深海 (Shinkai)

Depths of the Sea

Lyrics by Sakurai Atsushi
Music by Hoshino Hidehiko
Translation by Lola


I swim, I swim in the night sea until exhausted
I am going to sink into it alone
Ah and I dream of you
Fingers in your hair and a maddening secret
That nearly drives me insane


I swim deep, deep into the night sea
Alone, I am going to sink
Ah as I dream of you
A blue glow and a maddening secret
That nearly drives me insane

Look at those pretty scales, they look like a hair ornament don't they(1)
How lovely as I am being swept away by the darkness of your hair

There is nothing left anymore for me at the bottom of the sea, I dream of you as you are dreaming
I close my eyes and sink forever, thinking of you to the last(2)

I swim, I swim in the night sea until exhausted
I am going to sink into it alone
Ah and I dream of you
Fingers in your hair and a maddening secret
That nearly drives me insane

Look at those pretty scales, they look like tears as they fall
How lovely those eyes are, they are even deeper than the darkness

There is nothing left anymore for me at the bottom of the sea, I dream of you as you are dreaming
I close my eyes and sink forever, thinking of you to the last

There is nothing left anymore for me at the bottom of the sea, I dream of you as you are dreaming
I close my eyes and sink forever, thinking of you to the last


Notes: (1) The kanji used for 'scales' is meant for fish scales specifically.
(2) Literally it would just have ended with 'to the last' but in Japanese it has that implication of the continued thought 'thinking of you' so I added it to the English for clarification.