Lyrics

Lyrics are through 2012--need to add Arui Wa Anarchy, No. 0, The Mortal, Schaft second album

Transcription notes:
{words in braces} are what is being sung in the song but is not in the album's lyric booklet; these lyrics may come from other sources and will be noted. If the source is not noted then it's simply how I hear it and may be subject to inaccuracies. If I'm not sure what is being said, then I will put a ? mark.

(words in parenthesis) are backing vocals, notes, or samples.

In Japanese: [words in brackets] is the way the lyricist wants you to read the kanji and is not the traditional way nor is it usually even an acceptable way.

In English: [words in brackets] are the traditional way of reading the kanji or the original English of a word written in katakana in Japanese.

Translations: (if I bother to do it--I'm lazy and I think translations are dangerous) My goal is to be accurate but also to do so in a way that you can sing along. Not saying I get it right but I try to balance the following: 1. nit-picky via back translations (if I can translate it back into Japanese and it doesn't match the author's original words, then I will try to do a better translation in English) 2. syllabic matching (if the original line in Japanese was 10 syllables then I will try to translate it into 10 English syllables so you can sing along) and keep the English word in the same part of the sentence for sing-along purposes 3. not assume the author's intentions and make huge leaps in translations (the reader should be allowed to come to conclusions on their own) 4. keep the same tone: if the original lyrics were casual, dirty, slang, masculine, etc then I'll seek English words with a similar tone (here is where huge leaps may be made because the translator may color the translation with how they speak rather than how the author may speak if they learned English)

*Please note that males in Japanese often use a word for "I" which is masculine only and is often used in the lyrics presented here. This gendered nuance is not translatable in English.

Aku No Hana

Lyrics by
From: Aku No Hana, originally released on February 1st, 1990

悪の華

遊びはここで 終わりにしようぜ
息の根止めて Breaking Down
その手を貸せよ 全て捨てるのさ
狂ったピエロ Bad Blood

夢見たはずが ブザマを見るのさ
熟れた欲望 Fallin’ Down
サヨナラだけが 全てだなんて
狂ったピエロ Bad Blood

* 燃える血を忘れた訳じゃない
甘いぬくもりが目にしみただけ

** Lonely Days
あふれる太陽 蒼い孤独を手に入れた Blind-Blue-Boy

* repeat

指の隙間で この世界がまわる
熱くキラメク ナイフ胸に抱きしめ

** repeat

Lonely Nights
凍える夜に叫び続ける 狂いだせ Blind-Blue-Boy

* repeat

Lonely Nights
凍える夜に叫び続ける 狂いだした Blue-Boy

{I I’m Fallin’ Down
I I’m Fallin’ Down
I I’m Fallin’ Down}

asobi wa koko de / owari ni shiyou ze
iki no ne tomete / Breaking Down
sono te wo kase yo / subete suteru no sa
kurutta piero [pierrot] / Bad Blood

yume mita hazu ga / buzama wo miru no sa
ureta yokubou / Fallin’ Down
sayonara dake ga / subete da nante
kurutta piero [pierrot] / Bad Blood

* moeru chi wo wasureta wake janai
amai nukumori ga me ni shimita dake

** Lonely Days
afureru taiyou / aoi kodoku wo te ni ireta / Blind-Blue-Boy

* repeat

yubi no sukima de / kono sekai ga mawaru
atsuku kirameku / naifu [knife] mune ni dakishime

** repeat

Lonely Nights
kogoeru yoru ni sakebi tsuzukeru / kuruidase / Blind-Blue-Boy

* repeat

Lonely Nights
kogoeru yoru ni sakebi tsuzukeru / kuruidase / Blue-Boy

{I I’m Fallin’ Down
I I’m Fallin’ Down
I I’m Fallin’ Down}