Hey there, shot in the dark because this blog appears to have been inactive for quite some time, but I found your translations of the side stories from the Gundam 00: in those days manga and was wondering if you’d ever think about doing the other two chapters? Specifically the Allelujah one? I really like your work on the other ones and am very curious about the Allelujah one
hello, thanks for your ask! i'm still alive, just haven't done much translating lately :-) i'd like to get back to it when i have the time, though. i have a big stack of gundam 00 books with lots of interesting material in them...
the remaining two chapters of in those days have been pretty low on my priority list, as @distantcryptid happened to do scanlations of them (which you can read here and here) around the same time that i was working on the other chapters. i didn't want to step on any toes, and i'd also prefer mostly to prioritize untranslated works, since there are still so many out there for gundam 00. i may do my own scanlations some day to complete the set, since i love yun kouga's work, but for the foreseeable future, i wouldn't expect it. please enjoy cryptid's translations as well!
hello! may i use your translation for ann english lyric video?
yes, you may! please include credit to "seraphim" or "seraphim translations" somewhere in the video or in the description (and i'd also appreciate if you would include a link to the translation here on tumblr in the video description). if you'd like, please also feel free to send me the link to the video when you've uploaded it.
Hi! I'm one of the volunteers (wiki editor BinaryCoding) at Sekaipedia, and I was wondering if we could have permission to host your song translations on the wiki with credit! I'm not sure if someone else has reached out to you, but we're currently updating a lot of our song pages with lyrics and with VLW's recent migration to Miraheze, a lot of old translations require updating. While the translation we currently have seems to be yours, I just wanted to be sure we had permission to do so.
yes, please go ahead and use them as long as credit is given. thank you for your message!
Forget your worries for a little bit
With a falter and a flutter, spin around 'til you get dizzy
The moths and mosquitos and such flutter every which way
I was unsightly, so I hid myself away
I covered up the things I knew
At the very end, I'll be leaving them for you to keep forever
1番乗りだよ停留所
破るお母さんのせいきゅう書
誰も来ないこの迷宮の
まんなかまで で で
We're the first ones to arrive at the station
Holding a torn-up bill from Mom, with zeroes all the way down*
We'll go 'til we reach the heart of the labyrinth,
where no one will find- find- find us
I'll cut away the dull, ugly days
and lead you away with me to a nameless tomorrow
If we could close the distance between us
Even the dreary here-and-now might seem laughable
and we could start to leave behind our worthless pasts
"The lines of this world are blurring as the camera moves."
Oh, as if—but doesn't the thought just make you laugh?
I gently pet the stomach
of the cat that had died off the beaten path
"Say cheese!", you said, and snapped a photo
in an instant, before I could even decide on a pose
As I look upon the end of something so precious and innocent
I start to think that it was a lie
that the act of simply breathing in and out made me worthy of praise
明日天気になったら
おしまいだって騒ごう
そうして元気になってさ…
Tomorrow, if the weather clears up,
let's kick up a fuss, even if it's the end
Then, we'll be happier, you know…
いけないことだと連中も
気付く前にときめいていよう
さよならまたねの練習を
終わらせて
Before they realize it’s wrong,
let's set our hearts aflutter
No longer will we practice our "goodbye"s and "see you later"s
Let it all end
I'll cut away the dull, ugly days
and lead you away with me to a nameless tomorrow
Let's close the distance between us!
We'll somehow find it in ourselves to laugh,
and our worthless wounds will start to fade
"The colors of this world are blurring, out of focus."
Oh, as if—but doesn't the thought just make you laugh?
ねぇ
錆びついて分からない標識の
その先の先まで見に行こうよ
C'mon,
I want to see what lies beyond what lies beyond this sign,
rusted over and impossible to read—let's go!
Insect wings echo in the flicker-flicker-flicker of fluorescent lights
I just want to keep talking until it all ends
Here and here alone, for the very first time, let's cast our gaze
upon the artwork that no one could display before
カメラに写せない光景を
探しに行こう、帰らないよ
Let's go searching for a sight that a camera can't capture
And we'll never come back
This is the world that I see when I open my eyelids, soft and slow.
All I'm doing now is waiting for the morning haze that'll blur our figures in its fog;
unable to go anywhere at all,
I’m left standing in place.
The things that I can't remember just kept on piling up.
You've known for a long time
that I can't smile like I'm supposed to, but
you still ask me "what's for dinner tonight?" and things like that,
pretending not to notice, even though I can see right through it.
怖いのは、ただ生きること。
日々の差異にさえ気付けないこと。
過去を大事に抱え込んでも、零れてく。
What I'm afraid of is simply the act of living,
of being unable to recognize even the difference between each day.
No matter how tightly I cradle the past, it still slips through my fingers bit by bit.
Even if I forget them, even if I lose them,
I want you alone to take the things we've picked up, over and over again,
put a name to each of them,
and hold them dear to you.
That's all I'd ever need, I swear.
覚えてるのは小指の温もりだけ。
変わらないもの、数えて教えてよ。
All I can remember is the warmth of your pinky finger.
Count up the things that won't change, and tell me what they are.
掴めないものから
離れてくばかりで、寂しくて。
I'm only getting farther and farther away
from the things I couldn't grasp—it's so awfully lonely.
Even if I forget even your face,
if I can't remember even the words you gave me,
you'll still face me with a smile like always,
and I won't be able to even recognize that kindness, I'm sure.
I don't know anymore who this hollow body belongs to—
all I know is how the heart inside aches and aches.
So I don't care anymore, it might be pathetic, but still,
I'll hold my weakness tight in my arms.
Even if I forget them, even if I lose them,
I want you alone to take the things we've picked up, over and over again,
put a name to each of them,
and hold them dear to you.
That's all I'd ever need, I swear.
"When you trace the shaky outlines,
when you break apart the air you breathe with your fingers,
I'm doing the exact same thing, too,"
is what you told me.
Let's give to each other as much as we've both lost.
Until our temperatures transfer through our touch.
It'll always hurt, but still,
it's okay, because neither of us are alone.
"I'll Never Become the Girl of My Dreams"* (僕は可憐な少女にはなれない boku wa karen na shoujo ni wa narenai), a song by はるまきごはん (Harumaki Gohan). This song was released on the 10-year anniversary of Harumaki Gohan's first song, WhiteNoise.
"I've always made my music with Hatsune Miku at my side.
However, at this 10-year juncture, I decided that just this once, I wanted to write a song on my own, without her help.
Thank you for listening."
*The song's official English title is "i can't be a floret".
僕は可憐な少女にはなれない
そんなこと知ってる
誰にだってわかってる
I'll never be able to become the girl of my dreams
Of course I know that
Anyone could tell you that
Why is it that we can't choose our own bodies?
In this day and age, that shouldn't be the way things are
If I could be so beautiful
that I'd want everyone around to see
Why should my parents be the ones I say "thank you" to?
It's not just a matter of our loves and likes
The things we hate make up who we are, too
In a place deep down, deeper than even my heart
You, of all people, ought to know that
I'll never be able to become the girl of my dreams
Of course I know that
Anyone could tell you that, but still…
The reason I could sing a song where I wasn't myself
was because I could never become you
Your hair blows beautifully in the wind
And I, with nothing of my own, can only stare
Your voice fluttered beautifully in the wind
Lending me the strength to sing, even if only in some small way
If it's true that our lives are precious just through the act of being born
Shall I stop time for you,
as it marches on before we can even realize?
If I did that, and fell into a never-ending nightmare in your place,
I'm sure that, the way I remember you, you'd be angry at me
It's not just a matter of what's true or not
We have to decide what we believe in
If I can't find a voice of my own there,
then I'll buy one from the next town over
So that's why I can never become the girl of my dreams
I have plans
You, of all people, ought to understand
I can't even hold your hand, but still
I ended up painting the Milky Way, didn't I?
忘れるわけ無いよ
化け物が人を喰らう街から
袖を掴んで逃げてきたんだよ
あなただけが人間だったから
I'll never forget
how we fled from the town where monsters eat humans
I grabbed you by the sleeve, and we ran
because you were the only human there
次は何が好きで何が嫌いで
将来どうなりたいかって
そんなの決まってる
僕は可憐な少女になりたかった
"Next, considering your likes and dislikes,
what would you like to be in the future?"
Isn't it obvious?
I wanted to become the girl of my dreams
I'll never be able to become the girl of my dreams
Of course I know that
Anyone could tell you that, but still…
Would you take me far away with you,
until I can't walk any farther?
Your hair blows beautifully in the wind
And I, with nothing of my own, can only stare
Your voice fluttered beautifully in the wind
Lending me the strength to become a girl, even if only in some small way
Like always, I slammed my fist down on my alarm clock
I guess today was the day it finally broke
So much for all those friendly greetings
The neighbors don't care at all
すり減っていく靴底が まるで心みたい
今日も頬が上がりますように
The soles of my shoes are just as worn out as my heart
Please, I pray, just let the corners of my mouth stay up today
出来損ないに、中身はないから、
繕えば繕うほど惨めね
I'm nothing but a failure, I'm empty inside
The more I try to hide it, the more miserable I get
まぁ 今日を必死に乗り切った先に
迫る明日に希望なんて
ひとつもないのですが…。
"Well, after clawing your way through today,
you can look forward to a bright tomorrow!"
As if I have a single thing to look forward to…
With this worn out, ragged, melting heart
My body chugs onwards through these wretched days
The thermometer says my temperature's all normal, like it's mocking me
I know I can't be saved, I wanna cry, I'm just so tired
So shall I fall into an endless sleep?
Just before 7 o'clock, the alarm clock rings out
You wouldn't believe that it's put a curse on me, would you?
Sew me back up, I'm covered in string
If I can't hide my fraying threads,
I'll be ruined
It hurts
My heart's about to break, so hold it tight
All I can do is smile, but I wish you'd scold me for it
The thermometer says my temperature's all normal, like it's mocking me
I already know I can't be saved
I already know there's nowhere to run
Becoming frightened of the morning sun
Red flowers blooming from my wrists
I know I'm a little off,
But don't you dare say you pity me
I prayed tomorrow would never come, but now it has
I know I can't be saved, I wanna cry, I'm just so tired
So I'm closing my eyes
I'm dreading keeping up this painful front tomorrow
So I'm laughing
I'm through, aren't I? I'm just so worn out
So shall I fall into an endless sleep?
"It was Neil who gently coaxed Tieria's immature heart to bloom. Friendship? Romance? Love? Whatever you may choose to call it, the feelings that blossomed forth are incredibly deep."
from Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Meister Portrait, volume 4: Tieria Erde
my collection's gotten quite big. one day, in the far-off future, it would be cool to have translated all of this... in the meantime, if there's anything particular that anyone's interested in, let me know and i might take a look at it. i've listed everything out under the cut.
aoi kizuna - an anthology of manga oneshots focusing on relationships between characters. the chapters are as follows:
i. setsuna + saji
ii. allelujah + marie
iii. celestial being + sumeragi
iv. setsuna + marina
v. saji + louise
aoi kioku - an anthology of manga oneshots focusing on memories of each of the meisters from season 1
in those days - an anthology of manga oneshots by yun kouga. these should all have scanlations available somewhere online now; if you have trouble finding them, let me know. the chapters are as follows:
i. where earth and sky meet (follows the events of season 2, marina-centric)
ii. the second birthday (character exploration of ribbons)
iii. wanderer (setsuna and lyle meet between seasons 1 and 2)
iv. i'm home (tieria after fallen angels)
v. praise the lord, allelujah (allelujah backstory)
vi. the beginning man (lyle-centric, after anew returns)
the light novel adaptations - self-explanatory. it'll be harder for me to quickly comb through these for anything specific
the meister profiles - info booklets on each of the meisters. includes things like relationship charts for both seasons, as well as sections talking more in-depth about their relationships with each other meister, their personalities and character arcs, et cetera
the gundam 00 official files - these were (to my understanding) released concurrently with the show, and provided supplemental information on things like characters, mobile suits, etc. also included interviews with voice actors and staff on the show, including the director seiji mizushima
a wakening of the trailblazer guidebook - mostly summary of plot, character, and mobile suit info, but also has a little bit of extra worldbuilding info and interviews with the cast and directors
yun kouga design works - compilation of yun kouga's concept art, character sheets, and original illustrations for the show. has some information about the design process for various characters
gundam 00 complete best companion book - came with the blu-ray release of complete best, the limited edition release of all music in gundam 00. the blu-ray disc also came with original voice-acted monologues by each of the meisters (excluding neil). although i don't have the audio for these, the book comes with transcripts for all of them
When I look over my shoulder
I see the little lights
standing alone, so shyly
Before long, they'll be sullied
and crumble to ruin
The thought pokes at me so carelessly,
and I wonder: why is it that I want to reach out my hand?
Compared to the recollections that pass over my heart,
the reality of my memories must take second place
So why is it that the morning glow cuts so deep?
It must be that there's something more to it
In the messy corner of a back alleyway
there stands a flower, blooming because it had no other choice
It relied on you, even as you wavered in the drafts of cold air
The fact that you didn't touch it where it would hurt the most
must have felt so comforting
These memories should have been something tender and kind
But my emotions are all tangled up
So I turn them, without meaning to, into a heartrending sadness
I wish I could manage to laugh at that
Compared to the recollections that overtake my heart,
the reality of my memories must take second place
So why is it that the morning glow cuts so deep?
It must be that there's something more to it
Discommunication in ambiguity, going mad like unto a flower in bloom
So tearfully and so despairingly, I want to tell you what I think
Tell me again that you love me and mean it, those are the magic words
So vanishingly and so gently, I spoke them so to you
幸せな蝶になったって 瞬きで宙に頓挫して
ならば願い託して 受けて止めて認めて
Even if I could turn into a carefree butterfly, just a single blink would stop me in midair
So I'll leave my hopes in your hands; take them, hold them dear, and exalt them high, please!
The fire flickers, screams out "fly high"
If I could be washed in its colors
I would offer up to you a happy life together, with passion on top of passion
The fire flickers, screams out "fly high"
And shines the darkness away
Because it carries with it the shockwaves of even rage and hatred
一人は耐えうるものね 痛みは愛することね
二人は今を生きる どこまで
You can take the loneliness, can't you? You love the pain, don't you?
How much longer can we live in the moment?
If that fire, that flickering fire, were to wash us in its colors
I would wish good luck upon your dreamy, hazy eyes
The fire flickers, burns up, and flies away
Shall we set off and run?
Hand your life away to this drama full with both love and tears
Just take it all in and accept it!
The fire flickers, screams out "fly high"
If I could be washed in its colors
I would offer up to you a happy life together, with deep passion within
The fire flickers, burns up, and flies away
Shall we set off and run?
Because it carries with it the shockwaves of even rage and even hatred
一人は耐えうるものね 痛みは愛することね
二人は今を生きる どこまで
You can take the loneliness, can't you? You love the pain, don't you?
How much longer can we live in the moment?
That horrified look on your face is just the cutest
I want your body for my own
Love it？ ナニに ラリって 愛 High
可哀想ね 君は悪い子なの
Love it? What's that mean? You're tripping, high on love
Poor little thing, you're such a bad boy
どの娘がお好きで? 散に々に
色目がお上手で 頭湧き
君に踊らされちゃって アタシは狂う
Who's your favorite? Who do you want the most?
You're real good with your bedroom eyes, you make my head throb
I'm dancing to your rhythm, you're driving me crazy
In your flesh and blood and down to your bones
I wanna get all deep inside you and empty you out, my puppet of love
You've got a pain in your chest? Oh, you can't breathe?
I'll show you that that's what love is, ahaha~!
Come on, whisper in my ear with that hollow voice of yours
What a good boy, wearing your collar—you are "loveit"
Have you lost your mind? No way, love is blind
I know you want it, I'll treat you right and show you
what la petit mort really means, ahaha~!
Get me wet, I wanna see that lifeblood bursting out of you 'til I could drown in it
I'll kiss the pain all better, right until you go limp and say you're sorry
Are you dumb? You've gotta be, making a stupid face like that
What a bad, bad boy you are
痛いのがお好きで？ 産に惨に
あら お口はチャックで 何？何？
性に踊らされちゃう君を喰う
You like it when it hurts, don't you? How naive, how naughty
My, my, your lips are sealed awful tight! What's wrong?
Making me dance to your rhythm, I could just eat you up
From your flesh and blood and down to your bones
Once I suck you dry, you'll be my empty little puppet
You've got a pain in your chest? Oh, you can't breathe?
I'll show you that that's what love is, ahaha~!
You're my jester, you know that? Whisper love in my ear
You are "loveit", given human form
Did I make you come? No way, love is blind
I know you want it, I'll treat you right and show you
what la petit mort really means, ahaha~!
報イ 償エ 汚レタ血ニ溺レルマデ
イタイイタイノトンデユケ 息ガ止マルマデ
Pay up and repent, right until you drown in your own filthy blood
I'll kiss the pain all better, right until your breathing stops—
i'm not lonely, no
i can't say it
my oshi* isn't smiling at all…
(loneliness, loneliness)
マジでウケる
ガチで泣きそう
誰か気づいてくれよ
(孤独 孤独)
i'm CTFU, i can't!!
for real, i think i'm gonna cry
someone, please, notice me
(loneliness, loneliness)
「👍0」が刺さる夜
スクロール、リロード
(無限の夜)
at night, the sight of that "👍0" cuts deep
scroll, reload
(this night is never-ending)
指が震える
君もそう思っているね
そうでしょ？
my fingers tremble
but you feel the same way, too, don't you?
am i right, or am i right?
余計な
一言言わないで
嘘つきばかり
孤独最高、だけどサイコ
ね、ドキドキしたじゃん
don't say one word more than you need to!
everybody's a liar
loneliness goes crazy, but it's makin' me go crazy**
yo, did i make your heart race or what?
気にしていないなんて
ぐちゃぐちゃになって
孤独サイコ、だけど最高
じゃーひととひとりだ
i can't just not care
i'm getting all jumbled up inside
loneliness is makin' me go crazy, but it goes crazy
so, even with other people, i'm all alone
つらくてもいいよ
でも言えないよ
孤独サイコ、だけどサイコ
じゃーひととひとりだ
i can take the pain,
but i can't say it
loneliness is makin' me go crazy, but i'm turning psycho
so, even with other people, i'm all alone
hey, hey, hey hey, tell me off, please!
we crossed paths, just like i promised
playback mode,
lonely mode
for serious,
i'm telling you, i don't need either of those stupid modes!
草も見えない空白中
やるときは世の中はまともじゃないから
好きだから
in a blank void without even a "LMAO" in sight
'cause even when i take it serious, the world won't treat me right
'cause i love you so…
あー
ようこそ孤独なエンタメ
ah…
welcome to my loneliness entertainment!
余計な
一言言わないで
嘘つきばかり
孤独最高、だけどサイコ
ね、ドキドキしたじゃん
don't say one word more than you need to!
everybody's a liar
loneliness goes crazy, but it's makin' me go crazy
yo, did i make your heart race or what?
気にしていないなんて
ぐちゃぐちゃになって
孤独サイコ、だから笑ってよ
i can't just not care
i'm getting all jumbled up inside
loneliness is makin' me go crazy, so please, give me a smile!
いまでもスクロール止めない
even now, i can't stop scrolling
嘘つきばかり
孤独最高、だけどサイコ
ね、ドキドキしたじゃん
everybody's a liar
loneliness goes crazy, but it's makin' me go crazy
yo, did i make your heart race or what?
気にしていないなんて
ぐちゃぐちゃになって
孤独サイコ、だけど最後にお願い
i can't just not care
i'm getting all jumbled up inside
loneliness is makin' me go crazy, but i've just got one last thing to ask of you—
一言言わないで
嘘つきばかり
ボクモサイコ
キミモサイコ
ね、バクバクだよね
don't say a single word
everybody's a liar
i'm going crazy,
but so are you!
yo, is your heart throbbing or what?
i can't just not care
i'm getting all messed up inside
loneliness is makin' me go crazy, but i'm turning psycho
oh god-oh god-oh god, i'm such a wreck!
つらくてもいいよ
でも言わないよ
孤独サイコ、だけどサイコ
じゃーひととひとりだ
i can take the pain
but i won't say it
loneliness is makin' me go crazy, but i'm turning psycho
so, even with other people, i'm all alone
キミモサイコ
ボクモサイコ
you're going crazy,
but so am i!
じゃー孤独なサイコ
so yeah, this loneliness is crazy
——
*推し (oshi): Your favorite idol/streamer/etc.; your bias.
**The original Japanese line literally translates to "loneliness is the best (saikou), but I'm psycho (saiko)".
If you pile up the stones higher and higher
Dusk will fall on my heart that had been exposed to the wind
If someday it were to be found, if it could be found still
It would be white and sweet and pale
I've been playing as a devil walking on other people's shadows, and nothing more*
Searching for the stepping stone to redemption
If someday I were to find it, if I could find it still
It would be a long time off, so fragile and so far away
鏡越し貴方と
瞳の奥の私と
Your reflection in the mirror,
and my reflection in your eyes
Deep inside, you're / Nested in the / Arms of someone else**
Left in fragmented pieces as you dream
But all I'm saying is, D/N/A won't deceive anyone
This heart inside my chest is scarlet,
Deep scarlet
I'm not some sleepless lost child wishing on a star
Love and hate are carved into my cells
Could you still find it? Can I still find it?
The sound that I couldn't speak aloud?
Deep inside, you're / Nested in the / Arms of someone else**
Left tied tight to that person as you dream
But all I'm saying is, D/N/A can't reveal a thing
Even this pain inside my chest is scarlet,
Deep scarlet
鏡の 形と
逆さまな D/N/A
私の 証と
暖かな D/N/A
The shape in the mirror,
and D/N/A turned upside down
This testimony of mine,
and the gentle warmth of D/N/A
——
*影踏み (kagefumi, lit. "shadow stepping"): A children's game, like shadow tag, where one player is the "devil" who has to step on other players' shadows. When the devil steps on your shadow, you switch roles with them; you become the next devil, and they become a human again.
**In the original Japanese, the parts of the phrase 誰かの 中の 貴方は (dareka no / naka no / anata wa, lit. "you inside someone else") spell out D/N/A.
"If I could have one wish come true, it would be to forget you and to leave for some far-off place."
While I'm busy thinking stupid things like that,
Someone paints the beauty of things that can't change, and yet another writes them out
That was what we had loved so wholly and so dearly
あといくつ何を終わらせたら
あなたを知れるの
今その目に映る世界は
いつか僕らが拒んだ未来だった
How many more things do I have to let come to an end
before I can finally understand you?
The world I see reflected in your eyes now
was the future that we had rejected long ago
白々しい顔でどうせ終わる
愛とか育んで
当たり前に注力するんだろう
踏み潰した妥協を誤魔化すように
That face feigning ignorance will bring things to an end somehow
Fostering something like love
Of course you'll give it your all, won't you?
In hopes of dodging that trampled compromise
"They were a better person in the past."
You said the same thing some time ago
Even though I've always wanted so desperately
to say just one thing, I couldn't understand it
あなたが居た頃よりずっと
複雑で繊細になったよ
希望だった芸術がいつか
絶望に変わるのも知ったよ
Ever since you were here,
my feelings grew complex and delicate
I even realized that at some point,
the art that had once been my hope would turn to despair
It was the dreams that you talked about so casually
that swept you up and stole you away
Of course you couldn't help but be ensnared by them
You thought, so stupidly, that they were beautiful in every way
You didn't want to take away
the meaning of your pain, piece by piece
And so you gave it shape and left it behind with me
Not even caring about how I might feel
You shone so brightly when you talked about those stupid dreams of yours
Tying up your hair that had come undone, piece by piece
Tell me about your dreams again some day,
those faltering and impure things you couldn't share with anyone else—because I promise, I won't change.
"Not an Angel" (天使じゃないよ tenshi janai yo), a song by えちぜん (echizen) using Hatsune Miku.
This translation is cross-posted on the Vocaloid Lyrics Wiki.
「123で5678 4がない キミは絶対4なない」
「123で5678 ボクの中でずっと生きてる」
"one, two, three, and five, six, seven, eight—how trivial, you'll never die."*
"one, two, three, and five, six, seven, eight—you'll live forever inside of me."
「123で5678 4がない キミは絶対4なない」
123で5678 4がない 僕は4なない？
"one, two, three, and five, six, seven, eight—how trivial, you'll never die."
one, two, three, and five, six, seven, eight—how trivial, will i really never die?
君の主観 押し付けて 磔にされても
僕は何も出来やしないよ
even if your ideas are shot down, even if you're crucified for them
there's not a thing that i can do about it
emotions like prose, i've got my eyes on you
hope as you might, but it's no use**—i'll never be an angel
the focal point of a simplex, the script of a new religion
can you hear me? i'm telling you, i'm no angel
your ideology could be called selfish
like framing the corpse of a butterfly to use as a decoration
by the way, if i happened to be an angel
what would you want or wish for?
全肯定の妄信症 屈折するストレイト
僕は君が思うほど 完璧じゃないよ
a disease of blind beliefs and affirmation across the board, a straight line starting to warp
i'm telling you, i'm not as perfect as you think
a spectrum of dependence
plums culled by rumination
don't get it twisted—i'm telling you, i'm no angel
the focal point of a simplex, the script of a new religion
can you hear me? i'm telling you, i'm no angel
——
*A pun on the letter 4 (which can be read as "shi") and the words しがない (shiganai, "trivial/insignificant") and 死なない (shinanai, "will not die"). 4がない can also be read as "shi ga nai", or "there is no four".
**敲氷求火 (kouhyoukyuuka): A Japanese idiom meaning "striking ice in hopes of starting a fire". In other words, trying in vain towards a certain goal while using methods that will never work.
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