bo en - pale machine

lyrics:

I'm feeling good let's say
my emptiness has gone away
I just woke up today
eat my corny flakes for you

good morning, how's the weather dear?
my feelings are so clear
I just wanna be with you
doing what you do always
show me how to live

はんでおしたように
just a perfect life
まんまるまんまる
pleasure in every move we make
はんでおしたように
perfect every time
まんまるまんまる
まいかい

will you lead me straight to paradise?
will you feed me? everything is nice here
かんじがいっぱい
あめがふりたいでしょう

hold me, I'm a pale machine
life is just OK out here
anyone can see
I'm lonely, with my pale machine
eyes will run with tired tears
living like a dream

I'm born anew my fingers
push the buttons thoughts come through now
あかちゃんみたい
ママさまがいっぱいでしょう

from the album 'pale machine' released on Maltine Records in 2013.

[lightmarshmallowfluff]

9 people don't have someone to eat their corny flakes for

[prizmarvalschi]

i love the fact he's using defoko-chan for backup
utau is finally getting the publicity it deserves

[senselessdripping]

This drug is way better and way more addicting than crystal meth.

[KcT]

Since I've seen a Lot of people say the Ending sounds like My time, Allow me to give more context to this-
If you've listened to the Full and unedited versions, That ending tune is a Melody that ties most of the songs together. Its the Intro song of the album, its tune is Quickly placed in a Certain part of Be Okay, And is Also at the ending of My Time. In the version of my time I've commonly listened to (i use apple music for my music and I hear it there) after a long period of silence, This melody will play and last a Bit. Its one of the Main things tying the songs together other than the album itself.

[GigiPogi]

Bo en once again you have impressed your fans

[Flippyplush]

Even tho I’m like a couple years late this song is still bomb

[ausername]

Porter Robinson: Sad machine
Bo en: Pale machine

[jamjam]

I was listening to this while sleeping and had this weird dream about this guy who has a robot as a skeleton and they're both conscious trying to live as one being. They try their best to act human but since neither the guy or the robot are human they can't. Of course people notice and, not knowing, cast them out despite them trying their hardest. So they sit alone doing nothing because they don't know what they should do. They can't think straight because of their conflicting nature. They can't even feel. They can't feel any emotion. Suddenly, all they want is to feel. They want to know what happiness and anger feel like. They want to know what it feels like to burn their finger or bleed- anything. They desperately try any and everything, clawing out to anything in hopes of accomplishing their goal. It doesn't happen though and in the process they ended up damaging their body to the point where they couldn't even move. So they just sat there alone. They wanted to be somewhere or with someone so bad but they couldn't. They wanted something but only had nothing. A tear rolls down their cheek and the realization hits them. They're sad. They're lonely. They finally feel something - pain. They look up at the sky and smile the happiest smile physically possible because for once in their existence they felt a feeling. They felt human. They stayed there in pain and content until they eventually died.

After that I woke up.

[remilesy]

I'm feeling good lets say
My emptiness has gone away
I just woke up today
Eat my corny flakes for you
Good morning
Hows the weather dear
My feeling are so clear
I just wanna be with you
Doing what you do always
Show me how to live
Like clockwork
Just a perfect life
Perfect circle
Pleasure in every move we make
Like clockwork
Perfect everytime
Well rounded
Will you lead me straight to paradise
Will you greet me everything is nice
One feeling
Rain pretends to fall right
Hold me
I'm a pale machine
Life is just okay out here anyone can see
I'm lonely
With my pale machine
I will run with tired tears
Living life a dream
I'm born anew my fingers push the buttons thoughts come through now
Baby look
Mama is full

[neu]

As a Japanese, I have to say his ママさまがいっぱい sounds incredibly cute.

[KarmaStar]

When he said "Eat my corny flakes", I felt that. 😞✊

[seykenn]

3:40 Idk why i hear a part of the song "my time" in this moment-
Listen:
*Days go by, shoganai, moments pass, shattered glass, hands of time, where's that chime, in my head*
*I'll just, i'll just*

Edit 7/10/20: I come back to see that i got 768 likes wow- Also at the time i wrote this comment i didn't notice that the next song in the album was My Time aaa

Edit 20/6/21: Dude, people are still liking this? It has 2.3K likes now

[isak]

this song hits different once you finally find the person to eat your corny flakes for.

[snacc-man]

3:05 I like to imagine that background noise is Yoshi spitting hot bars

[illegal_juicebox]

Hits different after playing OMORI and hearing all the 8 bit parts

[berklannd]

_when you've watched The Promised Neverland and you can't help but associate this song with it and then you freak out because the anime is an emotional rollercoaster_
is that just me

[eyesacknemeets]

My friend started playing this while we were playing games, and I was like: "yo, i don't know what this is, but i want it."

[TheAdvertisement]

I've seen a lot of people analyzing this song, saying it's about Bo En finding someone to care for, maybe a wife, maybe even kids, and that he realizes even that doesn't truly cure his depression. However, I think people are taking it much too literally- I mean this is literally the song whose namesake is shared with the album, there's definitely some deeper meaning here. I have an alternative theory.
I think that everything leading up to 1:50 is Bo En showing signs of toxic positivity. He doesn't _actually_ feel better, he's pretending to, and there's some worrying lyrics that really push that idea for me. "I'm feeling good let's say my emptiness has gone away", the "let's say" there is important. From the start he's actually not confident he's feeling better. Then later on at 0:55, there's a focus on perfection, especially "perfect every time". And right at 1:25, he straight up asks, "Will you lead me straight to paradise?" he's questioning it, he's desperate that what he's doing should bring him happiness.
And then at 1:50, it's clear it doesn't. The tone of the song changes from simple and happy, to fast paced and complicated (a somewhat similar style to My Time), and Bo En straight up breaks down, lamenting his loneliness. Then right after that short breakdown- Bo En acts like everything is ok. "I'm born anew". And the Japanese lyrics translate to, "Baby look, Mama is full". Again I don't think that's literal, I think that's a metaphor for Bo En saying he's had his fill of being depressed, trying to convince himself that breakdown won't happen again. And right after? The song goes back into that confused and complicated feeling, showing that no, Bo En isn't okay.
But then, what _is_ Bo En caring for, that he's trying to use to maintain that illusion that he's alright? I don't believe it's an actual person, after all during the breakdown at 1:50 Bo En literally sings, "I'm lonely". During that breakdown he both calls himself a pale machine, but also says he's with a pale machine. What I think Bo En is doing is distracting himself with work. From his job to busywork, he's only trying to distract himself from his depression. After the first breakdown, at 2:18 he says, "My fingers push the buttons, thoughts come through", which I think is referring to how he's only trying to think through his job. That's why he's not getting better, he's ignoring his problems and pretending everything's ok, while keeping himself busy as to not break that illusion. He's "living like a dream".
That also adds more to the line "show me how to live" in the second verse, he's gone so far as to seek validation from his job, to think that it's the only way to live. The autotuned Japanese lyrics at 0:55 also add onto this, saying his life is "Like clockwork". It's so "perfect" because he's doing his work as perfect as he can, focusing on doing his job better and better to distract himself more.
But again, none of that works. Once he comes home, once he can't work for the day, he just breaks down again. His intrusive thoughts creep back in, and on top of that, they question his coping mechanism. That's why he finally talks about feeling like a pale machine, he doesn't feel human. He only ends up feeling drained and empty at the end of the day, like a pale machine. He's disillusioned during this breakdown, realizing that his "life is just OK out here", even adding, "anyone can see", saying that he's really not even fooling himself into feeling happy.
It's really tragic, it's like this song is his last stand trying to deal with his depression, and it just ends up being an unhealthy coping mechanism that doesn't solve anything. What's even more tragic, is the motif at the end that leads into My Time. To put it simply, My Time is about Bo En just giving up trying to solve his problems, feeling too tired to, and just going to sleep. It serves as the final song that basically says everything was in vain. So when it comes in at the end of this song, it's showing how Bo En's finally starting to realize his toxic positivity isn't helping, but also showing that he's losing the strength to keep trying.

[sparklesparkle]

Yoshi eats corn flakes in this song im telling y'all

[とれもトトネ]

I'm feeling good let's say
My emptiness has gone away
I just woke up today
Eat my corny flakes for you

Good morning, how's the weather dear?
My feelings are so clear
I just wanna be with you
Doing what you do, always
Show me how to live

Handeoshitayouni
Just a perfect life
Manmaru manmaru
Pleasure in every move we make
Handeoshitayouni
Perfect every time
Manmaru manmaru
Maikai

Will you lead me straight to paradise
Will you feed me
Everything is nice here
Kanji ga ippai, ame ga furitai desho


Hold me, i'm a pale machine
Life is just OK out here, anyone can see
I'm lonely, with my pale machine
Eyes will run with tired tears
Leaving like a dream

I'm born anew, my fingers push the buttons
Thoughts come through now
Akachan mitai, mama sama ga ippai desho