You can find all our “K-Pop Lyrics Explained” articles in one place by clicking here! This week, we’re diving deep into a song that rings true, now more than ever: DREAMCATCHER’s latest title track, ‘Maison’ from their second full-length album “Apocalypse : Save us”. Quite self-evidently, ‘Maison’ (French for ‘home’) serves as a fair warning against a not-so-distant apocalyptic future that awaits us if we continue to plague the Earth with apathetic overconsumption. The lyrics directly correlate to and resonate with a global sentiment of crisis evoked by the unfathomable dangers of climate change through the story of celestial saviors who take it upon themselves to revive the Earth when it is abandoned by the very people who call it home. Gaia transforms into the Grim Reaper as an emblem of the earthly wasteland and chaos reigns in Satan’s form. It is now up to the supergirls of DREAMCATCHER to restore paradise. “I can’t breathe / Tomorrow’s disappearing far away / Oh, stay / Make the ground shake / In this crumbling place / With a clear dead sign / And someone who is used to it” The first verse opens with a sense of desolation and helplessness as the future of the world looks bleaker by the day. Not being able to breathe is a direct consequence of the overwhelming pollution in the air while also being a metaphor for Mother Earth being unable to sustain herself. DREAMCATCHER attempts to shake passive observers awake from their indifference (“Break your habit now”) and move them to action before it is too late. “Save my home in the jungle / Save my home in the polar / Protect my maison / Please someone fight for us / Save my home in the ocean / Save my home in the desert / Protect my maison / Please someone fight for us” Speaking for those who silently suffer from the destruction posed by human indifference, DREAMCATCHER vouches for life in any and all forms that deserve to be protected, shifting the focus from the egocentrism of man. In dire situations like these, the disturbed need to be comforted and the comfortable, disturbed and that is exactly what DaMi’s verse conveys: “You won’t see the future, no matter how long you wait / Know it’s already too late to regret it / You want the easy way, you’ll get hurt”. “Isn’t it strangely hot? / The laws of this planet, so dry / Just like your conscience” With the human collective choosing ignorance over consciousness, there is little hope to hang on to. Global warming is just the tip of the iceberg and that too, is melting. However, DREAMCATCHER continues to present the Earth in its former glory in an effort to elicit change (“Turn back to the moment when every season is vivid”). After all, the moment you look away, everything will turn to dust (“Pretending not to know, you disappear too”). At the end of the day, it is us who must fight for the world, our maison. With the deep social import of the song, coupled with the extraordinary composition, vocals, and rap, ‘Maison’ is a masterpiece, to say the least. What did you think of the song? Share your thoughts with Kpopmap in the comments section down below!
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