Songs of the ZOMST Fading Youth serie, with lyrics and theories.
So while looking at ZOMST merch. I came across the recent Zombie Stage : Fading Youth serie and I wanted to talk about it since I am over-analyzing it. I mainly have two questions,
Does someone know if there're anything, an audio file, or each character said song, inside each merch disks ?
Does anyone know about those songs ? Like if they are invented, their possible meaning etc. Btw the korean translation may differ so if anyone here know korean I would be grateful. Here are the lyrics ^W^
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MIZI - I Shall Send a Letter (or I Will Send You a Letter), Go Seong-Hwa
Late again tonight, I find myself raising a glass for no reason.
I'm writting down a name, I can no longer call out.
I never imaginated that a single word from that day would leave such a mark; why did I say it with such an indifferent face ?
I write this letter knowing you won't return, simply because I have nowhere else to put these feelings that won't fade away. You have already drifted far off.
I won't send it, but perhaps calling out to you this way will make me feel a little better.
Without ever managing to say that one word -"I'm sorry"
You become all the more vivid in my mind on these late nights.
I'll let this unhealed heart remain just as it is.
I'll even cherish this bitter ache as a part of you.
I'll fold up this unsent letter once more; even thought I'll never send it, I keep on writing.
SUA - "Gutter?ed" (untranslable title.mp3), Cold wax
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IVAN - Every Single Parts, BleeDing mAn
When the night is falling slow, and the city lights all glow,
Take a breath and hold it close, this is all we will ever own.
Every step, every sound, every lost and every found,
All the moments passing by they won't wait, they won't rewind.
Every single part of time, every second of your life,
Don't you let it slip away like it never meant a thing.
Every single part you feel, every wound and every heal,
Makes you more than who you were, makes you more than what you've learned.
When silence fills the air, and there's no one else to care,
You'll find something still remains in the echoes of your days.
Every single part of time, every shadow, every light,
Even things you try to lose stay alive inside of you.
So don't rush and don't look back, don't get lost in what you lack,
Everything you ever are lives inside each passing part.
TILL - Beyond the Volcano, Gondure Band
The ground is shaking; thought the low freq had cut out, but now yet.
Upon the craked surface,
A single light flickers - no one even touched it.
Yet it keeps getting hotter,
A spilled light, a burn-out trace. Empty-handed.
But the night is already moving forward; strangely calm - rising higher.
This isn't a fall, It's a mode.
An unbroken core - just keep it on.
It's fine even if ash falls; a sign I'm already used to.
Stepping over the burn marks, this is where I begin,
Noise for rhythm,
Fitting together, even while broken.
It doesn't have to match - that's just how it is. Rising Higher.
KID
A shattered frame - you know it without a word.
Going all the way; a vibe of walking over ash,
No intention of stopping,
In the night left behind after the burn,
I simply pass though.
LUKA - Strange Desire, H. Field
I saw you in the quiet light where nothing asked to shine,
and in that still and tender hour, your eyes were close to mine.
No restless word, no hurried breath, just time that softly stayed,
and in the calm of everything, your gentle form remained.
You are beautiful, I know like a star I've never named,
In the silence, in the glow, you are softly, sweetly framed.
I do not ask for more than this,
A moment held so true for even time would hesitate to take my eye from you.
If all the world should fade away, and every light depart,
There would remain a single glow, the memory of your heart.
You are beautiful, I know like a star that lights the night,
In the quiet, soft and slow, you are all my gentle light.
So let this feelings simply stay unchanged, untouched, sincere,
For in this calm and tender place I find you ever near.
HYUNA - Rust Fever, Ash & Afterglow (<Mix Tape>-Old Rock Ballad)
I woke up with the sun in my eyes and a name I couldn't hold,
Ash on my hands, crooked lines, guess I burned it all.
Old bar sings the same old tune, glass rings on the wood,
I laugh like I used to do but I don't feel as good.
Ash and afterglow, that's all I ever knew;
A flicker of heaven and a truth that never grew.
Ash and afterglow, I'm somewhere in between;
Ain't no clean redemption, just living what I've seen.
I've been high on borrowed dreams, low on everything;
Every scar I carry now means I felt something real.
No one's gonna write it right, no one's gonna save your night.
You just wear it like your skin and let the fire begin.
Ash and afterglow, that's all I ever knew;
A flicker of heaven and a truth that never grew.
If I fall, I fall loud. Ain't no shame in the sound.
'Cause I lived every part, yeah I lived it out.
I don't know if anyone got the merch yet, the lyrics of the songs they are listening to are written on the cards alongside each disk. Hope we get to see or hear them clearly soon ! I also realized that Hyuna is the only one with very different medium and well as being on the left compared to everyone else being on the right.
For theories I must say that Hyuna's song seems a lot like a reunion of all others : the ash and fire of Till's, the every scar and hope of Ivan's, the unsaid name and nights of Mizi's, the light and glow of Luka's (plus Sua idk her song is weird).
A lot of themes can be found in multiple of them, like the burn, the light, the darkness and the hurt. It kinda gives you something to chew on regarding the ZOMST universe. However we have yet to know what exactly are those songs. If they are written by the highschool cast before or after watching ZOMST, if they were written by the ZOMST characters before they got infected, after they got infected ? In any case I hope you liked my post, I spend a lot of time searching for clear visuals of the merch lmao.
Also for ships. I wonder if those songs are written for the other one in the ship or for someone else. I really liked Mizi's, very beautiful, but I am kinda wondering if it could be talking about Sua or her mother ? Cause we know that in ZOMST, Mizi went though a traumatic memory with her mom (very rapid image of it can be seen in ROUND 1 after she slapped Sua).
Luka's song seem very much talking about Hyuna by the way he glazes said person. Also the lyric "You are beautiful" reminds me of that one infamous lyric in Ruler of my Heart where he says "Beautiful lady", and this entire track takes me back to his ALNST side-track titled Sacred Light.
Ivan's lyrics may implies that he and someone else are together as he uses the term "we" and "you" multiple time. They also feel a lot like a lesson that may have been said to Ivan. I don't have much to say about him sadly outside from the theory that it looks a lot like a song that want you to feel alive though the hurt and hurdles. His dynamic with Till, even if VIVIMENG said that IvanTill will be more proeminent in ZOMST, It is still difficult to see the change from ALNST.
For Till's song, it is quite difficult to understand it since it looks less like a poem and more like a song haha. It does link a bit to Ivan's since here It is said that he just continues to go higher, burning with no intention of stopping. It could implies that Till, even after being hurt and infected, may have gotten up and continued to perform his best ("this isn't a fall, It's a mode, an unbroken core"). I am also quite intrigued by the role of ash in all of this cause it is mentionned a lot in here, and in Hyuna's too. And the presence of "KID" in the lyrics knowing "P KID" is written on the song cover while the songs was made by Gondure Band feat. an unknown artist (if you look at the image you can see "feat."). Also a funny fact that Till listen to the 0026/2079 song lmao, he has a lot.
Sua is bizarre as her song looks like it was corrupted or some sort. When you take in consideration how she was in ROUND 1 and in the comic, her character suddently feels a lot more eerie.
I may deep dive a bit too much in some merch lore (and I didn't even mention the possible meaning of each song visual), I'm just trying to build a lore while desperately waiting for the universe introduction MV (like Sweet Dream) or ROUND 2...Feel free to comment about your thoughts on this and my theories ! :'D