Psyence
Erase
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Won't those cruel words fade? Contentment with hate is neverending
But I'm neither sad nor happy, there is no story to tell
Aren't the sights pretty in the rush of vibrant memories
SHAVADA DUBI DABADA
Love I can buy in town and my dreams will have changed tomorrow
I have nothing and need nothing, I only want to erase my memories
I'll go to a classy restaurant in tacky clothes
Where that dear old devil who wore tacky clothes sings
"It's no use, you can't erase them, stop struggling in vain"
Erase my life, my memory
If I can make a fresh start
Erase my head, erase my mind
I sing an honest song
SHAVADA DUBI DABADA
Aren't the sights pretty in the rush of vibrant memories
I've done some terrible things but if I could start over
I wouldn't act the fool, I'm telling the truth I swear
Who are you? Where am I? Tomorrow was yesterday, who was I then?
I am a cat, you are a flower, look now I'm slipping away
"You reap what you sow but what a shame, you're still so young"
Erase my life, my memory
If I can make a fresh start
Erase my head, erase my mind
I sing an honest song
I have nothing and need nothing
I only want to erase my memories
Erase my head, erase my mind
I sing an honest song
SHAVADA DUBI DABADA
限界破裂
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It hurts my heart to watch you
But if I don't protect you you'll fall apart
We haven't met and yet
You are my drug
And I think I alone can take all of you
That girl's so pathetic it hurts my heart
Selling her beauty cheap in vain
If we could have met like this
A lot sooner
Maybe I wouldn't hurt you
Maybe I wouldn't make you cry
My heart hurts from looking at you
You look so lovely
As you collapse
I'm watching you from over here
So come on, please try to smile
Therapy, this is therapy, simple therapy
After me you'll become a different person
You can't help this sad and lonely flirtation
It's a nightmare but
That's just you and besides
It's all meaningless
Because you've been soiled
Take you any way you want
I'll do anything you desire
Take you any way you...
Well, what do you want me to do
Take you any way you want
In this deserted place
Take you any way you...
This way we'll shatter all boundaries
Therapy, this is therapy, my therapy
"I'm so lonely," you complain
Let's stay the two of us together and we'll smash our boundaries
I'm sure we would have both enjoyed it
Had you looked at me the entire time
I should have given you everything
It should have been all for you
Take you any way you want
You are my beloved "insecurity"
Take you any way you...
I won't let you go anymore
I'll imprison you
Forever
I'll be at your side
I have so much to tell you
Therapy, this is therapy, my therapy
Let's spend our time here
Just the two of us
Let's spend together
This precious time
Let's stay without counting the nights
That we have spent together
Let's both continue
This intensive therapy
...and so you will become my drug
Damage
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You took the best parts of my life
I don't doubt you said that
This place isn't conducive to daydreaming
When there are no variations blind faith is everything
People swarm to auspicious places
And I'm sure putting the right person to the right task will guarantee peace
They'll be fit into the puzzle to live on as changelings
Thinking you're there is a delusion
I ask, where is this paradise
The clock will turn even if you do what you don't want to
Damage me, do the dance of malice
This unending loop of todays turns
Why do you strain yourself so?
No one cares about you
But is it best to pretend you'll have no enemies where you're headed!?
Oh well, everyone's ordinary
And all know it even if it's never said
So does it bother you living only for tomorrow?
In the end I don't think you'll ever change
I've waited a long time but you're still looking for paradise
The clock will turn even if you witness things you don't want to see
Damage me, do the dance of malice
Despite my prayers these days never change
Damage me, fill me with your faltering malice
This unending loop of todays turns
It can't be, I failed to swallow this
Without even knowing the meaning
To your depressing words
I don't doubt you've said
"I'm sure tomorrow will be brighter"
But if it'll only be a copy of yesterday or today, I've had too many
Thinking you're there is a delusion
I ask, where is this paradise
The clock will turn even if you do what you don't want to
Damage me, do the dance of malice
Despite my prayers these days never change
Damage me, fill me with your faltering malice
This unending loop of todays turns
Damage me, fill me with your faltering malice
This unending loop of todays turns
Hi-Ho
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I like your phrase: my stomach knots
At the broken chords playing a bittersweet LOVE SONG
Somewhere along balance was lost and like a comic book
Your everyday never reaches a climax
Ah, there are only carefree Happy days & Happy nights
Ah, your useless things are great
Hi-Ho, I just love that utterly pointless world of yours
Hi-Ho, I'll bring along but fools if you'd like, Hi-Ho!
Let's get soaked and make some wonderful indecent sounds
With her it's going to be a captivating Wonder land
We'll be in and out heedless of the passage of time
In less than 5 minutes this heaven on earth will Finish! Oh my God!
Ah, it's a Happy play on words listing carefree times
Ah, a carefree song with Junk lyrics
Hi-Ho, I'll dance to that song of yours filled with "I love you"s
Hi-Ho, your charm won me over but despite my efforts we're not joined yet
Hi-Ho, I love that world of yours where echoes, "it's in vain"
Hi-Ho, if you'd like then dance with us fools
Hi-Ho, it's a poem about catching a star through the window on a night of shooting stars
Hi-Ho, reach out as they scatter over this superficial world and Say Hi-Ho!
Ah, with the best people in this Fuxxin busy country
Ah, I'll sing a carefree song
Hi-Ho, that utterly pointless world of yours won me over
Hi-Ho, but not getting there despite my efforts is part of its charm
Hi-Ho, anywhere I go I'll see the same number of moons
Hi-Ho, each tiny star begins to dance in this universe of yours, Say Hi-Ho!
Hi-Ho, in a spinning universe
Hi-Ho, in this world of yours
Hi-Ho, these are meaningless words
Hi-Ho, they're foolish words
Hi-Ho, but try to scream out
Hi-Ho!
Flame
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Dear my sun. Should I know how low & low?
Dear my moon. Should I know how low & low?
Dear my stars, when I hear your lament
Like a wind, it's over such tiny things
Sadness opens her arms
Closing them around your shoulders in an embrace
She wraps around you with seeming kindness
It's a flame of sadness
Dear my mind, no matter the sorrows
I want to feel that I can say hello
Dear my hurts which I have always carried along
Like a wind, I'll cast those burdens away
If I can leave some things
To the cleansing nighttime wind
Then I'll try to broaden
Each stride
The smiling moon's pale light
Is gently closing my wounds
It's a flame of sadness, embrace me when the sorrow is overwhelming
Life is going on until I die so I'll simply walk on
It's a flame of sadness
Dear my sun. Should I know how low & low?
Dear my moon. Should I know how low & low?
Dear my stars, when I hear your lament
Like a wind, it's over such tiny things
When I am finished counting falling stars, I'll stop crying and walk on
Flame of misery, take my love and hate
It's a flame of sadness, consume all that I held on to
Pieces of sadness, when their downpour ceases I'll walk on
Life is going on so I'll simply walk on until I die
Stay free my misery
..............my misery
Beauty&Stupid
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I just might faint in the middle of the act
Seems I've betrayed myself for the sake of a fake love
But even if I count the times I rock my hips
I can't get too involved in this Ai ai
Your favorite is Sixty-nine
No, stop! is an OK sign
It's our imitation of love
When chestnuts bloom I'll say Bye bye bye bye
You make me love love
I give you my gun gun
But I wish we had agreed
Not to ask each other's name
I just wanna make love
But I don't wanna fall in love
I'm shocked, I didn't notice
When things got complicated
And as I nap on your pale bosom
Some bit of my heart is throbbing and Shakin' shakin'
And even though I pretend it's Cool
This love still seems surreal
But I can't help but plunge deeply
Into this sweet trap, Ah ah ah
Is this love potion?
You've got love machinegun
That killer smile of yours is the dynamite
That put a stop to my tears
Beauty & Stupid A-ha-ha (Baby love you, love you like an animal)
Beauty & Stupid
I just wanna make love
But I don't wanna fall in love
You're the biggest liar
Your true nature has been unmasked
But I'll give in to you if I fall in love
If I grow serious...No no no no
I just might faint in the middle of the act
My feelings are a mess and my heart in pieces
But madly in love, I revel in your victory
And willingly become your foolish slave
Like some blind man I'll swim every day
Time and again in your debt
I'll buy you flowers then make your Fake rose
Open in fool bloom and take you High high high
You're beauty queen of love
I'm stupid slave of love
I kiss you on your knee
Let me do what you want
Make me your toy
Beauty & Stupid A-ha-ha (Baby love you, love you like an animal)
Beauty & Stupid A-haha (Baby love me yeah! I wanna be your dog)
Bacteria
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SUPER SONIC SLIMMY DANCE
SUPER SONIC SLIMMY GO GO
They babble
They laugh at the commonplace (1)
Relieved and content in their complacency
Those swarms of puzzling creatures
Slimmy boys
Slimmy girls
Slimmy babe
Slimmy men
They go night-night as if to sleep soundly was their duty
Will there ever be an end to this kind of life?
They talk as if their empty promises held meaning
And want a pat on the head for their passivity
Slimmy face
Slimmy mind
Slimmy brain
Slimmy you & me
Bacteria Bacteria, that's the smarmy bastards who rarely show their faces
Bacteria Bacteria, it's a school of amebas
Bacteria Bacteria, sticking to you and me
Bacteria Bacteria, until in the end they all dissolve and wash away
SUPER SONIC SLIMMY DANCE
SUPER SONIC SLIMMY GO GO
The emperor is a naked old man (2)
Did you know, the emperor has donkey ears
But some things must not be said
While others must not be heard
Even should a child's mind perceive them
He'll force them back into their hole
Slimmy smilin'
Slimmy talkin'
slimmy fuckin'
Slimmy yeah yeah
Bacteria Bacteria, "why are those people over there doing things like that for?"
Bacteria Bacteria, ashamed of your own happiness which you conceal or joke about
Bacteria Bacteria, "don't any of those people know better?"
Bacteria Bacteria, truly I'm touched by your selfish concern
After all, now that they've been born into this world
They'll never never stick to a long and frugal life
What a cute girl, even she's a super sonic slimmy hooker
But have they seen all the earthlings clinging to this one globe?
Slimmy music
Slimmy war
Slimmy star
Slimmy dance
Bacteria Bacteria, it's paranoia and hysteria
Bacteria Bacteria, come forth, youth of the future!
Bacteria Bacteria, in this dump the cranes have been plucked to death (3)
Bacteria Bacteria, they'll dissolve and wash away
Bacteria Bacteria, I'm hoping against hope
Bacteria Bacteria, now that you've discovered the only path ahead
Bacteria Bacteria, join hands with the world's demons
Bacteria Bacteria, and now confess it all
SUPER SONIC SLIMMY DANCE
SUPER SONIC SLIMMY GO GO
Until in the end they dissolve and wash away
Notes:
1. From what I could find, this line is derived from the following saying: 箸が転んでも可笑しい年頃 (hashi ga korondemo okashii toshigoro). Literally it means "an age at which one finds even a pair of falling chopsticks funny". It simply means to laugh at nothing, to find perfectly ordinary things funny. The saying is also often used when talking about girls' latter teenage years. You know, that giggly phase teenagers go through?
2. My note here concerns the whole stanza so let me try to break it up. First, you might have noticed I've translated 裸の王様 (the nude king), as "emperor". That would be because in Japanese, Andersen's tale "The Emperor's New Clothes" is translated as 裸の王様, "The Nude King". Way to give the ending away with the title!
This brings me to point two: lines one, three and five of the stanza are a direct reference to Hans Christian Andersen's tale, "The Emperor's New Clothes". You can read the tale on this page: http://hca.gilead.org.il/emperor.html
Lines two, four and six refer to the tale of King Midas' donkey ears: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas.
3. 掃き溜めに鶴 (hakidame ni tsuru) is used to mean "a diamond in the rough". The literal translation would be "a crane in a dump". Now...since the second half of that line talks about being plucked to death, I used the literal translation. You could think of the "cranes" as the few good people milked and used until they're no more.
Good bye
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Say good bye, simply good bye
To all your worries, a good bye
Say good bye, simply good bye
Without fearing change, say good bye
You don't need a goal, simply walk on
To the highlights of past hard days, say good bye
Move on
While the signpost sways in that same wind
If you can't find a way
Along the many winding roads
Hold out your hands to the sky as it spins round & round
And when you feel scared as you walk through unknown lands
Ask these tiny songs
Please songs tell me true
I'll keep playing you
Wherever I go
And if someday I find myself lost and alone once more
When I hear you I'll be able to walk on with a light step
Say good bye, simply good bye
Without fearing you'll get hurt, a good bye
I'll let go of unrealistic expectations
And go on
Please songs tell my true
I'll keep playing you
Wherever I go
And even if I find myself somewhere lost and alone
If I sing you I'll be able to walk on with ginger steps
Good bye
Lassie
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Don't worry about me because I'm perfectly fine
I'm forever your loyal servant, a lowly animal who should love you
Just give me a bone and I'll listen to you, darling
I'll slobber and lick your shoes, Bow wow wow
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
Run for your master
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
I wag my tail and bark at you when you're pleased, Bow wow wow
It's a selfish waste of your time but I'll shake paws or do any trick
So please give that top quality dog food a try
I'm a faithful dog who wishes to do as he's told
I could never bite your hand, that would be Oh my DOG!
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
Was it you who stepped on my tail?
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
Is barking forbidden and my true voice be damned?
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
And I'm so-called family!
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
Wherever I go I dodge sticks
That useless pedigree won't fill my belly
It's what counts most to you but I refuse to eat snails
I snarl at your important guests and Bite bite bite
Farewell master, I've misjudged you, so Bye bye bye
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
Run! for tonight's meal
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
My loins burn this mating season
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
Run! for your own sake
Lassie Lassie Lassie Lassie
I can't remove my choker and no one will flatter me but
I'm free to run anywhere, Bow wow wow
Pose
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God only knows what today's about
It's a repeat of yesterday
You can't put a stop to it even though you want to
So you cradle your head in your hands
I know that you're successful, you're the unsinkable sun
You're thankful for what you have today so why start anything new?
Make everyone heed the sermons of former wise men
But this isn't just anywhere and there is no path to follow
Just shout around when smoke rises in yet another place
you have nothing to rely on so hide within yourself
(Everythin' POSE)
Everybody wants to be somebody but there's no point in that
Everybody wants to be somebody but where's the sense in that?
(Everythin' POSE)
God only knows what today's about
But even though you'll complain about it tomorrow
Will the 0101 tracks
Run indefinitely?
I know you've reached success with your POSE of enthusiasm
When you can't take it anymore, retreat into your shell
Into your handmade shelter
(Everythin' POSE)
Misery
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Hallelujah la misérable, do you wanna show me how low & low
Hallelujah la misérable, do you wanna show me how low & low
SAY Hallelujah
Your grief seems glad to swoop down on unfolded wings
But the midday rays spread out gently and embrace your wounds
Hallelujah la misérable, when I hear the stars' lament
Hallelujah la misérable, it's but a tiny sound
SAY Hallelujah
You might forget it all if you fade into the evening's darkness
You're confused and your dreams are fleeting but it's but a tiny tragedy
And once you've finished counting falling stars you'll feel peaceful despite the tears
The caress of the smiling moon's pale light will close your wounds
Stay free your misery, embrace this overwhelming sadness
Kiss your misery, I'll keep dancing to it all until I die
Stay free my misery. Stay free my misery. Stay free my misery
Stay free my misery, and if you feel a burst of past grief driven forth by gusting winds
Stay free my misery, let's wait for the sky to clear after the rain and here, I'll dry your tears
As long as you're sad not even blue skies will reach you
And you'll find yourself crying in frustration
The dreams enveloping your tiny self will swallow your grief and bring you peace
Stay free my misery, reach out and deal with your grief honestly
Stay free your misery, and always deal this way with love and hate
Stay free my misery
Stay free my misery, hold this overwhelming sadness to your heart
Stay free your misery, and let's dance until we die
As you live though it all you're smiling beneath the sky
Hallelujah la misérable, I wanna show you how low & low
Hallelujah la misérable, do you wanna show me how low & low
Hallelujah la misérable, I wanna show you how low & low
Hallelujah la misérable, do you wanna show me how low & low
SAY Hallelujah!