菜食主義者の肉食動物
ROUAGE Lyrics

The lyrics to ROUAGE’s 菜食主義者の肉食動物, which translates to “herbivorous meat-eater” in English, perplexes many people. The song seems to be about someone who describes themselves as a ‘herbivorous meat-eater’ or vegans who incorporate meat into their diets, however, they have a dirty body and are a hyper freak. The singer of the song seems to be trying to justify their paradoxical lifestyle through this phrase, “I need…” and “Want x infinity.”

The first few lines describe the singer as an angelic person with a cleanliness obsession, while being a herbivorous meat-eater with a dirty body. The repetitive mention of “I need…” and “Hyper freak” in the chorus of the song might be a way of the singer highlighting their need for their peculiar lifestyle. The inclusion of the phrase 全部欲しい (zenbu hoshii), which means “I want everything,” in the bridge shows their poor self-control.

The song seems to have no specific meaning and it is open to a listener's interpretation. Some believe that it is about anorexia, while others think that it speaks about the social pressure of conforming to the vegan lifestyle when one might be genetically predisposed to eat meat. Whatever the meaning may be, the song’s catchy beats and repetitive lyrics have made it quite popular.