Song Review: Monkey Majik - turn

Title: turn
Artist: Monkey Majik
Album: thank you
Released: May 24, 2006

Review

"turn" is an excellent indie-pop song from Monkey Majik with an addictive chorus and superb guitar playing. The chorus is a mixture of both Japanese and English with the catchy verse, "Oh.. It's still turnin' around" supported by percussion, bass, and guitar. The guitar melody is interesting and keeps me occupied, especially when the lyrics are in Japanese.

The verdict: "turn" is an excellent song and properly represents Monkey Majik's indie-pop style. I highly recommend this song.

Lyrics

Here are the romaji lyrics for you to see along with:
Wakin’ up asa me ga samete futto kanojo ga satte ikuyou na
tojiru to mieteiru monoga hirakuto mienakunaru genjitsu
nani mo sondeinaiyo, tada hito koto dake wonderfull wonderfull
Is all I need to hear me ni mienakute

Sometimes I feel like cavin' in nani ka ni semararete iruyouna
I wonder why? Ima made konna ni chisai jibun ni kizukenaide
subete o moto ni modosou toshite donna ni kako o sosuttemitemo
I'm right in yumede mite yume

Oh.. It's still turnin' around
It's so nandomo meguri meguru
Alright now
It's still turnin' around
demo ashita wa kittokurukara
Alright now

What if I'm the only one? hikari ga tashika ni ashimoto o tomoshiteite
sukushi zutsu sukushi zutsu dakedo shinjiteru boku no mukau beki basho ga
Is this really now the only way through? sokoni wa itsudemo kimi ga ite
kataku omoi kono tobira nokku suru yo

boku kara hanashi o suru yo kimi ga iwareru sono mae ni
furi kaeru to yoku mieru kara I can see all three sides from here.
mirai wa dareni mo mienai kedo kimi to futari nara yakusoku dekiru
I'm right in shizuka ni naraku

Oh.. It's still turnin' around
It's so nandomo meguri meguru
Alright now
It's still turnin' around
demo ashita wa kittokurukara
Alright now

Sometimes when everything's dark i take a lil' time and make sure it's all real
Sometimes when I'm alone I think about what the hell went wrong.
I look right out the door and see that all of this is turning.

Oh.. It's still turnin' around
It's so nandomo meguri meguru
Alright now
It's still turnin' around
demo ashita wa kittokurukara
Alright now

Sometimes I feel like cavin' in nani ka ni semararete iruyouna
I wonder why? Ima made konna ni chisai jibun ni kizukenaide
mirai wa dareni mo mienai kedo kimi to futari nara yakusoku dekiru
I'm right
Alright now

Source: http://www.lyricstime.com/monkey-majik-turn-lyrics.html

Metadata

Artist: Monkey Majik
Release year: 2006
Genre: Pop
Song speed: Fast
Dominant voice: English and Japanese
Dominant language: Japanese