Song Details
- Album Release Date: 2012
- Genre: k-pop
Song Meaning of “Cat” by Apink
“Cat” by Apink is a song about the vagueness of love and the difficulty of narrating it. The narrator speaks of her love with uncertainty, saying that she thought she carelessly stepped in but is now tangled in the web of her own emotions. She is confused and in denial, and doesn’t even know if love is a right word to describe what she feels. The deep emotion is overwhelming and feels like she is in a trance or hypnotized, not being able to think straight.
The chorus of the song is a somber reflection on the ambiguity of her relationship, as the narrator mentions that love can sometimes feel like a cat – both playful and dangerous, sometimes hidden and sometimes out in the open, mysterious and ever-changing. The repeated phrase “like a cat” is a metaphor for the complexity of her emotions, and the lyrical arrangement is structured as an interplay between descriptions of her own feelings and metaphors of a cat. The song is encapsulates how painful and confusing love can be, but also how beautiful it can be as well.