Like the Night 夜紛い 7/1
| English | Romaji |
|---|---|
Singing things that are true to life, I don't really care about that at all |
Toushindai wo utau to ka sonna no dou demo ii kara |
| I want an easier life than others have, I don't want to do any hard work | Hito1 yori mo raku ni ikitai, doryoku ha shitakunai |
I'm always walking with my head bent down, so I don't know just how blue the sky is |
Utsumuita mama aruku kara sora no aosa ga wakaranai |
| Looking at your photo was all I ever did | Kimi no shashin wo miteita dake |
My hollow heart goes walking through the sunset city streets |
Garandou no kokoro ga yuuhi no machi wo aruiteku |
| It went taut underneath the weight of those lies, heavier than the barrel of a gun | Juushin yori mo omoi to hikitsutta sono uso no bun dake2 |
Life is wholly a machine gun, so blow everything away |
Jinsei-goto MASHINGAN, keshitobashite motto |
| Snatch out the heart from my chest - please, with just the word "goodbye" | Shinzou sura saratte, nee, sayonara hitokoto de |
| I want to erase what makes me sad | Kanashii koto wo keshitai |
| I want to erase what makes me happy | Ureshii koto mo keshitai |
| I want to erase my soul | Kokoro wo keshitai |
| Even just one would do - I want to leave a hole in you | Kimi ni hitotsu de ii, tada ana wo aketai |
The obscure flower may bloom beautifully; I don't really care about that at all |
Na mo nai hana ga kirei to ka sonna no dou demo ii kara |
| I want to erase my meager soul, I don't want to go to work | Mazushii kokoro wo keshitai, BAITO ha shitakunai |
I'm always talking with my head bent down, so I don't know how other people feel |
Utsumuita mama hanasu kara hito no kimochi ga wakaranai |
| Looking at your photo was all I ever did | Kimi no shashin wo miteita dake |
In the front of the rock club, singing things that are true to life |
RAIBUHAUSU no naka de toushindai wo utatteru |
| Daring to sing music that will never make me any money at all - so stupid, don't you think? | Kane ni mo naranai you na uta nanka utai-yagatte sa, baka mitai da na |
"Life", as such, is a machine gun, that's what I want to say |
Jinsei to ha MASHINGAN, sonna koto wo iitai |
| Sing out the whole refrain - please, all of it, from your throat | RIFUREIN-goto utatte, nee, sono nodo kara subete |
| I want to erase the lonesome songs, I want to erase the sweet songs | Setsunai uta wo keshitai, yasashii uta mo keshitai |
| They hurt just to listen to - just one hole in me would do | Kiku dake de itai, boku ni hitotsu de ii |
Life is wholly a machine gun, so blow everything away |
Jinsei-goto MASHINGAN, keshitobashite motto |
| Say that it hurts and laugh - please, with just the word "goodbye" | Kurushii n da to waratte, nee, sayonara hitokoto de |
| I want to become a memory that makes you feel like you're living haunted by the afterlife - a memory that hurts just to look at | Kimi ga goshou kakaete ikite-iku you na omoide ni naritai, miru dake de itai you na |
| Even just one would do, I want to make just one hole | Tada hitotsu de ii, kimi ni hitotsu de ii |
| And breathe new life into you | Kaza-ana wo aketai |
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1 Spelled 他人 (tanin), as in "other people", but pronounced "hito", as in "person". This usage of "hito" to mean "people other than oneself" turns up in at least one other commonly-mispronounced word often written with 他人, namely 他人事 (hitogoto, "others' affairs") - though this spelling itself can be considered "technically incorrect" precisely because of the confusion it causes.
2 I can admit when I'm a little stumped: this line is grammatically pretty unusual, on top of feeling like it lacks immediate narrative context to make it make sense. I've chosen to parse it as （その嘘が）銃身よりも重いと、その嘘の分だけ（僕の心が）引き攣った. Ultimately though the "lies" in question remain unclarified here, or in the supplementary materials directly related to this song. There might be further clarification in the partner album Elma's partner track 心に穴が開いた, or related materials.