Song: HOPE
Artist: melody. (she's Hawaiian. ^^)
Album: READY TO GO!
Lyrics (romanized): http://corichan.com/lyrics/albums/melody-readytogo.html#05
Comments: This song is hypnotizing to me; it puts me in a trance. I love how the English lyrics are uplifting, and coherent, which is saying something since I never was much of a "happy go lucky" music person.
Only about 3 songs stand out in Melody Mizuki Ishikawa's new 2007 album, because the title track, which somehow made its way onto the Oricon charts, has incredibly annoying English lyrics. The kind where you're glad they can put together sentences, but the rhyming is off. melody. could have pulled it off it was wasn't for, well, the dumb melody. Bad combo. You can't have bad English lyrics unless you're a J-rock band in which your voice isn't the only focal point. This is an example of which it is better NOT to be able to understand Engrish.
(Example: "Is this a dream, or is this really happening for real?" "Am I awake, or am I just imagining its real?" then something about getting her groove on...)
No one's gonna "stop or break" your "flow"? I just did. Run it by someone who speaks 21st century English first. And get a slang dictionary. But don't worry, melody. I still love you for THIS song.
