Killer Tune single
| mattaku erabenai hibiki ikan[1]
rai rai ririshiku iganda aimai na saigishin no oni makka na me de naita[2] no ni iine de shita n da bibishii aa hen ja nai ka konna ma kanzen ni heikou ano yoru katahou zutsu atatame hotondo kan ni chuui kanrinin anata wa wana da unaji de aho ningen ni kono sai da gozouroppu ni tada kiiteita BB.KING rittaikan no hizumi uraretai kaitai jikan atari de ase nara kakenai hitori de gorippa naru furumai BB.QUEEN sorya mamanaranai gorinjuu meiun ano yo tameshi no shinju torisatte shimatta no da konbini sonna no naishi sorosoro owari ka unaji de aho ningen ni kono sai da gozouroppu ni hara hetteiru no da wazurawasu na kono mama deru nara sashitemite mo ii? atatta? BB.KING BB.QUEEN unaji de aho ningen ni kono sai da gozouroppu ni unaji de aho ningen ni kono sai da gozouroppu ni BB.KING BB.QUEEN bibishii |
A resonation I really can’t pick out
– can’t go,[1] rattle
rattle, gallantly –
the demons of warped vague suspicions I purred[2] with red eyes, you know I did it as the asking price – beautiful Oh, isn’t it strange? This time I’m perfectly dumbfounded That night – we’re mostly warmed up, first one party, then the other Watch out for intuition, landlord, you’re the trap At the nape of the neck in idiot humans It’s these circumstances in the internal organ Only been listening to B.B. King around the time that I want to be able to sell, want to keep, a distortion of three-dimensionality If there’s sweat, I don’t show it, all alone A B.B. Queen with increasingly elegant behavior That’s very hard to have your way with – doom on your deathbed That world – I eliminated them from it completely, the usual pearls With no convenience stores or anything, is the end upon us? At the nape of the neck in idiot humans It’s these circumstances in the internal organs My belly’s getting smaller, it’s pretty annoying If I go out like this, should I try stabbing it? Did I do it? B.B. King B.B. Queen At the nape of the neck in idiot humans It’s these circumstances in the internal organs At the nape of the neck in idiot humans It’s these circumstances in the internal organs B.B. King B.B. Queen Beautiful |
Translator's notes: [1] This is an example of the Iyo dialect of Japanese spoken in southeast Japan, Ehime Prefecture. Normally, the phrase would be "ikanai" meaning "can't go," but in Iyo dialect it is shortened to "ikan." Who knows why it's here, except perhaps for the sole purpose of wordplay, which features heavily in these lyrics.
[2] Or barked, or chirped like a bird, or made any other kind of animal sound, according to the kanji used here. Considering the similarity of these lyrics to a section in Gamble ("In the eyes of a domesticated cat / Should I try purring?" with the same kanji for "eyes" and "purr" as is used here), I chose to use "purr" again.
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