Bad News
Mawaru Penguindrum - Triple H Lyrics

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黒い予感が近づいてくる
靴を響かせ砂煙立て
悪い夢が続くと思ってた
やけに激しく風が吹き荒れた
陽がのぼり陽が沈む
静かだった日々が消える
お前想う夜があるけど
サーチライトがつけ狙う

あちこちでクーデターが起こり出す
あちこちでクーデターが起こり出す
だろう...... だろう......

あの映画館もディスコティックも
土曜日だけど灯が消えたまま
テレビ、ラジオは臨時ニュースONLY
流行の歌も流れてはこない
いつか見た映画の様に
しのび逢う奴ばかりで
もう誰も誰一人とて
声を上げて笑わない
一瞬に何もかも吹き飛ばす
一瞬に何もかも吹き飛ばす
らしい...... らしい......
らしい......

あちこちで
クーデターが起こり出す
あちこちであちこちで起こり出す
だろう...... だろう......

あちこちであちこちで
起こり出す
この町も戒厳令しかれ出す
一瞬に何もかも吹き飛ばす
あちこちでクーデターが起こり出す
だろう......らしい......
だろう......らしい......

だろう......らしい......
だろう......

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Mawaru Penguindrum - Triple H's song BAD NEWS depict a sense of impending doom as something ominous approaches. The first stanza speaks of a feeling of foreboding as the sound of approaching footsteps raise a cloud of dust. The singer believes that their bad dreams will continue and the wind suddenly picks up its strength. The second stanza talks about how times have changed, with cinemas and discotheques empty with their lights off, and news broadcasts only airing emergency news. Popular songs are no longer played and people only meet surreptitiously like in a movie. Nobody laughs out loud anymore, and everything can be destroyed in a moment. The chorus repeats the phrase "coup d'état is happening everywhere," possibly referring to a political upheaval, and the sense of fear and chaos is all around.

The lyrics of BAD NEWS seem to convey a sense of social unrest and uncertainty. The song may be a commentary on a society that is teetering on the brink of collapse, with the people afraid of what is to come. The imagery of empty cinemas and discotheques, and the absence of popular songs, represents a society that has lost its joy and connection with each other. The refrain of "coup d'état is happening everywhere" speaks of a society that is in turmoil and that there is no escape from the chaos that is to come.

Line by Line Meaning

黒い予感が近づいてくる
A dark premonition is approaching.

靴を響かせ砂煙立て
Making noise with our shoes and kicking up dust.

悪い夢が続くと思ってた
We thought the bad dreams would continue.

やけに激しく風が吹き荒れた
But a sudden strong wind blew fiercely.

陽がのぼり陽が沈む
The sun rises, and the sun sets.

静かだった日々が消える
Our peaceful days are disappearing.

お前想う夜があるけど
I think about you, even in the night.

サーチライトがつけ狙う
Searchlights are aiming.

あちこちでクーデターが起こり出す
Coup d'etats are starting to happen everywhere.

だろう...... だろう......
It seems that way... it seems that way...

あの映画館もディスコティックも
That movie theater and the discotheque too.