The band's music and lyrical imagery are likely influenced by the liberal Taisho and early Showa era, a period of significant artistic and musical movement when Japan shifted further towards Western concepts, and industrialization brought jazz and blues to Japanese culture. Similarly, MERRY fuse the these genres with rock music to create a "modern avant-garde" sound, or "modern-garde" as their second album is named. Along with cali≠gari, MERRY are also noted for their early "eroguro" (erotic, grotesque) themes.
MERRY was formed in Tokyo, Japan by Gara (ガラ, vocals), Yuu (結生, guitar), Kenichi (健一, guitar), Tetsu (テツ, bass) and Nero (ネロ, drums) in October 2001. Their aggressive performance and melancholic sounds got on the topics. They established an independent record label “GEKIYAKU RECORD” in 2002, and released two studio-albums, a couple of singles, and played numerous shows around Japan.
They signed to Victor Entertainment Inc. in September 2005, and the following year, they started their longest tour, performing nationwide, and played an impressive tour-final show at YOKOHAMA CULTURAL GYMNASIUM on 3rd May 2008. In 2006, they have performed outside of Japan for the first time in their history, and played successfully in München/Germany, Paris/France and Los Angeles/USA.
The band has released four studio-albums, nine singles and three DVD's from Victor Entertainment Inc.
In Europe, they've got signed on Gan-shin Records in 2005, which has released all four studio-albums.
In 2010 they were signed to FREE-WILL Co.,Ltd and management sun-krad. MERRY released their first single "The Cry Against... / モノクローム" on FIREWALL DIV. (same label as Dir en grey) on August 4th.
The band was previously known as メリー but changed their name officially to Merry in 2007. Another name change was done in 2010 when the band was signed to FREE-WILL Co.,Ltd changing the name officially to MERRY uppercased.
MERRY released another single "クライシスモメント" (Crisis Moment) on October 6th, 2010.
On the release day, MERRY announced the title and tracklist for their upcoming single "夜光" (Yakou), which is expected to be released on December 1st.
MERRY's official homepage: http://merryweb.jp/
MERRY's official MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/merrymerrycojp
[human farm]
MERRY Lyrics
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Welcome! to the human farm
Welcome! human farm,
garbage world
首輪を付けて ID埋め込まれ
番号だけで呼ばれている
Welcome! human farm
Welcome! human farm,
garbage world
気分で飼われ 都合で捨てられ
救いようのない 観念社会
憧れていた夢や理想は
今となっては離れた場所
どうせここから逃げ出せやしない
人間は社会に飼われているから。
Welcome! human farm
Welcome! to the human farm
Welcome! human farm,
garbage world
平等なんて ありもしない話
悲しいけれどこれが現実
憧れていた夢や理想は
今となっては離れた場所
どうせここから逃げ出せやしない
人間は社会に飼われているから。
Welcome! human farm
Welcome! to the human farm
Welcome! human farm
Welcome! to the human farm
Welcome! human farm
Welcome! to the human farm
Welcome! human farm,
garbage world
The lyrics to the song "Human Farm" by Merry paint a bleak picture about the state of society in modern times. The singer, who seems to be a disillusioned individual, welcomes us to the 'human farm' - a metaphorical representation of society, where people are raised like livestock, under constant surveillance and pressure to conform. The phrase "garbage world" suggests a state of decay and hopelessness, implying that society has lost its humanity and reduced everyone to mere objects.
The second verse says that people are tagged with collars and identification numbers, stripped of their individuality, and reduced to mere numbers. They are kept or discarded at will, and exist purely for the convenience of others - this is the essence of the "human farm". The chorus then echoes the idea, highlighting that the world is far from equal, and the dream of equality is just that - a dream.
The song ultimately seems to be a warning about the dangers of a society that places more value on production and conformity than on human life and dignity. The lyrics paint a dark picture, but they are a reflection of the reality we live in. The song is a critique of the ways people are treated like objects, stripped of their humanity and crammed into a system that is designed to exploit them.
Line by Line Meaning
Welcome! human farm
Greetings to this inhuman and oppressive society
Welcome! to the human farm
Welcome to a world where humans are treated like farm animals
Welcome! human farm, garbage world
Welcome to a world where humans are nothing but trash in the eyes of their oppressors
首輪を付けて ID埋め込まれ
Given identification and branded like cattle with collars around their necks
番号だけで呼ばれている
Reduced to mere numbers, losing their names and individuality in the process
気分で飼われ 都合で捨てられ
Humans here are kept as pets at the whim of their owners and disposed of when inconvenient
救いようのない 観念社会
A society that has a hopeless mindset and believes in an ideology that is unchangeable
憧れていた夢や理想は
The dreams and ideals that were once longed for
今となっては離れた場所
Are now distant and unreachable
どうせここから逃げ出せやしない
There's no escape, even if one tries to run away
人間は社会に飼われているから。
Because humans are owned and controlled by society
平等なんて ありもしない話
The idea of equality is just a myth, it doesn't exist here
悲しいけれどこれが現実
It's a sad truth, but this is reality
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: ガラ
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@mxsimp13
How I personally interpret how the song goes:
0:00 - 0:49 Newborn Child
0:50 - 1:31 Childhood
1:32 - 2:32 Teenager Years
2:33 - 3:20 Young Adult
3:21 - 4:03 Adulthood
4:04 - 4:25 Old Adult
4:26 - 4:46 Elderly (Last few happy moments before death)
4:47 - 5:02 Death
5:03 - 5:13 Passing On
@adisynatix7758
I hear this song maybe too much, but it’s a 100% worth it.
I hear it every morning, every time I travel on car, at night, in school, every single time.
Whenever I use it for do assignments at my classroom I tell my friend to not talk to me til I’m done, and oh god, this song is really inspiring, I can write a ton by just hearing it.
And oh when it comes to love, I stay in gaze, me and my partner like to dance waltz, and I’ve set myself a goal to do a routine so we can dance this song forever.
I watched the movie as well, and I did because of the song, but now it’s become my fav movie heh.
I love to see how this song has inspired so many and change lives, I could read this comments for hours and yet I could never stop being amazed by all of this!!
@rithrius5384
Howl: Threatens to lose his humanity and become a monster forever by doing what he does.
Also Howl: Throws the most epic temper tantrum ever because the maid accidentally turned his hair black.
@hamsnub
He goes all weird and gooey
@areon3013
No! No memes in this vid!! You're ruining the comment section!! Jk bro, I'm a memer too
@chongyunsgirlfriend6775
I mean, I really liked his blonde hair but black suits him well :)
@TiakiSharp
He goes from hot af to hot af and starts crying. Good for Sophie, she was having NONE of that shit.
@GuitoWorks
the reason is that he need look young cause when "the lady" of the past can "save him" in the future can reconigze him
@MacElMasMancoDeTodos
When you're a child, you enjoy the movie.
When you're an adult, you both enjoy the movie and wonder how the Castle can avoid the laws of physics and gravity
@9709Nick
Nevermind that, how can it avoid taxes?!
@ferrypanda
The whole movie I was thinking how cool it would be to have my door be a portal to different addresses so that I could avoid traveling on planes 😂
@Cosmic_Mario_
gravity is physics 🤓