English lyrics for Japanese songs, by Reggy!

HEY so for about eight years, I've been doing this thing where I rework Japanese lyrics into equivalent English lyrics. Previously, I had put them under my deviantart account, ironia-vitae. Now there is a tumblr for these! Mostly Vocaloid!

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Story of a Certain Bakeneko

Original song here

Let's start off with a simple story

a story of a certain demon cat

the kind of cat who fell in love and oh,

how he fell so far down into the depths of sin

Wishing for a smile upon a pretty girl's face

the sort of smile that fell from death's bitter embrace

I will vow to the moon and I will become your love

The man that held you once so dear

Crying girl, though I hold you so tight

I promise I won't ever leave again

I love you so, but please do not cry

Aah, sorrowful God

This is my final trick, I swear

To help the lie for you so you'll keep on smiling

My memory had gone, now tell am I fooling?

This sin of mine is growing every day how can I keep

this sin from turning a sour gray

Then one night you came to me so curious

“You know it seems that you aren't so serious

maybe the memory loss had messed with you,

oh, but I think I can still make do”

The words you said cut me so deeply

It must have shown 'cause the tears started again

You pleaded with me again and said

Aah, sorrowful God

Please do not take him 'way from me

The trick I pulled unraveled at the seams

I turned my cat back away from you again

I heard your cries, that my disguise was torn

I heard you say, “thank you so much for being born”

Aah, I have sinned, made you a fool

So please, oh won't you please at least say that you hate me

my friend wrote these, if any of you fine folks wanna sing em!

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Hey! I'll ask on dA too, but may I use part of your Matryoshka lyrics for a cover I may or may not do?

You may!

As general note, anyone is free to use my lyrics for anything, as long as you source me as the lyricist somewhere. I make these things for y'all, so go ahead and have fun with them!

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Waltz of Anomalies

here you go, anon!

lyrics under the cut

original song here

Acting as though my heart’s as light as my laughter

I smile through the storm to hold your words at bay

And just because you see me looking as if it’s all okay

You think that I’ve forgotten all about it, don’t you?

Well, even if you can put it out of sight and out of your mind

I guarantee the stain you made’ll stick around in mine

Because amnesia is harder when there’s lesions and scars

And near impossible when hateful words are drowning you

Just give me the sign, and I will tear myself apart

For you’ve already got the whole of me so broken-down

So take my arms

And my legs

And my hands

And my tongue

And my ears

And my fingers and eyes

And you might as well, because you took my spirit long ago

If there is one thing in the world that I aspire for

One thing that keeps me going in the face of everything else

You’re sure to shatter and burn it into ashes right before me

And deplore me for having even tried

Even though you know that is the last thing that I need

So we fall into the steps, the same routine

‘til the morning breaks on this same old scene

‘til I fall into a sleep, but don’t dare dream

Nothing I do is endearing, it seems

So I soldier on with a smile on my face

Try to keep in time with your heartless pace, oh

No, it’s not like it’s unbearable or anything

Yeah, just hold it in

Take every person that’s alive in the world

And if you wanted to divide them into two huge groups

There’s folks who’re necessary and those who aren’t very

And that’s just the way bitter cookie crumbles

Well, it seems to me it’s pretty evident to which I would be sent to

And there’s not a single doubt in my mind

So I am trying to align myself with someone who’ll abide me

Who I’ll care for and who won’t leave me behind

Even though I know this is impossible to find

So I clamor out my heartache time and again

Sad and slurring words that don’t make sense

And it’s so angering to see me stooping to this

I’m tired of tears, so I’m holding it in

So I soldier on with my heart in tow

Dragging in the mud from your latest blow, oh

No, it’s not like I could find a lover anywhere

Yeah, nowhere but here

Oh, this life is a cruelty, you see

Cinderella arrives as an escapee

With one glass slipper and shards stuck in her feet

We are dancing the Waltz of Anomalies

So we fall into the steps, the same routine

‘til the morning breaks on this same old scene

‘til I fall into a sleep, but don’t dare dream

Nothing I do is endearing, it seems

So I soldier on with a smile on my face

Try to keep in time with your heartless pace, oh

No, it’s not like it’s unbearable or anything, oh

But then why am I still crying like I’ve always been

Hey, just hold it in

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what if I liveblogged writing lyrics...?

how annoying would that be?

i've currently run up against a wall in Waltz of Anomalies

this should probably go on my personal

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Hi! I really really love your English translyrics and I was wondering whether you could do Waltz of Anomalies ;w;

dude, thank you so much for bringing this song to my attention!!

i am most definitely doing lyrics for this soon, I'll put em up here when they're done~

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So I got this question on dA

And I ended up typing out this essay, so I thought it was worth posting here and getting it out of the comments section.

Your lyrics are amazing! If you don't mind me asking, I was wondering how you get everything to rhyme and flow so well? (Trying to get better at writing lyrics myself) I understand if you don't want to tell me and there will be no hard feelings. Either way the lyrics rock!

Thank you so much!

Dude, I wish I had some magic advice to give, other than the old "practice, and then practice some more" spiel, but that's really where you struggle it out. And every undertaking is a struggle, really; you've got to wrestle with the timing and the rhymes and the meaning and try to get it all to BEHAVE in an ORDERLY MANNER. Probably more than literal meaning, it's the mood of a song that sets the pace for everything else in my lyrics. How does the song want its audience to feel, what idea should they take away from it after its played out its three-and-a-half minutes of life. And then I try to construct the words and pretty phrases around that central theme and tone. As for the actual technicalities of lyrics, knowing poetry and literary conventions and some linguistics helps a ton. Poems are essentially boiling down an idea or a mood to their barest of words, and setting those words in a constrained formula (i.e. sonnet, or using iambic pentameter). I think a bunch of people have said that lyrics are poems set to music, and I completely agree. Words are your arsenal, so knowing them intimately is a really good idea. Consonance and assonance and alliteration are all really good tools, as are varying rhyme schemes and internal rhymes and stuff. They'll give you more ways to shape the flow of words. Know why a phrase or a repetition of words sounds good, and you'll be able to scout out new phrases and words that'll sound beautiful together. Understand how a word is constructed, and you'll be able to link them to other words using those literary conventions effectively. And practice all of these, go have fun with it, push your limits! Do slow songs, fast songs, happy and sad songs. Write your own lyrics to existing songs, make up lyrics to instrumental tracks. Work and work with lyrics until you've explored every turn of every phrase, and you're satisfied. Also, don't be afraid to walk away from them for a while, because sometimes sticking with it just to get it done excludes you from the freedom of ideas you can have when you aren't straining for it to breaking point. So, this is my advice manifesto, and I hope it helps you! :)

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I do! Just keep in mind my request turnaround is a hella long time orz So if you dont hear from me in a while, never fear- I havent forgotten! It's just taking me obscenely long.

Direct requests here, please~

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Leave In Summer, Yet You're In My Fluffoughts

the alpaca motif kinda fell through oops?

original song here

lyrics below the cut

the snow has melted completely

and all the storm clouds have left to

show off a sky that’s as clear as crystal

but then i

find that i’m all by my lonely

you’ve chased the clouds in their quest to

become as distant as i am wistful

and then i frown as i recall what you said to me

“winter is fine, but summer’s not my cup of tea”

are you thinking of me? and if you are

then tell me if you think of me the way i think of you, dear?

because you’ve got me so queer, see

that all my quills, they start to spear me

what’s a hedgehog-clumsy fella gotta do here to say goodbye?

the leaves have all turned to scarlet

the sky is vacant as ever

and chilly winds whip their way around me

and i was

so sure that when you departed

that you intended forever

picture my shock, then, when you found me

you smil’d as if you’d never left, and you said to me

that in the cold you came to crave my company

so we clung together all through the lonely, frozen weather

it was cold, but not as cold as you, dear

and as the summer drew nearer

then once again you disappeared

it’s a mistake that i made once and that i now fear i’ll make again

how long will this go on for, my funny love for her?

when did it get so hard for me to gauge the temperature?

why did it take me so long to understand this cycle?

your love is winter-only

as soon as you’re not lonely

you cant rest your feet

so we cling together all through the lonely, frozen weather

it’s so cold, but not as cold as you, dear

and as the summer gets nearer

i know that you will disappear

it’s a mistake that i am making just as i feared, oh dear

are you thinking of me? and if you are

then tell me if you think of me the way i think of you, dear?

because despite all our history, well, i don’t think it’s any mystery

come next winter, you’ll come back to your place here

ARPK

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Could you please write translyrics for GUMI's To My Lost Self/I've Been Lost? :)

oh my gosh i'm getting asks aahsda;lkfj

I'll add it to my list! :D

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Hello!! x3 I'm making a song with SeeU but making her sing English is so hard. C-Could you translate my lyrics to Japanese? ;w;

oh gosh, I can try my best! I've only done English-to-Japanese a couple of times because I have a better handle on English as the target language, but I'll give it a shot! :D

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Freely Tomorrow English lyrics

original song

read more for lyrics~

Is it illusion, the things I’m feeling?

Cause I feel something within me like body and soul

All this affection, I’m overflowing

Down to my fingertips and out of my control

Hide away, I’m watching from a distance

And I see the sadness there in your face

Well, the sky cries sometimes when there’s tears in your eyes

And the rain came down in gray to wash them all away

Then you stop and turn in my direction

And you try to keep your breathing steady

But it all goes to waste as I reach for your face

You and I were surprised when it felt so heady

Caught in a dream and floating away

I lost track of everything

But the tenderness and the warmth that coursed through my veins

Is it illusion, the things I’m feeling?

Cause I feel something within me like body and soul

All this affection, I’m overflowing

Down to my fingertips and out of my control

Let’s lift our faces and don a smile

‘Cause if we mirror each others’, then we’ll be sustained

When fortune knock-knock-knocks

It ain’t a trick trick trick

And we can live like new as (wow wow) freely tomorrow

I’m afraid I trembled when you kissed me

On the cheek, so sweet and kinda childish

I was so overwhelmed and underprepared

But still I relish every touch, can’t seem to get enough

Now my voice just doesn’t seem to work right

And my words have all but left completely

But the promise I felt welling up in my chest

Has been here in my dreams for beyond forever

Just like when the stars are dimming away

To give in to morning light

All my sadnesses and my suffering starts to fade

Is it illusion, these things I’m feeling?

Cause when it comes right down to it, they’re here in my soul

All of the passion I thought had left me

Flows to my fingertips and out of my control

No hesitations, I am determined

That if we stand tall, then we can stage a revolution

When fortune knock-knock-knocks

It ain’t a trick trick trick

We can do miracles like (wow wow) freely tomorrow

Is it illusion, the things I’m feeling?

Cause I feel something within me like body and soul

All this affection, I’m overflowing

Down to my fingertips and out of my control

Let’s lift our faces and don a smile

‘Cause if we mirror each others’, then we’ll be sustained

When fortune knock-knock-knocks

It ain’t a trick trick trick

And we can live like new as (wow wow) freely tomorrow

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染まるよ English lyrics

Somaru Yo by Chatmonchy

Wanderlust would hit two in the morning

And I’d wander through the city’s empty streets

But the lamplights made the world look different

And I don’t know what I’m doing out here all on my own

Bought a pack of cigs just for the hell of it

Because I feel like I look older with them

But underneath the moon, I felt uncomfortable

I don’t know why I feel so in the wrong because I’m

Puffing on the cigarettes you loved so much

Cigarettes that you loved more than you loved me

Did you know I always want to be with you?

Or that was what I thought

That you were what I want

Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale ‘til the flame goes slack

The wind will blow my smoke back into my face until my eyes turn black

Run down to the filter, it no longer burns

And the high is fading away

See your face mixed up within the smoky haze

I hate both your aftertastes

I’ll hold my breath until it comes out white

Like the daytime holds out through the blackest night

Did you know I always want to be with you?

But that has changed with you

You’re not the person I knew

Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale and the smoke will rise

The wind will blow my smoke back into my face until the morning light

All the words that you had me believing

They felt so right, and they will never leave me

But they’re not what I was needing

Do you know that you’re the only one for me?

So please don’t shout at me, and don’t forget about me

Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale ‘til the paper’s gone

The wind will blow my smoke up into the sky to paint another dawn

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Also if you guys want me to sing some stuff, I can do that, too!

like, if you're wondering, 'wOW HOW does she expect me to sing this part?????' I can show you!

because apparently I exist on Reggy Time, and some rhythm-lyric patterns make sense only to me. So sayeth Mimi.

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Mrs. Pumpkin's Comical Dream

I think I kinda missed the "comical", hahahah.....

Original video here

and lyrics past the read mooooore

Where the devil am I? Feels for all the world just like a dream- Surely not the tram I'd Ridden to this monster scene Laughing Mister Jack said, "Leave your hesitations all behind, Have a piece of chocolate; Come with me and ease your mind." Hung from the rafters swayed Old Mister Scarecrow, hanged: Who'd refuse to taste of Jack's own pumpkin pie? He smiled at me and asked, "Oh, may I have this dance While dear Mister Moon is still sleeping?" ("Did you call? Did you call," called the Pumpkin Head) So where'd the coffin go? Oh no, now don't you fret so There's nothing here to see (lalalalala, don't mind me) Then, I start to panic Something going on here feels so wrong As if under magic I begin to feel so lost Haughty Mister Jack said, "Feel the evil in you start to swell" Eyes as of the Devil Beckoning me in His spell (You'll give into me, you'll give into me) That goat is planning something, I can tell it He's waiting for the train... Promising my hand in turn for fairytale lands I'm whirling away in the Underground ("Step up, step down, bodies all around!") Oh, once you're made His bride, there's no escaping it alive For you're already wedded, dead, and bound "Ah, Mrs. Pumpkin! Chin up, my darling, I've come to collect" Give up all hope, all ye who meet He Dreams don't mean nothing with rope 'round your neck Ahh... Dance the Devil's Dance until your feet are danced off We're caught in His spiderweb reverie ("Pass out, come to, played you for a fool!") The Jack-o-Lantern Head will grin His Hellfire red And flames rise reverently (lalalalala, don't mind me) He smiled at me and asked, "Oh, may I have this dance?" And I cannot dream of refusing Him ("Too bad! Oh well," said the Pumpkin Head) So where'd the coffin go? Oh no, now don't you fret so There's nothing more to fear I fear I've sunk too deep into this game I can't quite tell if I have gone insane In this wreck of a train "Ah, Mrs. Pumpkin..!"

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finally did a panda hero remix

the bass is a bit too quiet and the mixing is a bit wonky but who cares

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more jp music for ya while I dig up more lyrics

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