Daydreamer (แอบหวัง): meaning and key lines
Anatomy Rabbit
What the song is about
แอบหวังàep wǎng, “Daydreamer (Secretly Hoping)”, is a Thai indie song by Anatomy Rabbit (2021). A dreamy indie song about acting fine after a break-up: telling everyone, and yourself, that life is easier now, while your heart secretly hopes they'll come back. Its lines teach the everyday words of feelings: I'm fine, a headache, keeping someone happy, telling yourself, secretly hoping, in front of everyone and being happy.
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Song facts
- Artist
- Anatomy Rabbit
- Released
- 2021
- Style
- Thai indie
- Level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Mood
- wistful, pretending, hopeful
- Views
- about 61M (Oct 2026)
- Video
- Anatomy Rabbit (official artist channel)
- Lyrics
- Key lines quoted; the full song is in the video
Key lines, explained
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- ก็ gâwสบายดี sà-baai diiหนิ nì
I'm doing fine, see
The song's first words. สบายดีsà-baai dii = well, fine: the answer every learner knows to สบายดีไหมsà-baai dii mǎi, how are you? ก็gâw at the start = well, … หนิnì is how songs and text messages spell นี่nîi said quickly at the end of a sentence: 'see', pointing out the obvious. Fine, the singer says: nothing like the heartbroken people in films. - ไม่ต้อง mâi dtâwngปวด bpùatหัว hǔaต้อง dtâwngคอย kawyเอาใจ ao jaiอยู่ yùuเรื่อยไป rûeay bpai
No headaches, no always having to keep you happy
ไม่ต้องmâi dtâwng = no need to, don't have to; it covers both halves of the line. ปวดหัวbpùat hǔa = to have a headache (ปวดbpùat = to ache, หัวhǔa = head), and just as often 'what a pain': ปวดหัวกับงานbpùat hǔa gàp ngaan = fed up with work. เอาใจao jai = to keep someone happy, to pamper them, to give in to their moods. คอยkawy + verb = to always be there to… อยู่เรื่อยไปyùu rûeay bpai = all the time, on and on. - บอก bàwkตัวเอง dtua-eengไปวันๆ bpai wan-wanว่า wâaแค่ kâeนี้ níiสบาย sà-baai
I tell myself day after day that life like this is easy
บอกตัวเองbàwk dtua-eeng = to tell yourself. ไปวันๆbpai wan-wan = day after day, just getting through the days. The line before it starts the same way with หลอกlàwk, to fool: หลอกตัวเองlàwk dtua-eeng = to fool yourself. แค่นี้kâe níi = just this; แค่นี้สบายkâe níi sà-baai = life like this is easy (สบายsà-baai = comfortable, at ease). - และ láeใจ jaiก็ gâwยังคง yang-kongแอบ àepหวัง wǎng
And my heart still secretly hopes
The title line. Just before it, the chorus says the heart inside still misses them. แอบàep + verb = to do secretly: แอบหวังàep wǎng = to secretly hope, แอบรักàep rák = to love someone in secret. หวังwǎng = to hope, and หวังว่าwǎng wâa = to hope that. The line goes on with what the heart hopes: that one day, สักวันsàk wan, they'll come back. ยังคงyang-kong = still (in songs). It's his heart, ใจjai, that hopes, while he keeps telling everyone he's fine. - ต่อหน้า dtàw-nâaใครๆ krai-kraiฉัน chǎnต้อง dtâwngมีความสุข mii kwaam-sùk
In front of everyone, I have to be happy
Before it: having to play a part, like someone always in a good mood. ต่อหน้าdtàw-nâa = in front of, in someone's presence: ต่อหน้าคนอื่นdtàw-nâa kon ùuen = in front of other people, and ลับหลังláp-lǎng = behind someone's back. ใครๆkrai-krai = everybody, anyone at all: ใครkrai (who) said twice, as the band's lyric sheet writes it, ใครใครkrai krai. มีความสุขmii kwaam-sùk = to be happy.
Words you'll learn
- สบายดี sà-baai dii
well, fine
The answer to 'how are you?', and with ไหมmǎi after it, the question itself.
- ปวด bpùat
to ache, to hurt (a deep, dull pain)
Put the body part after it: ปวดหัวbpùat hǔa is a headache, ปวดท้องbpùat táwng a stomach ache.
- เอาใจ ao jai
to pamper, to humour (someone)
เอาใจเก่งao jai gèng = good at keeping people happy.
- บอก bàwk
to tell, to say (to someone)
บอกbàwk + person: บอกฝนbàwk fǒn tell Fon. บอกว่าbàwk wâa + what was said: แม่บอกว่าอร่อยmâe bàwk wâa à-ràwy Mum says it's delicious.
- ตัวเอง dtua-eeng
oneself
- แอบ àep
secretly
- หวัง wǎng
to hope
Usually หวังว่าwǎng wâa + what you hope. Rising tone; falling ว่าwâa follows it.
- ต่อหน้า dtàw-nâa
in the presence of (someone)
- มีความสุข mii kwaam-sùk
to be happy
Literally 'to have happiness': happy with your life or the moment. For greetings use สุขสันต์sùk-sǎn.
- ไปวันๆ bpai wan-wan
day after day, just getting by
- คอย kawy
to wait for; to keep watching, to be there to
Slang and casual Thai
- หนิ nì
you see, see (casual end particle)
Written for นี่nîi said fast at the end of a sentence: ก็บอกแล้วหนิgâw bàwk láew nì = I told you, see. It belongs to chats and songs.
Grammar in this song
ไม่ต้องmâi dtâwng + verb = no need to, don't have to: ไม่ต้องปวดหัวmâi dtâwng bpùat hǔa, ไม่ต้องห่วงmâi dtâwng hùang (don't worry). ต้องdtâwng + verb = to have to: ฉันต้องมีความสุขchǎn dtâwng mii kwaam-sùk. แอบàep + verb = to do secretly: แอบหวังàep wǎng, แอบมองàep mawng (to sneak a look), แอบร้องไห้àep ráwng-hâai (to cry where no one sees).
บอกตัวเองbàwk dtua-eeng and หลอกตัวเองlàwk dtua-eeng = to tell yourself, to fool yourself: ตัวเองdtua-eeng (oneself) after a verb points it back at you, as in ดูแลตัวเองduu-lae dtua-eeng (to take care of yourself).
The culture behind it
Anatomy Rabbit is an indie duo from Udon Thani, in Isan: singer and guitarist Oak, who wrote "แอบหวังàep wǎng", and drummer Tuch. Each played in another band at the same bar; in 2018 they started this one as a side project and named it for Oak's love of rabbits, and their first album, Holland Lop, is named after a small lop-eared rabbit breed. They released their early music themselves, from Udon Thani, without a label. "แอบหวังàep wǎng", their dreamy-pop single with the English title Daydreamer, came out with this video in January 2021; in October 2026 it had spent 241 weeks on Spotify's weekly chart for Thailand (kworb).
The song is a picture of something very Thai: keeping a calm, cheerful face in front of others, ต่อหน้าคนอื่นdtàw-nâa kon ùuen, whatever you feel inside. Thais say someone who looks fine but hurts inside is ยิ้มทั้งน้ำตาyím táng nám-dtaa, smiling through tears.
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