One day you'll see that what's done is over with,
And how living is so weird
A song looking for a solution
A path towards our love
I can't handle a single minute more
Want to imagine- nothing more
Bittersweet nightmares that attack me
I want to be normal
See through my dream ideal
Be capable, to fly up
Just for another night
I've got a doubt that's existential
Get this the hell out of my head!
I want to understand everything I yearn for
I'm sidereal, I'm unreal
But still, I am not ideal!
The Cynosura that I think I am
I could never be as beautiful as her! Like crazy I will write a song
Pour into it my desolation
And I want to see what there is to see
To solve and to learn what there is to learn
I adore my vanity
So please have mercy on me
Just accept your destiny
Something divine
Hey, it's good to learn to persevere
Against the distance that separates the soul
From finding an immediate solution
It doesn't even think to yearn
If you really believe in me,
I'll understand you when you stop lying
This insanity will be the end of me
A picture traced onto my very soul
I can do it- I know I can!
And I will fight forever for who I am, my love!
To shine brighter than Ursa Minor
And guide everyone in my constellation
Once again, I'm clinging to my past
What a disgrace! Oh, I should just expire...
But no, I won't fall, I won't let myself die here
And I will fight, my love
I will search, I will sing, everything I feel!
I'm sidereal, I'm unreal
But still, I am not ideal!
The Cynosura that I think I am
I could never be as beautiful as her!
Like crazy I will write a song
Pour into it my desolation
And I want to see what there is to see
To solve and to learn what there is to learn
If you really believe in me,
I'll understand you when you stop lying
This insanity will be the end of me
A picture traced onto my very soul
I can do it- I know I can!
And I will fight forever for who I am, my love!
To shine brighter than Ursa Minor
And guide everyone in my constellation
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Translation Notes
Hey, a language I actually know and understand (speaking it is another thing).
I know Joni wrote their own English lyrics for this song, but I felt they were lacking some nuances in the song or extrapolated a little oddly sometimes.
I was enraptured by the astrological imagery used in this song. This song generally makes me relate to a deep part of myself.
This is a song about seeing yourself as a failure, trying to be better, but still not impressing those around you.
Joni alludes to BIRDBRAIN in their original English lyrics for this song, writing "like a birdbrain i'm writing my song". It works well, BIRDBRAIN shares a theme with YEARNING, as well as both being sung by Teto.
