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トーキョー・天使の詩 Tokyo Tenshi no Uta translation by yours truly

I listened to this song last not and thought it sounded easy to translate so I did it in like twenty minutes which means it's probably not good. Grain of salt as always. Was fun to do as my friends are making a short film rn so it was cool to see the film terms in Japanese idk. ENJOY!!!

クランクインの声きこえたら kuranku in no koe kikoetara When you can hear them call to start filming 神様たちカメラまわすの kamisamatachi kamera mawasu no The gods turn the cameras ヒロインは誰の手に hiroin wa dare no te ni Who does the heroine belong to? 今夜はあの娘でいきましょう Konya wa ano ko de ikimashou Let’s go with that girl tonight

トーキョー 天使 Toukyou tenshi Tokyo angel トーキョー 天使の詩 Tokyou tenshi no uta Tokyo angel’s poem トーキョー エンジェル Toukyou enjeru Tokyo angel トーキョー 演じて Toukyou enjite Tokyo acting

カットイン 空へ Katto in sora e Cut in to the sky カットアウト 屋上から Katto auto okujou kara Cut out from the rooftop カットイン 飛んで Katto in tonde Cut in, she’s flying カットバック Kattobakku Cutback

さよならママ さよならパパ sayonara mama sayonara papa Goodbye mom, goodbye dad 泣いてくれたクラスメイト Naitekureta kurasumeito My classmates are crying 天使になれるかな Tenshi ni nareru kana Can I become an angel? スカートもブラウスもソックスもローファーも Sukaato mo burausu mo sokkusu mo roufaa mo My skirt and my blouse and my socks and my shoes ぜんぶぜんぶ羽根に埋もれて Zembu zembu hane ni umorete Bury everything under my wings

クランクアップ 声ひびいても Kuranku appu koe hibiite mo When the sound of the closing clapboard echoes 気まぐれなの 神様いつも Kimagure na no kamisama itsumo God is always fickle 今日もあの娘ミスキャスト Kyou mo ano ko misukyasuto The girl was miscast again today あした別の娘さがしましょう Ashita betsu no ko sagashimashou Let’s find another one tomorrow

トーキョー 天使 Toukyou tenshi Tokyo angel トーキョー 天使の詩 Toukyou tenshi no uta Tokyo angel’s poem トーキョー エンジェル Toukyou enjeru Tokyo angel トーキョー 演じるなら Toukyou enjiru nara If you’re acting in Tokyo

ブルーバック 空へ Buruu bakku sora e To the bluescreen sky ブルーバック まっさかさま Buruu bakku massakasama Going into the bluescreen head first フェードイン 落ちて Feedo in ochite Falling into the fade in フェードアウト Feedo auto Fade out

怒ってるママ いつもぶつパパ Okotteru mama itsumo butsu papa Mom is mad, dad always hits me 笑ってくれたクラスメイト warattekureta kurasumeito My classmates laugh at me 悪魔になれるかな Akuma ni nareru kana Will I become a demon? 学校も教室も放課後も思い出も Gakkou mo kyoushitsu mo houkago mo omoide mo My school and my classroom and my time after class and my memories ぜんぶぜんぶ燃やし尽くて Zembu zembu moyashitsukushite Burn them all to ashes

間違ってた ごめんなさい Machigatteta gomennasai I was wrong, I’m so sorry さかさまの夕日が Sakasama no yuuhi ga This upside down setting sun ゆっくりゆっくりリボンほどいていくの yukkuri yukkuri ribon hodoiteiku no Slowly undoes my ribbon だけどきっとあなたは泣いてくれない Dakedo kitto anata wa naitekurenai But I know you won’t be crying for me わたしが死んでも Watashi shinde mo Even when I die

#lyrics #geiger counter culture

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english coverage of upcoming album Metrospective, and recent mv for Metraumerei! please check it out, and check out the music videos for Metraumerei and Ribbon Mandala!

#urbangarde #ps there are lyric translations to both songs in their respective pinned comments. no idea who did that #whoever it is definitely means to upload in depth translation notes to a certain blog when they get the time

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サンタクロースビジネス- Santa Claus Business

アドベント・カレンダーのドアー

二十四回 叩いて

Adobento carendaa no doa

Niijyu yonkai tataite

Knocking on the advent calendar door twenty-four times,

ベッドで寝ぼけまなこのパパ

おはようのキスをして

Beddo de neboke manako no papa

Ohayou no kisu o shite

My sleepyhead daddy in bed gets a good-morning kiss

オーナメントで飾りつけた

ツリーのライトともして

Oonamento de kazari tsuketa

Tsuri no raito tomoshite

I put up the ornaments, and the tree lights too

キッチンでママのお手伝い

そんなあたしに 声かけるの

Kiichin de mama no otetsudai

Sonna atashi ni koe kakeru no

I lend a hand to mommy in the kitchen, 

But even then you tell me;

パパの仕事はサンタクロース

今日はプレゼント 届けなくちゃ

Papa no shigoto wa santa kuroosu

Kyo wa purezento todokenakucha

“Daddy’s job is Santa Claus

Today I’ve gotta deliver presents”

秘密だよってパパ 言うけど

みんな信じてくれないよ

Himitsu da yo tte papa iiu kedo

Minna shinjite kurenai yo

Daddy said it’s a secret, 

But nobody would believe me anyways

うちでは普通のパパだもん

いつも疲れてるパパだもん

Uchi dewa futsu no papa damon

Itsumo tsukareteru papa damon

‘Cus at home, he’s my plain-old daddy

‘Cus he’s my daddy who’s always tired

だけどほんとはサンタクロース

Dakedo honto wa santa kuroosu

But, he’s really Santa Claus

きよしこの夜こそは

Kyoshi kono yoru koso wa

Even on this Silent Night

ステージに立たなきゃ

Suteeji ni tatanakya

He’s got to stand on stage

今夜は嬉しい人にも

悲しい悲しい人にも

Konya wa ureshii hito ni mo

Kanashii kanashii hito ni mo

Tonight, for all the happy people,

And for all the sad, sad people

おんなじ雪が降るから

Onaji yuki ga furu kara

The same snow will come down, so*

今夜が楽しい人にも

寂しい寂しい人にも

Konya ga tanoshii hito ni mo

Sabishii sabishii hito ni mo

Tonight, to all the people having fun,

And to all the lonely, lonely people

言うよ 君にも

Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Iiu yo kimi ni mo

Merry Merry Merry Christmas

I’ll wish you too a Merry Merry Merry Christmas

おかしいよって君は言うけど

おかしなパパを許して

Okashiiyo tte kimi wa iiu kedo

Okashi na papa o yurushite

You tell me I’m weird, but please forgive your weird daddy

トナカイの楽器隊と

フロアにリボンかけるから

Tonakai no gakkitai to

Furoa ni ribbon kaketeru kara

Because with a backing band of reindeer, 

I’ll wrap up the venue floor in ribbons

僕の仕事はサンタクロース

Boku no shigoto wa santa kuroosu

My job is Santa Claus

きよしこの夜なのに

君を一番に できない

Kyoshi kono yoru nanoni

Kimi o ichiban ni dekinai

Even though it’s a Silent Night

I can’t put you first

"ごめんね"

Gomenne

“I’m sorry”

幸せそうな あの人も

見えない孤独かかえてる

Shiawase sou na ano hito mo 

Mienai kodoku kakaeteru

Even that person who seems happy 

Carries a loneliness you can’t see

だから 歌うよ

Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Dakara utauyo

Merry Merry Merry Christmas

That’s why I’m singing, Merry Merry Merry Christmas

今夜は嬉しい人にも

悲しい悲しい人にも

Konya wa ureshii hito ni mo

Kanashii kanashii hito ni mo

Tonight, for all the happy people,

And for all the sad, sad people

おんなじ歌が降るから

Onaji uta ga furu kara

The same song will come on, so*

今夜は笑顔の人にも

泣いてる泣いてる人にも

Konya wa egao no hito ni mo

Naiteru naiteru hito ni mo

Tonight, to all the smiling people,

And to all the crying, crying people

言うよ 君にも

Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Iiu yo kimi ni mo

Merry Merry Merry Christmas

I’ll wish you too a Merry Merry Merry Christmas

あなたに

Merry Merry Merry Christmas

Anata ni

Merry Merry Merry Christmas

I wish you a Merry Merry Merry Christmas

TRANSLATION NOTES

* the furu/降る in both these parts is usually used to describe precipitation falling, ie snow, so in chorus B it’s more.. poetic? symbolic? idk it’s nice<3 i tried to translate it in a way where the lines still have connection while sounding respectively natural

merry crisis!!!/メリー苦リスマス！！！

i used to be a christmas hater but now, because of this song, i can cope with it. btw the true meaning of christmas is not capitalistic gift giving, or jesus, or any of that, it’s how cute santa papa temma is. amen🙏

#urbangarde #lyrics #my translations

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ヌーヴォーロマン - Nouveau Roman

わたしは猫です　名前はありません

Watashi wa neko desu  Namae wa arimasen

I am a cat, I have no name

先生に拾われた　捨て猫

Sensei ni irowareta  Suteneko

Taken in by Sensei, I’m a stray cat

先生は作家なの　有名な作家なの

Sensei wa sakka nano  Yuumei na sakka nano

Sensei is an author, a famous author

だけど悩んでるの　いつも　飛んでるの

Dakedo nayanderu no itsumo  tonderu no

But he’s always swept away by his worries

わたし猫だけど　スカートが履きたいの

Watashi neko dakedo  Sukaato ga hakitai no

Even though I’m a cat, I want to wear a skirt

恋人になりたいの　お願い

Koibito ni naritai no  Onegai

I want to become your lover, I beg you

先生は詐欺師なの　手紙書く詐欺師なの

Sensei wa sagishi nano  Tegami kaku sagishi nano

Sensei is a fraud, deceitful while writing letters

だけどほんとの　気持ちは　口に出せないの

Dakedo honto no kimochi wa  Kuchi ni dasenai no

But he can’t say his true feelings

書いても消しても恋　恋しか書けない

Kaitemo keshitemo koi  Koi shika kakenai

No matter how I write or rewrite love, love is all I can write*

書いても消しても恋　恋しか嘘しか書けなくて

Kaitemo keshitemo koi  Koi shika uso shika kakenakute

No matter how I write or rewrite love, all I can write are love and lies

「新しい時代だ」「新しい芸術だ」

Atarashi jidai da  Atarashi geijustu da

‘It’s a new era’, ‘It’s a new artform’

〆切さ　何もかも　変われない

Shimekiri sa  Nanimokamo  Kawarenai

But the deadline doesn’t change at all

僕らくりかえすだけ　思い出と思いこみ

Bokura kurikaesu dake  Omoide to omoikomi

We’re just repeating memories and biases

だけど書かれた　過去は　息の根止めるだろう

Dakedo kakareta kakkou wa   Iki none tomeru darou

But isn’t the written past suffocating us?

書いても消しても恋　恋しか書けない

Kaitemo keshitemo koi  Koi shika kakenai

No matter how I write or rewrite love, love is all I can write

書いても消しても恋　恋でも嘘でも

Kaitemo keshitemo koi  Koi demo uso demo

No matter how I write or rewrite love, even love, even lies

嘘じゃない恋としても

Usojanai koi to shitemo 

Even love that’s not a lie,

ひとりぼっちのベッドで　羊をめぐる冒険

Hitoribochi no beddo de  Hitsuji o meguru bouken

All alone in bed, taking off on a wild sheep chase

君がくれた孤独　僕にくれた孤独

Kimi ga kureta kodoku  Boku ni kureta kodoku

The loneliness you gave out, the loneliness given to me

ひとりぼっちの指先　めくるめく涙の谷

Hitoribochi no yubisaki  Mekuru meku namida no tani

A lone fingertip flipping through a dazzling valley of tears**

百年もの孤独　君にあげる僕の孤独

Hyakunen mono kodoku  Kimi ni ageru boku no kodoku

A hundred-year solitude, I’ll give my loneliness to you

書いても消しても恋　恋しか書けない

Kaitemo keshitemo koi  Koi shika kakenai

No matter how I write or rewrite love, love is all I can write

書いても消しても恋　恋しか書けない

Kaitemo keshitemo koi  Koi shika kakenai

No matter how I write or rewrite love, love is all I can write

書いても消しても恋　恋しか書けない

Kaitemo keshitemo koi  Koi shika kakenai

No matter how I write or rewrite love, love is all I can write

書いても消しても恋　恋しか嘘しか書けなくて

Kaitemo keshitemo koi  Koi shika uso shika kakenakute

No matter how I write or rewrite love, all I can write are love and lies

(書かれた物語へつづく)

(Continue to the written story)***

TRANSLATION NOTES/PERSONAL INTERPRETATION

*this write/erase motif seems to come up in jp lyrics a lot, but while researching all i found was that it could be citing the line "恋、と書いたら、あと、書けなくなった。/As for love… no, having once written that word I can write nothing more." in osamu dazai's novel the setting sun. which, WOULD make sense, but i'm not entirely convinced so. shrugs.

**the "valley of tears" line seems like it MAY be a reference to a text by a medieval dominican friar. of all things. The Sinner's Guide/La Guía de Pecadores was written by louis of granada in 1555, but was brought by missionaries to early christian communities in nagasaki and translated in 1599. also mekuru is turning/flipping through pages but mekumekuru is to blind or dazzle so i wanted to convey both.

***this part isn't said out loud, and the "lalala" that is isn't in the written lyrics

also worth mentioning that "nouveau roman" itself refers to a 1950s wave of experimental french novels. i think that with the themes of conflicting history and present, and the literary angle, it could all mean…rather than being restrained by the written past, write your own future... maybe!

#urbangarde #my translations #lyrics #shoujo wa nido shinu

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I’m still fiction Fiction only for you A substitute for someone else Who is it that you loved?

translation by boshijusei

#lyrics #shoujo fiction

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不惑惑惑-Fuwakuwakuwaku Eng. Lyric Translations Masterpost

Today (in Japan), August 12th, is Urbangarde's leader and certified babygirl Temma Matsunaga's birthday! To celebrate, I've attempted to translate the entirety of his third and most recent solo album, Fuwakuwakuwaku. I'd be really happy if you gave it a listen and read along!

Note: I cannot stress enough that I'm a complete amateur doing this for fun and have no idea what I'm doing, so please forgive me if there's inaccuracies or mistakes. Mr. Matsunaga's lyrics are incredibly complex and multifaceted, so learning Japanese by translating them (like i'm doing) is kind of like learning to swim by being thrown into the ocean♡ In fact, if you notice anything I got wrong or missed, please DM me so I can fix it and thank you for your help! Please consider these translations as living documents, subject to change lol. I hope to add the original lyrics for comparison as well as romaji later🙏

そうだろうどうだろう/Isn't it? Doesn't it?

バニーガールアーミー/BUNNY GIRL ARMY

推さないで/Don't Push Me

セクシー・ハラジュク/SEXY HARAJUKU

ナイトサファリ/Night Safari

ぼくたちは失敗/We are Failures

キリスト・ロック/Christ Rock

パフェ評論/Parfait Critique

君とは結婚すると思ってたんだ/I thought I would marry you

不惑惑惑/Fuwakuwakuwaku

#urbangarde #my translations #fuwakuwakuwaku

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不惑惑惑 -FUWAKU WAKUWAKU

NOTE: this song piles on the double meanings and multiple valid readings even more than the average temma lyrics, ESPECIALLY in regards to the title/thesis statement. usually i’d keep all notes until after the song but it cannot be translated in any succinct way; so i’m gonna do a little pre-translation breakdown with hopes that it’ll help you assess the vibes (and appreciate temmy’s genius);

不惑 can be read as 40 years old, 惑 can be read with a meaning of bewilderment and confusion, 不 can have a meaning of negation like “un-” or “non-”. so that could also be like “unafraid”, and on top of that, it also can be read as “following the right path” which i think is interesting with the car/route imagery in the MV (and subsequent symbolism/metaphor for one’s life path BUT ANYWAYS). 惑惑 has the phonetic sounds わくわくwhich is an onomatopoeia term that means excited (with a positive connotation). the kanji is also repeated in various bits throughout the song in different words with different contexts and different readings so look out. 

TLDR that 4 character phrase contains the feeling of “mid-life crisis but actually make it slay”? there’s honestly more meanings you can fit into it too that’s enough for now. galaxy brain stuff. 

Colliding on a curve right before forty, a narcissistic failure of a person got into a crash

At this rate, it seems this is how I’ll die, so I’ll sing freely; Fuwakuwakuwaku 

Waku, Waku, Wakuwakuwaku…

Lost my morals from a life of unlicensed driving, a moratorium* middle-ager

I can’t even get a credit card, I can’t even sign an autograph, I even forgot my name; Fuwakuwakuwaku

Waku, Waku, Wakuwakuwaku…

Unburnable trash with a white dream

Burn me up on Monday morning, please

From the wife and child I’ve never had,

Old parents and young women too, I’m getting pushed around by all of them, surely;

How exciting, this lonely and mysterious planet!

Each time I look in the mirror, every time I shave, I’m somebody’s slave**

How exciting, to pass forty on this perplexing planet is

Something no one knows, and they don’t wanna know

So, that’s MISTER old man to you!***

How Fuwakuwakuwaku is that!

Waku, Waku, Wakuwakuwaku…

Winners and losers, blooming flowers and their fertilizers, widows of youth flocking at salons

At this rate it seems they’ll all get sucked up like this, so for those guys’ sake; Fuwakuwakuwaku 

Waku, Waku, Wakuwakuwaku…

A male praying mantis overjoyed to get eaten by a female (cold sweat emoji)

Lying about your income on a dating app while tied up in a warehouse; Fuwakuwakuwaku

Pink-drenched organic waste

Let it sink down into Tokyo Bay

Together with a lover who hasn’t been around for so long,

Traveling the scenic route with a mistress, an accomplice, oh, wouldn’t you please have sympathy for a lover’s suicide?****

Let’s get excited, on this bizarre and mysterious planet!

It’s all dead stock reflected in a display window, lowly me and my era too

Let’s get excited, to pass forty on this perplexing planet is

The wifi signal can’t connect, won’t connect

You gotta have guts and hang tight,

‘Cause it’s Fuwakuwakuwaku, right?!

If you’ve got a mic, doesn’t it feel like karaoke?

How gross it is to keep going on about myself,

Taking selfies, acting contrarian, lashing out, it’s so over

Stop it, stop it, make it stop!

How exciting, this lonely and mysterious planet!

Every time I shave, I start bleeding, I’m a slave to myself**

How exciting, passing forty on this perplexing planet is

Something you can’t find, and you don’t wanna see,

Open the window of society!*****

That’s Fuwakuwakuwaku!

Waku, Waku, Wakuwakuwaku…

Don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid, don’t be afraid

(more) TRANSLATION NOTES

as mentioned before, this song is so packed with multiple meanings, that i just kinda gave up and made it a more liberal translation. i hope i could still convey everything properly, and again, if you catch any references or significant other meanings that i missed, lmk! thank you. stan temma. she fu on my waku til i wakuwaku.

* loanword term that, as it suggests, although it usually refers to young adults, means a person who doesn’t want to grow up or has a delayed adolescence (i’m in this picture and i don’t like it.

** two alternate readings (シモベ in chorus 1 and 3, ヤツガレ in chorus 2) are provided for the common masculine pronoun 僕 repeated in these parts, which come from more archaic humble self-referential language, and/or can be read as/shares readings with kanji for “slave/manservant”. 

*** literally it’s “add a -san to that oji” (y’know, ojisan) but we have fun:)

**** this bit is going to drive me insane. 道行き=can just mean to travel down a path, but has a poetic vibe, and can also mean to elope. 道連れ=means travelling companion, but also can be part of a term for “forcing someone to go with you” especially going, downstaiiiiiiiirs… and most crazy of all 心中 means lover’s/double suicide (as those already urbanpilled may recognise from onepiece shinjuu), but it can also mean “inner feelings” and the phrase 心中お察し致します is a condolences/sympathies-type message. WHEW. 

***** this is old slang for a dude unzipping his fly. you learned something new today. yay. 

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

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君とは結婚すると思ってたんだ-I thought I would marry you

At that time, when I called you on the phone

And bit back tears trying to say something

That evening, on the terrace of a crowded café

A pure white sugarcube sank and vanished

The hands of time can’t be turned back anymore, right?

Even if you turn back to look, the memory is twisted up

On that sepia photograph, I’ll take your favourite paint

And use it to draw beautiful memories

If I could find normal happiness, I wonder if I could become happy

Because this is the only way that I can live,

Always putting off the end of my youth

I thought I would marry you

“How many kids do you want?” and

“Where should we go on vacation?”,

I thought I’d say those things to you someday, but

You’re already gone

A broken glass will just stay broken

If words pour into it, they’ll only spill out

If tears pour, it’ll only get complicated 

Turn the finished page and close this up

If I keep doing this kind of work, I wonder if I can ever make you happy

If I can’t even make the person in front of me laugh,

I can’t make anyone smile at all

I thought that we’d part once more

To you, who returned the extra key and left your seat

I waved my hand like I’d see you again someday 

And although I knew we’d never meet again

I kept waving my hand

I thought I would marry you

“How many kids do you want?” and

“Where should we go on vacation?”,

Someday I’d tell you those things, but I was much too late 

I thought I would marry you

“I’m good on a ceremony, let’s take a long, long trip instead” and

“Let’s take lots of pictures”,

I thought I’d say those things to you someday, but

I know, you’re already gone

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

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パフェ評論-Parfait Critique

This isn't love, it's a parfait critique

It's only self-righteousness, just a parfait critique 

Just scooping up words with a spoon,

All I've done here is a parfait critique 

Eat up the parfait

Critique, critique, don’t criticize, ah, eat it up

Eat up the parfait

But don't judge it

You're flawless, spotless, in your ironclad dress

Both metaphysically and physically bewildering me, a Pa-class person

No, that's not it, no, it's definitely more like,

The ideological glass you wear is

A fictional you, a symbolic you,

Because I'm only gazing at you through this glass

The strawberry piercing the peak is a once-in-a-lifetime meeting

The mistake I once made repeats over and over again

This isn't love, it's a parfait critique

It's only self-righteousness, just a parfait critique

Just scooping up words with a spoon, right out of my mouth*

Remaining only as a thought, this parfait review

Writing and erasing the letters of this parfait critique

All the way to the very end, it couldn't leave my mouth**

It's just way too saccharine, this parfait critique

Scoop up the parfait

To be saved, saved, almost like I'm saved, ah, and captivated***

Scoop up the parfait

As if I want to be saved

Your cherry of virtue really contains

A seed of malice that you spit out while smiling

Tying it up with the tip of your tongue,

Like an idea, you tie me down

Chocolate wafers sandwich the empty-minded sky****

Even though, in that seat across from the window, you're not sitting there anymore…

"Once more, this café, this seat, this parting of ways, 

Once more, this situation, this scene, this script,

Once more, this town, this shop, this rendezvous 

Once more, this love, once more, that love-“

Once more, it’s all the same

It's just staring through a mirror, this parfait critique

I'm just talking to myself, just a parfait critique, 

I'm just doling out tears from the tip of my pen, I'm alone, I'm always alone

This isn't love, it's a parfait critique

It's only solitaire, just a parfait critique

Just scooping up words with a spoon, straight out from my mouth

All I'm doing is criticizing, this parfait critique

Only a lonely argument, this parfait critique

And yet I still can't finish it,

All that's been done to you is a parfait critique

Eat up the parfait

Critique, critique, don’t criticize, ah, eat it up

Eat up the parfait

But don't judge it, after all,

Eat up the parfait

Critique, critique, don’t criticize, ah, eat it up

Eat up the parfait

But don't act like you get it

All I've done here is a parfait critique 

TRANSLATION NOTES

* the original line, 口にせず, is a phrase that can mean both to eat AND to speak… i tried to pick something more literal that gives a similar impression 

** similar to above, a more straightforward translation would be “i couldn’t say it”

*** this bit is HARD… the sound of すくin "scoop" and "salvation is the same, and it’s repeated to create that kind of ambiguous double meaning… i hope this works. 

**** this is another turn of phrase, literally meaning “the sky above” but typically meaning “absentminded” or like, “head in the clouds”. it’s a song about a couple who is BAD at communicating but i thought the imagery here also invoked a city skyline so i wanted to try to include both

also… i'm gonna be 100 with you, i don't know what the “pa-group/class person” line means. i'm thinking it might have something to do with the くみ in the "-group" suffix also phonetically meaning "bitter"? but where does the pa come in other than being like, parfait, or, pafect, maybe. is it referencing something? idk. as always if you have any thoughts message me~

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

[mentalhells]

キリスト・ロック-Christ Rock

You’re already dead, haven’t you noticed?

The moment you bid that girl farewell, your heart died

You died a while ago, don’t you understand?

Talking about your dreams with a ghost-like face, it’s a sorry sight

The internet is a hang-out of the dead

A businessman in colourful mourning wear

Earns his living by kicking corpses 

You should do it the same way

Christ Rock, if you cross yourself

Christ Rock, and disturb the graves*

Christ Rock, if you cross yourself

Christ Rock, I’ll go look for something to criticize

If that girl was dead, wouldn’t you notice?

Selling both her body and heart, taking selfies with a lying face

The internet is one big funeral parlour 

Scraping up the ashes of the dead, hardening them

And turning it into diamonds is our business**

You should do it the same way

Christ Rock, do what you wanna do

Christ Rock, I’ll make the corpses dance

The internet is like heaven’s gates

Well then, I don’t wanna go in

Trapped in dead books, it’s a country of rats

Can you tell me I’m wrong?

Christ Rock, if you cross yourself

Christ Rock, and disturb the graves*

Christ Rock, if you cross yourself

Christ Rock, I’ll go look for the hidden prize

TRANSLATION NOTES

* the word 荒らし meaning to disturb or vandalize is also slang for… internet trolling!!!

** the word business is written in kanji as 商売, but with a note to pronounce it as ビジネス/business

"hey, wait a second! this song isn't on streaming!" wow that's crazy you should buy the album. also there is an excellent and contextually hilarious performance of it here.

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

[mentalhells]

ぼくたちは失敗-We are Failures

We’re failures

Done a lot of wrongs, done a lot of crimes*

Got a lot of shallow wounds on our wrists

The fact we were even born in the first place,

Has gotta, gotta be a failure

There’s nothing

There’s no getting left on read, but there’s also no reply

If you tap it with your finger, it won’t go away

Even when we die, it’ll never ever go away,

‘Cause we’re def, def, definitely failures

Freedom-having guys are really imprisoned guys

Inside the internet, a marionette 

The makeup I wanna do and the proposal I want done to me,

Are all suggested at me, frustration

Hellish guys really seem like heaven

Filtered or unfiltered, let’s just hang out and break out**

If you wanna get a nose lift, then don’t lie about it

Don’t live a lie, don’t keep living at all

God messaged me on LINE***

And told me to send a pic

But I couldn’t reply, with a crying emoji

See, this person too, that person too

That’s right, after all,

We’re failures 

Get punished a lot, can’t get it right*

Got a lot of shallow wounds on our wrists

The fact we were even born in the first place,

Has gotta, gotta be a failure

There’s nothing

There’s no sadness, there’s no pain

Even if you slide off the power, it won’t go away

Even if it goes away, it'll never really be deleted

‘Cause we’re def, def, definitely failures

Swallowed by a whale and swimming through the darkness

Getting trapped in the app is a priori

If you wanna make your eyes bigger, then you should cry more

But don’t fake-cry, and don’t go on crying

Anyone is fine, anyone at all

I thought anyone was fine, so I was embraced like that

With an “it’s okay” and a smiling emoji,

See, these guys and those guys, me and you too,

Aren’t we all weird?

That’s why I wanna say…

That’s why I wanna say

I want to say it, I want to say to you, 

On this stormy night, I want to run to you and say,

With the neon and signage of the city

As a stage of trash

Because I wanna meet

I wanna meet you, I wanna meet tonight

I wanna meet to tell you just one thing,

It’s not an emo emo emoji,

I wanna say:

We’re failures 

Failures again today, failures tomorrow too

Since yesterday, since who knows when, we’ve been failures

Just being alive in the first place,

Has gotta, gotta be a failure

There’s nothing

There’s no hope, there’s no despair

If you tap it with your finger, it won’t go away

Even if it goes away, it'll never really be deleted

But we’re still breathing 

Because we’re failures at doing this too

TRANSLATION NOTES

this is a self-cover of a song that was originally written for the idol duo twinpale, so i tried to bring some of that "hello fellow teens" energy

* you might be familiar with batsu(×) and maru (〇) being used as shorthand for incorrect and correct respectively, just like how english speakers use x marks (the same) and check marks. the actual × sign is in the lyrics of the first verse, whereas it’s replaced with the kanji of the same pronunciation and similar meaning (punishment, penalty, etc) in the second, in contrast with the 〇 symbol. more literally that part of the line would be “failed at 〇”. or something.

** “filtered/unfiltered” explicitly refers to selfie filters. in the written lyrics, “break out” (in english) is provided in brackets as a pronunciation for the term 無礼講 meaning informal party (usually pronounced similarly as bureikou, hence the pun)

*** LINE is the most popular online messaging platform/app in japan

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

[mentalhells]

ナイトサファリ-Night Safari

Under a state of emergency declaration, it’s as if TOKYO is a night safari

Diving into a zebra-print taxi

If we cut through this urban jungle, then

You’re a lion, I’m a hamadryas baboon*

When we throw off our masks, we’re like animals

We’ve got no choice but to kiss like we’re biting

Playing at night, playing with fire, and even merely living became a game in this era

Do you like it risky?

Do you like whiskey?

Do you hate it when the morning comes? wow wow

Please KISS ME

Please KILL ME

Because I don’t hate the things I’m not supposed to do

Broken down in tears at the exit of the host club

You’re a nocturnal creature and your thoughts run wild

Announcing a new species of love in Sing-glish**

That shares traits of an endangered species 

I can hear shots ring out at the batting center

The cries of a girl falling flat on a rooftop

The head of Godzilla looking down at the jungle***

Let’s get even more wild! safari night yeah, party night

Under semi-state of emergency measures to prevent the spread, KABUKI CHO is a hotel with a savanna view****

If you dive into a camo-pattern bathtub 

And put on the Ride of the Valkyries, then wow wow

You’re a pirarucu, I’m an alligator 

Becoming animals that don't need vaccines

We’ve got no choice but to share our alternative life*****

It’s time to stand up and face all the loneliness, poison and sickness that can’t be cured, so

The worst is the best

From the worst to the best

Are you scared of breaking down? wow wow 

For the length of this song,

For the length of this tune, 

It’s okay to break down

Do you also like it risky?

Do you like whiskey?

Do you hate it when the morning comes? wow wow

Let’s lose the room key

Just forget the card key

Because I don’t like when the night ends

Let’s stay like this, forever

Just like this, forever

TRANSLATION NOTES

general: this song requires some context; japan never had full lockdowns during the pandemic, and although there was strongly recommended government stay-at-home mandates, shinjuku was an area of tokyo that remained relatively active. it already had a reputation as a party city, namely its neighborhood of kabuki-cho (as named in the lyrics) which is a infamous red light district. notably it became a safe haven for teen runaways escaping heightened domestic violence due to shutdowns and other young people in bad situations (well, “safe” is relative lol) but that’s a whole other rabbit hole. 

* baboon/ヒヒ is slang for dirty old man! why this specific species? who knows. wow king you know so many weird animals i’m impressed😳

** [EDITED] this is written in katakana the same way as "singlish", which is a singaporean english-based creole language, and the idea of combining two languages to create a new one is, dare i say, romantic (and temmacore). HOWEVER i think a more likely reading is combing the "shi" of "shinjuku" with the "-lish" of a language suffix, which was pointed out to me by @/shindo_shinjuku on twitter!! (しんどうさんありがとうございます！) so in that way, it conveys a type of communication specific to shinjuku... also differentiating between ai and koi here was hard so i gave up

*** there is a giant godzilla head on top of a movie theater in kabukicho.

**** the first part of the original lyric, 蔓延防止等重点措置, afaik was the actual title of japan’s covid policy

***** share as in sharing to social media, posting sense

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

[mentalhells]

セクシー・ハラジュク-SEXY HARAJUKU

I want to sexually harass you*

I want to do SEXY HARAJUKU to you

Because in this town, anything at all

Can become stylish, from what I’ve heard

Let me sexually harass you*

Let me do SEXY HARAJUKU to you

Because neither yumekawa or yamiikawa,**

Suit your style at all

All I wanna do is get you worked up

Both what’s in and what’s out,

Are decided by me

Like this city’s rules

All I wanna do is get you wet

It’s purely impure

The way I want to see you is like

This city, laid bare

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

You wore your underwear like wrapping

Somebody’s present, prêt-à-porter

A scrap that I can’t rap at all

Haute couture that can’t become ecriture

I’ll tear off the wrapping of your underwear

Somebody’s present, like a ready-made

Fast fashion and past fashion

Takenoko*** Nameneko**** in the house!

All I wanna do is get you worked up

What’s trendy and what’s out

Really doesn’t matter, so

Let’s just picture it for now

All I wanna do is get you wet

Purity and sensitivity 

Somehow, just like this,

You can't stop it, right?

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

All I wanna do is get you worked up

If Takeshita Street and 

Omotesando*****

Are both erogenous zones, 

All I wanna do is get you wet

At Cat Street and

Laforet Hills too*****

I’ll make you cum in style******

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

SEXY HARAJUKU

I want to sexually harass you*

I want to sexually harass you*

TRANSLATION NOTES

*um. so. セクハラ/sekuhara is short for sexual harassment, and is a commonly used shorthand for it, so really, out of context, this line is “i want to sexually harrass you”, but it also works as shorthand for SEXY HARAJUKU! hence the double entendre of the whole song

**two harajuku fashion trends, literally meaning dreamy cute and dark-cute. they’re cute!

*** refers to Takenokozoku, the name given to a movement of teenagers who’d wear bright flashy outfits and dance in harajuku in the 70’s and 80’s

**** Nameneko was, apparently, a series of extremely popular character goods in the early 80’s that featured pictures of real kittens dressed up as yankees and bosozoku gang members. it also apparently had a revival in popularity recently. this is the most fucked up thing i’ve seen in all my research for this album translation project.

***** these are all places in or near harajuku

****** イカせてあげる is “i’ll make you cum”, but イカす can mean to be cool/stylish, so,

also i just wanted to mention that the MV is a reference to the max headroom incident, which happens to be another special interest of mine, so it makes me super happy:^) tldr guy hijacks a tv station to broadcast his ass getting spanked while wearing a rubber character mask. and temmacore? yes.

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

[mentalhells]

推さないで-Don't Push Me

NOTE: the japanese slang term/pretty much direct equivalent to “stanning/to stan” is Oshi, which sounds like the term for to “pushing/to push”. i wish i could translate this song as “Don’t Stan Me”, but unfortunately that would mess up a lot of the clever wordplay and i want to be as accurate as possible so… maybe i’ll make a silly localized version later. for now just replace every instant of “push” with “stan” and “stanning” in your head

I’m an idol, a pretty-girl idol

I can’t fall in love, I’m not permitted to love

I’m messing around with my eyes and nose, I’m lying about my age

All I can drink is water, ‘cus I’m not permitted to get fat either

But really, I’m human too

Just like anyone else, I like you

You said that you like me too, but

Don’t you only like me when I’m standing on stage?

Don’t push me, pull me, draw me in

With the red thread, with the ace of hearts*

Try to pull me in, but don’t, don’t push me

On this lonely planet, as if we’re drawn together,**

I’ll show you what attraction is,

So don’t push me

You’re a fan, and that’s why I’m nervous

Even though you say “I adore you”

You’re buying hearts, buying them with money

Like a god, or a customer, whatever you are, sir,

But it’s not like that, you’re human too

Behind that smile, killing hearts

I want to draw attention, but also to be drawn in

Feel free to push me, a pushing-only relationship

I won’t give it, ‘cause you won’t give it to me

Both blue flowers and four-leaf clovers

If you won’t give it, then I won’t give it to you

Switching from one loneliness to another

But there must be someone… But y’know, y’know

You and I are both content

Surely everyone is someone else’s content

That girl’s tears were yummy today too

I stan it, it’s emo, it’s chill, it’s sus***

Hey,

You say that you like me but

I‘ve left the stage, so will you still like me?

Don’t push me, pull me, draw me in

Be gentle with my red thread, be gentle

Try to pull me in, but don’t, don’t push me

Try to enthral me and bewilder me,

Go ahead and seduce me****

Don’t push me… (x8)

I’m an idol

TRANSLATION NOTES

* you’re probably familiar with the red thread of fate, but if not, it’s a common folklore belief across several east asian cultures wherein an invisible red thread ties two soulmates together. 

** the original phrase, 引き合う, can mean both “to pull together/attract” and “to profit”… because that’s showbiz baby

*** this line is several internet slang terms: 推せる we’ve covered, エモい/emoi is, emo, but used less in the strictly negative emotion sense and more in the nostalgic or heartwrenching sense, like “i listened to that song again for the first time in years and got so emo🥺”. チルい/chirui is also literally, chill, and in this sense used for something that’s relaxing or chill to consume. 香ばしい/kobashii literally translates to fragrant, but is apparently ancient internet slang hailing from 2chan for someone who posts weird/cringe/creepy shit. you know, like we’d expect on our end from 4chan. i couldn’t really think of an equivalent period accurate term to describe eng shitposters…

**** the kanji 誘 for invite and 惑 for bewilder come together to make 誘惑, seduce. clever.

"hey, wait a second! this song isn't on streaming!" wow that's crazy you should buy the album.

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

[mentalhells]

バニーガールアーミー-BUNNY GIRL ARMY

I watched an ANIMAL VIDEO

The real deal of the Bond Girl thing is super plain

Rather than ABNORMAL, let’s have a NORMAL LOVE

With something like this Mondrian pattern, SA・YO・NA・RA*

Show me a BLOOD FILM

After all, the imported thing of Hollywood stuff is plain

But y’know, rather than a CAT or RAT or RABBIT, even

A BUNNY BUDDY is what I’d like you to be

Look over there, look over here (which?)

Inside the top hat is (a white dove)

But close your eyes, close your eyes (why?)

Because using magic on your lips, (I’m gonna cast a spell)

But look over here, look over there (which?)

In the pocket of my suit is (a white dove)

But close your eyes, close your eyes (one two)

If you count to 3,

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

If you bet on a rabbit, yeah

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

Then the riddle is over, right?

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

With a single machine gun, yeah

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

I’ll make you dance

Stop the ANIMAL VIDEO (STOP!)

The real thing of a Monroe KISS is on the contrary, inversely plain

That’s why, please give me NORMAL, NORMAL feelings

With something like this composition, pretend to O・YA・SU・MI*

Look over there, look over here (which?)

The trump of hearts is (the ace of diamonds)

But look closely, look closely (why?)

Your heart in this trap, (It’s caught in it)

But look over here, look over there (which?)

The face of the coin is (the reverse of the back)

But look closely, look closely (wǔ liù)**

If I snap my fingers

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

With a bunny betrayal, AH

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

My sincerest condolences for cheating YEAH YEAH

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

Firing out napalm, AH

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

I’ll teach you all about warfare

That’s what you’re like, a BUNNY ARMY

Making a cute face, with a missile in your heart

You’re so very, AH, BUNNY ARMY

Come on, show me what tricks you’ve got

If I count to 3

With a wave of my wand

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

If you bet on a rabbit, yeah

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

Then the riddle is over, right, right?

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

With a single machine gun, yeah

BUNNY GIRL ARMY

I’ll make you dance

BUNNY GIRL ARMY XXXX…

TRANSLATION NOTES

on paper, half the lyrics in this song are written using the normal kanji words and then given katakana loan word pronunciations. in other songs i’d make notes for each but ...

* i assumed these were commonly known enough japanese words to leave them as is, but just in case, sayonara=goodbye, and oyasumi=goodnight

** continuing the counting theme, it's "5, 6" in mandarin! i would never have caught this if i hadn't read this note by @025urban on twitter pointing it out! (わかなさんありがとうございます！)

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

[mentalhells]

そうだろうどうだろう-Isn’t it? Doesn't it?

(Sorry, at a place like this, ah

Sorry, at a place like this, uh

This is Matsunaga Temma, ah

Sorry, at a place like this, uh

This is Matsunaga Temma, ah) 

Hey you, is it your first time coming to a place like this?

Is it your first time having this kind of experience?

I don’t know if this can be called love 

‘Cause whether you take a picture or take a video

I really don’t understand you at all

That’s why I’ll make it a song

It’s good to make into a song, isn’t it?

As for me, I wasn’t the kind of guy to do things like that

I wasn’t the kind of guy to do that sort of thing

If you call that love, it’s better not to do it at all

‘Cause hurting each other feels good,

I really don’t understand love at all

That’s why I sing like this

And pretend to get it

Shooting out interjections, shoot ‘em out, shoot ‘em out*

Isn’t that right? How’s that? Is that right?

Hey you, is it your first time hearing this kind of song?

Is it your first time with this kind of first-hand experience?

I have no idea if I can call this kind of thing a song

‘Cause I said it, I said it out loud

Words are always in the wind

But turning it into a song

Is all I can do, all I can do, all I can do

I can’t do much else, so that’s why

Isn’t that right? How’s that? Is that right?

Hey you, is it your first time feeling this kind of good feeling?

Is it your first time feeling this kind of gross feeling?

If it feels gross, then press the stop button right now

If you want to keep going, press the ▲, if you want to record, press the ●

There’s no choice but to call it something like love

So isn’t it fine to call it a song!?

Isn’t it?

Isn’t that right? How’s that? Is that right?

TRANSLATION NOTES

i tried to keep the soudarous and doudarous close to the official english title, but i think by their nature they’re words that change implications based on context… also there’s a few references to temma’s solo debut song and all-time banger love harassment which you should also listen to.

* there’s a specific word, 相槌/aizuchi, for the kind of affirmative responses a listener in a conversation makes, like “uh huh”, "really?", "wow" etc. there actually is an english word for it too, backchanneling, but i’ve never heard it used casually lol

#lyrics #my translations #temma solo #fuwakuwakuwaku

[mentalhells]

“One-Piece Shinjuu” (”One-Piece Double Suicide”)

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”One-Piece Double Suicide”

あゝワンピワンピワンピワンピワンピース Ā wanpi wanpi wanpi wanpi wanpīsu  One-pi, one-pi, one-piece, one-pi, one-piece 

白無垢　おろしたて　ワンピース Shiromuku oroshitate wanpīsu A white kimono, a brand new one-piece

もう Want Want Want Want ワンテーク Mō Want Want Want wantēku Want want want want one-take 

赤くして紅　ワンピース Akaku shite kurenai wanpīsu A red made crimson, one-piece

お命ください O inochi kudasai Please give me life

わたしひとつあげるから Watashi hitotsu agerukara Because it’s the one thing I am willing to give

おハジキください O hajiki kudasai Please give me a pistol

あなたひとつくださいな Anata hitotsu kudasaina Please, just give me you

明日よりも今日が大事 Ashita yori mo kyō ga daiji Today is more important than tomorrow

おしゃれに死ぬことが大事 Oshare ni shinu koto ga daiji Looking your best while dying is an important thing

遊びならば遊びでいい Asobinaraba asobide ī If you are playing, I don’t particularly mind

宵越しの命は持たずに遊んでよ Yoigoshi no inochi wa motazu ni asonde yo Life is not something you keep overnight. So go ahead and play around with it.

あゝワンピワンピワンピワンピワンピース Ā wanpi wanpi wanpi wanpi wanpīsu One-pi, one-pi, one-piece, one-pi, one-piece

心中したいなら　ワンピース Shinjū shitainara wanpīsu If you want to commit a double suicide, one-piece

もう Once Once Once Once ワンシーン Mō Once Once Once Once Wanshīn Once once once once one scene

狂わせて紅　ワンピース Kuruwa sete kurenai wanpīsu An insanity inducing, crimson one-piece

玉川上水 Tamagawajōsui “Tamagawajōsui”

さらばふたり　グッド・バイ Saraba futari guddo bai Farewell to these two people… “Good Bye” 

未遂に終わって Misui ni owatte Put an end to this crime

Anata hitori Dog Die (犬死) あなたひとり Dog Die You alone will die a dog’s death

言葉よりも恋が大事 Kotoba yori mo koi ga daiji Love is more important than words

恋に生きることが大事 Koi ni ikiru koto ga daiji  To live in love is an important thing    

おもちゃならばおもちゃにして Omochanaraba omocha ni shite If this is a plaything, then go ahead and toy with it

想いわずらうことすらできないお人形にさせてよ Omoi wazurau koto sura dekinai o ningyō ni sa sete yo If only could be like a doll, free from thoughts and worries 

ワン、ツー、ピース ふたりの Wan, tsū, pīsu futari no (One, two, piece, this couple

心中　斜陽の恋さ Shinjū shayō no koi sa The double suicide “Setting Sun’s” love 

ワンテークでキスして Wantēku de kisushite  Kiss all in one-take 

ワンシーン、カット 飛ぶのさ Wanshīn, katto tobu no sa One scene, CUT! and soar 

ワン、ツー、ピースサインの Wan, tsū, pīsusain no   One, two, peace sign 

心中　しゃぼんの夢さ Shinjū shabon no yume sa Double suicide soap dream 

お命くださいくれないナイフ O inochi kudasai kurenai naifu Please give me life…crimson knife 

ワン、ツー、ピース　よごしてさ Wan, tsū, pīsu yogoshite sa One, two, Contaminate the peace!)

ワンピワンピワンピワンピワンピース… Wanpi wanpi wanpi wanpi wanpīsu.. One-pi, one-pi, one-pi, one-pi, one-piece

ワンピワンピワンピワンピワンピース… Wanpi wanpi wanpi wanpi wanpīsu.. One-pi, one-pi, one-pi, one-pi, one-piece 

あヽ何度でも何度でも間違える A, nandodemo nandodemo machigaeru Any number of times, any number of times, mistakes are made 

何度でもわたし��間違える Nandodemo watashi wa machigaeru Any number of times, I myself make mistakes

そう何度でも何度でも恋してる Sō nandodemo nandodemo koi shiteru Any number of times, any number of times, I fall in love

あなたの面影に恋してる Anata no omokage ni koishiteru I fall in love with the very image of you

もう一度もう一度会いたくて Mōichido mōichido aitakute Once more, once more, I long for you 

もう一度もう一度ワンピース Mōichido mōichido wanpīsu Once more, once more, one-piece 

着てみたの　生きてるの　死んでるの Kite mita no iki teru no shin deru no  I tried to wear it! (Continuing to live on!) Going on and dying!

__________________________________________________ Translation by RuukasuUnrio Translation Notes: * For those who are not aware already, the word, “ ワンピース” or “one-piece”, is the word for a dress in Japanese.  * There are a number of lines in this song that stuck out to me as references to Osamu Dazai and his works. Dazai is considered to be one of the most important Japanese modern writers. His works depict topics such as:  human nature, mental illness, social relationships, and postwar Japan. Although his life was a sad one, he was a man wholeheartedly dedicated to his works. He attempted suicide four times (two of them being double suicides) throughout his lifetime (his fifth attempt was a success and like half of the others, was a double suicide). * “ Tamagawajōsui “ This line is a reference to the site of Dazai’s death. Dazai along side his mistress, Tomie Yamazaki, committed a double suicide and drowned in the Tamagawa Canal outside his home in Mitaka, Tokyo in 1948. * “ The double suicide “Setting Sun’s” love “   “The Setting Sun” or “Shoyu” is the name of one of Dazai’s major works. * “ Farewell to these two people… Good Bye “  “グッド・バイ”  or “Good Bye” is the name of Dazai’s final piece of work. Sadly, it remains unfinished to this day. * ” You alone will die a dog’s death “ As I mentioned before, Dazai had attempted suicide four times. All four were unsuccessful and two of them were double suicides. The first double suicide coincided with his second attempt at taking his own life. After being expelled from his aristocratic family for running away with a geisha, he met a nineteen year old hostess by the name, Shimeko Tanabe. The two of them attempted a double suicide by drowning themselves at a  Kamakura beach in Kanagawa Prefecture. Tanabe ended up drowning, but Dazai was saved by a fishing boat. His second attempt at a double suicide was with the geisha he previously ran away with, Hatsuyo Oyama. After the previous failed attempt at double suicide with Tanabe, Dazai married Oyama. During the time Dazai spent in a mental institution, Oyama committed adultery with Dazai’s best friend. This is what led them to try and overdose on sleeping pills. Neither one of them ended up dying. As a result of the failed double suicide and her betrayal, Dazai divorced her. In the music video for “One-Piece Shinjuu”, the lyrics for this line is displayed as “ あなたひとり 犬死 “. In the lyric booklet, it shows “ あなたひとり Dog Die".  “犬死” and “die a dog’s death” are equivalents to each other. Both mean dying in a dishonorable, miserable, or shameful way. There is no honor in dying in the ways Dazai attempted. There is no honor in taking your own life. There is no honor in taking another’s life along with your own. This is at heart, the message behind Temma’s lyrics. __________________________________________________ “One-Piece Shinjuu” Music Video! “One Piece Shinjuu” Music Video (with subtitles)! Urbangarde Official Site! ___________________________________________________ This is a fan translation. I have no affiliation with Urbangarde. I’m just a fan trying to help other fans understand their music better. Thanks for viewing!

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