it tasted true

And I don't smoke

Except for after I've held you, baby

Being with you

Makes the flame burn good

[Chorus 1]

So if you need to be mean

Be mean to me

I can take it and put it inside of me

If your hands need to break

More than trinkets in your room

You can lean on my arm

As you break my heart

This song is all about a toxic, but addictive relationship. The singer is well-aware that this person is bad for them, and yet they still stay with them, whether it's out of love or dependency.

I've seen people associate this song with Yasu before, and I absolutely don't agree with that. The very moment I read through the lyrics of this song I immidietly thought of Takumi and Hachiko.

From the very beginning of their relationship, Hachiko knows that Takumi probably doesn't have any intentions of pursuing a serious relationship with her. She knows that their relationship isn't a loving one, and yet she still sleeps with him, and lets the people around her believe that she is in love with him.

Even after she marries him, she knows that their relationship is not healthy, and yet she stays. For her children, and because she depends on Takumi.

Why didn't you stop me? - Nobuo Terashima

[Verse 1]

I know that I ended it, but

Why won't you chase after me?

You know me better than I do

So

[Chorus 1]

Why didn't you stop me?

Why didn't you stop me

And paint it over?

[Verse 2]

I look for a picture of you

To keep in my pocket

But I can't seem to find one

Where you

'Why didn't you stop me?' is a song that deals with themes of unhealthy idealization and dependency. Sound familiar?

The second verse in particular reminds me of Nobuo. In it, Mitski realizes the difference between the memories she has of her past lover, and the reality of them. She projects a perfect image onto her partner, seeing what she wants to see rather than what was actually there. Which is exactly what Nobuo does to many people around him, namely Hachiko, Ren, and even Nana O.

I believe this verse really encapsulates what I think Nobuo would've felt when reflecting on his relationships years after the events of the main story.

I think the chorus can sort of be associated with Nobuo's feelings towards Hachiko after they initially split. He's confused, left wondering just why Hachiko chose Takumi, and what happened leading up to it. He texts her, wondering why she isn't fighting to stay with him. Why hasn't she chased after him?

Outro

Did I make it obvious that Hachiko is the character I relate to the most? And that Yasu and Ren are the characters I struggle to understand the most? I really struggled to find songs that made sense for the male characters in the show. It's partly because they're some of the ones I undestand the least, and some of Mitski's songs deal with themes linked to being a woman.

N e way, I rly enjoyed making this and I hope y'all rly enjoyed reading it! I mostly used genius to get a good grasp on the songs !!

Thanks for reading this far if you have !!