Electric Mole Forums - "Singable" Shiina Ringo English Lyrics

I mentioned these in a thread a while back, and at that point a few of you guys seemed interested in seeing them. Basically, I took the translations I found on Frecklegirl's website, and twisted them a bit to fit the music so if you ever wanted to sing Shiina Ringo in English, you could do it without totally rushing through or dragging words out.

I'm not a musician or a writer, so there's probably problems galore, but I really enjoy writing these. It gets me a bit closer to the song, because I get to interject my own interpretation into the lyrics. I only do it with songs I want to connect to, or that I might intend on singing one day at some point maybe <note the hesitation>, so I don't have that many.

But, this is what I have. You can critique, but please be at least kind of nice. You guys can be scary. :P

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gips

All of the time, you want to try and capture each moment on film
But as for me, when you try, I'm reminded how much I hate it
Because a photograph will never change, and I can't stand the fact that I surely will

All of the time, you say that "the two of us are forever"
But as for me, when you say that, I'm reminded how much I hate it
Because if our love happens to fade, then even forever turns into a lie

Don’t you think? I wanna be with you

Right in this moment
Always, always, always
What will happen tomorrow, neither one of us can know
So please tightly hold me
Hold me close, tightly... darling

All of the time, you want to try and shrink away into nothing
And as for me, when you try, I can barely hold back my smile
Because when you're like that you're like Kurt, and then that means that I would be like Courtney

Don’t you think? I wanna be with you

Come sit right by me
Need more, and more, and more
What happened yesterday, will be forgotten
So please tightly hold me
Hold me close, tightly... darling

Yet again it seems that April's here
That same day has returned...will you remember?

Don’t you think? I wanna be with you

Right in this moment
Always, always, always
What will happen tomorrow, neither one of us can know
So please tightly hold me

I wanna be with you

Come sit right by me
Need more, and more, and more
What happened yesterday, will be forgotten
So please tightly hold me
Hold me close, tightly... darling

This is my most recent one, that I actually just finished before I made this thread. My favorite part is the line about photographs.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marunouchi Sadistic

Induction to a comp'ny --> parallel reward
Tokyo is my true love --> there's nothing there

Rickenbacker 620
Don't have the nineteenhundredthou.
Ochanomizu

My Marshall's scent is so strong that it gets me off and
Every night I take it all the way to the top
Only need my one Rat, to make it to the big time
Singing like Benjii is makin me trip myself out

Whenever we're in Ginza --> We played cops
But when we come back home --> the glories fade

'Scuse me, I need my receipt
No tax accountants here anymore
Korakuen

If you were to become a monk I'd want you to marry me
Every night I'm just playin games with you
Always wanted to try being a pizza joint chick
Getting smacked by Benjii with his Gretsch guitar

Feel dirty under pure blue skies
I'll go home on the last train
Ikebukuro

It's so bad I can get off on the smell of my Marshall
Every night I take it all the way to the top
Only need my one Rat, to make it to the big time
Singing like Benjii is makin me trip myself

If you were to become a monk I'd want you to marry me
Every night I'm just playin games with you
Always wanted to try being a pizza joint chick
Getting smacked by Benjii with his Gretsch guitar

This was my very first SR English lyric composition. Notice how there are two different choruses? The first one is the more recent revised version, the second is the original one I did about a year or two ago.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rakujitsu

I watch autumn pass, and I think about the distant spring, and the day we met
As I follow the path of my memories, I come upon a photo of days past
A photograph of you so nostalgic, it made me forget what season it was
And now for me, there are no flowers. There is no moon, no sun, there is only you

I realized that my dreams will never be fulfilled
I sighed at the thought, and felt the sigh go down my tongue
I'll continue to keep my mind on those hopes
That night that you refused to respond to me
I found one last cold scrap of life to cling to
And held on to it tight

Because you knew the snow, you hated the rain. As it hit the ground, you could hear it laugh
All that I know is that until recently, rain disappeared whenever you stood near me

"Is there something that's wrong?" you would ask me
There's nothing making me upset, I would answer
The problem is that the sun is way too far off
On the opposite side of my faded hopes
I attempted to meet with the evening sun
Instead I melted away

They say that I'm the one that made you leave me all alone
So it feels strange for me to wave my hand goodbye
The problem is that the sun is way too far off
We met each other only due to happy chance
I feel myself able to understand the setting sun
Loving it as it disappears
So please, smile again

This one is really rough at some points...but it's my favorite, because I did it when I was feeling really melancholy, and I felt like my mood matched the song perfectly. My favorite line is the one about the moon and flowers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gunjyou Biyori

Shinjuku sky's opened up
And I'm lost looking for you
Today, the cold's turning Tokyo blue

No strategy formed yet
I have no clue what I'll do
I dry out as my mind absorbs the rain

"All the sadness in the world is enough to make the rain permeate through spring and into winter"

Your response to my remark: "I can tell that that's a lie, but it's fine for you to make up stories"

I want a real response, I never asked for flawed logic
Yet all you can do is tell me that I've lied to you
Trying to rid yourself of me

I'm simply pretending
And I know that you are too
The two of us, never stop our contending
You've piqued my interest
But I'll wait for you to do
The rest

Laughing as if we don't know at all

At the threshold between
This frigid December and the department store
I feel
that exact temperature that makes me think of you

So,

This one's been halfway finished for a while. Can't get myself to get it done. :/

Well, that's it for now. I guess it's kind of lame, but if anyone else has any of these, I'd really love to see them!