Chichiro Lyrics

Song Facts:

• Genre: Pop
• Producer: FINNEAS
• Release Date: May 17, 2024
• Album: HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

Artist Info:

Billie Eilish is a modern pop singer, so unique and heart-touching with her music. "Ocean Eyes" is the song that has broken her into the music industry, and she has won many Grammy Awards. In most of her music, themes covered talk about mental health, love, and individual struggles. Billie is known to be truthful with her lyrics and stylistic presentation. She is known to have been bullied and fat-shamed, but she was one to prove her style.

Annotations and Meaning:

The song "Chichiro" is about Hayao Miyazaki's movie "Spirited Away". Protagonist Chihiro is leaving both memories and love from the Spirit Realm.

"To take my love away"

She forgets Haku when separating from the spirit world, although they are a very close duo.

"You said you won't forget my name Not today, not tomorrow"

Haku promised to meet Chihiro again after she had left the Spirit World, even though she seemed to have totally forgotten everything.

"Please open the door."

These lines seem to hold more of a symbolic meaning towards one desiring another to emotionally open up. The "closed door" represents being reserved; the open door means invitation. The metaphor dovetails with the imagery on the cover of the album, where Billie falls underwater from a door.

"'Til I come back 'round, will I find what to say?"

It conveys the uncertainty of meeting and reconnection with old friends, much like the way Chihiro and Haku do in the movie "Spirited Away."

"Saw you turn around, but it wasn't your face"

This line could signify the moment in "Spirited Away" when Chihiro's parents turned into pigs, denoting that form can, in fact, change in the world of the spirit.

"I don't, I don't know why I called"

This can be related to some parts of the movie in which the characters lose their identities and also their attachments are satisfied since Haku pretends that he does not know Chihiro.

"And then you came along
Thinkin', excuse me"

Singer speaks about Chihiro's visit to Haku in the garden in "Spirited Away".

Song Topics:

"CHIHIRO" is an emotional bond song. Lyrics demonstrate how relationships and most of all memories can change. In the song, Eilish is very good at using the power of the difficulty in making sense and maintenance of people's connection with others through metaphors. The song hopes for uncertainty in reuniting with an important persons (friends, parents).