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[mentalhells]

Black One Point - 黒一点

If I stain your family register and chop off my pinky finger* Pinky promise swear to kiss the ground If you cut the cake, If I’m cut loose from my prison sentence Drop the handkerchief and kiss the ground

You’re just you, or so I thought, but this isn’t you Women, when it comes to women, I just keep getting worse with getting the wrong idea

Being sugar and spice and everything nice Just isn’t you, so piss on the ground After all, snips and escargot And puppy dog tails are much more your style So pull down your fly and piss on the ground

You lone rose among thorns, rose among thorns,** I’ve got something to say to cute little you One white point, one white point, I wonder if it’s alright to say these words that I can't speak (It’s fine)

I've gotten all stained black This black crow’s gotten shot A man is just, a man is but One black point, one black point Just something to stain

Just shut up already and grab a shovel, stop singing already and drop the mic If you’ve got your shovel, then bury yourself The rising suicide rates, the alcohol that flows more every night Just die a soft and cozy death, go love yourself

My dearest, feel feel to go feel your fate When it comes to romance, love, romance and love, You believe everything the neck-tieromancy fortune says

You lone rose among thorns, rose among thorns, when I embrace cute little you One white point, one white point, I wonder if it’s alright to spill these filthy tears (It’s fine)

I held on to a darkened desire The black glass has gotten shattered A man is just, a man is but One black point, one black point, one black point, one black point Carve that brand into me

One more point, one more point I wonder if it’s alright to say, this final, single thing (It’s fine)

I've gotten all stained black I've written it out in black ink A man is just, a man is but One black point, one black point Leaving behind a kiss mark

This isn’t a kind world, so No one makes it out unscathed to tomorrow Everyone’s like that, everybody is One black point, one black point Just something to stain

If you cleanse your family register by cremating me to ash What a chic thing to do, go kiss the ground What a sharp thing to do, go kiss the ground

That’s one black point, go kiss the ground Kiss the ground Kiss it

TRANSLATION NOTES * for cultural context, japan's census system includes a "family register" document, part of officiating marriage in the eyes of the law is adding your spouse to your family register ** the original term here, 紅一点 (literally "one red point") refers to one woman in a group of men, but seeing as how the term originates from classical chinese poetry in which it refers to "a single red flower in a sea of green" i thought this was a fair localization. in contrast to this, 黒一点 (literally “one black point”), as in the chorus, and also the title of the song and the album, is sometimes used colloquially to refer to one single man in a group of women. see the album cover for a visual example lol. 白一点 (“one white point”) in the prechorus is also occasionally used to describe this, but "one black point" is more common.

[mentalhells]

君とフランベ - Flambé with you

こんな嵐の夜だから飲みに行こうよ 今すぐ 君とフランベしてみたい ハート焦がしたいの

Konna arashi no yoru dakara nomi ni ikou, ima sugu

Kimi to flambe shite mitai

Haato ko ga shitai no

It’s such a stormy night, so let’s go drinking, right away

I wanna try to flambé with you

I want to scorch our hearts

こんなあたしを年下の君は敬語でいさめて "花冷えの季節ですから 今夜はやめましょう"

Konna atashi o toshi shita no kimi wa keigo de isamete

Hanabie no kisetsu desukara kon'ya wa yamemashou

I scold the younger you with a formal tone like,

“It’s the brisk spring season, so let’s call it off tonight”

石橋を叩きすぎても壊れるのが恋だから あたし地下鉄 飛び乗って "いつものバーで会お"

Ishibashi o tataki sugitetemo kowareru no ga koi dakara

Atashi chikatetsu tobinotte 

“Itsumo no bar de aou”

Even if I look both ways before I cross,* our love will get wrecked, so that’s why

I leap onto the subway with a

“See you at the usual bar”

はなれるより はなしたいな もっとぶつかりたい 君となら 気づかわず 傷つけあいたいな 君となら

Hanareru yori hanashitai na

Motto butsukaritai kimi to nara

Kizukawazu kizukeaitai na

Kimi to nara

It’s not that I want to leave you, I want to talk

I want to trade blows more and more whenever I’m with you

I wanna wound each other, without even realizing

Whenever I’m with you

強火のハグして 強火のキスして 強火のラブして 燃やして 焦がして カラメルからめて クレープくるんで ブルーの火をつけて

Tsuyobi no haagu shite tsuyobi no kisu shite

Tsuyobi no raabu shite moyashite kogashite

Karameru karamete cureepu kurunde

Buruu no hi o tsukete

High-heat hugging, high-heat kissing

High-heat loving, burning up and getting burnt

Get all mixed up in caramel, wrap it up in a crepe

And light a blue flame

間違ってる こんな土砂降りの夜 呼びつけるなんて "花曇りの憂さ晴らしじゃ 心晴れませんよ"

Machigatteru konna doshaburi no yoru yobitsukeru nante

Hanagumori no usabarashi jya kokoro haremasen yo

I messed up, calling you on a downpouring night like this was just

“To take my mind off these cloudy spring skies, so it won’t clear up my heart”

バーカウンター叩き ラムを呷り 胸倉つかんで 僕を引き寄せ くちづけて "いつものやつをしよ"

Bakauntaa tataki ramu o aori munagura tsukande

Boku o hikiyose kuchizukete

“Itsumo no yatsu o shiyou”

As I hit the bar counter and knock back a rum, I’m taken by the lapels

So pull me in and kiss me

“Let’s do the same thing as usual”

壊れるほど 恋したいな もっと壊したいな 君のこと 傷つきたいな 傷つけたいな 君のこと

Kowareru hodo koishitai na

Motto kowashitai na kimi no koto

Kizutsukitai na kizutsuketai na

Kimi no koto

I want to love you until we fall apart

I want to break you down more and more

I wanna feel the pain and I wanna deal it out

By and to you

ミディアムレアより レアな唇で ミディアムより ウェルダンなキス・キスして 厚切りの愛に ブランデーふりまき ピンクの火をつけて

Midiamu reaa yori rea na kuchibiru de

Midiamu yori uweru dan na kisu kisu shite

Atsukiri no ai ni burandee furimaki

Pinku no hi o tsukete

More than medium rare, with your rare lips

More than medium, kiss me with a well-done kiss

Douse a thick cut of love with brandy

And light a pink flame

別れるかな もうダメかな 好きすぎても ダメなのかな 燃え尽きちゃうのかな

Wakareru kana mou dame kana

Sukisugi demo damenano kana

Moetsukichauno kana

Are we gonna break up? Is it already too late?

I love you too much, but is that a bad thing?

Are we gonna burn out?

はなれるより はなしたいな もっとぶつかりたい 君となら 気づかわず 傷つけあいたいな 君となら

Hanareru yori hanashitai na

Motto butsukaritai kimi to nara

Kizukawazu kizukeaitai na

Kimi to nara

It’s not that I want to leave you, I want to talk

I want to trade blows more and more whenever I’m with you

I wanna wound each other, without even realizing

Whenever I’m with you

フランベしたいな ラブラブしたいな フランベしたいな 乱舞したい君と フランベしたいな ラブラブ 君と フランベしあいたいな 会いたいな

Furanbure shitai na raburabu shitai na

Furanbure shitai na ranbu shitai kimi to

furanbure shitai na raburabu kimi to 

Furanbure shiaitaina

Aitaina

I wanna flambé, I wanna get all lovey-dovey

I wanna flambé, I wanna do a victory dance with you

I wanna flambé, all lovey-dovey with you

I wanna flambé each other

I wanna see you so bad

TRANSLATION NOTES

*the japanese lyric is a phrase that literally translates to “knocking on a stone bridge before crossing” but means being super extra careful, i wanted to keep that feeling with a similar english idiom. the “knocking” thing carries over into the next verse but i think it stands alone there alright…

also this is a duet with the musician makoto kawamoto so i tried to colour code it! she's blue and temma is pink (and both is plain)!

[mentalhells]

Stuttering Love - 吃る恋

My mouth implores, so that my blood may flow My mouth yearns for your name It rolls around my tongue like candy But there’s a budding stiffness in my throat

The sound begs, as bleeding ink I dream of letters that I’ll always be able to speak But it’s no good, the instant they hit my mouth The flowers of words dry up and wilt

I steadied my breathing and kissed the world As lips stack up against lips The air itself shakes

I, I, I, I, I am, Y-y-y, y, y, when it comes to you I’m Uh, uh, uh, uh, utterly helpless The words passed right by Past myself and the rest of the world You faded further and further away S, s, s, stuttering love

My mouth loves, evoking smoke As I tried to finally forget your name Spitting it out like a loose baby tooth It became a seed, the song’s melody leads me astray

My way of speaking is like flying paper planes From this classroom’s window seat To your lips, a billion light-years away

I, I, I, I, I want to, Y-y-y, y, y-y, with you, C, c, c, c, I want to connect with you Should I write it with a pen? Or should we exchange swords instead? I’m stuck unable to even ask S, s, s, stuttering love

You might laugh at me Or maybe I scare you Maybe you’ll avoid me Or you might make fun of me But one day, for sure,

Will I be able to say it?

I, I, I, I, I am, Y-y-y, y, y, when it comes to you I’m Uh, uh, uh, uh, utterly helpless All that passed me by was a song Only the melody spiraled out You faded further and further from the stage Faded away from the audience

I, I, I, I, I am, Y-y-y, y, y, when it comes to you I’m Uh, uh, uh, uh, utterly helpless All that passed me by was love But what comes before I can call it love Is the feeling that someone’s called out my name S, s, s, s, s, s, s, Stuttering love

[mentalhells]

Boku ni Shiyagare (Do it to me) - 僕にしやがれ

Go and do it, do it to me Wow wow, go on and do it Do it to me

Is that your boyfriend’s impact? Yeah, men are always saying that, right? But, is that your girlfriend’s impact? No one really says that, right? Isn’t that right? But you changed me You dyed me your colour I was made by you, made up by you And, so, I disappeared

With my sunglasses on, I was like a princess I waited, I waited, for all of thousand and one nights You were like a prince on a white horse You took me out, the evening came out, and my sunset reddened

It was your fault that I became a dog person It was your fault that I fell in love with the road It was your fault that I came to know what love was, but Maybe it was thanks to you? No, it was your fault, fault, fault, so

Go and do it, do it to me Wow wow, go on and do it Go and do it, do it to me Come on and settle it right this instant Go and do it, do it to me Go on and do it, so just do it Go and do it, do it to me I can’t seem to say see you girl So do it to me

Is that film's impact? Or is it literature’s impact? Or could it be, Pop music’s impact? Wrong, Wrong, wrong, it’s your impact! I’m empty without you My CD collection’s empty too

My suitcase is empty too This ring case is empty too

If you take off your sunglasses, summer waits for you If you get off at the next station, the sea waits for you Leaving my sunglasses on, I played spy make-believe Because on the beach, nowhere to be found, Because you're nowhere to be found

I had your name tattooed onto me, and I had your name engraved into the ring I can’t casually call out your name anymore * Your name, forget it, forget it, I want to forget it but

I want it done to me, I want you to do it to me I wanna get beat with a bouquet I want it done to me, I want you to do it to me I wanna get stabbed by your heel That’s right, I wanna get done in

Go and do it, do it to me Wow wow, go on and do it Go and do it, do it to me Come on and choose me right this instant Go and do it, do it to me Go on and do it, so just do it Go and do it, do it to me My words of proposal are Do it to me

TRANSLATION NOTES general: the suffix -yagare to any verb basically makes it more aggro, so shiyagare = do, but more aggro. i tried to convey that vibe without changing or adding too much! 🥹 *呼び捨て/yobisute in the original lyrics here literally refers to saying someone's name without adding an honorific suffix, so either you're really close to the person, or it's really rude