NOLICOM NORIKOM

the light through the curtain is like sunday light or i’m loosing myself i don’t know i’m dying or what oh, yeah, soon my boyfriend will come to this room oh he came, oh he is in a very nice suite. (????) hum he kissed on me very gently, oh i can hear, i can listen to the sound of the sleepers of the nurses tan tan tan tan tan tan. yeah, it’s like tap dancing (japanese Tujiko-esque chanting) my mind is coming up to the sky it’s like paper. i’m loosing myself. i don’t know i’m dying or what. oh the doctor came, yeah, i don’t know. he is dancing too? yeah, he’s dancing to, to the sound of the sleepers of the nurses.. you are very like dancing, i don’t know why they are dancing in this hospital, they are dancing. so, yeah, i can see him, he started to dance too, my boyfriend. yeah, he doesn’t look like he wants to dance, but i don’t know, he started to dance too with a flower. he is almost crying. they, the three people are dancing him (???). i can see it, slightly, i can listen to the sound, tan tan tan tan tan. (another Tujiko’s japanese vocal chorus) they are waving their hands, smiling sometimes, but my boyfriend is almost crying they are dancing, tan tan tan tan tan, waving their hands, yeah, maybe it’s a goodbye dancing goodbye tap dancing, my tear can be like a niagara, niagara waterfall. my memory can be like niagara waterfall, they are dancing, tan tan tan tan tan, yeah, it looks happy goodbye. my tear can be washed away. they are waving their hands goodbye dancing, happy dancing, (Tujiko’s japanese evocation) goodbye dancing (Japanese singing) happy dancing tap dancing

to make blue we didn’t know which color to mix to make blue we didn’t know we don’t need to mix anything simple simple simple - today it’s oh so simple with you, with you with you all is just so simple to make us jump we didn’t know how to move the body to make us jump we didn’t know we can do it like we love simple simple simple - today is oh so simple with you, with you with you all is just so simple tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow - tomorrow is just me with you with you, with you, with you all is just so simple tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow - tomorrow is in your eyes. with you, with you, with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple with you all is just so simple (to make blue we didn’t know which color to mix) (to make blue we didn’t know we don’t need to mix anything) (simple simple simple - today it’is oh so simple with you, with you, with you (all is just so simple) tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow is just in your eyes with you, with you, with you all is all so simple (to make blue we didn’t know which color to mix to make blue we didn’t know we don’t need to mix anything) (to make blue we didn’t know which color to mix) all is just so simple

PS: I'm planning the first transcription of a Tujiko's song in english. Maybe something from "Blurred in my mirror" or "Solo".

"Shojo Toshi+" (2006, Editions Mego), as a re-release this album got my attention by the very last track "Robot Hero" live version with its gorgeous sampled clapping! And it is JUST cute when Tujiko mellowly shouts "ROBOTO HIRO" (introducing the song) in her almost-falsetto voice. Another highlight is "Girls meets boy" (above), such an uplifting melody with mid-range bass as the main line for the melody, great explorations in rhythm too. I believe the drawings are all Tujiko's. 

by Suriku Rineto @ Dusted Reviews

Here it is, the first lyrics page of "Solo" (2007, Editions Mego). Tujiko released her lyrics, for this album, entirely in japanese. No romaji. No translations. Tough vision for those who have been listening to Tujiko for some time and have never understand a word of it - still, the melody, her haunting voice, the beats and bass are mindblowing by themselves. But, what a new world to discover into her lyrics don't we have?

The first post comes with two official translations from "From Tokyo to Naiagara" (2003, Tomlab), Tujiko's 6th album. Some reviews point these translation as cheap, as they don't bring the proper feeling of the originals - after all, translation is betrayal, lol! :) So here it is: the bitter and kinda in-denial ending "Narita Made" & the rather sexual "Zipper". Oh, and this is a scan of the original booklet.