mi moku - toki pona death metal

enjoy the above lyric video or download the mp3

This is a silly thing based off the well-known double entendre "mi moku" which can mean both "I'm eating" and "I'm food" (similar to English's "having you for dinner") - this seemed fitting for a toki pona death metal song as it's a pretty silly and wide-spread joke, but, when taken literally, is also a brutal concept that fits well with death metal's general themes (notable related works include Bloodbath's song "Eaten" (which is also a source of lyrical inspiration for this song) and Necrophagist's name (lit. "eater of dead bodies")) - this conceptual juxtaposition of "light-hearted, cute" with "brutal, jaki" seemed fitting for the merging of toki pona and death metal.

And it should go without saying, but: mi musi taso; o moku ala e mi a! (I'm only joking; don't eat me!))

I've included English translations with the lyrics, however, I left them as literal as possible so that English readers will still need to consider the context to interpret (e.g. "o seli e ona" is translated as "heat them" and it's left to the reader to interpret that as "cook them" (or whatever else may be valid)).

o kute pona

Lyrics

(hover over each line for English translation)

o kipisi e insa tan sijelo mi o seli e ona o moku o musi o namako e selo pi sijelo mi o uta e ona o moku e suwi
mi moku la sina ken moku e mi wile mi la sina o moku e mi
telo loje mi li pana e wawa tawa sina telo loje mi li pana e wawa tawa sina
o pakala e palisa kiwen pi insa mi o uta e ko insa pi palisa ni o open e lawa mi o luka e insa o telo e ona o moku o musi
mi moku la sina ken moku e mi wile mi la sina o moku e mi
a mi moku a

Fun facts

the kijetesantakalu in the lyric video is wearing corpse paint and a shirt that says "MOLI." The "O" has two x's in it to look similar to the sitelen pona glyph for "moli" and the "L" is stylized to look like a scythe. "moli" means "death" and this shirt design is a reference to the logo for the band Death

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