How to Start Life [Keyakizaka46 'October Pool' Lyric Analysis]

"Let's start when we're ready."

We tend to think that way.
However, in life, a moment where you are truly fully prepared never arrives.
Keyakizaka46's 'Diving into the October Pool' depicts exactly that fact.
No one dives into a pool in October.
Summer is over, the water is cold, and no one is swimming. To those around, it's nothing but 'too late.' That is precisely why this 'October' is important.
We live our lives thinking, 'I'll start eventually.'
Once I've saved more money.
Once I've gained more confidence.
Once I've built up more skill.
But that 'more' never comes.
Being fully prepared is just an illusion about the future.
No matter how much experience you gain, the anxiety doesn't disappear. No matter how much knowledge you acquire, the doubt of 'is this really okay?' remains.
In other words, people are always incomplete.
Therefore, life does not begin after you are finished.
It begins while you are still incomplete.
The 'October pool' is a symbol of that incompleteness.
Yet, only those who dive in can know the temperature of the water.
Those who keep thinking from the sidelines can only ever imagine the coldness of the water.
Life is the same.
Whether it's changing jobs, taking on a challenge, falling in love, or meeting new people, it is not the 'prepared' who change their lives, but those who moved even though they weren't ready.
That is why this song is not a song about youth.
It is singing about how to start life.
Life doesn't begin if you're just waiting for 'summer'.
Only those who can dive into an October pool where no one else enters, only those who can go beyond the bounds of rationality, can see a new landscape.