Volleyboys – Title Call

• Title: Title Call
• Band: Volleyboys
• Album: 青い (aoi, “Blue“)
• Release Date: 04/03/2019
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

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古ぼけた川のほとり
ひとり君の事を思い出しているのさ

furuboketa kawa no hotori
hitori kimi no koto o omoidashiteiru no sa

On the shore of a worn out river
I’m sitting alone, remembering you

商店街の灯りが
次々と消えて行くまた
地下鉄はもうなくなった
ねえどうだい？このまま2人
朝を迎えるっていうのは

shoutengai no akari ga
tsugitsugi to kiete yuku mata
chikatetsu wa mou nakunatta
nee dou dai? kono mama futari
asa o mukaeru tte iu no wa

All the lights in the shopping district
are turning off one after another
and the subway is no longer in service
Hey, how about the two of us
stay together until morning comes?

僕らはずっと、いつまでだって
このままさ、このままさ
僕らはずっと、いつまでだって
このままさ、何も変わらないまま

bokura wa zutto, itsumade datte
kono mama sa, kono mama sa
bokura wa zutto, itsumade datte
kono mama sa, nanimo kawaranai mama

No matter how much time will go by,
we will always stay the same, forever
No matter how much time will go by,
we will always stay as we are, unchanged

タイトルコールを聞かずに、僕ら飛び込んでく
タイトルコールを聞かずに、僕ら飛び込んでく
タイトルコールを聞かずに、僕ら飛び込んでく
タイトルコールを聞かずに・・・
夢の中へ

taitorukooru o kikazu ni, bokura tobikondeku
taitorukooru o kikazu ni, bokura tobikondeku
taitorukooru o kikazu ni, bokura tobikondeku
taitorukooru o kikazu ni…
yume no naka e

We’re jumping in, without hearing the title call
We’re jumping in, without hearing the title call
We’re jumping in, without hearing the title call
Without hearing the title call
we jump into this dream

僕らはずっと
いつまでだってこのままさ

bokura wa zutto
itsumadedatte kono mama sa

No matter how much time will go by,
we will always stay the same

Notes:

– This song is played in the credit sequence of the 2020 movie ドロステのはてで僕ら – “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” (I highly recommend it)
– The title “Title Call” is an english term of japanese origin (wasei word), pretty much like “donmai” (lit. “don’t mind”, meaning “it’s fine”) or “faito” (lit. “fight”, meaning “go for it”). A “Title Call” is – quite literally – an announcement for a show’s name, usually used as a cue to call in for an action (on japanese TV, presenting the title of a show is usually a cue for performers to get on stage). I’ve kept it as “Title Call” in my translation because I don’t think there’s an exact english term for it.

Trooper Salute – 成れの果て

• Title: 成れの果て (nare no hate, “shadows of what we once were“)
• 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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きっと世界は哀しい風夜を抱いて
きっと世界は疾しい風夢を抱いて
きっと世界は寂しい風波を抱いて
きっと世界は優しい風君を抱いて

kitto sekai wa kanashii kaze yoru o daite
kitto sekai wa yamashii kaze yume o daite
kitto sekai wa samishii kaze nami o daite
kitto sekai wa ureshii kaze kimi o daite

I’m sure the world enshrouds the night in a grieving wind
I’m sure the world enshrouds our dreams in a guilty wind
I’m sure the world enshrouds its waves in a lonely wind
I’m sure the world enshrouds you in a joyful wind

きっと世界は理由を抱いて自由を知って
きっと世界は孤独を抱いて愛を知って

kitto sekai wa riyuu o daite jiyuu o shitte
kitto sekai wa kodoku o daite ai o shitte

I’m sure the world, grasping its reasons, knows what freedom is
I’m sure the worlds, grasping its loneliness, knows what love is

きっと世界は僕を抱いて告げ口して
きっと世界は逃げるタベ走るタベ
生きてゆける、生きてゆける

kitto sekai wa boku o daite tsugekuchi shite
kitto sekai wa nigeru yuube hashiru yuube
ikite yukeru, ikite yukeru

I’m sure the world will enshroud me and tell me something
I’m sure the world, night after night,
can live on, it can live on

きっと世界は愛しい風ひどく怯え
きっと世界は愛しい風目を震わせ

kitto sekai wa itooshii kaze hidoku obie
kitto sekai wa itooshii kaze me o furuwase

I’m sure the world is terribly scared of this lovely wind
I’m sure the world’s eyes tremble before this lovely wind

きっと世界は僕を抱いて告げ口して
きっと世界は逃げるタベ走るタベ
生きてゆける、生きてゆける

kitto sekai wa boku o daite tsugekuchi shite
kitto sekai wa nigeru yuube hashiru yuube
ikite yukeru, ikite yukeru

I’m sure the world will enshroud me and tell me something
I’m sure the world, night after night,
can live on, it can live on

きっと僕らは星になって空は鳴いて
きっと僕らは星になって話をして
きっと僕らは星になって時は経って
きっと僕らは生まれ落ちて眠り落ちて
生きてゆける、生きてゆける
生きてゆける、生きてゆける

kitto bokura wa hoshi ni natte sora o naite
kitto bokura wa hoshi ni natte hanashi o shite
kitto bokura wa hoshi ni natte toki wa tatte
kitto bokura wa umare ochite nemuri ochite
ikite yukeru, ikite yukeru
ikite yukeru, ikiteyukeru

I’m sure we’ll become stars and cry in the sky
I’m sure we’ll become stars and talk to each other
I’m sure we’ll become stars and see the time go by
I’m sure we’ll become stars, be born again and fall asleep
so we can live on, we can live on
we can live on, we can live on

aoihr – 少女漫画

• Title: 少女漫画 (shojo manga – “Like a Girl’s Comic“)
• Band: aoihr
• Album: 春と僕 (haru to boku – “The Spring and Me“
• Release Date: 03/24/2018
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

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放課後、ベランダから溜息落として
心象や感情が目に見えるものなら
どれほど楽になるかな
少女漫画みたいにさ

houkago, beranda kara tameiki otoshite
shinshou ya kanjou ga me ni mieru mono nara
dore hodo raku ni naru kana
shoujo manga mitai ni sa

From the veranda, after school, I let out a sigh
If only we could see mental pictures and feelings
just like in a shojo manga
everything would be so easier

水色のセーラー服
逃げ水アスファルト
追憶は続くけど
夏の匂いはもう忘れた

mizuiro no seeraafuku
nigemizu asufaruto
tsuioku wa tsudzuku kedo
natsu no nioi wa mou wasureta

Your aqua-colored school uniform
reflected in a road mirage
keeps hunting my mind
even though I’ve forgotten the smell of Summer

何もかも嫌いだから
何もかも好きになろうとして
残りエピソード数が目に見えるものなら
少しは諦めがつくかな

nanimo kamo kirai dakara
nanimo kamo suki ni narou to shite
nokori episoodo-suu ga me ni mieru mono nara
sukoshi wa akirame ga tsuku kana

I’m trying to getting to like everything
just because I despise all there is
I wonder if I’d just give up earlier
if I could see my remaining episodes’ count…

灰色の現実
逃げ見ず明日へ向かう
シナリオに背を向けて
今日を駆け抜ける駆け抜ける

haiiro no genjitsu
nige mizu asu e mukau
shinario ni se wo mukete
kyou wo kakenukeru, kakenukeru

This bleak, grey reality
leads to an unavoidable future
I turn my back to this scenario
and run through today, I’m running through

止め処なく溢れる喪失感を
塗り替えるだけの想像力を
追いかけて追いかけてまた見えなくなって
やり残したことに思いを馳せるだけ

tomedonaku afureru soushitsukan o
nurikaeru dake no souzouryoku o
oikakete oikakaete mata mienaku natte
yari nokoshita koto ni omoi o haseru dake

This endlessly overflowing sense of loss
only barely painted over by my imagination
I’m chasing after it until I can’t see anymore,
recalling once again all the things I’ve left undone

放課後、ベランダから溜息落として
心象や感情が目に見えるものなら
どれほど楽になるかな
少女漫画みたいにさ、って

houkago, beranda kara tameiki otoshite
shinshou ya kanjou ga me ni mieru mono nara
dore hodo raku ni naru kana
shoujo manga mitai ni sa, tte

From the veranda, after school, I let out a sigh
If only we could see mental pictures and feelings
just like in a shojo manga
everything would be so easier, but i know…

そんなわけないよな

sonna wake nai yo na

that can’t ever be

Notes:
– The translation in the credits is the official translation for this song, but in my translation is just “shojo manga” like in japanese (it just sounds better to me). The translation for the album’s title is official too.
– First stanza is repeated twice at the beginning.
– The third-to-last stanza is repeated once again in the end.

SAYONARAPOESY – その一閃

• Title: その一閃 (sono issen – “That flash“)
• Band: SAYONARAPOESY
• Album: 遅くなる帰還 (osokunaru kikan, “A late return”)
• Release Date: 05/02/2018
• Source: Original
• Band website: Here

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連日再会と集い
相対ばっかしてよう

renjitsu saikai to tsudoi
aitai bakka shite you

Reunions and encounters day after day
that’s all I’ve been doing

そうして早計な凄い計画
ばっかしていよう

soushite soukei na sugoi keikaku
bakka shite you

And then I devise hasty, amazing plans
that’s all I’ve been doing

ずっと僕は反省ばっかしていても
鬱屈の正体なんてわかんねえよ

zutto boku wa hansei bakka shiteite mo
ukkutsu no shoutai nante wakannee yo

Even though I’ve always regretted it,
I can’t tell what this gloom is all about

相当根性も
使い果たしてみたけど

soutou konjou mo
tsukai hatashite mita kedo

I’ve even tried to use
my willpower to its utmost, but…

連日早計な凄い計画
ばっかしていよう

renjitsu soukei na sugoi keikaku
bakka shiteiyou

Day after day, the only thing I do
is devising hasty, amazing plans

ずっと僕は順応ばっかしていても
成功の明星なんて見えねえよ

zutto boku wa junnou bakka shiteite mo
seikou no myoujou nante mienee yo

Even though I’ve always tried to fit in
I’ve never had a glimpse of the star of success

時代よ僕を選んでくれないか

jidai yo boku wo erande kurenai ka

Oh, will this era ever choose me?

Notes:

– Last stanza is repeated all over, together with some other previous stanzas

kurayamisaka – theme (kurayamisaka yori ai wo komete)

• Title: theme (kurayamisaka yori ai wo komete) (“from kurayamisaka, with love“)
• Band: kurayamisaka
• Album: kurayamisaka yori ai wo komete (“from kurayamisaka, with love“)
• Release Date: 09/10/2025
• Source: Original
• Buy Album: Here

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私の身体が朽ちるまで
命燃え尽きるまで
使い果たして眠る時までは

watashi no karada ga kuchiru made
inochi moetsukiru made
tsukai hatashite nemuru toki made wa

Until my body rots away,
until my life burns down to ashes,
until I’ll finally sleep, completely used up…

私の身体が見たすべて
財布の中身すべて
使い果たしたいだけ
それだけさ

watashi no karada ga mita subete
saifu no nakami subete
tsukai hatashitai dake
sore dake sa

Everything my body witnessed,
everything filling up my wallet
I just want to use all of it until it’s gone
That’s all there is

私、あなたの顔も忘れ
名前も日々も忘れ
祈りの故も忘れ

watashi, anata no kao mo wasure
namae mo hibi mo wasure
inori no yue mo wasure

I forgot even your face
I forgot my name and all my days
I even forgot what I’m praying for

私の身体が朽ちるまで
命燃え尽きるまで
使い果たしたいだけ

watashi no karada ga kuchiru made
inochi moetsukiru made
tsukai hatashitai dake

Until my body rots away,
until my life burns down to ashes,
I just want to use all of it

私の身体が朽ちるまで
命燃え尽きるまで
使い果たして眠る時までは

watashi no karada ga kuchiru made
inochi moetsukiru made
tsukai hatashite nemuru toki made wa

Until my body rots away,
until my life burns down to ashes,
until I’ll finally sleep, completely used up…

私の身体が朽ちるまで
命燃え尽きるまで
使い果たしたいだけ
それだけさ

watashi no karada ga kuchiru made
inochi moetsukiru made
tsukai hatashitai dake
sore dake sa

Until my body rots away,
until my life burns down to ashes,
I just want to use all of it
That’s all there is

Notes:
– The title “kurayamisaka yori ai wo komete” is kind of a pun. “Kurayamisaka” means “Darkness slope” (a slope in the darkness), but it’s of course also the name of the band. So it both means “With love, from a slope in the dark” and “With love, from kurayamisaka (the band)”
– There’s an entire background talked segment in the end, but it’s not featured in the official lyrics (sadly).

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

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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