Mrs.GREEN APPLE take a song called "Inferno" and turn it into something surprisingly gentle. The fire here is less about punishment and more about the flame of being alive. The hook keeps coming back to one blunt idea: "永遠は無いんだと 無いんだと云フ" [they say there is no forever, there is no forever]. The first time, the singer shrugs and laughs, "それもまたイイねと笑ってみる" [I try laughing and saying that is nice too]. Later the same news hurts, and he admits "やっぱ苦しいねと泣いてみる" [it really is painful, I try crying]. I love that the song lets both reactions be true.
The verses are full of small, honest gripes. Life is safe but dull, then confusing: "知識不足故にハラハラ" [on edge from lack of knowledge]. ハラハラ is a sound word for nervous, heart-in-your-mouth worry, and earlier タラタラ describes dragging along lazily. Then comes a list every learner should steal: "学びきれずに卒業" [graduating without learning it all], "伝えきれずに失恋" [heartbreak without saying it all]. The 〜きれずに pattern means "without managing to finish". His answer is cheeky: "地獄じゃあるまいし" [it's not like this is hell], which is funny in a song named Inferno. It ends on toys and little magic as treasures, and the promise to keep walking "命の火が消えるその日まで" [until the day the fire of life goes out].
Mrs. GREEN APPLE is a Japanese pop-rock band from Tokyo, formed in 2013 by vocalist and songwriter Motoki Ohmori. They made their major-label debut in 2015 with the mini-album Variety on EMI Records.
Since the start of 2022 the band has been a trio: Ohmori, guitarist Hiroto Wakai and keyboardist Ryoka Fujisawa.