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[jadearchuleta18]

so love the lyrics
it seemed liked a poetry..
another thing is that it's a great song
but i felt weird not hearing any high note
on the song...
nevertheless this is great! thanks!

[jasminelep]

haha! i expected it to be something similar to this
it's such a great song (to me at least). I usually don't like the typical catchy pop/party songs, but this really REALLY fits the genre well.
The genre of dance/pop/party/club song. I believe this was what they were aiming for in this song. The beat and rhythm really fits dancing in a club well.
I wonder if clubs will play this as a party song... i mean, just like how in America they use songs in clubs.
Lyrics fit just nice with the genre too, don't you agree?

[sharkeygoh17]

Thanks for the translation... dance songs lyrics will not always make exact sense in all parts but I get the gist of it.. the chorus is cool though .. spiders and butterflies .

[YulSicExtra]

So that's the meaning of the song? Wow, nosebleed~~
I just don't understand the lyrics "spider pretending to be a butterfly", but nevertheless, It's a very good song with a good meaning

[abey890801]

I love this song so much
i hope SM will make the Korean ver, so they can performed it in Korea or other concert
Sica noona~ what do you tell "do you wanna be my lover?"
of course I wanna be your lover, so stop think about it.. LOL

[SeanStaples]

Catchy song and great lyrics! It's good to see meaning in their songs.
Thanks a bunch for the lyrics and translation! ^^

[brendataeyeon]

A friend of mine found the lyrics very intersting and he told me the chorus says a great truth, he´s not a k-pop/ j-pop fan at all, but he liked these lyrics. Thank you so much for the lyrics, soshified

[Pierina]

YAAAYY!! I've been waiting for this
Thanks Soshisubbers ^___^
Now waiting for the video lol; I want to show it to a friend I send her SNSD's MVs with SoShisubs and tell her to look at the lyrics but all she does is say how pretty their clothes are This has happened with The Boys and Paparazzi already XD

hehe There's like two positions regarding the meaning of the lyrics: some people just don't find them special and some others (like me) think there's something interesting in them I was waiting for SoShisubs because the videos I found on YouTube... I just couldn't believe everything they had as lyrics XD (It still happens to me with this version, though. But less than with the others ^^). Now that I have these lyrics, I can really appreciate how meaningful they are [more than before XD] It's actually something that depends on each person, reading into things I found this interpretation really interesting:

Even without translations, it wasn't too hard to tell that this song has some pretty interesting lyrics. Even with the translations, I'm not going to pretend I'm smart enough to understand them, but the symbolism and wordplay definitely makes them worth reading through a few times. For example, it seems strange to me to put on a mask to be your true self, but perhaps you'll only dance like you really would if no one knew it was you. Or if the butterfly refers to life outside the club, maybe it's putting on the mask to erase the butterfly that everyone is pretending to be to let you once again be the spider. In a sense, putting on one mask takes off another. The use of 'adabana' is also very cool, sort of serving as a word that represents the song. Flowers only bloom for a little while, the club scene only lasts as long as the music's on, the mask is temporary... love made in that setting would be fake then. ... A probably incorrect interpretation, since, like everything else symbolic, this goes way over my head haha.

Thank you for the translation.

Edited by BoomBoomBoom, 15 November 2012 - 01:09 PM.

[Farthingale]

I would say that "butterfly butta spider" is to do with the fact that the people in the club, being sung about, flash their colours as though they're beautiful, alluring butterflies, but inside they're really just like spiders, using a trick or image to snare what they want. I think it's genius where they say that 'looking like you're caught in a trap is a sort of trap too', as it's a very clever way to lure in 'prey', by playing the vulnerable female.

Also... I'm pretty darn certain that at one point Sunny sings "I don't follow" instead of the "adabana" that she sings every other time. It sounds different, and as far as I can see on performance, looks different too.

Edited by Farthingale, 15 November 2012 - 02:09 PM.

[met]

Thanks for the translation!
"Pretending" makes much more sense than "humping" lol

Edited by met, 15 November 2012 - 02:57 PM.

[badgirl]

It's finally out ahh~
SSF usually has the most accurate version.
Thank you so much for sharing~

[FattyBunny]

yay! thank you for translating and providing romanization! this song really grows on ppl! it didnt take long for me.. less than a day and i kept replaying it for days xD

[cucuMAber]

Really love this song!!!
Cant stop to hear this song~~~
And the lyrics good too~~
ADABANA!!!

[speedthief]

Great song ever! Thanks for the lyrics!
This would be the best song of SNSD in 2012!

[Fromtier]

Love the lyrics, the song is so good. thank you for the translation. Finally know what do adabana means.

[soshi2012]

This is an amazing song and I know that this is the best Girls' Generation song of the year. I really like it so much. I am also sure that all of the girls worldwide will have a pretty good time singing the song

[gabbyk94]

Thank you so much for the translation. Like what most people had said, the lyrics does not makes sense but it is a very catchy song. I feel that their outfits don't really match the music. They were dressed similarly to air stewardess. Well, I hope someone could enlighten me on this

[linguafranca]

When I first heard the words 'Flower Power', I expected the song to be about love and peace. Even when I heard the preview, I simply thought the song would be catchy and also a bit about butterflies being attracted to flowers because of the 'butterfly' part. Finally, the full song came out and I was confused over the 'human nature' and 'do you wanna be my lover?' lines. Well, now I understand!

Originally, when I read these lyrics, I thought a bunch of poetic drunk women had gathered together to write a song about guys hitting on them. But yes, it really does seem like a club atmosphere, with drunken spiders pretending to be butterflies to lure men etc. Seeing as 'adabana' means fake love, it was used really well too! Kudos to the lyrics writers, and thanks for translating! Hope to see these subtitles on YouTube soon. (:

Edited by Jetilicious, 16 November 2012 - 06:49 PM.

[Trasher_54]

It took me a while to understand the context of the song since the translation of lyrics is deep, and I finally know now about ADABANA. I still find the song cool.

Thank you for translating the lyrics of Flower Power!

[Miss Blank]

Been waiting for these lyrics!
I never expected that this song has a bit of poetry into it.
Also, the spiders and butterflies are finally explained lol
Thank you for the translations! Keep up the good work!