#vocalectro

キレイ事を　並べて選んだ答えに kirei goto wo　narabete eranda kotae ni 騙されて　生きていくことも damasarete　ikite iku koto mo 悪くはないと思うの waruku wa nai to omou no

Being taken in by pretty words I thought it wasn’t bad to live like this

メロドラマの　最終章目指して merodorama no　saishuu shou mezashite 恋するなら　ワガママなだけじゃないと koi suru nara　wagamama na dake jyanai to 確かめてみて tashikamete mite

If you’re falling in love, as if aiming for the final chapter of a melodrama, be sure to check that it’s more than mere selfishness

(melodrama: a sensational dramatic piece with exaggerated characters and exciting events intended to appeal to the emotions)

糸はもつれ合う ito wa mo tsure au

Strings keep intertwining

ずっと探してた　永遠なんて zutto sagashiteta　eien nante 私にとっては　もうただの夢で watashi ni totte wa　mou tada no yume de

This ‘eternity’ I’ve always been searching for To me, has become naught but a dream

人はまた出会う hito wa mata deau だから　woh dakara　whoa 覚えていて oboete ite

But people never stop encountering each other Because of that, I still endeavour to remember

明日あさっての予定よりも asu asatte no yotei yori mo 二度と来ない今日の現在を nido to konai kyou no ima wo 愛すことができたなら aisu koto ga dekita nara 素敵だと思えませんか？ sutekida to omoemasen ka?

More than plans for tomorrow and the day after If I can still love today’s present, which will never come again Can’t I think that it’s a wonderful thing?

(I love this pun)

限りある時を憎んだって kagiri aru toki wo nikundatte 何も始まらないし nanimo hajimaranai shi 届かない声　繰り返し todokanai koe　kurikaeshi いつかは　ハナレバナレ　なのかな itsuka wa　hanarebanare　nanokana

This distaste for my finite time makes me unable to start anything A voice that reaches no one repeats over and over again Eventually, I suppose it will scatter to the winds

安定志向　気取っているばかりじゃ antei shikou　kidotteiru bakari jya 目の前に転がってる　チャンスなんかも me no mae ni korogatteru　chansu nanka mo 見逃してたり minogashite tari

I’d valued stability far too much Chances and such rolled before my eyes and I passed them up

人はまた出会う hito wa mata deau 何かを失くして nanika wo nakushite

People continue to cross paths And something seems to be lost

例えば　すぐそばで君の tatoeba　sugu soba de kimi no 涙が溢れていたって namida ga afurete itatte 慌てるだけの私に awateru dake no watashi ni それを止める術なんて無い sore wo tomeru sube nante nai

Just like how you stood beside me with tears overflowing and I simply stood there panicking with no way to stop them

くだらない日常に　花を kudaranai nichijou ni　hana wo 添えることが出来たなら soeru koto ga dekita nara 少しはマシだったかな sukoshi wa mashi datta kana どの道　ハナレバナレ　なのかな do no michi　hanarebanare　nanokana

If I could decorate these pointless days with a handful of flowers Could things get a little better? No matter what path we choose, I suppose we must eventually be sundered

(took some liberties by adding ‘handful’ since it would’ve sounded odd otherwise)

ストラグリング　 sutoraguringu 上手くいかないね jyouzuku ikanai ne

震えた声で吐いた嘘をナイフで刻んだ furueta koe de tsuita uso wo naifu de kizanda 甘くてほろ苦いな amakute horo nigaina あなたといる時間が過ぎてく anata to iru jikan ga sugiteku 泡立つ言葉でフワフワと awa tatsu kotoba de fuwafuwa to 飛んでいき彼方へと消えた tondeiki kanata e to kieta 裸足で二人歩いてみても hadashi de futari aruitemite mo その身を傷つけ合うだけで so no mi wo kizutsukeau dake de

Your lies, forced out with a trembling voice — I cut them with a knife It was sweet, yet slightly bitter, as I spent time together with you Those seconds rode on words that bubbled up and softly floated away, disappearing into the distance Even though the two of us tried walking together barefoot, it only kept hurting you

離れた想いがそっと寄り添う様な気がしたんだ hanareta omoi ga sotto yorisou youna ki ga shitanda 溢れる涙が今 afureru namida ga ima あなたといる時間の足跡 anata to iru jikan no ashiato 躓いた道でフワフワと tsumazuita michi de fuwafuwa to 飛んでゆく花弁のように tondeyuku hanabira no you ni 裸足で一人歩いてみても hadashi de hitori aruitemite mo その身は傷つかないだけで so no mi wa kizutsukanai dake de

Not sure how to characterise this song, but I believe it’s about love? Judging from the presence of a ‘you’ and ‘I’. Or it could be one of those ballads that mean many things to many people.

呼吸をやめたよ　ひどく苦しいから iki wo yameta yo　hidoku kurushii kara

I’ve stopped breathing Because it is terribly painful

モノクロの世界　カラフルな痛み monokuro no sekai　karafuru na itami おぼろげに映る　その心にはね oboroge ni utsuru　sono kokoro ni hane 生まれた街人　口ずさむ歌を umareta machi hito　kuchizusamu uta wo なにかに怯えるように笑う nanika ni obieru you ni warau

A monochrome world　Colourful anguish Their faint reflections splash on this heart

People from my hometown, as if frightened by something, laugh at the song I hum (生まれた街: lit. the place where you were born)

君の影 kimi no kage 眩しくて mabushikute 苦しくて kurushikute 今さら　なにを想えばいいの ima sara　nani wo omoebaii no

Your shadow dazzles and it hurts

After all this time, what should I believe? (the connotation’s that it is too late for something)

空っぽな言葉に乗っかって karappo na kotoba ni nokkatte それで心は転がってどこにいく？ sore de kokoro wa korogatte doko ni iku? デジタルな夢現　窓越しのセリフ dejitaru na yume utsutsu　madogoshi no serifu 覚えてリビート oboete ripiito

Riding on empty words Where then will my heart tumble to? A soliloquy passing through the window of a digital hypnagogia As I remember the lines, it repeats —

(soliloquy: here it says ‘セリフ’, literally a ‘line’ as in for a play)

(hypnagogia: the state of being half awake and half asleep)

ふらふら時をさ迷ってく furafura toki wo samayotteku 名前も知らない何かにさらわれて namae mo shiranai nanika ni sarawarete いっそこのまま　いっそこのまま issokonomama　issokonomama いなくなれたらいいのね inakunaretara ii no ne

Wandering about unsteadily Carried off by something whose name I don’t even know Right here, right now, wouldn’t it be better if I disappear?

声も響かない　ひどく懐かしいのに koe mo hibikanai　hidoku natsukashii no ni

I can’t even speak　Despite this terrible nostalgia

白黒の記憶　モノラルなノイズ shirokuro no kioku　monoraru na noizu 形無い物に　心惹かれてた katachi nai mono ni　kokoro hikareteta 愛を覚えた日　夢を失くした日 ai wo oboeta hi　yume wo nakushita hi 少しだけ癒えた淡い夜 sukoshi dake ieta awai yoru 消えていく kiete iku

Black and white memories　Monaural noise My heart was attracted to these shapeless things The day I learnt love　The day I lost my dreams A fleeting night that has barely healed Begins to disappear

(monaural: (of sound reproduction) using only one channel of transmission)

君がいた kimi ga ita 僕がいた boku ga ita 今さら　なにを叫べばいいの ima sara　nani wo sakebebaii no

You were there And I was here After all this time, what should I be shouting?

空っぽなソラから飛び込んだ karappo na sora kara tobikonda けれど地上の境界すらわからない keredo chijou no kyoukai sura wakaranai アナログな幻想　夢まぼろしの涙 anarogu na gensou　yume maboroshi no namida 数えてデリート kazoete deriito

Even as I jump from an empty sky I know nothing, even of the boundary of the earth A dream phantom’s tears in an analogue fantasy As I count them, they delete —

ふらふら時をさ迷ってく furafura toki wo samayotteku 名前も知らない何かにさらわれて namae mo shiranai nanika ni sarawarete 呼吸をやめたよ　呼吸をやめたよ　 iki wo yameta yo　iki wo yameta yo なにも聴こえず溶けていく nani mo kikoezu toketeiku

Wandering about unsteadily Carried off by something whose name I don’t even know I’ve stopped breathing　I’ve stopped breathing Unable to hear anything, I’m melting away

空っぽな言葉に乗っかって karappo na kotoba ni nokkatte それで心は転がってどこにいく？ sore de kokoro wa korogatte doko ni iku? デジタルな夢現　窓越しのセリフ dejitaru na utsutsu　madogoshi no serifu 覚えてリビート oboete ripiito

Riding on empty words Where then will my heart tumble to? A soliloquy passing through the window of a digital hypnagogia　 As I remember the lines, it repeats —

ふらふら時をさ迷ってく furafura toki wo samayotteku 名前も知らない何かにさらわれて namae mo shiranai nanika ni sarawarete いっそこのまま　いっそこのまま issokonomama　issokonomama いなくなれたらいいのね inakunaretara ii no ne