Mephisto

Ordinary stance with, won't-be-swayed

靡く ('to yield, sway, be won over by') comes from grass bending in the wind — used metaphorically for being persuaded or seduced. 靡かない = 'I won't bend / fall for it'.

Star (topic) jewel's longing

Jewels imitate stars — the line elevates stars (i.e. real talents/idols) above material gems. Fits Oshi no Ko's idol-vs-spectacle theme.

Float tears and sweat (topic) blood's remnant

名残り ('vestige / lingering trace') — the residue of something that's gone. Saying tears and sweat are 'what's left of the blood' frames performance as bloodlessly bleeding for an audience.

Eye's inside in only, can-only-swim if, theatrics

Tears that 'only swim inside the eye' — i.e. that pool but never fall — are a stock J-pop image of fake/withheld tears. The line: real tears would spill; these are performance.

But stage (subject) won't-let-escape

Forever-ever, longing, burning-am (emphatic)

焦がれる ('to burn with longing') is built on 焦げる ('to be scorched') — desire so strong it singes you. Heavier than 憧れる. The double いつ adds eternity.

(English) born-from urgent's bottomless

底なし ('bottomless') is used for sake-drinkers, optimists, and pits. Calling oneself 'born bottomless' = 'my capacity for X is endless' — here, lying.

English declarations — directly echoing Idol's 'lie as love' theme

Direct callback to YOASOBI's 'Idol' (Oshi no Ko Season 1 OP), where Ai's lies are framed as love. Mephisto picks up the same idea and dresses it in a Faust costume.

Who with lived (question), remember

English declarations — directly echoing Idol's 'lie as love' theme

Direct callback to YOASOBI's 'Idol' (Oshi no Ko Season 1 OP), where Ai's lies are framed as love. Mephisto picks up the same idea and dresses it in a Faust costume.

Star (topic) shatter (stem), shine

砕け light is the song's central image: the stars shine BECAUSE they shatter. Frames the bargain — life given for time — as exactly this trade.

You (topic) time (object) gave probably-isn't-it

〜のでしょう (= のだろう, formal) seeks confirmation of a deduction: 'it must be that you...'. The rhetorical question presumes the bargain has already happened.

Come, star's children (vocative), well sleep-please

お + verb-stem + なさい is a soft imperative — gentler than the curt 〜なさい on its own. Used by parents to children, often in lullabies and storybook narration. The vocative よ on 星の子たち is rare in modern Japanese but standard in fairytale registers.

Radiance (topic) won't-dull, you (plural) if

Blink (object) won't-permit, you (plural) if

またたき has two senses: a blink of an eye, and the twinkle of stars. Saying 'won't permit a blink' = 'won't look away for an instant', AND 'won't allow stars to twinkle (= waver)' — both readings fit the song's image.

Last-chance for starved tip-toes (subject), start-dancing as-is, ran this night-sky

Verb-dictionary + まま preserves a state ('letting it happen as is'). 踊り出すまま = 'just letting them break into dance, no resistance'. The night sky is the stage.

I (subject) life (object) wager because, give because

命を賭ける ('to stake one's life') is a fixed dramatic phrase, common in shounen and lyrics. The Faustian setup: a life paid as currency.

Every-possible wish's all (object) if-grant, if-can-fulfill

あらゆる ('every possible / all imaginable') is a fixed pre-noun expression — it never conjugates. Pairs naturally with 全て ('all') for stacked totality.

You to want-to-meet, star to wish (object) hang

願いをかける ('to make a wish') is the standard idiom — the same かける as in 命を賭ける ('stake a life'). Wishing on a star is also a global trope (Disney included), so the line crosses cultures cleanly.

Can't-return because, precious-make (question)

Won't-start if, height (object) can-bind

高を括る ('to bind/tie up the height') is a set idiom for 'to underestimate / take lightly' — usually critical. The line accuses the listener of avoiding starting precisely so they can dismiss it later.

Easy become day (topic) hardly doesn't-come

まず with a negative ('hardly ever / unlikely to') is different from まず meaning 'first' — context tells. ま ず来ない = 'is unlikely to come'.

Days inside in, gather, sad light

From-birth I-told-you, bottomless

〜だってば is the doubled-down quotative ('I'm telling you it is!'). Used when the speaker is exasperated at having to repeat. Same energy as 'I literally just said'.

Who (object) lived (question) forgotten-completely

誰を生きる ('to live as someone') uses the object marker on 'who' — meaning 'whose life I was living'. Pairs with the earlier 誰と生きた ('with whom I lived'): the persona pun fits Oshi no Ko's identity-swap themes.

You to life (subject) return if, reach if

I (topic) however-become don't-mind even-though

Volitional (なろう) + と = 'no matter how it turns out / however it goes'. Same construction: どこへ行こうと ('wherever I go'), 何をしようと ('whatever I do'). Heavy literary feel.

Apparently all (topic) won't-be-granted, won't-be-granted if (literary), you become want-to

ならば is the literary/formal version of なら ('if'). Often appears in song lyrics, set phrases, and aphorisms for an elevated tone.

Come, star's children, well aim-please

From 'sleep well' to 'take aim well' — the lullaby flips into a hunting incantation. Echoes Oshi no Ko's revenge plot exactly: children raised on stage, taught to point at a target.