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English Translation - Crossing Threads

If I had answered you with my heart on my sleeve

Would you have loved me?

If I had played the part with all my actions perfect

Would you have loved me?

The hanging thread can only be grasped alone*

What's going on between you two?

“What indeed?”

You’ve been hard to get along with from the beginning

Slinging an overly friendly arm around someone's shoulders 

Laughing and chatting naively

You keep your face too close

But you don’t even realise you're giving the wrong impression

It’s the sin of the fraudster

Soon enough you're the favourite

Drawing in the threads of these feelings

Putting up my defences

This isn't a trap, it's a screen

An off-limits dummy

And yet and yet and yet and yet 

(and yet and yet and yet)

And yet and yet and yet and yet 

(and yet and yet and yet)

I picked up on this impossible feeling

Don't touch me with the fingers you loved another with

Embrace me, defile me more than anyone else

These crossing threads are so entangled 

That I can't move, and yet

Don't laugh when you don't know anything

Don't cry so happily like that

The more I wish for it, the less likely it'll come true

I know that already, and yet

I need them

I need them

Oh shit, jealousy, here's the inside story

Oh shit, jealousy, keep it covered up

Oh shit, jealousy, this is a disgrace**

What's going on between you two?

“What indeed?”

The best seat in the house is hidden away

A jewel that nobody else will find

And yet the triangle starts to unravel

When you're you’re together you play the goody-two-shoes

Who's the one that slipped through the mesh

Pulling the strings in the shadows?

Unravelling a taut thread

We're two of a kind after all

There's no sign of a way out

The iron bars are slightly ajar

And yet and yet and yet and yet 

(and yet and yet and yet)

And yet and yet and yet and yet 

(and yet and yet and yet)

I pursued this impossible ending

Don't look at me with the eyes you admired another with

Don't take your eyes off me, dissolve me more than anyone else

I'm cut off by these crossing threads 

And my visibility's at zero, and yet

Don't leave me if your feelings are true

Get away from me if you can't see a future for us

The more I struggle, the more you're out of my reach

I know that already and yet

I need them

I need them

Oh shit, jealousy, everything's inside out

Oh shit, jealousy, keep myself busy

Oh shit, jealousy, this is unbearable

But you wouldn't understand what that's like

“Wouldn't I?”

If I had answered you with my heart on my sleeve

Would you have loved me?

If I had played the part with all of my actions perfect

Would you have loved me?

I believed in you, and yet

I forgave you, and yet

I don't care if you hurt me, and yet

The hanging thread can only be grasped alone

And yet, and yet

Don't touch me

Embrace me

Don't cry

Don't laugh

Don't leave me

Get away from me

Don't look at me

Don't take your eyes off me

I need them

I need them

Oh shit, jealousy, here's the inside story

Oh shit, jealousy, keep it covered up

Oh shit, jealousy, this is a disgrace

So you’re the one who’s to blame here

“Right”

*This line is a reference to the Japanese story ‘The Spider’s Thread’

**In the original Japanese, these lines all originally end with the syllable ‘shi’, and are made into ‘shitto’ meaning ‘jealousy’. It’s almost impossible to replicate this wordplay in English, but if you’re a genius who can think of something then please let me know

Romaji - Magyaku no Ito

Isshi matowanu kokoro de

Kotaetara aishitekureta?

Isshi midarenu shigusa de

Enjitara aishitekureta?

Tarasareta ito wo tsukameru no wa hitorikiri

Naa anta aitsu no nan nano sa

Saa?

Saisho kara ikesukanai yatsu datta

Narenareshiku kata wo kumi

Mujaki ni yoku warai shaberi

Nanka kao ga chikai shi 

Kanchigai sasechau jikaku sae nashi

Hitottarashi no tsumitsukuri

Kidzukeba ano ko no okini iri

Kanjou no ito wo taguri

Yobousen wo harimakuri

Kore wa sou wana janakute ami

Tachiiri kinshi no damii

Nanoni noni noni noni 

(noni noni noni)

Nanoni noni noni noni 

(noni noni noni)

Arienai kimochi ni 

Kidzuiteshimatta no

Sawaranaide ano ko wo aishita yubi de

Dakishimete ano ko yori mo yogoshite

Magyaku no ito wa karamu hodo 

Miugoki torenai no ni

Warawanaide nannimo shiranai kuse ni

Nakanaide sonna shiawasesou ni

Negaeba negau hodo kanawanai 

Sonna koto shitteru no ni

I need them

I need them

Oh shitto shitto urabanashitto

Oh shitto shitto hitakakushitto

Oh shitto shitto hajisarashitto

Naa anta aitsu no nan nano sa

Saa?

Sukoshi okumatta tokutouseki

Dare ni mo mitsukaranai houseki datta noni 

Hodokeru sankakkei

Ano ko no mae ja yuutousei

Ami no me wo kaikugutte

Kage de ito wo hiku no wa dare

Kinchou no ito wo hogushi

Douse nita mono doushi

Ikkou ni mienai deguchi

Hirakikake no tetsugoushi

Nanoni noni noni noni 

(noni noni noni)

Nanoni noni noni noni 

(noni noni noni)

Arienai ketsumatsu wo

Tadotteshimatta no

Mitsumenaide ano ko wo medeta hitomi de

Sorasanaide ano ko yori mo tokashite

Magyaku no ito ni saegirare

Shikai wa zero na no ni

Ikanaide sono kimochi ga honmono nara

Tachisatte mirai ga mienai nara

Mogakeba mogaku hodo toozakaru

Sonna koto shitteru no ni

I need them

I need them

Oh shitto shitto uragaeshitto

Oh shitto shitto himatsubushitto

Oh shitto shitto taegatashitto

Naa anta nya wakaranee daro na

Naa?

Isshimatowanu kokoro de

Kotaetara aishitekureta

Isshimidarenu shigusa de

Enjitara aishitekureta

Shinjita no ni

Yurushita no ni

Kizu tsuketemo ii no ni 

Tarasareta ito wo

Tsukameru no wa hitorikiri nanoni 

Nanoni

Sawaranaide

Dakishimete

Nakanaide

Warawanaide

Ikanaide

Tachisatte

Mitsumenaide

Sorasanaide

I need them

I need them

Oh shitto shitto urabanashitto

Oh shitto shitto hitakakushitto

Oh shitto shitto hajisarashitto

Naa anta ga waruin dakara na

Aa

Japanese - 真逆の糸

一糸纏わぬ心で

応えたら愛してくれた？

一糸乱れぬ仕草で

演じたら愛してくれた？

垂らされた糸を掴めるのは一人きり

なあ　あんたあいつのなんなのさ

「さぁ？」

最初からいけ好かない奴だった

馴れ馴れしく肩を組み

無邪気によく笑い喋り

なんか顔が近いし

勘違いさせちゃう自覚さえなし

人ったらしの罪作り

気づけばあの子のお気に入り

感情の糸をたぐり

予防線を張りまくり

これはそう罠じゃなくて網

立ち入り禁止のダミー

なのに　のに　のに　のに　

（のに　のに　のに　）

なのに　のに　のに　のに　

（のに　のに　のに　）

あり得ない気持ちに

気づいてしまったの

触らないで　あの子を愛した指で

抱きしめて　あの子よりも汚して

真逆の糸は絡むほど　

身動き取れないのに

笑わないで　何にも知らないくせに

泣かないで　そんな幸せそうに

願えば願うほど叶わない

そんなこと知ってるのに

I need them

I need them

 Oh 嫉妬 嫉妬 裏話嫉妬

Oh 嫉妬 嫉妬 真隠嫉妬

Oh 嫉妬 嫉妬 恥晒嫉妬

 なあ　あんたあいつのなんなのさ

「さぁ？」

少し奥まった特等席

誰にも見つからない宝だったのに

解ける三角形

あの子の前じゃ優等生

網の目を掻い潜って

陰で糸を引くのは誰

緊張の糸をほぐし

どうせ似た者同士

一向に見えない出口

開きかけの鉄格子

なのに　のに　のに　のに　

（のに　のに　のに　）

なのに　のに　のに　のに　

（のに　のに　のに　）

 あり得ない結末を

辿ってしまったの

見つめないで　あの子を愛でた瞳で

逸らさないで　あの子よりも溶かして

真逆の糸に遮られ　

視界は零なのに

行かないで　その気持ちが本物なら

立ち去って、未来が見えないなら

踠けば踠くほど遠ざかる

そんなこと知ってるのに

I need them

I need them

Oh 嫉妬 嫉妬 裏返嫉妬

Oh 嫉妬 嫉妬 暇潰嫉妬

Oh 嫉妬 嫉妬 堪難嫉妬

 なあ　あんたにゃ分からねえだろな

「なぁ？」

一糸纏わぬ心で

応えたら愛してくれた？

 一糸乱れぬ仕草で

演じたら愛してくれた？

信じたのに

許したのに

傷つけてもいいのに

垂らされた糸を

掴めるのは一人きりなのに　

なのに

触らないで

抱きしめて

泣かないで

笑わないで

行かないで

立ち去って

見つめないで

逸らさないで

I need them

I need them

 Oh 嫉妬 嫉妬 裏話嫉妬

Oh 嫉妬 嫉妬 真隠嫉妬

Oh 嫉妬 嫉妬 恥晒嫉妬

 なぁ　あんたが悪いんだからな