Close A Chapter | Nulbarich – Lights Out Lyrics (English translation)
🌆 [Intro]
One day—
One day.
🚗 [Verse 1: Stuck in Twilight]
At twilight on the highway,
I’m stuck in a traffic jam—no damn way.
Well, I’m not in a rush today, so I’m okay.
I can’t move forward even an inch.
The brake lights start dancing.
The sunset paints the city like an ‘isekai’ (another world)—
It feels like my very first space flight.
Some people laughing, and some people beeping.
Some people smoking, just like in a movie.
Everyone’s got their own reason to rush home,
But there’ll surely be a smile when we say “I’m home.”
The sky’s painting you in shades of orange,
And our destination is right there.
💫 [Chorus: The Fantasy]
Baby—
Baby—
No one’s gonna make fun of you.
With you, everything is so lovely.
Inside this fantasy—
It’s alright, lights out.
I’ll kiss you goodnight.
✍️ [Verse 2: The Writer’s Night]
I’m playing my own quest—
I’m on my own plane.
Staying here until it all fades,
Leaving the rest to the wind.
Always waiting for the night to fall.
When I start to write with this pen,
I feel my heart breathing again—
I feel my heart breathing again.
I’ve got so many thoughts in my head.
Burning through them, I spread my arms wide.
Keep going like a bullet train to that final stop.
I don’t want a single moment of silence.
At the very least, I wanna keep whispering.
Just because you’re here with me,
This dream just keeps on expanding.
💫 [Chorus]
Baby—
Baby—
No one’s gonna make fun of you.
With you, everything is so lovely.
Inside this fantasy—
It’s alright, lights out.
I’ll kiss you goodnight.
🛤️ [Bridge: The Unknown Ahead]
I don’t know what’s waiting ahead.
I don’t want to become the past tense.
Until I see you once again,
You’ll always be my best friend.
My thumbs are all up—
Your thumbs are all up.
So let me turn the lights out.
💫 [Final Chorus]
Baby—
Baby—
No one’s gonna make fun of you.
With you, everything is so lovely.
Inside this fantasy—
It’s alright, lights out.
I’ll kiss you goodnight.
🌇 Lyrics Meaning & Emotional Core
This song is a meditation on finding peace and connection in the midst of life’s pauses and uncertainties. The traffic jam becomes a metaphor for being stuck, unable to move forward—yet within that stillness, the speaker discovers a world of observation, reflection, and love.
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Core Theme: Stillness as a Space for Connection
The song opens with frustration: “I’m stuck in a traffic jam—no damn way.” But quickly, the speaker reframes this: “Well, I’m not in a rush today, so I’m okay.” The inability to move forward becomes an opportunity to pause, to observe, to be present. The brake lights “start dancing,” and the sunset transforms the city into an “isekai” (another world). What could be a moment of irritation becomes a moment of wonder. -
The Isekai of Everyday Life
The reference to “isekai”—a genre of Japanese fiction where characters are transported to another world—is striking. Here, the speaker doesn’t need to go to another world; the ordinary world, seen through the right eyes, becomes one. The sunset paints the city, and the scene feels like a “space flight.” This is the magic of perception: the ability to find the extraordinary in the mundane. -
The Journey Home
Everyone around the speaker has their own “reason to rush home,” but the common thread is the smile that awaits them when they say “I’m home.” This is a beautiful acknowledgment of the universal human desire for belonging, for a place where we are welcomed and loved. -
The Beloved in Orange
The image of the beloved being painted “in shades of orange” by the sunset is intimate and tender. They are part of the landscape, part of the beauty of the moment. And the destination—both literal and metaphorical—is “right there.” There is no need to rush because they are already present. -
The Fantasy of Safety
The chorus offers a repeated reassurance: “No one’s gonna make fun of you.” In a world where we are often judged, this promise of unconditional acceptance is a profound comfort. With the beloved, everything becomes “lovely,” and the speaker can inhabit a “fantasy”—a space where it’s safe to be oneself. The “lights out” and the “kiss goodnight” are the closing of the day, a gentle transition into rest. -
The Writer’s Night
The second verse shifts to the speaker’s internal world. They are “playing my own quest” on their “own plane,” staying until it all fades. The act of writing—“when I start to write with this pen”—is what makes their heart “breathe again.” This is the creative process as life force, as necessary as air. -
The Bullet Train to the Final Stop
The desire to keep going “like a bullet train to that final stop” speaks to an urgency, a determination to reach the end. But simultaneously, the speaker rejects “a single moment of silence,” wanting instead to keep “whispering.” This is the tension between moving forward and holding onto connection, between speed and intimacy. -
The Expanding Dream
The presence of the beloved makes the dream “keep on expanding.” Love is not a static state but a force that enlarges everything—hope, possibility, the future itself. -
The Fear of Becoming Past Tense
The bridge introduces a vulnerability: “I don’t want to become the past tense.” The speaker fears being forgotten, being left behind. But the solution is simple: “Until I see you once again, you’ll always be my best friend.” This is a promise of continuity, of enduring connection across time and absence. -
Thumbs Up
The image of “thumbs all up”—a simple gesture of approval, of solidarity—ties the song together. It’s a small sign, but it means everything. With that sign, the speaker can turn the lights out, knowing they are seen, accepted, and loved.
In essence, this song is a love letter to the pause, the moment when movement stops and connection becomes possible. The traffic jam is not an obstacle but an invitation—to see the dancing brake lights, the painted sky, the beloved in shades of orange. The speaker’s heart breathes through writing, expands through love, and finds safety in the fantasy where no one judges. The destination is right there, in the presence of the one who makes everything lovely. So let the lights go out. Let the kiss come. Let the dream expand.
