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MIRROR

Innerspace

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Innerspace

At this wondrous moment, I tumble into my inner circulation

I’m an otaku1, that’s me

Even daydreaming is a science for me

With Doraemon’s Small Light2 I shrink

To enter and observe my Innerspace3

Peering at the giant uvula

Water splashing all about

Breath in, breath out – with foolhardiness

I slowly walk down the oesophagus

Let the blood vessels toss me up and encircle me

Soaring ever higher after each wave, hoo~

Who dares to brave the scary gastric acid?

The tastes of life, all immediately digested

Traversing the body circulation to marvel at the beating heart – can I find love there?

Wake up, come jump into this grand universe

Get up, the pitch darkness holds stars galore

Spying on secrets among the nerves

Hiding in comfort within a pore

Wake up, much fun awaits you to explore

Get outta my sight

Let me hold my body tight

I’m working all day all night

Still nothing’s gonna bring me down

Why should I turn around?

Dare you to come a little closer

Take a look but make no sound

The spine is such a spectacle

Even if your knees feel frail

If you rest or relax, and calm your thoughts

All will fall silent – just keep yourself still

The code lies within the genes, functions to be solved

Who will rearrange them? Hoo~

Living and dying, gradually escaping

The tastes of life, a novel in th’ making

Deep within the brain, the ancient hippocampus4 receives every memory

Wake up, come jump into this grand universe

Get up, the pitch darkness holds stars galore

Spying on secrets among the nerves (Wake up)

Hiding in comfort within a pore

Wake up, much fun awaits you to explore (Yeah~)

Make a name for it, make a name (let’s do it)

DNA, it’s a different game (let’s play it)

On the run, hold up (uh)

Got my body on panic

These hundred feelings coming through my veins

Well, take a pick (Hey!)

If your bowels too are in pain

Let the beat drop

Twirl round, start grooving

Woo~

So wake up, come jump into this grand universe

Get up, the pitch darkness holds stars galore

Spying on secrets among the nerves

Hiding in comfort within a pore

Wake up, much fun awaits you to explore

Wake up, feel every meridian5

Get up, try every pose

Wake up, in your whole life

Wonders keep circulating in this little universe

The nadis6 have been well unblocked

The pineal7 has well enlightened

Wake up, much fun awaits you to unravel

Wake up

Get up

Wake up

1. A person with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers.
2. A gadget in the Doraemon anime, whose light beam temporarily shrinks the target to a certain extent for an unspecified amount of time. See more here.
3. Original lyrics also refer to the Buddhist practice of Vipassanā. See also comments below.
4. Part of the brain that is responsible for memory formation.
5. In traditional Chinese medicine theory, a channel in which qi energy flows through the body.
6. Energy channels that flow through the body in traditional Indian medicine. The original lyrics reference the Eight Extraordinary Meridians in traditional Chinese medicine.
7. Part of the brain responsible for regulating the body's day-night cycle, previously perceived as "the principal seat of the soul".

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ardeitleoir

ingediend op 26 apr 2022 - 11:50

Toelichting van de vertaler:

According to lyricist Siu Hak, the title is a reference to the 1987 sci-fi comedy film Innerspace, which follows the adventures of a scientifically miniaturized marine, who unexpectedly finds himself floating around the body of a hypochondriac, and trying to outwit saboteurs who want the device that shrank him (Rotten Tomatoes).