[Verse 1]
Back to the past through the rose-hued tint
Though I never knew the actors that plastered the biz
And I never read the manga on mobile or print
But I might have scoped a chapter when scrolling the fics

I don't really know where I'd find the time to
Step up and rewind on the kind that reminds us
Step into the mind of myself as a young man
And see the shows from inside of my childhood

아마 위브들 이것이 일본어 생각하다
でも私はひらがなをわかった
I won't ever memorise the kanji or the katakana
Just enough to book a hotel, lounging in Asakusa

Man, I love nostalgia trips
But I'll never need my vision being clouded by it
Keep it real, strive for deflecting the shit
Maybe past days weren't as perfect as we think

[Hook]
This takes me back to before I
Ever even opened my eyes
Back before ninety five
And the golden nights of the hi-fis
Back when the VHS was the latest tech
You'd never sent a text
And the only anime you'd ever watched
Was on a TV channel with a lame-ass dub
[Verse 2]
I miss the days way before I remember
Lighting a pyre just by stoking the embers
Earth wind and fire, never tire of September
So wake me up before it like a Green Day member

Top contender, best millennia
Animated anemoia, galaxy defenders
Anime we overlooked for too damn long
'Cus the series overcooked and on for too damn long
Fear for when it's over, hooked for too damn long

[Hook]
This takes me back to before I
Ever even opened my eyes
Back before ninety five
And the golden nights of the hi-fis
Back when the VHS was the latest tech
You'd never sent a text
And the only anime you'd ever watched
Was on a TV channel with a lame-ass dub