I have started to learn japanese recently and tried to translate some lyrics.

But I pumped quickly on words I was unable to translate even with jisho.org
and romaji version of the songtexts.

Talking about:

> 最高になりたくって 一番になりたくって

([FAKE IT by Perfume](http://j-lyric.net/artist/a04cc66/l0232ce.html))

> つまらないノイズ かき消すように

([Thrill by BAND-MAID](http://www.uta-net.com/movie/199365/))

So I found out (with help of the translation) that き消す means "come to erase"
and なりたくって "want to be".

Now, I looked up that it is possible to combinate verbs with V1 ~i + V2. Am I
right, when saying なりたくって is a combination of なる and たくる, where なる was changed
to なり and たくる was just appended in vTe?

The same for き消す - き comming from 来る in ~i Form and 消す was just appended to
get the phrase "came to erase"

But if this assertion is correct, how do I determine if I have to translate it
to present (want to be the best...) or to past (came to erase...)?
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grammar translation verbs
Verb combination (なりたくって and き消す etc.)
The 「たくって」 is an erroneously extended form of 「たくて」 often said by women. It's
for emphasis. While it looks like the 「って」 from 「という」, it isn't.

As mentioned in the direct comments to your post, the correct lyric is 「かき消す」.
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(The only reason I am posting an answer is that this thread contains an
**_unbearable_** amount of misinformation from multiple users and I would
rather not see the thread get bumped automatically again.

@chocolate's comment above is just about the only trustworthy information that
has been given so far.)

「なりたくって」 is just an informal and colloquial pronunciation of 「なりたくて」, which is
the te-form of 「なりたい」. There is nothing wrong or unnatural about using
colloquial forms in song lyrics.

The "rumour" in the thread that the 「って」 here is quotative should be ignored
permanently. If it were quotative, the phrase would be 「なり **たい** って」, and not
「なり **たく** って」.

Thus, 「[最高]{さいこう}になりたくって」 means " ** _wanting to be the best_** ".
「[一番]{いちばん}になりたくって」 means just about the same thing.

Finally, 「かき[消]{け}す」 means " ** _to drown out (noise, sound, etc.)_** ", and
it is **_one word_**.

There is no 「[来]{く}る」 in 「かき消す」.

Thus, 「つまらないノイズ かき消すように」 means " ** _as if to drown out the dull noise_** ".
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