Here's an interpretation attempt from my friend and I. *I had a dream of the time we were born. We lived beautifully in the city of wombs. Clapped our hands and laughing.* - Children of prostitution (in this song, or ghouls in the anime) were born. Without knowing what they would eventually go through, they spent their early days happy. *We drank up the paint and the colors of the rainbow changed. We began to want to be embraced and became unable to walk alone.* - They found out the truth and discovered what they really were. They can no longer see things the same way. They wanted to be accepted and not be alone. *We laughed at each other, devoting our love to toys. Those untouchable children, I want to break them with easy words.* - They focused their attention on each other and things that distract them, trying to ignore reality. They feel strong jealousy/hatred towards children who have luckier lives than them, who do not have to go through the things that they do. *The prostitute set fire. In a faraway town, someone died.* - Set fire = commited the "sin". "In a faraway town, someone died." - He could be referring to himself, the victim of the sin. *Beckoned to by lemmings (a rodent), we arrive at this world's end. Please don't get any stronger, amidst the pollution. A siren rang out, driving me mad. I'll always be waiting in the depths of that theme park. You know, the way heaven is structured.* - They have reached the end of the road, with nowhere else to go. They no longer want to stay strong, amidst this insane world. Suicidal thoughts came. "Waiting in the depths of that theme park" = afterlife (where they can have fun and play again) *I drank my bile back in, as iron rain came pouring down. Papa and Mama were mistaken, numbers can no longer be overturned/changed. (this is a more accurate translation)* - He swallowed back his feelings, and continued to live on, accepting the abuse (the iron rain) from others. The mistakes of the past (from his parents) can no longer be undone. *You've just been praying this whole time, haven't you? Giving water to artificial flowers.* - You have been praying (watering) to a god that won't save you/isn't real. (fake flowers) (When i realised this, it was a EUREKA moment) *We laughed scornfully together. Devoting our love to that body.* - These last few lines, it seems like they eventually started to accept themselves, and have the courage to live. *With the breaths of those sheep, I want to burn that worthless picture book.* - It could be referencing Sen Takatsuki's book "The Black Goat's Egg" - where the goat represents ghouls/children of sin, and the sheep in the song probably represents "normal" humans. (since goats and sheep are closely related but different) This line could mean, with verbal abuse/comments coming from "normal" people around him, he really wants to burn his past, and leave it behind. *We lit a flame in our bodies. I'm sure you can hear it well enough to drive you mad. It's telling us to live.* - Although he lit a flame to burn and forget his past/origins, he can still hear it deep down within him, but the flame reminds him to continue living. This is actually my favourite TG song.. the others are also great tho
I appreciate your effort, it seems like you put a lot of work into this analysis! Thank you for helping me (and hopefully others) understand the song better.
I didn't like it at first. After a while I kind of got used to the music, and decided to check the lyrics. It became one of the strongest songs I've ever heard.
Amazing lyrics, beautiful song. In captures Kaneki's transformation into a ghoul and the many struggles he faces as the conflict within him grows. By the end it's clear that his transference into Haise is ready to begin; a new chapter in his twisting world to be reborn again.
I think people should really stop comparing this song to the other openings bc each opening reflects a different time in Kaneki's life. This is art uwu
i love this song. When the music is distorted and the music clashes its like representing how Kanekis mind is slowly breaking eventually crumbling into pieces
For those who don't know 'bad parenting' is one of the main theme of the Tokyo Ghoul as interpreted in Sen Takatsuki's "black goat's egg" .This song perfectly fits this theme .
I remember how it hated it was initially. Everyone compared it to 'Unravel' and said it was awful & stuff, & there I was wondering if I was the only one loving it & humming it without knowing the lyrics. I feel soo glad that everyone love it now !! XD
Unravel = Half ghoul Kaneki Munou = EyePatch Kaneki Asphyxia = Kaneki as Sasaki Karthasis = Kaneki the one eyed King And Kaneki = Half ghoul Kaneki = Eypatch = Sasaki = One eyed King Therefore Unravel = Munou = Asphyxia = Karthasis Like even if you don't think its correct !!
first sentence | second They crossed my mind while I was reading the lyrics. As someone who's updated with the manga, this interpretations are pretty... marvelous. This opening really shoots on the whole damn series! happiness | loneliness childhood | wanting to tell "your" previous self something that could break them terribly current time, burning a picture | to somebody else's mind, one people just disappeared (forgotten) under the command of the wrong king (by this i meant official or smth with higher status) | never be moved by the wrong waves thinking "you'd" become anything stronger | because of the choice "you" made, "you've" become something uncontrollable childhood "me" would wait, and have been waiting since the past | the "better place" became 'better' only by its name and not by the system "ive" seen the future and know how wrong my choices would become, but "i" cannot just turn back now | "ive" always been taught to believe to pretend that "ive" or anyone else had never made any mistakes in their whole lives | "ive" only been clinging onto something so much i would never be empty, right? giving life to those who never had it in the first place; a hopeless attempt on mourning over someone | a worthless exchange of laughs, "we" had to the one "we" mourned for, our cup of love has been poured to | those who breath and coexist with "us" in "this" world yet rely on the ones they hold yet minimum respect to the possible cardbox that unfolded these thousand cards of tragedy; lest be burned | a bright spark gives an urge, "you" might still be uncontrollable, but keep on living.
Me too , just by reading the lyrics I remembered about watching tokyo ghoul then I was sad when they said they were going to end it. So so sad, that I ran into my bed crying why.
I think the mother was a prostitute and the father died at his job (In a faraway place, someone died). I also think the "drinking" in the lyrics means drug abuse by the parents or the children turning to alcohol and drugs so they could forget their past Devoting their love to toys could mean guns. If it does, the next line means a school shooter to kill the "untouchable children" (children with perfect lives, being loved and without anything wrong happening). The full version (past the T.V. size) has their adult lives. Waiting in a theme park represents the twins, that are now adults, drug dealing there or just living there homeless. The next lines show their *fate.* The twins know what their doing is wrong, but they can't stop now because of drug overdose. "You have been praying the whole time, haven't you?," which is evidence for them trying to stop. "Laughing scournfully," represents them giving into madness. "Devoting their love to that body," is their child, born by incest. "I want to burn that worthless picture book," represents the twins not making their child go through what they had to. "We lit a flame in our bodies," means the twins experimenting with their body and doing things they shouldn't be doing (drugs, liquors, etc.). But even after this, drug overdose slowly killing them, they have to *live.* They can't abandon their child and let him/her experience what they had. Even the child knows it, because he/she is the one talking to the parents in the final line.
Munou is complex and dark, it is a good and meaningful song but not an enjoyable one, its like those songs that were created for you to think about not enjoying, that's what i think becuz unlike unravel, asphyxia, katharsis which are deep and meaningful, perfect for the show but they didn't get too deep and dark which create this depressing feeling you have when listening to munou. Munou in general fits for everything wrong in the real world while other OPs can be best explained in Tokyo Ghoul context and can only partially or minorly comparable to real-life since their main purpose was reflecting on Kaneki stages while Munou also does the same but went further and wayyyyyyy deeper. So its the most meaningful but not the best one for me, its what you listen too once in a while but can't enjoy it.
Dont get me wrong or anything but I like root a/ incompetence because if you look at the lyrics for the whole song it describes what’s happening ( it’s been a while since I’ve seen season 2 please forgive me) in the song it describes I’m the beginning or the intro it gives Kaneki’s vision on the world before he is a ghoul when the lyrics say “We drank the paint dry, the colors of the rainbow changed” that would be when kaneki accepts that he is a ghoul at the end of season one and is now his take on life. After he joins the Aogiri tree ( hence the name root a) he mentions briefly before Touka beats him up ( I believe) that he wants to get stronger to protect the ones he loves and not end up like example: Ryouko where all he could do was watch and protect Hinami. The lyric “ I couldn’t walk alone anymore” infers that was with Anteiku and now he needs to protect them on his own without backup like when he first started out. The last lyric in the intro “In a far-away city, somebody died” referencing to the that have or will die.
I think this song is how they delt with depression we as reffering to the voice in her head and the lyrics in this were it said i drank my bile back as iron rain came pouring down as referring to how most sustance abuse starts and how a drug can make us feelbetter for a little bit and then feel like crap .also another factor into this subject is a flame lit in us and made us find or want a reason to live this could be a way out of their depression thought this is just my thought process and honestly a UNDERRATED song hope you guys have a good day btw i comented this for the people who were cofused about the lyrics yes it is weird but has a deeper meaning
Well according to the lyrics this what have been more Suitable if it were the theme song of MONSTER (Anime)... Anyone who has watched it will get what I'm saying... But anyways this song is so deep and powerful!!!!
Nah. As someone who read and watched Monster I'd say this has nothing to do with that anime. Liebert wasn't depressed or going insane he was a clinical sociopath. This song is befitting for Tokyo Ghoul.
This was art omfg! They should have included some of those part where everything seems to be breaking down. Unravel and This is beautiful in a diff way so they must not be compared! Unravel is like a person breaking down but this is a person who was already broken.
When you are not usefull to them you become incompetence and now you're dead and somehow you want to be alive just for yourself and don't give a shit with someone's expectation.
I think the song is a story of twins who lived a good life but killed their parents as said in “mama and papa were wrong” and the sirens are police, then when it says “I drank back the bile and iron rain came pouring down” was police shooting at them. Then “how I want to burn that picture book” and “we lit a flame in our body’s” was them burning down the house with them in it, effective committing suicide and regretting it with the last line saying “live”
To the best of my knowledge this song is supposed to be about losing yourself to the trials of life until you’re basically an empty shell of who you used to be and cynical towards the entire world due to the hardships going on on a daily basis to yourself and everyone around you to the point that you can’t even accept the happy memories of the past because they feel tainted by the world around you and the ignorance you had to it as a child, but maybe that’s just me (it is a song for Tokyo ghoul though and fits perfectly with what was going on in the anime at the time)
Nalchael Cruz At first I'd disagree with you because unravel is a beautiful song, and they are both meaningful. Within time though you realize Munou/Incompetence is far more complex and slightly deeper. Which makes sense because the second season is more complex. At first he was just stuck between two worlds and losing himself. Now he has become the twisted monster he fears and can't recognize himself, and all just to protect his friends and himself from even greater monsters.
Not trying to have a hipster mentality but does everyone suddenly like this song lol. I remember trying to tell people that this song was amazing when it came out but they wouldn’t listen. They just kept bitching about unravel being awesome and all that shit. I loved unravel, don’t get me wrong? but I barely go back to the song. This song, the ending, and the season 1 ending are all amazing songs and i still love the bands other songs.
Eu tive um sonho do tempo em que nascemos Nós vivíamos lindamente na cidade dos úteros, juntamos nossas mãos e rimos Nós bebemos a tinta, e as cores do arco-íris mudaram Nós começamos a ser queridos ser abraçados, e ficamos incapazes de andar sozinhos Nós rimos um do outro Devotando nosso amor aos brinquedos Aqueles filhos intocáveis Eu quero quebrá-los com palavras fáceis! A prostituta pôs fogo; em uma cidade distante, alguém morreu Acordado por lemingues, chegamos ao fim deste mundo Por favor, não fique forte; em meio à poluição, uma sirene soou e me deixou louco Eu estarei esperando no fundo do parque temático Você conhece a estrutura do céu Você tem orado, não tem? Dando água a flores artificiais Nós rimos um do outro Dedicando nosso amor àquele corpo Aquele livro ilustrado sem valor Eu quero queimá-los com as respirações das ovelhas! Nós acendemos chamas em nossos corpos Você pode ouvir isso enlouquecedoramente nos dizendo para viver, certo?
This song is so not just beautiful not just interesting but speaks the truth about the anime, japans culture and more and all The society of our world Its true some watchers hated it but this song speak the true yall motherfuckers should not seen this coming
As a TG op, it fits too well. It is just as insane and broken and nonsensical as TG. But yeah, I am once again wishing I never read the lyrics of another jpn song/op Also, the short op ver., for the first time in a while, is better than the full one imo.
hibikaze _28 a prostitute is incompetent which were the title comes from and is also reflected pretty much in other sections of the lyrics. Like the babies in the city of wombs. We are lemmings at the end of our lives and praying as artificial water to our spirit useless incompetent
So here's a interpretation from a Feminist Perspective *I had a dream of the time we were born* *We lived beautifully in the city of wombs; clapped our hands and laughed* City of Wombs definitely means in a place full of women It may even represent the women in the Sunlit Garden whose purpose was to be bred *We drank up the paint, and the colors of the rainbow changed* *We began to be wanted to be embraced, and became unable to walk alone* The paint and colors that changed is the truth, they realized that they were treated like objects They wanted equal treatment and freedom (Unable to walk alone is self evident about how society perceives women must be accompanied by men) *We laughed at each other,* *Devoting our love to toys* *Those untouchable children;* *I want to break them with easy words!* Devoting love to toys=Gender Stereotypes and Gender Roles Untouchable children=In all societies menstruating women are restricted from certain functions Break them with easy words= Negotiation *The prostitute set fire; in a faraway town, someone died* This line is more evident that this song is secretly a Feminist Song The prostitute represents the original sin I even read in a tumblr analysis that Ghouls are children of either Eve or Lilith *Beckoned by lemmings, we arrive at the end of this world* *Please don't get strong; amidst the pollution, a siren rang out and drove me mad* Lemmings= Rodents who commit mass suicide= Women who follow gender norms Arriving at the end of this world= There is no place to escape The last sentence is about Feminist movement demanding for women to get stronger *I'll be waiting in the depth of the theme park* *You know the structure of Heaven* Theme Park and Heaven= Paradise for men *We drank our nausea back in, and rain of iron came pouring down* *Papa and Mama made a mistake; the wrong numbers cannot be reversed anymore* As women repress their resentment, more oppression is done. The wrong numbers cannot be reversed= Damage cannot be undone *You've been praying, haven't you?* *Giving water to artificial flowers* *We laughed at each other* By far the most radical feminist sentence here, if you're sympathize with FEMEN you will understand *Devoting our love to that body* *Those worthless picture book,* *I want to burn them with the breaths of sheep!* The feminist movement gets stronger and more effective, the worthless picture book represents the misogynistic fairy tales that establishes gender norms *We lit flame to our bodies* *You can hear it maddeningly telling us to live, right?* I don't know how very few noticed this line Lighting flame=Burning of witches=Torch of freedom Maddeningly telling us to live= Living with pain Damn this song is too deep for human civilization to fathom
Ok so um I had this song uploaded and I got a copyright is there anyway to have it on my channel still like this it and not get in trouble? Sorry I'm 16 and newer to the whole video uploading thing
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Here's an interpretation attempt from my friend and I.
*I had a dream of the time we were born. We lived beautifully in the city of wombs. Clapped our hands and laughing.*
- Children of prostitution (in this song, or ghouls in the anime) were born. Without knowing what they would eventually go through, they spent their early days happy.
*We drank up the paint and the colors of the rainbow changed. We began to want to be embraced and became unable to walk alone.*
- They found out the truth and discovered what they really were. They can no longer see things the same way. They wanted to be accepted and not be alone.
*We laughed at each other, devoting our love to toys. Those untouchable children, I want to break them with easy words.*
- They focused their attention on each other and things that distract them, trying to ignore reality. They feel strong jealousy/hatred towards children who have luckier lives than them, who do not have to go through the things that they do.
*The prostitute set fire. In a faraway town, someone died.*
- Set fire = commited the "sin". "In a faraway town, someone died." - He could be referring to himself, the victim of the sin.
*Beckoned to by lemmings (a rodent), we arrive at this world's end. Please don't get any stronger, amidst the pollution. A siren rang out, driving me mad. I'll always be waiting in the depths of that theme park. You know, the way heaven is structured.*
- They have reached the end of the road, with nowhere else to go. They no longer want to stay strong, amidst this insane world. Suicidal thoughts came. "Waiting in the depths of that theme park" = afterlife (where they can have fun and play again)
*I drank my bile back in, as iron rain came pouring down. Papa and Mama were mistaken, numbers can no longer be overturned/changed. (this is a more accurate translation)*
- He swallowed back his feelings, and continued to live on, accepting the abuse (the iron rain) from others. The mistakes of the past (from his parents) can no longer be undone.
*You've just been praying this whole time, haven't you? Giving water to artificial flowers.*
- You have been praying (watering) to a god that won't save you/isn't real. (fake flowers) (When i realised this, it was a EUREKA moment)
*We laughed scornfully together. Devoting our love to that body.*
- These last few lines, it seems like they eventually started to accept themselves, and have the courage to live.
*With the breaths of those sheep, I want to burn that worthless picture book.*
- It could be referencing Sen Takatsuki's book "The Black Goat's Egg" - where the goat represents ghouls/children of sin, and the sheep in the song probably represents "normal" humans. (since goats and sheep are closely related but different) This line could mean, with verbal abuse/comments coming from "normal" people around him, he really wants to burn his past, and leave it behind.
*We lit a flame in our bodies. I'm sure you can hear it well enough to drive you mad. It's telling us to live.*
- Although he lit a flame to burn and forget his past/origins, he can still hear it deep down within him, but the flame reminds him to continue living.
This is actually my favourite TG song.. the others are also great tho
Wow
Amazing
Super deep. This has gotta be TG's best opening because of it's hidden meaning
I appreciate your effort, it seems like you put a lot of work into this analysis! Thank you for helping me (and hopefully others) understand the song better.
This is really great! Although my interpretation differs from yours, this does makes sense and seems pretty thought through
It's beautifully dark, twisted and sad like Tokyo Ghoul itself.
Marcio Roberto thats the most perfect and relatable review of this song bruh!
Underrated comment
nah tokyo ghoul is just really edgy
good jokes
Marcio Roberto I know right, a perfect blend! Perfect song for Season 2 Opening!
I didn't like it at first.
After a while I kind of got used to the music, and decided to check the lyrics.
It became one of the strongest songs I've ever heard.
FurySh0ck same here
FurySh0ck Better be
I liked this song very much because of how emotional it was, it's one of my favorite songs. I wasn't used to it at first either.
The opening done on it was just so lazy and such a waste of a powerfully emotional song
@@mattriarchal I disagree entirely the opening was great
Amazing lyrics, beautiful song. In captures Kaneki's transformation into a ghoul and the many struggles he faces as the conflict within him grows. By the end it's clear that his transference into Haise is ready to begin; a new chapter in his twisting world to be reborn again.
I think people should really stop comparing this song to the other openings bc each opening reflects a different time in Kaneki's life. This is art uwu
i love this song. When the music is distorted and the music clashes its like representing how Kanekis mind is slowly breaking eventually crumbling into pieces
For those who don't know 'bad parenting' is one of the main theme of the Tokyo Ghoul as interpreted in Sen Takatsuki's "black goat's egg" .This song perfectly fits this theme .
I remember how it hated it was initially. Everyone compared it to 'Unravel' and said it was awful & stuff, & there I was wondering if I was the only one loving it & humming it without knowing the lyrics. I feel soo glad that everyone love it now !! XD
Same here
Same haha.
Samee
it almost as if people think each song it pick or made to match the animes they are showed on
This song is so twisted n unique...kinda masterpiece for me...and also hard to listen...melody is so disturbed that it feels depressing but I love it
This song is actually stuck in my head with unravel every day
Unravel = Half ghoul Kaneki
Munou = EyePatch Kaneki
Asphyxia = Kaneki as Sasaki
Karthasis = Kaneki the one eyed King
And
Kaneki = Half ghoul Kaneki = Eypatch = Sasaki = One eyed King
Therefore
Unravel = Munou = Asphyxia = Karthasis
Like even if you don't think its correct !!
Munou is more shironeki
first sentence | second
They crossed my mind while I was reading the lyrics. As someone who's updated with the manga, this interpretations are pretty... marvelous. This opening really shoots on the whole damn series!
happiness | loneliness
childhood | wanting to tell "your" previous self something that could break them terribly
current time, burning a picture | to somebody else's mind, one people just disappeared (forgotten)
under the command of the wrong king (by this i meant official or smth with higher status) | never be moved by the wrong waves thinking "you'd" become anything stronger | because of the choice "you" made, "you've" become something uncontrollable
childhood "me" would wait, and have been waiting since the past | the "better place" became 'better' only by its name and not by the system
"ive" seen the future and know how wrong my choices would become, but "i" cannot just turn back now | "ive" always been taught to believe to pretend that "ive" or anyone else had never made any mistakes in their whole lives |
"ive" only been clinging onto something so much i would never be empty, right?
giving life to those who never had it in the first place; a hopeless attempt on mourning over someone | a worthless exchange of laughs, "we" had
to the one "we" mourned for, our cup of love has been poured to | those who breath and coexist with "us" in "this" world yet rely on the ones they hold yet minimum respect to
the possible cardbox that unfolded these thousand cards of tragedy; lest be burned | a bright spark gives an urge,
"you" might still be uncontrollable,
but keep on living.
at first: aww it's a love song. / seconds later: wtf is she singing about
I think this is not enjoyable anymore..
Sadness, pain, death. About how fragile is the human emotionally, the lonelyness we feel within our heads. Hate maybe
Abortion
You have to listen to the words. The meaning.
Ack.... Enough "love".
the amount of times i cried listening to this song..
Me too , just by reading the lyrics
I remembered about watching tokyo ghoul then I was sad when they said they were going to end it.
So so sad, that I ran into my bed crying why.
The song that gets shit on just because its season wasn't canon and well-drawn. Very deep lyrics made me cried a bit.
I think the mother was a prostitute and the father died at his job (In a faraway place, someone died). I also think the "drinking" in the lyrics means drug abuse by the parents or the children turning to alcohol and drugs so they could forget their past
Devoting their love to toys could mean guns. If it does, the next line means a school shooter to kill the "untouchable children" (children with perfect lives, being loved and without anything wrong happening).
The full version (past the T.V. size) has their adult lives. Waiting in a theme park represents the twins, that are now adults, drug dealing there or just living there homeless.
The next lines show their *fate.*
The twins know what their doing is wrong, but they can't stop now because of drug overdose. "You have been praying the whole time, haven't you?," which is evidence for them trying to stop. "Laughing scournfully," represents them giving into madness.
"Devoting their love to that body," is their child, born by incest. "I want to burn that worthless picture book," represents the twins not making their child go through what they had to.
"We lit a flame in our bodies," means the twins experimenting with their body and doing things they shouldn't be doing (drugs, liquors, etc.). But even after this, drug overdose slowly killing them, they have to *live.* They can't abandon their child and let him/her experience what they had. Even the child knows it, because he/she is the one talking to the parents in the final line.
That is deep
someone was listening in poetry class
@@grahamaltemare1376 for real tho
Amazing words... 😢
You are right but in the end they end up jumping off a cliff
i want to burn that picture book means he doesnt want his life to be like the character in egg of black goat
This was my first anime ever and its over. Im depressed now.
animu4ever DONT watch akame ga kill or dragon ball then! ALOT OF DEATHS HAPPEN 💀
The reason I stopped watching anime
this could be connected in to takatsuki's book, My dear Kafka.
"My dear lost one, Your parents failed in raising you."
BEST OP!!!
707 Hacker Seven Defender Of Justice The first is so much better.
セクシーもっと well, asphyxia is really great, but i like more unravel... is better imo.
707 Hacker Seven Defender Of Justice i agree
not a very popular opinion...
You fkin right this is my favorite op of TG
Munou is complex and dark, it is a good and meaningful song but not an enjoyable one, its like those songs that were created for you to think about not enjoying, that's what i think becuz unlike unravel, asphyxia, katharsis which are deep and meaningful, perfect for the show but they didn't get too deep and dark which create this depressing feeling you have when listening to munou. Munou in general fits for everything wrong in the real world while other OPs can be best explained in Tokyo Ghoul context and can only partially or minorly comparable to real-life since their main purpose was reflecting on Kaneki stages while Munou also does the same but went further and wayyyyyyy deeper. So its the most meaningful but not the best one for me, its what you listen too once in a while but can't enjoy it.
I very much enjoy listening to Munou, but then again I like odd time signatures and dissonant chords
Dont get me wrong or anything but I like root a/ incompetence because if you look at the lyrics for the whole song it describes what’s happening ( it’s been a while since I’ve seen season 2 please forgive me) in the song it describes I’m the beginning or the intro it gives Kaneki’s vision on the world before he is a ghoul when the lyrics say “We drank the paint dry, the colors of the rainbow changed” that would be when kaneki accepts that he is a ghoul at the end of season one and is now his take on life. After he joins the Aogiri tree ( hence the name root a) he mentions briefly before Touka beats him up ( I believe) that he wants to get stronger to protect the ones he loves and not end up like example: Ryouko where all he could do was watch and protect Hinami. The lyric “ I couldn’t walk alone anymore” infers that was with Anteiku and now he needs to protect them on his own without backup like when he first started out. The last lyric in the intro “In a far-away city, somebody died” referencing to the that have or will die.
I made this at one at night so please excuse anything that I may have done wrong
I think this song is how they delt with depression we as reffering to the voice in her head and the lyrics in this were it said i drank my bile back as iron rain came pouring down as referring to how most sustance abuse starts and how a drug can make us feelbetter for a little bit and then feel like crap .also another factor into this subject is a flame lit in us and made us find or want a reason to live this could be a way out of their depression thought this is just my thought process and honestly a UNDERRATED song hope you guys have a good day btw i comented this for the people who were cofused about the lyrics yes it is weird but has a deeper meaning
I freaking love this song! As a musician I can appreciate the different rhythms and key changes❤️
Poor Kaneki.
I couldn't understand these lyrics and yet I got emotional for some reason when I read "You can hear it too, It's telling us to live"
it's already 2017 people! stop sleeping on this beautiful song 😤
This is beautiful, i can't stop..
Gold Phoenix dont stop :^)
Nalchael Cruz It's TRASH! THIS SONG IS TERRIBLE!
what's your twitter
4Snozze yea i kinda think the same
This has been on repeat in my head ever since Tokyo Ghoul ended.
First you'll kinda hate the song and then you will start having a little interest in it.....and then you'll get addicted to this
Well according to the lyrics this what have been more Suitable if it were the theme song of MONSTER (Anime)... Anyone who has watched it will get what I'm saying... But anyways this song is so deep and powerful!!!!
Nah. As someone who read and watched Monster I'd say this has nothing to do with that anime. Liebert wasn't depressed or going insane he was a clinical sociopath.
This song is befitting for Tokyo Ghoul.
2:13 i lost control
Amazing lyrics. Perfectly fitting for the anime
This was art omfg! They should have included some of those part where everything seems to be breaking down. Unravel and This is beautiful in a diff way so they must not be compared! Unravel is like a person breaking down but this is a person who was already broken.
I keep getting chills everytime hearing this
Woah... this video is really well made, thanks for the subs and the romaji ;w;
This song is scarier than the anime 😓
I had been searching this since a year or so... Thank u
I truly love this song thank you sssoooooo much I'm ssoo thankful
why is good music always underrated?
1:11 touka blew a chicken and it caw-cawed 🐥🐣🐥🐣
There’s so much to appreciate about this
When you are not usefull to them you become incompetence and now you're dead and somehow you want to be alive just for yourself and don't give a shit with someone's expectation.
1:09 Touka threw a chicken an it caw cawed
i was a little confused at first but i eventually fell in love with the song.
A song can't get deeper than this
2:31 this big word mean that huge phrase?
Inflectional languages
My friend actually said it doesn't sound nice but when I heard it, I said to her, "Are u crazy?!!
I think the song is a story of twins who lived a good life but killed their parents as said in “mama and papa were wrong” and the sirens are police, then when it says “I drank back the bile and iron rain came pouring down” was police shooting at them. Then “how I want to burn that picture book” and “we lit a flame in our body’s” was them burning down the house with them in it, effective committing suicide and regretting it with the last line saying “live”
chaosmushrooms0789 ....... Fvck this song
That is a very good analysis but I think it would be more linked to Tokyo Ghoul than that. Good work though.
This song is disturbing in a beautiful way
This was a masterpiece to Tokyo ghoul ❤
The editing it really good
This song is just a complete Masterpiece.
Idk why the people hates this intro. it's amazing
This brings so much memories, memories where I felt like I was in a dream
too much wow
I can't believe that it's the first time I'm actually hearing this song (I always skipped it)T^T
Good grief.
Nostalgic :')
“Touka threw a chicken and it Caw caw” 1:10
Bruh
To the best of my knowledge this song is supposed to be about losing yourself to the trials of life until you’re basically an empty shell of who you used to be and cynical towards the entire world due to the hardships going on on a daily basis to yourself and everyone around you to the point that you can’t even accept the happy memories of the past because they feel tainted by the world around you and the ignorance you had to it as a child, but maybe that’s just me (it is a song for Tokyo ghoul though and fits perfectly with what was going on in the anime at the time)
DAMN this made me cry so hard bro
Poeple be Like This song is probably about Romance and Love or something but when they see the lyrics the be like
"Imma head out"
I honestly prefer this one over the first one (Unravel)
Nalchael Cruz At first I'd disagree with you because unravel is a beautiful song, and they are both meaningful. Within time though you realize Munou/Incompetence is far more complex and slightly deeper. Which makes sense because the second season is more complex. At first he was just stuck between two worlds and losing himself. Now he has become the twisted monster he fears and can't recognize himself, and all just to protect his friends and himself from even greater monsters.
TheMadLib DB so deep bro
I honestly can't choose which one I like more
Nalchael Cruz me too,i prefer this op than the other
Nalchael Cruz me too ;)
1 dislike = baka
TzTzTzTzTzT TzTzTzTzTzT ばかあ
Baka Yaro
The opening of Split (Beast Arc).
Wow so depressive.. it really fits Tokyo ghoul.. it's got its own taste
"the city of wombs"
tbh this is the best tg opening
I love the songggg!!!
Very catchy to me (opinion)
Agreed.
Literally chills
when i first heard this song for a long time, it reminded me of tawagoto speaker
This is a great song, but I wish it was the ending instead of the opening. I feel like it would've been remembered in higher regard that way.
Not trying to have a hipster mentality but does everyone suddenly like this song lol. I remember trying to tell people that this song was amazing when it came out but they wouldn’t listen. They just kept bitching about unravel being awesome and all that shit. I loved unravel, don’t get me wrong? but I barely go back to the song. This song, the ending, and the season 1 ending are all amazing songs and i still love the bands other songs.
Beatiful voice
Eu tive um sonho do tempo em que nascemos
Nós vivíamos lindamente na cidade dos úteros, juntamos nossas mãos e rimos
Nós bebemos a tinta, e as cores do arco-íris mudaram
Nós começamos a ser queridos ser abraçados, e ficamos incapazes de andar sozinhos
Nós rimos um do outro
Devotando nosso amor aos brinquedos
Aqueles filhos intocáveis
Eu quero quebrá-los com palavras fáceis!
A prostituta pôs fogo; em uma cidade distante, alguém morreu
Acordado por lemingues, chegamos ao fim deste mundo
Por favor, não fique forte; em meio à poluição, uma sirene soou e me deixou louco
Eu estarei esperando no fundo do parque temático
Você conhece a estrutura do céu
Você tem orado, não tem?
Dando água a flores artificiais
Nós rimos um do outro
Dedicando nosso amor àquele corpo
Aquele livro ilustrado sem valor
Eu quero queimá-los com as respirações das ovelhas!
Nós acendemos chamas em nossos corpos
Você pode ouvir isso enlouquecedoramente nos dizendo para viver, certo?
Você que fez? Essa tradução ficou muito bem escrita.
@@Daniel-rw9um mais ou menos mas obg 😊
Excelente video
Nostalgia
This song is so not just beautiful not just interesting but speaks the truth about the anime, japans culture and more and all
The society of our world
Its true some watchers hated it but this song speak the true yall motherfuckers should not seen this coming
Алиса знает, что делать! Василий Богатырёв
"Touka Threw A Chicken And It Caw Cawed" 1:10
As a TG op, it fits too well. It is just as insane and broken and nonsensical as TG.
But yeah, I am once again wishing I never read the lyrics of another jpn song/op
Also, the short op ver., for the first time in a while, is better than the full one imo.
Do you still have the link to the pick?
Idk man I don't understand anything about the lyrics but I feels sad when I hear this song
LMAO It's because you have to change your perspective on how you interpret something
Wait, who is this prostitute the song is referring to? Is it like a symbolism?
hibikaze _28 a prostitute is incompetent which were the title comes from and is also reflected pretty much in other sections of the lyrics. Like the babies in the city of wombs. We are lemmings at the end of our lives and praying as artificial water to our spirit useless incompetent
Ghouls are referred to as the prostitute, sin of mankind.
This song matches the series very well but i think op1 and op4 are just better.
que buen opening carajo
So here's a interpretation from a Feminist Perspective
*I had a dream of the time we were born*
*We lived beautifully in the city of wombs; clapped our hands and laughed*
City of Wombs definitely means in a place full of women
It may even represent the women in the Sunlit Garden whose purpose was to be bred
*We drank up the paint, and the colors of the rainbow changed*
*We began to be wanted to be embraced, and became unable to walk alone*
The paint and colors that changed is the truth, they realized that they were treated like objects
They wanted equal treatment and freedom (Unable to walk alone is self evident about how society perceives women must be accompanied by men)
*We laughed at each other,*
*Devoting our love to toys*
*Those untouchable children;*
*I want to break them with easy words!*
Devoting love to toys=Gender Stereotypes and Gender Roles
Untouchable children=In all societies menstruating women are restricted from certain functions
Break them with easy words= Negotiation
*The prostitute set fire; in a faraway town, someone died*
This line is more evident that this song is secretly a Feminist Song
The prostitute represents the original sin
I even read in a tumblr analysis that Ghouls are children of either Eve or Lilith
*Beckoned by lemmings, we arrive at the end of this world*
*Please don't get strong; amidst the pollution, a siren rang out and drove me mad*
Lemmings= Rodents who commit mass suicide= Women who follow gender norms
Arriving at the end of this world= There is no place to escape
The last sentence is about Feminist movement demanding for women to get stronger
*I'll be waiting in the depth of the theme park*
*You know the structure of Heaven*
Theme Park and Heaven= Paradise for men
*We drank our nausea back in, and rain of iron came pouring down*
*Papa and Mama made a mistake; the wrong numbers cannot be reversed anymore*
As women repress their resentment, more oppression is done.
The wrong numbers cannot be reversed= Damage cannot be undone
*You've been praying, haven't you?*
*Giving water to artificial flowers*
*We laughed at each other*
By far the most radical feminist sentence here, if you're sympathize with FEMEN you will understand
*Devoting our love to that body*
*Those worthless picture book,*
*I want to burn them with the breaths of sheep!*
The feminist movement gets stronger and more effective, the worthless picture book represents the misogynistic fairy tales that establishes gender norms
*We lit flame to our bodies*
*You can hear it maddeningly telling us to live, right?*
I don't know how very few noticed this line
Lighting flame=Burning of witches=Torch of freedom
Maddeningly telling us to live= Living with pain
Damn this song is too deep for human civilization to fathom
It became twisted at the end of the beginning part
Ok so um I had this song uploaded and I got a copyright is there anyway to have it on my channel still like this it and not get in trouble? Sorry I'm 16 and newer to the whole video uploading thing
@Trashy Hij yup
2:31
What genre is this?
is reggaetton :U
A mixture of melorock, shoegaze and experimental
Anime
I know this is super late but in the off-chance you still don't know its probably math rock.
Nigga this is about 35% mistranslated at least from the perspective of some one casually saying these lyrics they just don't line up
at last episode of ss2 why kaneki won t go home if he go home he didn t change to haise sasaki in ss3 because haise too weak
This shit fits Tokyo ghoul root A perfectly..
I'm i the only one crying?
Yes
Touka blew a chicken and it caw caw-ed, she won't die oh COMMENT IF YOU FOUND IT
Oh my goodness.
Didn't really like the anime but I really like the ending song
@ً what he said is logical
Kakashi is the 9 tailed bijuu jinchuriki?
@Trashy Hij But this Naruto looks like Kakashi.
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