Wonder Woman, Wonder Me - Kishi Bashi

when candy was a remedy,

we’d make it up,

we’d destroy ourselves in the yard,

I held you in a wooden place,

I was hungry then

it was hours before it went dark

oh wonder woman, wonder me

you bewitched me with your gold and blue from the start

«kin-kon-kan-kon kaneganaru

kin-kon-kan-kon kaneganaru»

when Pluto was demoted

I felt a sigh of relief… i never knew why

like all the things in The Quickening,

we share the fallen few

«…there can be only one»

and when at night I’d find that silent space

where I’d gouged my heart for you

where dreams dwelled safe is now a dangerous place

for idle thoughts anew

«kin-kon-kan-kon kaneganaru

kin-kon-kan-kon kaneganaru»

memories are over by

the desire to throw them away and into the sky

bound by the Newtonian

he said what goes up must always come down

(«Kin-kon-kan-kon is Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound of bells, «kaneganaru»

translates as «the bells ring»)