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【MARETU】SUJI (MUSCLES)【ENGLISH SUBS】

Original: Maretu (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0Y8Mo7nhC8)

I know this is not a new song by any means, but after a talk with my friends, I felt inspired to write my own translation. One of my favorite Maretu songs; I forgot how good it was.

ENGLISH

My frustration boils over at the inability to take action. Let's spread the word that inevitably, that lost child whose healthy yet sick body has yet to be ruined, will shed their innocence from both ends and become an adult.

I see it all the time.

Calling it "just a way to kill some time." Basically presenting it as some sort of convenience. I know this is wrong, but[2] child that you are, I can't take my eyes off you.[3] (It hurts.)[4]

If a fire is never lit, it can't go out. Countless honest mistakes have come to bear their fangs.

The rendezvous I've wanted unfortunately came true.[5] What happened next when you reattached your severed neck? I fantasize of toying with your defiled body. It would be truly wonderful if those dreams could come true…

Sympathy is useless and my urges have become increasingly disturbing. The truth is, The moment this started, there was no going back. So we should just reject the notion outright. Everyone has to swallow something vile to become an adult.

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[1]Literal wording is "Let's scatter it", but the word "scatter" means "to spread far and wide" like a rumor, for example. Hence this translation.

[2]Literal wording is "I understand, but" with a regretful tone.

[3]Literal wording is "Let me see the child[ish] you", but the word for "see" here is 観る which means to "intently watch" hence the translation.

[4]Can also be read as "I want to see!" if you consider it a completion of 観て

[5]//逢いたい// means "Want to encounter" with this Kanji's nuance being wanting to meet up with someone you love and/or cherish. {目にあった} is a phrase that means "to experience" with a negative connotation. It basically makes the line read "the //date// I //wanted to encounter// {unfortunately came} true". However, if you read 目にあった literally, it means "eyes meet", so this line could ALSO be read, "I met the eyes I wanted to encounter". Knowing Maretu, this double-speak is on purpose. This line could also be from the other person's perspective, "The rendezvous you've wanted unfortunately came true." - I went with the speaker but both equally work.

[6]Much like earlier, this can be read as "I want to try and see" if we read みたい as a continuation of  観て

[7]I don't really know how to word this one in English. "Empty love" was the best I could do, but the words imply it being a "love" that leaves you feeling isolated and alienated.

[8]Only including this to warn of the dangers of JP to ENG dictionaries. I've seen translations that very likely used ENG dictionaries which give wildly incorrect definitions for both words in this sentence. 冷め切った is said to mean "cold", but it is "slang" so to speak for when a person becomes cold/indifferent towards you, esp. in the context of relationships. 噛みごたえ is said to mean "chewy texture" ??? Whatever that means. It actually means the way something feels in your mouth. So...the texture of the "food" and how it feels in your mouth.