It starts with a single note on a guitar string, plucked over and over again. As Naito’s melancholy voice fills the space like a prayer, new instruments gradually join in. It’s almost as if Naito’s bending these forces to his well, pleading with his partner to stay, no matter what their feelings are. It’s a magical spell, doomed to fail.
[Lyrics, Translated by Clark Naito]
Well, I wanna be fooled
I’m an idiot, I wanna eat pie in the sky
Beh, I’m not fooled by that
It’s okay to be killing time or misunderstanding,
although lame joke is pee-pee
Pee-pee
Hey, come play, I wanna be fooled forever
If you stop later, I won’t forgive you.
On and on and on and on, no end
After unmasked, I still wanna be fooled.
It’s okay to be a childish trick,
I wanna be fooled forever
although bullshit shameless joke is a goner
That’s a goner
I wanna be fooled
I wanna be fooled