Trooper Salute – 友達がいました

• Title: 友達がいました (tomodachi ga imashita, “I used to have friends“)
• Band: Trooper Salute
• Album: 友達がいました (tomodachi ga imashita, “I used to have friends“)
• Release Date: 06/17/2026
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

友達がいました
虚言癖持ちの友達がいました
今日は元気じゃないみたいで
君のつく嘘は
どれも恥ずかしがり屋

tomodachi ga imashita
kyogenheki mochi no tomodachi ga imashita
kyou wa genki ja nai mitai de
kimi no tsuku uso wa
doremo hazukashigariya

I used to have a friend
A mythomaniac if you will, but I used to have a friend
You don’t seem to be doing good today
because all your lies
feels too shy

友達がいましたかけがえない
友達がいました掛け違えたのは
いつも君のせいで
いつも私は正しくて

tomodachi ga imashita kakegae nai
tomodachi ga imashita kake chigaeta no wa
itsumo kimi no sei de
itsumo watashi wa tadashikute

I used to have a friend, one I can’t replace
I used to have a friend, incorrectly placed
But it’s always your fault
and I’m always right

そっぽ向いては
口をつぐんで耳を塞いで
夢を語ったあの日の君は涙目で
笑っていたよな

soppo muite wa
kuchi o tsugunde mimi o fusaide
yume o katatta ano hi no kimi wa namidame de
waratteita yo na

Facing the other way
holding my tongue and covering my ears
I can pretend your tears from when you told me about your dreams
were from laughing too much

私の胸から私の胸から私の胸から
溢れ出した
私の胸から私の胸から私の胸から
溢れ出した言葉が水に溶けた

watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara
afuredashita
watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara
afuredashita kotoba ga mizu ni toketa

From my heart, from my heart, from my heart
it all spills out
From my heart, from my heart, from my heart
all the spilled out words dissolved into the water

友達がいました嫌われ者の
友達がいました気楽そうに見えて
だらしないけれど
憧れていたいのさ

tomodachi ga imashita kirawaremono no
tomodachi ga imashita kirakusou ni miete
darashinai keredo
akogareteitai no sa

I used to have a friend, hated by everyone
I used to have a friend who seemed carefree
and kinda careless,
but I admired them so much

友達がいました名前は忘れた
友達がいました生意気な私の
乾いた心に苗木を植えるような

tomodachi ga imashita namae wa wasureta
tomodachi ga imachita namaiki na watashi no
kawaita kokoro ni naegi o ueru you na

I used to have a friend, but I can’t remember their name
Even a cheeky person like me used to have a friend,
someone who planted a seedling in my dried up soul

餞別なんかじゃ
悪い鬼にはなれなくて
人間賛歌を
踏み絵のように差し出して
笑っていたよな

senbetsu nanka ja
warui oni ni wa narenakute
ningen sanka o
fumie no you ni sashidashite
waratteita yo na

No farewell gifts from me,
I’m not such a devil
Take my human eulogy,
I present it to you like a fumi-e
so you can laugh about it

私の胸から私の胸から私の胸から
溢れ出した
私の胸から私の胸から私の胸から
溢れ出した言葉が水に溶けた

watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara
afuredashita
watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara
afuredashita kotoba ga mizu ni toketa

From my heart, from my heart, from my heart
it all spills out
From my heart, from my heart, from my heart
all the spilled out words dissolved into the water

私の胸から私の胸から私の胸から
溢れ出した
私の胸から私の胸から私の胸から
溢れ出した言葉に罪はないから

watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara
afuredashita
watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara watashi no mune kara
afuredashita kotoba ni tsumi wa nai kara

From my heart, from my heart, from my heart
it all spills out
From my heart, from my heart, from my heart
all my spilled out words bear no sins

Notes:
– Wikipedia article for Fumi-e.

kurayamisaka – summer film

• Title: summer film
• Band: kurayamisaka
• Album: summer film (Single)
• Release Date: 08/05/2026
• Source: Original
• Listen Album: Here

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夏の匂いに灼かれて
胸は切なさ訪れる
ふらついた私の身体に
焼き付いたよう
夏の陽射し眩しくて
風に吹かれてがらんどう
近づいた私の身体を
擦り抜けるように

natsu no nioi ni yakarete
mune wa setsunasa otozureru
furatsuita watashi no karada ni
yakitsuita you
natsu no hizashi mabushikute
kaze ni fukarete garandou
chikadzuita watashi no karada o
surinukeru you ni

Burned down by the summer’s scent
misery pays me a visit
scorching my whole body
wandering aimlessly
Summer’s sunlights are blinding
and my body, grazed by the wind,
feels completely emptied
when it gets closer to them

夢を見ていた
遠くでは君が笑っていた
それだけ

yume o miteita
tooku de wa kimi ga waratteita
sore dake

I had a dream
where you were smiling, from far away
That’s all there is

君が待ちくたびれて
夏の終わりを迎えに行く場面
陽が暮れるまで見惚れていた
裸足のままで涙も忘れて

kimi ga machi kutabirete
natsu no owari o mukae ni iku bamen
hi ga kureru made mitoreteita
hadashi no mama de namida mo wasurete

I was barefoot and even forgot to cry
while captivated by you,
tired of waiting under the sunset
for this Summer to finally come to an end

夏の匂いに灼かれて
風に吹かれてさらわれ
薄膜、揺れては流れて
壊れて消えた

natsu no nioi ni yakarete
kaze ni fukarete saraware
usumaku, yurete wa nagarete
kowarete kieta

Burned down by the summer’s scent
the wind blows on me and carries me off
A thin film sways and gets swept away
breaking in pieces and disappearing

夢を見ていた
もう一度、君と笑っていた
手を振るよ

yume o miteita
mou ichido, kimi to waratteita
te o furu yo

I had a dream
where you were smiling again
and I waved at you

君が待ちくたびれて
夏の終わりを迎えに行く場面
ここで陽が暮れるまで見惚れていた
裸足のままで涙も忘れて

kimi ga machikutabirete
natsu no owari o mukae ni iku bamen
koko de hi ga kureru made mitoreteita
hadashi no mama de namida mo wasurete

I was barefoot and even forgot to cry
captivated by you under this sunset
tired of waiting for this Summer
to finally come to an end

夕暮れの跡には熱が去った夢

yuugure no ato ni wa netsu ga satta yume

And when the sun set, this dream lost its warmth

流されて追いかけていたのは
赤い空長い影
なんとなく

nagasarete oikaketeita no wa
akai sora nagai kage
nantonaku

Dragged away, I find myself chasing
the crimson sky and its long shadows
for some reason

Trooper Salute – 絶縁

• Title: 絶縁 (zetsuen – “Isolation“)
• Band: Trooper Salute
• Album: 友達がいました (tomodachi ga imashita, “I used to have friends“)
• Release Date: 06/17/2026
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

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浅き夢見し紅い胴体が
ふと蠢く内臓を縫い閉じ込めて
出逢いは已を得ないから余計鬱陶しい
醜いこんな不恰好で本当にごめんね

asaki yumemishi akai doutai ga
futo ugomeku naizou o nui tojikomete
deai wa yamu o enai kara yokei uttoushii
minukui konna bukakkou de hontou ni gomen ne

My reddish body losing itself in shallow dreams
sews up my squirming organs and shuts them inside
Meetings are even gloomier because I can’t avoid them,
I’m so sorry for being this awkward and unsightly

どうして、私どうして、
あの時拒めなかったんだろう
どうして、私どうして、
あのトーキー映画の模倣犯に
なり損ねて

doushite, watashi doushite,
ano toki kobamenakattan darou
doushite, watashi doushite,
ano toki eiga no mohouhan ni
nari sokonete

Why? Why did I do that?
Why haven’t I refused it that time?
Why? Why did I do that?
Why couldn’t I be a copycat for that movie
all the way through the end?

終始鈍い痛みが
金魚鉢から溢れ
生魄を浸す日曜日の錯誤
背中合わせで伝う体温が
互いの微熱を確かにマーブリングしていく

shuushi nibui itami ga
kingyobachi kara afure
seihaku o hitasu nichiyoubi no sakugo
senaka awase de tsutau taion ga
tagai no binetsu o tashika ni maaburingu shiteiku

From start to end, dull pain
spills over from a goldfish bowl,
a sunday discrepancy soaking my life and soul
The body heat we can feel through our backs touching
is faint but is surely marbling our slight fever

二人の矛盾が鎖で縛られて
繋がれたまんま腐るよ酸素と触れ合って
扉の向こうで此方へと呼ぶ声がして
星が華やいだ星が華やいだ

futari no mujun ga kusari de shibararete
tsunagareta manma kusaru yo sanso to fureatte
tobira no mukou de kochira e to yobu koe ga shite
hoshi ga hanayaida hoshi ga hanayaida

Our contraddictions chain the two of us up
and, binded together, the oxygen makes us rot away
But beyond this door, I can hear a beckoning voice
“The stars are shining, the stars are shining”

どうして、私どうして、
あんな風に笑ってしまったんだろう
私どうして、
あんな風に落ちない言葉の針が
身に刺さるの？

doushite, watashi doushite,
anna fuu ni waratte shimattan darou
watashi doushite,
anna fuu ni ochinai kotoba no hari ga
mi ni sasaru no?

Why? Why did I do that?
I wonder why did I laugh like that?
Just tell me why
all the words left untold
pierce my body like sharp needles?

息途絶えたら被覆を纏って
銀色の夢を見た
絶縁よ

ikitodaetara hifuku o matotte
gin’iro no yume o mita
zetsuen yo

I hold my breath and find myself coated
inside a silver-colored dream
oh, isolation

Notes:
– “Zetsuen” (絶縁), the track’s title and its last word, more correctly means “to severe every connection you had with someone”. I’ve translated it as “isolation” because it felt more appropriate lyrics-wise.

kinoue64 – 日常消滅

• Title: 日常消滅 (nichijou shoumetsu – “Daily life annihilation“)
• Band: kinoue64
• Album: 日常消滅 (nichijou shoumetsu, “Daily life annihilation”)
• Release Date: 03/09/2025
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

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終を待つ眠いまま
瞼越しの先に夢を見ている
今そこに何を見ている
今そこに何を見ている

shuu wo matsu nemui mama
mabutagoshi no saki ni yume o miteiru
ima soko ni nani o miteiru
ima soko ni nani o miteiru

Dozing off, waiting for the end
a dream takes form before my eyelids
What are you seeing right there?
What are you seeing right there?

今日々が消えていく
叫ぶ声も何も届かない
嘘みたいな君の笑顔も
過去に消えるのがさ
寂しいんだ

ima hibi ga kiete iku
sakebu koe mo nanimo todokanai
uso mitaina kimi no egao mo
kako ni kieru no ga sa
samishiinda

The days are now fading away
and not even my shouts will ever reach them
Even your seemingly fake smile
will disappear in the past
it’s so sad

疲れ切った生徒交信
生徒交信 生徒交信
病み切った情報交流
情報交流 情報交流

tsukarekitta seitokoushin
seitokoushin seitokoushin
itamikitta jouhoukouryuu
jouhoukouryuu jouhoukouryuu

Exhausted by students correspondences
correspondences, correspondences
Sick from information exchanges
exchanges, exchanges

意味を持つ真昼間
窓のガラス越しに何を伝える
今そこで何を伝える
今そこで何を伝える

imi o motsu mappiruma
mado no garasugoshi ni nani o tsutaeru
ima soko de nani o tsutaeru
ima soko de nani o tsutaeru

In this broad daylight full of meaning
what can I convey beyond a window?
What are you conveying over there?
What are you conveying over there?

明日今が過去になる
日々が暮れて何も残らない
嘘をついた君の笑顔も
明日に明日に消える

asu ima ga kako ni naru
hibi ga kurete nanimo nokoranai
uso o tsuita kimi no egao mo
asu ni asu ni kieru

Tomorrow is now becoming past
Days will go by leaving nothing behind
Even the smile you had while lying
will fade away into tomorrow

Notes:
– Third stanza is repeated twice

Genius P.J’s – touboe

• Title: touboe (howling)
• Artist: Genius P.J’s
• Album: touboe
• Release Date: 12/08/2010
• Source: Original
• [On Spotify: Genius P.J’s – touboe]

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今日生まれた初めて開いた近いな
その偉大な物に触れたみたいだ
泣いた吐いた書いた咲いた
愛が会えた愛着芽生えた

kyou umareta hajimete hiraita chikai na
sono idai na mono ni fureta mitai da
naita haita kaita saita
ai ga aeta aichaku mebaeta

For the first time in my life, today I felt
something great so close to me
Crying, spitting out, writing, blossoming
A newfound love, a sprouting affection

絵画みたいな時代が見たいな
未来が見たいな挨拶したいな
機械じゃないさだって人間は退化肉体は
大破してくタイマー

kaiga mitai na jidai ga mitai na
mirai ga mitai na aisatsu shitai na
kikai ja nai sa datte ningen wa taika nikutai wa
taiha shiteku taimaa

I want to see a painting-like era
and greet the future yet to come
I’m no machine, I’m a human fated to rot away
My timer is being wrecked

耐えた与えた甘えた足掻いた
快楽罪悪最高最悪
垣間見れる間その視界は
開いた・・・。

taeta ataeta amaeta agaita
kairaku zaiaku saikou saiaku
kakima mireru aida sono shikai wa
hiraita…

Enduring, receiving, depending, struggling,
Pleasures, vices, my best, my worst
Through a gap all my vision
opens up…

今胎動待望開放
最初と最後繋ぐ回廊入ろう
才能自体も未回答磨いとく
何か見たいと控えとく Re-Write

ima taidou taibou kaihou
saisho to saigo tsunagu kairou hairou
sainou jitai mo mikaito migaitoku
nanika mitai to hikaetoku Re-Write

My first steps, with great hope, set free
entering a loop entwining beginning and the end
Polishing the unanswered bounds of my talents
Abtaining, rewriting, expecting to see something

I Know 何の理解も無いが
色彩の違いを見分ける細胞
視界を埋める太陽照らす街道
すべて対等

I know nan no rikai mo nai ga
shikisai no chigai o miwakeru saibou
shikai o umeru taiyou terasu gaitou
subete taito

I know I don’t understand
but my cells can tell the difference in hues
The highway illuminated by the Sun filling up my view
makes everything equal

いったい何が見たいの
何をしたいの
何もしないの
何を誓いという
何が意味無いの
何が知りたいの
何で生きたいの
何で死にたいの

ittai nani ga mitai no
nani o shitai no
nanimo shinai no
nani o chikai to iu
nani ga imi nai no
nani ga shiritai no
nande ikitai no
nande shinitai no

Tell me, what do you want to see?
What do you want to do?
Nothing at all?
Which vows will you make?
Why would it make no sense?
What do you want to know?
Why do you want to live?
Why do you want to die?

ここに居たいの
ここに来たいの
どこが痛いの
そこは支配と
対極愛欲愛唱愛国愛情愛憎
結局おあいこ

koko ni itai no
koko ni kitai no
doko ga itai no
soko wa shihai to
taikyoku aiyoku aishou aikoku aijou aizou
kekkyoku oaiko

Do you want to be here?
Do you want to come?
Where does it hurt?
You gotta take control
Antipodes, desires, chants, civism, love and hate
on par in the end

僕は遠吠え
僕はどこへ
僕はここへ
僕は外へ
僕は音へ
僕は戻れず
僕はそこで
遠吠え・・・

boku wa touboe
boku wa doko e
boku wa koko e
boku wa soto e
boku wa oto e
boku wa modorezu
boku wa soko de
touboe…

I’m howling
Where am I going
I’m here
I’m outside
I’m following a sound
and I won’t be back
I’ll be there
howling and howling…

Notes:

– Last stanza repeated twice.
– On the my subbed lyrics video (link) there’s a mistake. I accidentally tought “kikai” (machine, 機械) was meant to be this other “kikai” (chance, 機会)
– There’s one last “secret” stanza, which repeats the very last stanza of another song, World is yours, by Genis P.J’s and Daoko. Here it is:
もう一度その耳をすますんだ / 感情と意識がその先のイメージへと繫ぐんだ / 踏んだ道がその人を忘れないと言うんだ / 空白埋める執着が道を組むんだ重圧 / で今地を払う如くさ / 背は先を見据えてあの視野に立つんだ / 人間は生を表現するんだ / 昔から不確かな物音の競争に今日も挑むんだ
mou ichido sono mimi o sumasunda / kanjou to ishiki ga sono saki no imeeji e to tsunagunda / funda michi ga sono hito o wasurenai to iunda / kuuhaku umeru shuuchaku ga mchi o kumunda juuatsu / de ima chi o harau gotokusa / se wa saki o misuete ano shiya ni tatsunda / ningen wa sei o hyougen surunda / mukashi kara futashikana monooto no kyousou ni kyou mo idomunda
Listen up closely once more / Let your feelings and consciousness connect with your previous visions / They say no road you stepped in forgets you did it / The blank filling your attachments is the pression holding your path / And now, as if leaving nothing behind, / I stand inside that vision, gazing at what’s ahead / That’s how humans express themselves / challenging the echo of uncertain ancient noises still reverbering to this day

Sidenerds – kirakira

• Title: kirakira (“glistening“)
• Band: Sidenerds
• Album: imitation diamond
• Release Date: 08/23/2024
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

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吐き捨てる感情の行き場はどこだろう
誰の目にもつかないところ？
曖昧な言葉で誤魔化した
本音の行き場はどこだろう

haki suteru kanjou no yukiba wa doko darou
dare no me ni mo tsukanai tokoro?
aimai na kotoba de gomakashita
honne no yukiba wa doko darou

Where do spat out feelings go to?
Maybe somewhere no one can see them?
And where does what we truly feel go
when swindled by our vague words?

微温湯に浸かって考える
溶けだした毒に気付かずに溺れる

nurumayu ni tsukatte kangaeru
tokedashita doku ni kidzukazu ni oboreru

I think about it, soaked in lukewarm water
drowning unaware of the poison melting inside it

泡になって消えてしまえたら
あなたの心には残れないけど
泡になって消えてしまえたら
わたしの心は穏やかな海のように
凪いでいくの

awa ni natte kiete shimaetara
anata no kokoro ni wa nokorenai kedo
awa ni natte kiete shimaetara
watashi no kokoro wa odayakana umi no you ni
naide iku no

If I could become a bubble and disappear
I won’t have a place in your heart anymore
If I could become a bubble and disappear
my heart will become just like a calm ocean
its wind dying down

一匙の嘘が人を殺すように
緩やかに毒は廻り蝕んでいく
わたしが宙に溶けだしていく

hitosaji no uso ga hito o korosu you ni
yuruyaka ni doku wa mawari mushibande iku
watashi ga sora ni tokedashite iku

Just like the tiniest lie could kill a man
I let this gentle poison divour my sorroundings
as I begin to dissolve in the sky

泡になって消えてしまえたら
誰の心にも残れないけど
泡になって消えてしまえたら
わたしの心はきっと凪いでいくの

awa ni natte kiete shimaetara
dare no kokoro ni mo nokorenai kedo
awa ni natte kiete shimaetara
watashi no kokoro wa kitto naide iku no

If I could become a bubble and disappear
I won’t have a place in no one’s heart anymore
If I could become a bubble and disappear
I’m sure my heart will be as calm as an ocean

Notes:

– There’s one last stanza, according to the official lyrics, which goes like this: 今日にさよなら/ 過去にさよなら / 日々にさよなら/ 全てさよなら” (kyou ni sayonara / kako ni sayonara / hibi ni sayonara / subete sayonara, meaning “goodbye my present, goodbye my past, goodbye my days, goodbye everything”). I omitted it because “sayonara” is the only audible part.

blume popo – ベロニカ

• Title: ベロニカ (Veronica)
• Band: blume popo
• Album: 海と毒薬 (umi to dokuyaku, “The Sea and Poison“)
• Release Date: 05/18/2019
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

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ねえ、
無意味な息継ぎでしょうがないわ
恋人がたくさんいるの貴方
叶えたシミだけで価値だと言ってね
以下で留めておくから

nee,
muimina ikitsugi de shou ga nai wa
koibito ga takusan iru no anata
kanaeta shimi dake de kachi da to itte ne
ika de todomete oku kara

Hey,
what are you taking an useless breath for?
You’re surrounded by so many lovers
You said all the stains you have give you value
so I’ll leave you below that threshold

きっと不都合
顔をひくその語尾も
爛れて溢れ広がる歌

kitto futsugou
kao o hiku sono gobi mo
tadarete afure hirogaru uta

It’s so inconvenient
how you choose your words when faltering
like a sore, erupting song

それだって不都合
色がついてしまうの
理不尽が貴方を惹いてくれるよう

sore datte futsugou
iro ga tsuite shimau no
rifujin ga anata o hiite kureru you

And how inconvenient it is
when you smear your colors on me
as my lack of reason draws you near

ざっと並べて比べた
悩んだって意味はないから
選んであげるわ

zatto narabete kurabeta
nayanda tte imi wa nai kara
erande ageru wa

Line them all up and compare them
There’s no need to overthink it,
I’ll choose for you

ねえ、
無意味な相槌でしょうがないわ
僕はとても好きなのよ貴方
叶えた夜だけで無理だと教えて
美化で留めておくから

nee,
muimina aidzuchi de shou ga nai wa
boku wa totemo suki nano yo anata
kanaeta yoru dake de muri da to oshiete
bika de todomete oku kara

Hey,
what are you paying attention for?
You know how much I love you, don’t you?
Grant me a night and show me how we can’t be
so I can leave you romanticized

安っぽくても
弾き慣らした話
爛れて溢れ広がる歌

yasuppokute mo
hiki narashita hanashi
todarete afure hirogaru uta

Even if insignificant,
everything you told me all over
resounds like a sore, erupting song

それだって不干渉
瞼に出てきちゃうの
表面が貴方を奪ってくれるよう

sore datte fukanshou
mabuta ni detekichau no yo
hyoumen ga anata wo ubatte kureru you

That’s part of my abstention
showing so vividly in my eyelids
as you’re being captivated by them

ねえ、
無意味な息継ぎでしょうがないわ
恋人がたくさんいるの貴方
叶えたシミだけで価値だと言って
ね以下で留めておくから

nee,
muimina ikitsugi de shou ga nai wa
koibito ga takusan iru no anata
kanaeta shimi dake de kachi da to itte ne
ika de todomete oku kara

Hey,
what are you taking an useless breath for?
You’re surrounded by so many lovers
You said all the stains you have give you value
so I’ll leave you below that threshold

せめて見てて
後悔も無い圧倒
糧と過去に立ち代わって世界で
包む

semete mitete
koukai mo nai attou
kate to kako ni tachi kawatte sekai de
tsutsumu

At least look at me,
crush me with no remorse
Take this world alternating between livelihood and our past
and shroud it

でも可愛いの
色褪せても何よりも

demo kawaii no
iroasete mo nani yori mo

And yet you’re so charming
more than everything else, even so pale

Usagi – 死んだらそれでさよなら

• Title: 死んだらそれでさよなら (shindara sore de sayonara – When I die, that’s a goodbye)
• Band: Usagi
• Album: Akemi-san to Midori-san
• Release Date: 07/16/2003
• Source: Original
• [unavailable for legal purchase or stream. Subbed song link]

～

僕が死んだら時計をとめて
君と2人で過ごした時に戻そう
たまにケンカをして笑いあっていた
2人で過ごした日々を今も覚えてる

boku ga shindara tokei o tomete
kimi to futari de sugoshita toki ni modosou
tama ni kenka o shite warai atteita
futari de sugoshita hibi o ima mo oboeteru

When I die, stop the clock
and set it back to when we were together
We laughed together, and sometimes we fought
I still remember the days we spent together

僕が死んだら明かりを消して
君の泣く姿を見ずにおこう
「残されるのはツライから」と
1人で泣く君の姿を見ずにおこう

boku ga shindara akari o keshite
kimi no naku sugata o mizu ni okou
“nokosareru no wa tsurai kara” to
hitori de naku kimi no sugata o mizu ni okou

When I die, turn off the light
don’t let me see you crying
Don’t let me see you crying alone
while you say “it’s so hard to stay”

夕方の赤は
水面に揺れる揺れる
寂しげな猫の死骸
「見つけた」笑うそして
キラキラと光って落ちてった

yuugata no aka wa
minamo ni yureru yureru
sabishigena neko no shigai
“mitsuketa” warau soshite
kirakira to hikatte ochitetta

The sunset’s red hue
sways on the ocean’s surface
The lonely corpse of a cat lies on the ground
“Found it!” I say laughing, and then…
a glimmering light shone down

僕が死んだら赤いギターの
弦は一体誰が変えてくれるのかい
ちょっと癖のあるいいヤツだから
誰かあいつをかわいがってやってくれ

boku ga shindara akai gitaa no
gen wa ittai dare ga kaete kureru no kai
chotto kuse no aru ii yatsu dakara
dareka aitsu o kawaigatte yattekure

When I die, who’s gonna change
the strings of my red guitar?
It’s a good and kinda unusual model
Will someone please take good care of it?

キラキラと光って落ちてった

kirakira to hikatte ochitetta

A glimmering light shone down

僕が死んだら早く忘れて
僕の知らない誰かと手をとりあえばいい
でも
ちょっとくらいは覚えててよ
僕の死んだ日くらいは覚えててよ

boku ga shindara hayaku wasurete
boku no shiranai dareka to te o toriaeba ii
demo
chotto kurai wa oboetete yo
boku no shinda hi kurai wa oboetete yo

When I die, just forget about me
and hold someone else’s hand, it’s okay
But please,
remember me just a bit
At least remember the day I died

僕が死んで何年か過ぎたら
君は僕の事を忘れてしまうだろう
でも
ちょっとくらいは覚えててよ
僕が死んだ日くらいは覚えててよ

boku ga shinde nannen ka sugitara
kimi wa boku no koto o wasurete shimau darou
demo
chotto kurai wa oboetete yo
boku ga shinda hi kurai wa oboetete yo

When I’ll die and a few years go by
I’m sure you’ll eventually forget about me
But please,
remember me just a bit
At least remember the day I died

夕方の赤は
水面に揺れる揺れる
寂しげな猫の死骸
誰かに似ているそれは
キラキラと光って落ちてった

yuugata no aka wa
minamo ni yureru yureru
sabishigena neko no shigai
dareka ni niteiru sore wa
kirakira to hikatte ochitetta

The sunset’s red hue
sways on the ocean’s surface
The lonely corpse of a cat lies on the ground
really looks like someone I know
a glimmering light shone down

僕が死んだら

boku ga shindara

When I die…

Mass of the Fermenting Dregs – 幽霊

• Title: 幽霊 (yuurei- “ghost“)
• Band: Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
• Album: 祝おう (iwaou, “let’s celebrate”)
• Release Date: 08/14/2026
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

～

幽霊
どこにいるんだろう
ドーンクライ
また会うだろう
暗がりで見守って
そんなときまで
暗がりで見守って
そんなときまで

yuurei
doko ni irun darou
doonkurai
mata au darou
kuragari de mimamotteru
sonna toki made
kuragari de mimamotte
sonna toki made

Ghost,
I wonder where you are
Don’t cry
we’ll meet again
Until the moment you’ll watch over me
from the darkness
Until the moment you’ll watch over me
from the darkness

Mass of the Fermenting Dregs – 祝おう

• Title: 祝おう (iwaou – “let’s celebrate“)
• Band: Mass of the Fermenting Dregs
• Album: 祝おう (iwaou, “let’s celebrate”)
• Release Date: 08/14/2026
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

～

お前と肩を並べ
眺める景色は
この世のものとは思えないほど
綺麗だ

omae to kata o narabe
nagameru keshiki wa
kono yo no mono to wa omoenai hodo
kirei da

Lying close to you, shoulder-to-shoulder,
the scenery I’m looking at
it’s so pretty it feels like something
out of this world

消えていくあの戦艦
どこへ行くつもりか
正しさを振り翳し

kieteiku ano senkan
doko e iku tsumori ka
tadashisa o furikazashi

I wonder where that battleship
fading away, wielding its own justice,
plans on sailing

祈ることもできない
語ることもできない

inoru koto mo dekinai
kataru koto mo dekinai

Can’t even pray anymore
Can’t even speak anymore

淡くかおる
痛みは
もう

awaku kaoru
itami wa
mou

The faint scent
of this pain
is no longer…

抱えきれそうにない
不幸にだって
甘えてみたいの
こころは

kakaekiresou ni nai
fukou ni datte
amaete mitai no
kokoro wa

I can’t bring myself to carry
this unhappiness anymore
I just want to try
to spoil my heart

待ちきれそうにない
今日にだって
光待つ、その手

machikiresou ni nai
kyou ni datte
hikari motsu, sono te

But it can’t wait until then
and today too
a light shines in those hands

お前の肩を抱いて
眺める景色は
この世のものとは
思えないほど

omae no kata o daite
nagameru keshiki wa
kono yo no mono to wa
omoenai hodo

With my arms around your shoulders
I just can’t believe
the scenery I’m looking at
is part of this world

Notes:

– Just wanted to point out that “to spoil” in the fifth stanza it’s meant to be “to ruin”, but “to pamper”