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prod. SUGA from then and now— honsool today, and dreams to chase tomorrow

this is my second entry for the #wordsbybangtan event on twitter!! check out my original post here

in celebration of #MinMarch and this month's WBB theme, i've chosen prod. suga's tomorrow and honsool as my entries! thanks to myglyricbot & doolsetbangtan for the translation and inspo!

after reading the lyrics of both songs, i like to think that yoongi from his early 20s is aware enough of how hard and scary it is to chase for your dreams when the future is nothing but a huge uncertainty. he writes about how his todays and tomorrows look the same, as if living in a cycle he cannot control or end. that no matter how fast or hard he runs forward, he feels stuck in the place he started. despite all his frustrations, he reminds himself throughout the end of the song that he will hope, yet again, for change tomorrow. he even compares his struggles to the moment before the break of dawn when it's the darkest; symbolizing that his struggles will soon make him shine brighter than ever, all because he kept waiting and looking forward for his tomorrow.

now, a few years later, we get honsool. he expresses in the song everything he's feeling now that he is living his dream, along with the consequences that come with it. it's come to a point where his dream starts to take on its realistic facade, making him feel exhausted and worn out like everybody else. who hasn't lived their dream and not feel anything else like this? it's an inevitable process, one that must be felt and experienced every once in a while to keep us grounded. with yoongi, every sip he takes from his drink/s relieves him from the stress, anxieties and fears that binds him with his dream, hence the repeated lines of 'now i'm feeling like i'm flying'. he loves living his dream, but now that he's grown older and more knowledgeable in life, he acknowledges that it's okay to hit the breaks every once in a while when you are already living your dream. it's a necessary process for him to keep himself sane, grounded and human, above all things. his struggles as an artist should not diminish his struggles as a human being and vice versa. at the end of the day, when he's cleared his mind and emptied the bottles in front of him, he will continue floating, and wandering.

waiting for his new tomorrow to come and ground him again.