Dos Monos brings us ‘DOG EATS GOD.’ Botsu, Soushi It, TAITAN, and Yasutaka Tsutsui write lyrics and create a complex beat. The storytellers blend poetic verses with an intricate melody.
Released: September 2, 2022
DOG EATS GOD
Dos Monos
DOG EATS GOD Meaning & Lyrics (Dos Monos)
Botsu pens lyrics about betrayal by one’s creation. The song features the translated line, ‘Everything comes back, but not you.’ The songwriter mentions a dog biting right to the bone to describe this painful reversal.
Teshio ni kakete tameI raised it with care and tamed it,
Shikonda teniwoha how toTraining it in every nuance, the ‘how to’
Sonna my dog niAnd yet, by that dog of mine,
Tehidoku tekamareI’ve been bitten right to the bone.
Te ni oeneIt’s more than I can handle now,
Jareta dake no tsumori gaI only meant to play around,
Rory Gallagher noBut it’s turned into Rory Gallagher’s
Fender StratocasterFender Stratocaster.
Marude Escher noJust like an Escher piece,
Damashie no egaku teThe illusory hand that draws itself,
Souzou hisouzou no gyakutenCreator and creation, completely reversed,
eikyuushi togisumasemasuAs I sharpen my permanent teeth.
Eien kakumei no noroshiThe signal fire of eternal revolution,
Shitei kankei janakuIt’s not a master-student bond,
Akumade mo sessatakuumaBut a relentless, grinding rivalry
Hikaru kenshi gaWhere canine teeth glisten.
Meshi no tane sagasuSearching for a way to put food on the table,
Katte ni uraguchi kara kuruSneaking through the back door uninvited,
Messiah taibouThe Messiah we’ve been waiting for,
Saikou no aibou wa kono te niThe ultimate partner’s right here in my hands.
Tsunagida kubiwa ga futo take me awayThe collar I fastened suddenly pulls me away.
Aishiteru no hibiki deAt the mere sound of “I love you,”
Kubi ni ha tateru neguseThe hair on my neck stands up like messy bedhead.
NecklaceNecklace
Kamichigittara sono mama spitIf I bite through it, I’ll just spit it out,
Rhythm kizamu no wa nukenai kuseCarving out the rhythm’s a habit I can’t kick,
Blues scaleBlues scale.
Ruisen wa loose koshouchuuTear ducts are loose, currently out of order,
Yuushouki kara no Ella and LouisElla and Louis playing from the ‘gramophone’,
Hi wa mata nobori kurikaesu one loopThe sun rises again, repeating in a single loop,
Asa matazu ni kowashi hajimeruI start tearing it down before dawn arrives.
One roomOne room
I saidI said,
Kako sutero kako sutero kako suteroJunk the past, junk the past, junk the past,
Kako yeahThe past, yeah.
Moukarane shoubai to shourai no honeymoonAn unprofitable trade and a honeymoon with the future,
Otoko no naka no kodomo ga naiteThe child inside the man is crying out,
Oomizu no yoru nemurenai neI can’t sleep on this night of the great flood,
Yo dog hoeru no wa yameroHey dog, quit your barking.
Kocchi ni moEven over here,
Dou ni mo dekinai melodyThere’s a melody I just can’t control,
Konran o kiroku suru one page AbletonA single ‘Ableton’ page logging the chaos
Saisho karaRight from the start.
Matomari nante nai entertainAn entertainment with no cohesion at all,
No money de finishFinishing with no money left,
Omae no poetry MCYour poetry, MC,
4 c mitaku shoumonaiIs as worthless as a four-carat fake.
Tairyou shoumouhinMass-produced consumables,
Yodoushi kaite wa keshitaI spent all night writing and erasing,
Masterpiece to waTo call this a masterpiece
Hikaku shiyou mo nai naIs beyond any comparison.
Roubasou no adabanaThe sterile flower of an old woman’s fancy,
Shoumikigen no itsuwari moEven the lies about the expiration date,
Shoumi mou muri inoriHonestly, I’m past the point of prayer,
Shazai douga de ado mawashite mitariTrying to stall with an apology video.
Teihen no hinotane to jirai o kutsugaeshiOverturning the sparks and landmines at the bottom,
Teinei na kurashi no uragawa deBehind the scenes of a ‘mindful life’,
Susumu futei na fukinkou nikumiAdvancing with hatred for this unstable imbalance,
Kaikaikiki Murakami Takashi bari noIn the style of Takashi Murakami’s ‘Kaikai Kiki’.
Tokibiri high ni naruSuddenly getting high,
Tobikata oboetoki naYou better learn how to fly,
Uha saha joukyuu katouRight and left, superior and inferior,
Matomete woofer noAll thrown into the woofer.
Wood bass ni nesoberyaLying down on a ‘double bass’,
Udagawacho no kyouran ga VRThe frenzy of ‘Udagawacho’ turns into VR,
Ukiyo no yuusei wa mouke mon da naSuccess in this fleeting world’s a lucky find,
Many more skamMany more scams.
Nounusumi no saigo no joke deWith one last joke of brain-theft,
Me ni mo tsukan hayasa deAt a speed faster than the eye can see,
Shaba no ookane ga ore ni furuThe world’s big money rains down on me,
Bou no isshou to ieba isshoIf you call it a life of ruin, then it’s all the same.
Donna koushou na ishi mo suipou ni kisuEven the loftiest intent vanishes like foam,
Eikou ni kizuA blemish on the glory,
Potence o oraseteBreaking the potency,
Fude o tatsuI put down the pen.
DandydonDandydon
Gugarn gugarn dabatotonGugarn gugarn dabatoton
Gugarn dabatotonGugarn dabatoton
Yuarn yuyoan yuyayuyoanYuarn yuyoan yuyayuyoan
Yuarn yuyayuyoanYuarn yuyayuyoan
Iyarn bakkanNo way, it’s absurd
Anta bakaYou’re an idiot
Iyarn anta bakaNo way, you’re an idiot.
Byon byonByon byon
ImaginationImagination
Beyond imaginationBeyond imagination.
DOG EATS GOD Music Video
The English lyrics of ‘DOG EATS GOD’ explore the complex relationship between creator and creation. Dos Monos delivers a poetic reflection on artistic consequences through blues-inspired verses.