Intro:
I knew it, I knew it
I knew what the punchline would be
I knew it, I knew it
I called it since about the second page
I knew
Verse 1:
More like,
I already had a faint feeling
since the very first page
I knew it
Chorus:
I knew it, I knew it
I knew what the punchline would be
I knew it, I knew it
I'll kill Draluc
And then the summer will end
Nu, nu, nu, nu...
Verse 2:
As the deadline closes in,
I pull myself together and sing
It’s a bit embarrassing
I knew it
I knew it...
Bridge:
I knew it, I knew it
There’s no way we could’ve known, [1]
That they’d release this song
In full length
Chorus:
Don’t you laugh, don’t you laugh
Don’t you laugh at me
You shitty sand
I knew it, I knew it
I’ll destroy the shitty sand
Tonight as well, the moon rises
Nu, nu, nu, nu...
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Notes:
[1] didn't mention any specific pronouns, I spent a bit deciding if I should use "I" or "you" and settled for "we" as a compromise
I was waiting for someone to upload the official lyrics somewhere but I still couldn't find any, so I just did it by ear. Thanks for reading!
When you stood there and watched
Disappointed
As the flower petals dropped to the ground
You murmured
"They fell early this year, too"
You looked so beautiful then
もし今の私を見れたなら
どう思うでしょう
あなた無しで生きてる私を
I wonder
What would you think
If you could see me now
Going through life without you
Everybody finds love
Everybody finds love
In the end
Today, too
The healthy cries of a newborn baby echo in the streets
Of the town you once protected
If you could hear them now
I'm sure you'd be so happy
Their footsteps will carry on where ours left off
Everybody finds love
In the end
もう二度と会えないなんて信じられない
まだ何も伝えてない
まだ何も伝えてない
I still can't believe I'm never going to see you again
There's so many things I never got to tell you
So many things I never got to say
開いたばかりの花が散るのを
見ていた木立の遣る瀬無きかな
Maybe this is how the trees felt
As they stood there
Helpless
Watching their flowers fall to the ground
Right after they'd bloomed
どんなに怖くたって目を逸らさないよ
全ての終わりに愛があるなら
No matter how scared I feel
I won't look away
As long as there's love in the end
i keep saying i'm going to post my song tls to this blog so i might as well start with a brand new one! i translated the lyrics to the full version of "1", the mob psycho 100 season 3 OP, which goes so hard not only musically but lyrically also.
still working on finishing up tls for "cobalt" and "Exist" but for now..."1" :)
english translation under the cut, followed by the lyrics in romaji & kanji; to see them all side-by-side click here!
1 - MOB CHOIR
I realized my youth was gray
This restlessness is an unknown quantity
Emotion train running parallel to my brain
Adolescence in struggle
Don’t disturb my deep psyche
Whose is the face lurking behind it?
The distortion of opposing thoughts
Now cleanse yourself of your distress
See what you can do now?
My life
Let me break it down
(Want) Desire
(Young) And sincerity
(Burn) Are both budding
(One) In my chest
(Trance) I’m not awake
(Chance) I want to wake up
(Stance) Take both sides
(One) And put them back-to-back
Accept me as I am (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
I’m counting on you every day in this relationship (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
If we could just become one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
That smile would be our one and only one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
No regrets in life, it’s showtime
The details of our future are still TBD
And your trick, you’re the sidekick I’m going with
Your rhythm
Don’t seek the questions, taking them as you find them
The era of competing delusions
The distortion of separating emotions
Double-edged instincts
I don’t care to be bad
I said, she started making me proud
(Want) From ruin
(Young) To indestructibility
(Burn) This power
(One) Resonates within me
(Trance) I can’t set it free
(Chance) I want to set it free
(Stance) The past and the future
(One) Pile up into history
Today is the day we were left dissatisfied
Our day of happiness is coming
The world you cried your eyes out in
Is our one and only one
(Want) Whether it’s 100
(Young) Whether it’s 0
(Burn) I’ll make a door
(One) Into infinity
(Trance) I haven’t acknowledged it
(Chance) I want to acknowledge it
(Stance) Checking all my answers
(One) Against myself
(Want) Desire
(Young) And sincerity
(Burn) Are both budding
(One) In my chest
(Trance) I’m not awake
(Chance) I want to wake up
(Stance) Take both sides
(One) And put them back-to-back
Accept me as I am (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
A relationship where we’re free to argue with each other
If we could just become one
That smile would be our one and only one
One (Mob, Mob, Wow)
(Mob, Mob, Wow)
One and only one
(Mob, Mob, Wow)
One (Mob, Mob, Wow)
One and only one
-
I realized seishun wa gurei
shousou no shoutai wa fumei
kanjou train heisou suru brain
agaku adolescence
Don’t disturb shinsou shinri
ushiro no shoumen wa dare?
taiji suru sounen distortion
arae urei wo
See what you can do now?
My life
Let me break it down
(Want) yokubou mo
(Young) seijitsu mo
(Burn) kono mune de
(One) mebaete kuru
(Trance) mezamenai
(Chance) mezametai
(Stance) uraomote
(One) senaka awase
ari no mama wo ukete irete (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
tsune ni yoroshiku Relation (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
hitotsu ni nareta nara (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
sono egao wa one and only one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
No regrets jinsei show time
shourai no shousai wa mitei
And your trick meyasu saidokikku sadame
Your rizumu
Don’t seek, find mondai taking
kyousou de bousou no sedai
kairi suru shinjou distortion
moroha no honnou
I don’t care to be bad
I said, she started making me proud
(Want) hametsu kara
(Young) fumetsu e to
(Burn) kono chikara
(One) kyoumei suru
(Trance) hanatenai
(Chance) hanachitai
(Stance) kako mirai
(One) tsumu hisutorii
saenakatta kyou to iu da (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
shiawase to yobu hi ga kuru (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
nakiharasu me de ita (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
sono sekai ga one and only one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
(Want) hyaku datte
(Young) zero datte
(Burn) mugen e no
(One) tobira ni suru
(Trance) mitomenai
(Chance) mitometai
(Stance) jibun to no
(One) kotae awase
(Want) yokubou mo
(Young) seijitsu mo
(Burn) kono mune de
(One) mebaete kuru
(Trance) mezamenai
(Chance) mezametai
(Stance) uraomote
(One) senaka awase
ari no mama wo ukete irete (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
semegiau jiyuu Relation (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
hitotsu ni nareta nara (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
sono egao wa one and only one (Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
One (Mob, Mob, Wow)
(Mob, Mob, Wow)
One and only one
(Mob, Mob, Wow)
One (Mob, Mob, Wow)
One and only one
Multidimensional shenanigans where Jing Yuan gets forced into another timeline. Despite waking up in his own house, his own bed, Jing Yuan can tell that something is different. His bed sheets don’t smell like this, his room isn’t decorated like this. Miniature changes that Jing Yuan is unsettled by. He creeps out of the bed on guard, silently stalking through his own home- but this isn’t his home.
Not just his home, that is. He’s met with the beautiful, unusual sight of you- so this is what you look like in the morning? In the kitchen as if you belong there, comfortable and content in his robe. You’re getting out several pans, taking things out of the fridge. Making breakfast?
Perhaps he is a little caught off guard, though he doesn’t like to admit it. The scenery is wonderful, watching you so domestically work your way in his kitchen, in his clothes. He’d be a liar to say he’s never dreamed of what it would look like. But why? Why is it happening now? Why are you here?
When you turn around, you’re smiling, tutting at him while you wave a finger. ‘It’ll take more than that to scare me, a-yuan. Is this what happens when you retire? You’re losing your edge!’
He blinks. Once, twice. Since when do you call him such an endearing title? Since when is he retired?
You focus on getting things together for breakfast. ‘You’re up earlier than usual,’ you tell him, ‘so breakfast isn’t ready yet. But you can make yourself useful and feed the kids, okay?’
The kids. The kids? Jing Yuan has no choice but to admit he isn’t sure what’s happening anymore. He doesn’t recall ever having children- and with you? No, that’s something he’d remember.
Over the course of the day, Jing Yuan learns several things. The first is that ‘the kids’ refers not to human children but animal- you both have quite the collection. A handful of cats and dogs and several exotic birds. There are ducks and chickens in the back garden.
The second thing he learns is that he is married to you, and the third thing is that he is, in fact, retired. Fu Xuan is the general, and his young disciple, Yanqing, is no longer so young. He’s an adult now, making his way up the ranks with the speed and efficiency Jing Yuan always expected of him.
The last thing he learns is that this is all terrifyingly real- too complex to be a dream- but it is not his.
The first thing that comes to mind, of course, is to find a way back home. But it gets harder and harder to do so as he has to play his role of house husband with you. And this- this is something that aches. Because deep down it’s really a dream come true- this true love bloomed domesticity, shared with you. The way you look at him, your matching rings, your kiss on his cheek and hands around his waist. Affection is like second nature between the two of you, and Jing Yuan knows this not only in your examples but because if this was real, if this was his and he had you, he would do nothing else but kiss you and hold you all the time.
Jing Yuan is duty bound, though there are times he wish it wasn’t so. He has to find a way back to his home, because back home, his people still need him. Fu Xuan isn’t ready to be general yet, and Yanqing isn’t grown up. There are things he needs to do, but oh, to be selfish. To be in love with you and not worry about a thing- perhaps this is an enemies mind game, their attempt at torture. It’s certainly working.
The first week he shares with you, Jing Yuan smiles and kisses your cheek goodnight, knowing it is his role to do so, but things never go farther than that. He never holds you for too long, he never kisses your lips unless you ask him to.
He breaks your heart. After a week has passed and you’re getting ready for bed, your expression is breaking as you hold his hand and ask him what’s wrong. Why won’t he kiss you? Why won’t he touch you? Your love is too strong for something so unexpected. Too strong for secrets.
Jing Yuan is a weak man at heart. He cannot bear with hurting you, so for the time that’s allowed, he loves you. It’s a terrifying thing, because this Jing Yuan has never indulged in you before, and you are expecting someone who’s well versed in your strings. He hasn’t kissed these lips, not truly, and he hasn’t held you tight enough to appreciate your form. He is mind numbing tender with you the first night he gives in, and every night after that.
It’s almost shameful to admit that it’s better than he imagined it to be- because yes, he imagined. As previously mentioned, he is a weak man, and his mind wanders and dwells on things he cannot have. But here, he has you, and he is determined to not waste it. And if he rocks your world more intensely than usual because this sex isn’t dulled by repetition, it’s brand new; then he is happy to give that to you. You deserve every lick of pleasure you get and more.
He doesn’t know how to let it all go. When the opportunity presents itself to go back home- the man he came here as wouldn’t have hesitated. But the man he is now, changed by your touch, hesitates. He is duty bound nevertheless, and despite his own needs and wants, his hesitation, he goes back. He has to.
Waking up in his own universe is almost… pathetic. He looks around his room and realizes how empty it is, void of a life well lived in it. Your presence lifted everything up. Now, everything is stale.
Another heartbreak for something that was never his in the first place. He isn’t sure how much more he can take.
normally this is the part where i make some kind of caption that's funny or related to the video, but honestly i'm just so glad i got this done in time
anyway happy valvert week part 2. the song is 命の食べ方 by eve
[Kyuushi Character Song] The Invincible Progenitor, Lord Draluc (Eng TL)
"Fuhahahahaha!"
"Fuhahahahaha!"
Verse 1:
I am the great Vampire Lord
The curtains open for this masquerade of chaos
This fearsome presence controlling the world of mortals
The eminent progenitor, the invincible Lord Draluc
Prechorus:
„Good evening, what a wonderful nape you have there, young lady, would you like to- waughh! Ostriches!”
I’m sorry ("Saaand!") I’m just a fat widdle caterpillar
“This is exactly why Shin-Yokohama is senseless, loud, and time passes by way too quickl- AHH! IT’S SUNRISE!!”
Super weak, earthworm level
Chorus:
Come, let’s indulge the night away
Playing a game whose machinations the mere mortals can’t comprehend
Let’s dance in the world of the immortals
Quench the age-old thirst of my throat
Come, dance right into my hands
"Fuhahahahaha!"
Verse 2:
One after the other, incidents keep happening ("WTF?!")
Those inferior vampires are a noob One Hit KO
The amiable and convenient human society
Should abide by my intellectual and agreeable rules
Prechorus 2:
"S-Stop it! You got the wrong vampire!”
Ergo, ("Saand!") I’m only acting the fool
"Eh, what the hell? Does this town only have freaks?!”
The insane ("Saand!") city of fiends, Shin-Yoko
Chorus 2:
Come, fear me, the one who eclipses even the sun
Little boys should just go eat some celery
Wherever the night goes, that is my dance hall
The moon’s gaze is beautiful tonight
Yes, rise up, the hedonism flowing in my blood
Bridge:
"Wahahahaha! You foolish humans! That’s right! I am such an awesome invincible progenitor Vampire Lord, I'm even helping the hunters!”
Easily betray, effortlessly die
Chorus 3:
Come, let’s indulge the night away
Playing a game whose machinations the mere mortals can’t comprehend
Let’s dance in the world of the immortals
Quench the age-old thirst of my throat
Ah, I long for the pale glow of a nape
Outro:
I’m just joking. I‘ll settle with milk...
Defeat…
"Hey, you tricked me! Oops, I slipped- Saaaaand!!!”
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Since the Ronaldo character song was a big hit I decided to do this one too. It's such a fun song. I took a lot of liberties here, so it sounds like how Draluc would talk in English. But no TL notes to explain all the differences with the JP, you will just have to take my word for it LOL Thanks for reading!
i still remember those magic words, still remember where that rainbow began
it was the moment my whole world burst into color
転ばないように気を付けて でもどこまでもいかなきゃ
陽射しさえ掴めそうな手が ひどく冷たかったから
i went on carefully, trying not to stumble
but i still had so long to go
'cause even though it felt like my hands could've grabbed hold of the sunlight itself
they were cold instead. so terribly cold
本当の声はいつだって 正しい道を照らしている
なんだって疑っているから とても強く信じている
my inner voice always shows me where i need to go
it doubts everyone and everything. that's why i trust it so much
that my heart continues to beat
that i'm still here breathing
that this gentle warmth has long thrummed through my chest
there's a certain reason for it all
and like a galaxy hidden behind the clouds
like a ticket i'd lost somewhere
like all the world's history before you were born
you hold that reason within you
それだけ わかっている (わかっている)
僕だけ わかっている (わかっている)
that much i know (i know)
i'm the only one who knows (the only one)
鈍く残った痛みとか しまってしまった思いとか
滲んだって消えないもので 街は出来ている
things like a dull pain that lingers, and thoughts you've shut away
that's what home is made of - stuff that blurs over time but never truly fades away
魔法の言葉 覚えている 虹の辿り着いたところ
転ばないように気を付けて でもどこまでもいけるよ
i still remember those magic words, still remember where that rainbow touched down
i go on carefully, making sure i don't stumble
but i can make it. i know i can
無くしたくないものを 見つけたんだって気付いたら
こんなに嬉しくなって こんなに怖くなるなんて
whenever i realize i've found something i don't want to lose
what words can describe how happy it makes me feel? how scared?
overcoming a yesterday i never could've dreamed of
holding onto a tomorrow that seemed like it'd never end
those small shoulders, they tremble now, but still i smiled
and i cried
those tears were like a diamond at the center of a maze
like a balloon floating by just out of reach
like a shooting star i'd never noticed
だからもう 忘れない (忘れない)
二度ともう 迷わない (迷わない)
and that's why i'll never forget (i'll never forget)
that's why i'll never lose my way again (never again)
心臓が動いている事の 吸って吐いてが続く事の
心がずっと熱い事の 確かな理由が
that my heart continues to beat
that i'm still here breathing
that this gentle warmth has long thrummed through my chest
there's a certain reason for it all
your reason could be a single grain of sand in the desert
or a drop of rain in a fading storm
it's like a flower you've been given whose name you don't know
and i can see my reason right here before me now
それだけ わかっている (わかっている)
僕だけ わかっている (わかっている)
that much i know (i know)
i'm the only one who knows (the only one)
だからもう 離れない (離れない)
二度ともう 迷わない (迷わない)
and that's why i won't let go (i won't let go)
that's why i'll never lose my way again (never again)
KURODE
Always reaching out, far far away
Until this desire dies out
CIELOMORT, KLARKSTELLA
Opening the door to something changing
KURODE
The key is always in the heart
KURODE
On a note I don't know anything about yet
I write out about this day
CIELOMORT
Someday the future will be a blank slate
I'll let you take the right steps
KLARKSTELLA
It's not about the surface, looks don't matter
You don't have to fit in if you don't want to
KURODE
So that I can be more than I am right now
ALL
A stage (world) that no one has ever seen before
The image (imagination) that will eventually overtake us
CIELOMORT
Keep on drawing, until you can grab it
KURODE
I'll let this throbbing take care of me
ALL
The deeply rooted inferiority tearing you apart
A longing that sounds faint and far away
KLARKSTELLA
Creating a signpost which looks like a nightmare
ALL
Together in this chest, a memory
CIELOMORT
The sound of raindrops piercing through stone
You say it as if you'll get it
KLARKSTELLA
If you could have the best sound that makes you lively
KURODE
No matter how absurd or buggy it is
I can't help but love this world
KURODE
Always reaching out, far far away
Until my wish comes true
CIELOMORT, KLARKSTELLA
Like noticing the scent of bellflowers
KURODE
The key is always in the heart
ALL
Even with the clumsiness under neither shade nor sunlight
Sometimes we let go of our weakness
CIELOMORT, KURODE
Let me protect all of them if you need me to
ALL
The tears that overflow from your face along with your usual broken smile
KLARKSTELLA
So you could be yourself
CIELOMORT
This chest, this memory
KLARKSTELLA
Sincerely, forever
KURODE
I'll make it echo all around
Together, a melody
thinking about li xiangyi and di feisheng living life in crossed timelines, opposites falling backward from one another. di feisheng feels them both fall into the ocean, knows li xiangyi is dead, and when he finds the man with his face again ten years later he's not quite the same, is it? he tries to bring back the spark he remembers in li xiangyi's eyes, at the point that defined their story (di feisheng's beginning, li xiangyi's ending), to push him to wield his sword once more whether it's by companionship or rage. none of it works. this li xiangyi doesn't want to remember, won't remember. and di feisheng is still learning so much, learning to be someone outside of a blade in his hands, outside of being a weapon outside of li xiangyi, but li xiangyi has already found and lived some life he couldn't be there for and now di feisheng has to relearn him too, on top of it all, after he's gone. because the first time he met li xiangyi di feisheng felt him die, and now he's left chasing, reaching for someone he doesn't quite know yet, and who will never get the time to know who he'll become in return
sometimes i have a good day and then i remember about this one hakoniwa no coral verse and then i cry. one from the peak wxs verses from one of the peak wxs songs ever, if you even care.
is the what sort of ending do you want and the world hasn't even started yet reference even intentional? Who Knows! (or maybe someone actually knows idk i didn't read koyori's producer note when the teaser dropped nor do i remember if it was ever mentioned). but even if it somehow isn't, then it still drives me insane. especially since hakoniwa no coral is the last song before the disband arc resolved— the donketsu reference was sooo cruel. i was found dead.
the sekahaji reference is pretty interesting as well. since it's paired with donketsu, THE disband arc song, then it could mean that it should be taken as a disband arc ref as too. but wouldn't then the title be twisted as something like "the world has already started" if it was supposed to represent the wxs disbandment or even a new beginning (i actually wanted it to be the title for wxs wl song but lol. i guess the group of four illuminating the world is pretty cute as well)? since sekahaji is wxs' untitled and, therefore, their first song ever, then i guess it could be interpreted as wxs not even forming, however... there's still an "ever" before even beginning — and that makes me lean onto my more preferred interpretation of sekahaji's title. "the world hasn't even started yet" — because wxs still didn't became the big thing, they're not popular actors yet. the world didn't ever even start for *wxs* specifically, because they parted ways and didn't fulfill their dreams as a group. and this would make more sense, because "without ever met you" is right after and why would it repeat. (although this verse doesn't make sense to me because well, nene couldn't fulfill her dreams without wxs. but it's ok, the songs are not strictly canonical, i'll let this slide.)
and because the song, as well as the whole fragment this verse comes from, ends with "i'll sing this song and smile", my sole intepretation of it is "even though we're not a group anymore, i won't let my grief consume me and i'll keep on singing". nene would miss wxs dearly, but she wouldn't ever forget them, their kindness and the experience they gave her if they parted ways. but thanks god they didn't, because it would make this song ever sadder.
conclusion (besides "you should stream hakoniwa no coral"): none. you can form it yourself, because i'm not an analyst, i'm an overthinker and i state common facts by crying over wxs on daily basis. i just wanted to show you this verse because i think about it 24/7. enjoy.