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disclaimer here. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

無機質に回るメカニズムの街で (Time and time) (Blinded eyes) (mukishitsu ni mawaru mekanizumu no machi de) Spinning robotically (Time and time) in this mechanical city (Blinded eyes)

願いを凍らせて歯車になる (Never wish) (onegai wo koorasete haguruma ni naru) I let my desires freeze (Never wish) and become a cog in the machine

哀しみを隠す微笑みのマスクが (My sorrow) (And fake smile) (kanashimi wo kakusu hohoemi no masuku ga) The smiling mask I wear (My sorrow) to hide by sadness… (And fake smile)

剥がされない様に道化師になる (Defensive) (Crazy pierrot) (hagasarenai you ni doukeshi ni naru) …Like it won't come off of me, (Defensive) I become a clown (Crazy pierrot)

何を求め 何処を目指し (nani wo motome doko wo mezashi) As nobody will tell us what we want,

生きていくか 誰も教えてくれないから (ikiteiku ka daremo oshietekurenai kara) Nor where we're going, or even if we're alive…

言葉を超える愛の術を (kotoba wo koeru ai no sube wo) The two of us are searching, even today,

僕らは今日も探してる (bokura wa kyou mo sagashiteru) For a way to love beyond words

打ち明けたい だけど出来ない (kuchiaketai dakedo dekinai) Although I want to tell you everything, I can't;

もどかしさを抱えてる (modokashisa wo kakaeteru) I'm overwhelmed with impatience

独り善がりな思い込みの (hitoriyogarina omoikomi no) I'm struggling, trapped inside

檻の中で藻掻いてる (ori no naka de mogaiteru) A cage built of my own stubborn ideas

せめて君のその瞳で (semete kimi no sono hitomi de) At the very least, with those eyes of yours…

すべてを見透かしてほしい (subete wo misukashitehoshii) …I want you to see through everything!

無意識が開くダイアログの問いに (It's pop up) (Redirect) (muishiki ga hiraku daiaroge no toi ni) (It's pop up) (Redirect) The subconscious opens (It's pop up) with a dialogue box (Redirect)

現在を操られ迷宮へ進む (Be controlled) (Into a labyrinth) (genzai wo ayatsurare mekyuu he sumu) (Be controlled) (Into a labyrinth) It manipulates the present (Be controlled) into a maze (Into a labyrinth)

理解者の振りで独裁者は騙る (Understand) (Dominate) (rikaisha no furi de dokusaisha wa kataru) (Understand) (Dominate) Pretending to be supportive, (Understand) the dictators play out their false act (Dominate)

｢あるべき姿｣を押し付けて来る (What to be) (Gonna press me out) ("arubeki sugata" wo oshitsuketekuru) (What to be) (Gonna press me out) "What You Should Be" (What to be) is forced upon me (Gonna press me out)

愛のままに 明日を描き (ai no mama ni asu wo egaki) Still in love, we imagine tomorrow…

生きることが 光を目指す道だから (ikiru koto ga hikari wo mezasu michi dakara) …As our lives are on the path towards happiness

言葉の裏に潜む声を (kotoba no ura ni hisomu koe wo) The voice that lurks beneath my words

心はきっと聴き分ける (kokoro wa kitto kikiwakeru) Is something your heart will definitely recognize

抑えきれない叫びの様な (osaekirenai sakebi no you na) Our ways of living are like uncontrollable screams,

生き方を感じ合える (ikikata wo kanjiaeru) And so we resonate them together

ひとりひとりの熱い夢が (hitori hitori no atsui yume ga) One by one, our passionate dreams would sometimes…

時に激しくぶつかり (toki ni hageshiku butsukari) …Violently clash against another

自分ですら知らなかった (jibun de sura shiranakatta) I didn't even know who I was;

己の顔に驚く (onore no kao ni odoroku) I'm shocked by my own face

僕は僕で 君は君で (boku wa boku de kimi wa kimi de) I am who I am, and you are who you are

僕と君で 答えを探す旅だから (boku to kimi de kotae wo sagasu tabi dakara) Because we're on this journey together, looking for the answer

言葉を超える愛の術を (kotoba wo koeru ai no sube wo) We are always searching

僕らはずっと探してる (bokura wa zutto sagashiteru) For a way to love beyond words

抑えきれないこの想いを (osaekirenai kono omoi wo) So that we can express our uncontrollable feelings

偽りなく伝えるため (itsuwari naku tsutaeru tame) Without a single lie

ひとりひとりの熱い夢が (hitori hitori no atsui yume ga) One by one, our passionate dreams

やがて結ばれ輝く (yagate musubare kagayaku) Soon are connected together with a sparkle

そうさ 誰も知らない未来 (sou sa daremo shiranai mirai) That's right! Let's look towards the unknown future,

disclaimer here

05/30/26 EDIT: GUYS...im sorry.......i think the subject of the first sentence is different so i am editing this. at first I thought it was an unnamed "you," but now i think it's more likely the 誰か (someone) that precedes the first few lines, and the subject of 腐り落ちる is 本音 (their real thoughts/feelings).

笑ってる顔の (waratteru kao no) (Behind their smiling faces,)

裏で走る本音 (ura de hashiru konne) (What they're really thinking is running through their heads)

綺麗な声程 (kireina koe hodo) (As beautiful as their voice may be,)

腐り落ちている (kusariochiteiru) (Their thoughts are corrupting and festering away)

誰かの嫌悪や (dareka no keno ya) (Someone's disgust,)

誰かの憎悪が (dareka no zouo ga) (And someone's hatred;)

私の頭に流れ込んで (watashi no atama ni nagarekonde) (It all flows into my head)

濁らせる (nigoraseru) (And corrupts it)

私の瞳に映した (watashi no hitomi ni utsushita) (Reflected inside of my eyes)

酷く邪な世界 (hidoku yokoshimana sekai) (Was a horribly evil world)

一切の救いはないんだ (issai no sukui wa nainda) (Not a single thing will save me;)

裸のままじゃもういられない (hadaka no mama ja mou irarenai) (I can't be seen like this anymore!)

臥せる心に鍵を掛け (fuseru kokoro ni kagi wo kake) (I locked up my collapsing heart)

両の目をぎゅっと閉じた (ryou no me wo gyutto tojita) (And squeezed both of my eyes shut)

深い闇の中で彷徨う (fukai yami no naka de samayou) (I wander about inside of a deep darkness)

どうしよう (doushiyou) (…What should I do?)

眠れないや (nerenai ya) (I can't fall asleep!)

知りたいこと (shiritai koto) (Wanting to know,)

知りたくないこと (shiritakunai koto) (Not wanting to know;)

全部頭の中で撹拌して煩いな (zenbu atama no naka de kakuhanshite urusai na) (Everything inside of my head whirls around so loudly!)

無意識の中で一人の世界に (muishiki no naka de hitori no sekai ni) (Inside of the subconscious, inside of my own world,)

閉じこもってばっか (tojikomotte bakka) (All I'm doing is shutting myself away)

その方がずっとずっと (sono hou ga zutto zutto) (But that means it's always, always…)

楽なんだって (rakunanda tte) (…easier, so…)

知らない (shiranai) (I don't know,)

知りたくない (shiritakunai) (I don't want to know;)

知らない (shiranai) (I don't know;)

知りたくない (shiritakunai) (I don't want to know;)

知らない (shiranai) (I don't know,)

知りたくない (shiritakunai) (I don't want to know;)

もうどうだって良いや (mou doudatte ii ya) (…I don't care anymore!)

私の声を聞いて欲しい (watashi no koe wo kiitehoshii) (I want you to hear my voice)

歪んだ心ごと抱いて (hizunda kokoro goto daite) (While embracing my distorted heart)

でも優しさ触れる度に (demo yasashisa fureru tabi ni) (But each time I feel kindness,)

disclaimer here. here are two other translations of this song (one of them which was deleted) that had major inaccuracies and you can read about that in the notes.

砂糖菓子とメレンゲの憂鬱

(Melancholy of Candy and Meringue)

Ha…

くるくる狂ってく心は ブリキ細工のメリーゴーラウンド

(kurukuru kurutteku kokoro wa buriki saiku no meriigooraundo)

(Spinning round and round, my maddening mind is a tinplate merry-go-round.)

砂糖とメレンゲで出来た世界は 崩れて溶けてくゲシュタルト

(satou to merenge de dekita sekai wa kuzurete toketeku geshutaruto)

(This world created with sugar and meringue is a gestalt that will soon melt and crumble apart)

ゆらゆら歪んでく視界は ベリーソースのリトグラフ

(yurayura yugandeku shikai wa berii soosu no ritogurafu)

(Swaying and wavering, all that I see begins to distort into a lithograph inked with berry sauce.)

鏡に映ったわたしの姿は 綿菓子みたいに消えていく

(kagami ni utsutta watashi no sugata wa watagashi mitai ni kieteiku)

(My figure reflected inside of the mirror is fading away, just like cotton candy.)

Ha…

ふるふる震えている自我は ゼラチン質のジェットコースター

(furufuru furueteiru jiga wa zarechin shitsu no jetto koosutaa)

(Wobbling back and forth, my trembling ego is a gelatin roller coaster.)

ココアと粉砂糖を散りばめたら どこかで見たような顔になる

(kokoa to konazatou wo chiribametara dokoka de mita youna kao ni naru)

(If I decorate it with cocoa and powdered sugar,

then it will look like a face I saw once, somewhere.)

きらきら砕けてく記憶は ショコラミントのアイデンティティ

(kirakira kudaketeku kioku wa shokora minto no aidentiti)

(The memories of my chocolate-mint identity will soon sparkle, glitter, and crumble away)

温もりを求めて触れたその手も 崩れて溶けてくゲシュタルト

(nukumori wo motemete fureta sono te mo kuzurete toketeku geshutaruto)

(Even my hand that searched for and found warmth is a gestalt that starts to melt and crumble apart.)