#punkrockparrish

it’s not as if the song applies 100% – the lyrics are written in a sort of train of thought style, and it’s specific and personal so evidently i won’t be able to decode it entirely. so i resort to picking lines and twisting them to fit into my otome-ass agenda. i therefore invoke death of the author, etc etc.

tbh i mostly had seven in mind (sorry juju!), and the widely-accepted theory (?) that he is in love with you in every route, and how he remembers the resets. the following will probs be messy and embarrassing. i’ve never had to articulate my feelings towards a song. mostly i just wail incoherently about it.

i’ll be the boyfriend in your wet dreams tonight

~*justotomethings*~ especially since he’s the endgame. the face of the game, hence the thumbnail. i have limited experience in these games, but i can imagine certain types (you know the ones…) to be the poster boys. seven seems refreshing and i particularly like how his character is consistent with the messenger format of the game. memes and fatalistic jokes. if you’ve ever been in a group chat, you know how it is.

wish i was therewish we’d grown up on the same adviceand our time was right

this reminds me of that one time in deep route common where v and jumin chat and nag each other like the old boyfriends pals they are. seven is jelly saying it would’ve been nice to have a childhood friend, too. you say, “should i start nagging you like childhood friend, seven?” if only he had met you and had that kind of emotional support when he was younger, if only he wasn’t in such dangerous position right now, etc.

i came to visit ‘cause you see me like a ufothat’s like never, cause i made you use self-controland you made me lose my self-control

ufo is obvious if you know seven; lots of space references. but moreover, ufo’s are either unreal or extremely rare occurrences–your mileage may vary–just like seven. 707 is a persona saeyoung created to hide his past, and to protect those who are important to him. 707 isn’t real. but i like to believe that 707 is exactly who saeyoung wants to be deep inside, but couldn’t afford due to his situation. if you dig through the tragic saeyoung deep enough, you’ll find 707 there. so it’s not that 707 isn’t real, you just have to wait and endure to get a glimpse of him. 

keep a place for me, for mei’ll sleep between y’all it’s nothing

operating under the theory i mentioned above, this makes me think of how he wants to ask you to please keep a place for him in your heart, even though you chose a different route, lol. the repetitive “it’s nothing, it’s nothing” makes him seem nonchalant, just brushing it off with the cheery 707 persona he created. your happiness is much more important than his feelings. not like he deserved you anyway, he thinks. that crumbs outgoing phonecall in jumin route comes to mind. “you don’t care about me. you only care about jumin. kukukukukukuku.”

this can also be the case for the outro (i know you gotta leave/i know you got someone coming). though it doesn’t completely apply since seven never pleads you to even think twice about who you’re romancing (in fact, i think he only ever had nice things to say about everyone). i just really like this part; it gives me an inordinate amount of sads for a stanza i don’t fully comprehend. it treads lightly between resignation and holding on – which applies to seven in his own route (resignation to what he truly feels about you vs obligation).