Clover Knight (くろうばあないと) is a song released on January 4, 2020, featuring Hatsune Miku, vflower, Megpoid Gumi, and Kaai Yuki.
Background[]
Clover Knight (くろうばあないと) is track no. 4 in Watashi no Heritage. The description states, "I'm Iyowa. (Despite it being a new year, my stomach(I) is still weak(yowa).) It's literature."
The main character's name was confirmed to be みどりちゃん (Midori-chan) in a tweet from January 4th, 2020.
Meaning[]
While the song has no confirmed or obvious meaning, most fans infer that it is about a girl who is part of a four-person friend group. However, the girl is being stalked by a boy. Because of this, rather than confronting him directly, she carries around a knife she calls her “clover knight” (may be a stylized way of saying “cleaver knife”). One day, her stalker confronts her, and she responds by stabbing him with her knife, leaving him to bleed out. She then taunts him by listing off wrong or strange things as “literature”, referencing her own character design; the stereotypical “shy anime book girl”. It's also possible she could be saying this to justify it to herself.
Theories[]
Irisout[]
The line at 2:54 ("「よくできました！」") has the exact same melody as the main chorus of Irisout, leading some fans to believe that the songs are connected.
Lyrics[]
※ Translation by Spicy Sweets
| Japanese | English |
| 生まれ落ちたあの日から 炭素になるその日まで | I felt like this was destiny since the day I was born |
| 運命な気がするから | til the day I turned to carbon |
| お花畑の果てから 追いかけてくるものから | I want to run away from the flower field |
| 逃げ切りたいと思うの | and from what was chasing me |
| テストが近いの 真面目でいたいの | The test is drawing near, I want to be an earnest person |
| 一蓮托生よ 私たち | We're all in the same boat |
| 悪くなんかないよ 事故みたいなものだよ | It's not a bad thing, it looks like an accident |
| 一連托生よ 私たち | We're all in the same boat |
| 毒を食らわば 皿まで | If I drink poison down to the very last drop, |
| 欲を食らわば 身体まで | and eat my desires down to the tips of my toes |
| 罪を食らわば 人まで | If I eat sins down to people, |
| 愛を食わらば 墓場まで | and eat love down to my grave |
| 私だけの くろうばあないとさま | Surely my one and only clover knight |
| 私を守って。守って。守って。 | will protect me. Protect me. Protect me. |
| すこし小さくなった 炭素のかたまりが | Even a dwindling clump of carbon |
| 誓いな気が するから。 | can feel like vowing. |
| お花畑の下から かすかに香るものから | I want to run away from the faint smell |
| 逃げ切りたいと思うよ | coming from under the flower field |
| みんなもそうでしょ | Doesn't everyone think so? |
| 毒を食らわば 皿まで | If I drink poison down to the very last drop, |
| 欲を食らわば 身体まで | and eat my desires down to the tips of my toes |
| 罪を食らわば 人まで | If I eat sins down to people, |
| 愛を食わらば 墓場まで | and eat love down to my grave |
| 私だけの くろうばあないとさま | Surely my one and only clover knight |
| 早く手を取って。焦って。焦って。 | will quickly take my hand. Hurry up. Hurry up. |
| 毒を食らわば 皿まで | If I drink poison down to the very last drop, |
| 欲を食らわば 身体まで | and eat desire down to the tips of my toes |
| 罪を食らわば 人まで | If I eat sins down to people, |
| 愛を食わらば 墓場まで | and eat love down to my grave |
| むかえにきて くろうばあないとさま | Surely the clover knight will |
| 私を守って。 | swoop in to protect me. |
| 「よくできました！」 | "Ah, you did great" |
| 人のために人を殺すも | Killing people for the sake of others, |
| 身替わりも身替わりになるのも | switching places and being replaced |
| 文学ですね。文学ですね。 | are all literature. Are all literature. |
| 四つ折りの紙越しの表紙 | The endless pages folding |
| 先の無いページが透けるのも | over the four-fold paper |
| 文学ですね。文学ですね。 | are all literature. Are all literature. |
| 流されて生きてきた私 | Getting swept away by life |
| ここで逃げる権利を得るのも | and having the right to run away |
| 文学ですね。文学ですね。 | are all literature. Are all literature. |
| 渡り切れやしない赤信号 | Stopping midway during a red light, |
| 青になる前に踏みこむのも | and stepping in before in turns green |
| 文学ですね。文学ですね。 | are all literature. Are all literature. |
| テストが近いの 真面目でいたいの | The test is drawing near, I want to be an earnest person |
| 一蓮托生よ 私たち | We're all in the same boat |
| 悪くなんかないよ 事故みたいなものだよ | It's not a bad thing, it looks like an accident |
| 一連托生よ 私たち | We're all in the same boat |
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Besides the title, the song has a recurring theme of the number 4.
- It uses four Vocaloids instead of the usual one or two.
- It is track no. 4 in Watashi no Heritage.
- The singer lists 4 things she needs to do in order for her "clover knight" to save her.
- It was uploaded on January 4th.
- The song is almost 4 minutes long.
- The time signature is 4/4.
- Green is the fourth color of the rainbow.
- Four is commonly associated with bad luck in Asian cultures. This is because the number 4 (四) shares a reading with the word for death (死, shi).