Artist: 鬼束ちひろ & BILLYS SANDWITCHES (Chihiro Onitsuka) Song Title: I'm With Your Shadow Album: Tricky Sisters Magic Burger Track Number: 5 Released: 2014 Lyrics By: Chihiro Onitsuka |
What a powerful song. Chihiro Onitsuka was one of the first Japanese artists I discovered (nearly 10 years ago!), and she still makes the most incredible music. I'm not entirely sure, but I really feel like this song is about the loss of innocence; trying to keep it with you, even during the darkest times of life. (Note: She said she was inspired by the cover art of Françoise Sagan's novel Bonjour Tristesse (Hello Sadness). The sad young girl on the cover really inspired this song.)
Kanji | Romaji | English Translation |
時計は壊れ出す 木馬の上で周り続けて 反対側の貴方には いつも届かないの サガンの小説は 名前を横取って 悲しみよ こんにちは こんにちは Dreams last so long And never was a lie この手を取って 握りしめて 木馬の上で 揺れ続ける 心臓(こころ)はいつも 貴方のもとで I'm with your shadow 闇の音(ね)を探ったり 言叶を放り投げたり 爱から爱へと繋げて 悲しみよ こんにちは こんにちは Dreams last so long And never is a lie lie lie この世を去って 逃げ出して 木馬を降りて 夢に浮かぶ 気持ちはずっと 贵方の中へ I'm with your shadow Scream and the earth 回転する想いに 迷子は加速してゆく Dreams last so long And never was a lie この手を取って 握りしめて 木馬の上で 揺れ続ける 心臓(こころ)はいつも 贵方のもとで I'm with your I'm with your shadow |
tokei wa kowaredasu mokuba no ue de mawari tsuzukete hantaigawa no anata ni wa itsumo todokanai no sagan no shousetsu wa namae wo yoko totte kanashimi yo konnichiwa konnichiwa Dreams last so long And never was a lie kono te wo totte nigirishimete mokuba no ue de yuretsuzukeru kokoro wa itsumo anata no moto de I'm with your shadow yami no ne wo saguttari kotoba wo hourinagetari ai kara ai e to tsunagete kanashimi yo konnichiwa konnichiwa Dreams last so long And never is a lie lie lie kono yo wo satte nigedashite mokuba wo orite yume ni ukabu kimochi wa zutto anata no naka e I'm with your shadow Scream and the earth kaiten suru omoi ni maigo wa kasoku shite yuku Dreams last so long And never was a lie kono te wo totte nigirishimete mokuba no ue de yuretsuzukeru kokoro wa itsumo anata no moto de I'm with your... I'm with your shadow |
The clocks start to crumble. Keep rocking on the rocking horse. I will never be able to reach the other side of you. I pick up Sagan's novel, “Hello Sadness”... hello. Dreams last so long, and never was a lie. Take my hand, grasp it tightly. Keep rocking on the rocking horse. My heart is always with you. I'm with your shadow. Searching for the sound of darkness, I throw out all the words, connecting love to love. “Hello Sadness”... hello. Dreams last so long, and never is a lie, lie, lie. Leave this world, escape. Get off the rocking horse, float in a dream. My feelings are always inside you. I'm with your shadow. Scream and the earth... in the rotating emotions, a lost child accelerates. Dreams last so long, and never was a lie. Take my hand, grasp it tightly. Keep rocking on the rocking horse. My heart is always with you. I'm with your... I'm with your shadow. |