Idol

Invincibility's smile with, ravage media

荒らす ('to ravage / lay waste to') is normally violent — used here ironically of a smile that 'wrecks' the media. Sets up the playful tension between idol surface and predator-vibe undercurrent.

Want-to-know that secret, mysterious

Spaced-out places even, her area

抜けてる ('spaced out / dopey') is a casual personality trait. The line says even her flaws are charming — packaged into her star image.

Perfect-and liar you (topic), genius-style idol-honorable

アイドル様 — adding the honorific 様 ('Lord/Lady') to 'idol' is half-mocking, half-worshipful, like calling someone 'her royal highness the idol'. Pairs the praise of 完璧 with the slap of 嘘つき.

Adoring chant from the fans, in English

Today what ate? Favorite book (topic)?

Play to go if, where to go (question)?

Anything haven't-eaten, that (topic) secret

内緒 ('hush-hush') is the cute/casual word for 'secret', distinct from 秘密 (which is the more dramatic version used in line 1). The contrast — formal 'mysterious' vs. childish 'shhh' — shows the idol's two registers.

Anything (object) be-asked even, evasively

のらりくらり is a mimetic adverb describing slick, unfocused evasion — like an eel slipping through your fingers. Reduplicated form for rhythm: のらり + くらり.

Yes matter-of-factly, but dazzlingly

Both 淡々と and 燦々と are 〜々と adverbs (a literary mimetic family). The contrast — '淡 cool/pale' vs. '燦 brilliant' — captures her placid surface vs. blinding aura.

Visible-seems but not-visible secret (topic), honey's taste

蜜の味 ('the taste of honey') is a Japanese expression for 'addictively sweet' — usually for forbidden/secret pleasures. The almost-but-not-quite-visible secret has that addictive sweetness.

That also not-not-not, this also not-not-not

Favorite type? Partner? Come-on, answer

Someone (object) become-fond-of thing such, I don't-understand-and (assertion)

好きになる is the standard 'to fall for / start liking'. Adding なんて makes it dismissive: 'romantic stuff and all'. The line is the song's central admission — masked as flippant girl-speak.

Lie or truth (or), cannot-know

Verb stem + 得ない ('cannot do X', literary) is more formal than 〜られない. 知り得ない = 'unknowable'. Common in essays, news, and dramatic lyrics.

That-kind-of words by, again one-person falls

堕ちる (kanji 堕) implies falling morally — literally 'descending into ruin / addiction'. Same reading as 落ちる ('fall' physically) but with the heavier 'damnation' kanji. Fans are getting hooked, not just impressed.

Anyone (subject) eyes (object) be-stolen-going

目を奪う ('to steal someone's gaze') is the stock idiom for 'captivate'. Passive 〜れる makes the audience the helpless object.

You (topic) perfect-and ultimate's idol

Absolutely won't-appear, brightest-star's reincarnation

金輪際 is a Buddhist-derived heavyweight word for 'absolutely never' — only used with negatives. 一番星 ('the first star at dusk') is a poetic image for the most outstanding presence. In Oshi no Ko, Ai is described this way.

Ah, that smile with, love-am with

Anyone-and-everyone, captive into making-going

虜にする ('make X a captive') is the standard idiom for 'captivate / enthrall'. 誰も彼も is a stronger 'every single one' than 誰もが.

That eyes (subject) those words (subject) lie even, that (topic) complete love

Critical pun: アイ written in katakana evokes both 愛 ('love') and the heroine's name アイ (Ai). A line that reads as 'complete love' simultaneously reads 'a complete Ai' — a person, not just an emotion.

Yeah-yeah, that girl (topic) special is

Repeating はい (はいはい) sounds annoyed / sarcastic — like the English 'yeah, yeah, fine'. The chorus shifts here to the perspective of jealous backup members.

We (topic) start-from, freebie are

ハナから ('from the very start') uses 端 (はな, 'tip / start'). おまけ is the little gift bundled with a main item — being called an おまけ is a self-deprecating sting.

Star's foil-role B is

引き立て役 = a foil — a character who exists to make the protagonist look better. お星様 ('honored star') with mocking 様, like calling someone 'her holiness'.

All (subject) that-girl's thanks-to (link) no-way

Presumptuous, envy jealousy such-as not-existing no-reason

Double negative: 〜なんてない ('we don't have...') + わけがない ('there's no way') = 'there's no way we don't have it' — i.e. of course we do. Stacked negation is a trademark Japanese rhetorical move.

This (topic) joke is-not, because-precisely can't-forgive

〜からこそ ('precisely because') intensifies a reason. ネタ in slang = 'a joke / a stunt / a topic for laughs'. The line vows that the rivalry is real, not staged.

Perfect-isn't you-if can't-forgive, self (object) can't-forgive

Anyone-than stronger, you other-than (topic) won't-accept

Specialty's smile with, boil-up media

沸かす ('to boil') — the literal sense is for water/baths, but figuratively it means 'to whip up a crowd'. Pairs naturally with 観客を沸かす ('get the crowd boiling').

I-love-you (quote) lie with, stack-up career

Flowing sweat also clean aqua, ruby (object) hid this eyelid

Major double-meaning: アクア = aqua (water), but also Aqua, Ai's son. ルビー = ruby (gem), but also Ruby, Ai's daughter. Sweat that's beautiful 'as aqua', eyelids that hide 'ruby' — Ai is literally hiding her twin children behind her stage persona.

Sing, dance, swirl, I (topic) Maria

マリア — the Virgin Mary, evoking the icon of pure, untouchable femininity. The reference fits the line's whole theme: the idol as immaculate image, never the messy human.

Yes lie (topic) outstanding love is

とびきり literally 'flying-cut' — for things that 'fly above the rest'. Standard for top-shelf praise: とびきりのアイス ('the best ice cream'), とびきりの笑顔 ('a brilliant smile').

Someone-by was-loved experience also, someone (object) loved experience also not

〜たことがある/ない expresses experience: 'have/haven't ever done X'. The shocking confession at the song's emotional core.

Such me's lie (subject) someday true become thing

Someday surely all hand-into-put, I (topic) so greedy idol

Life-sized as, everyone (object) properly want-to-love because

等身大 ('life-sized') is used metaphorically: 'as I really am, no inflation'. Often appears in self-help and pop psychology — 'live etoshindai'.

Today also lie tell, this words (subject) someday true become day (object) wishing

嘘をつく ('to tell a lie') uses the verb つく — same as 息をつく ('to take a breath') and 鎖につく ('to be bound to a chain'). 嘘をつく is a fixed idiom; the verb is otherwise unrelated.

Even-so still, you and you to only (topic), without-saying had-been but

君と君 ('you and you') most naturally read as Aqua and Ruby — Ai's twin children. The line is the song's tearjerker setup: she's lied to the world but never managed to say 'I love you' to the two who actually mattered.

Ah, finally could-say, this (topic) absolutely lie isn't, love-am

The song's resolution. After 4 minutes of celebrating lies as art, Ai breaks character: this one phrase, said to her children, is the only thing she's ever meant. In the anime, this is also her dying line.