ringo shiina lyrics & translation
Delayed Brain 
Electric Mole

nounai furou warau tainai kairo
shunka o utatte asa hachiji
gaki no edyukeishon puroguramu TV o
fujouri na mesen de mite tsubuyaite

kongaragatteru in my brain
Frustration in my blood
kongaragatteru in my brain
Frustration in my blood

kyouran honsen ni jousha
machiai wa komiai
kurutte kabuki no you ni, surinuke aruku ore
rinsetsu suru hyakkaten no erebeetaa reidii wa juuryoku shougai

fukushou
yoru ga kinou to onaji
kunou o kidoru hima wa nai
shakai to no yakusoku omoidasen toki ga aru fukushou
Brain wandering, circuits inside the body laughing
Singing a rude song at 8 in the morning
Muttering as I watch with an inconsistent gaze
some kids’ education program on TV

Fluctuating in my brain
Frustration in my blood
Fluctuating in my brain
Frustration in my blood

It’s madness on the main line train
Our meeting place is crowded
like a kabuki play gone mad. I make my way quickly through
The elevator lady at the adjoining department store gets in the way of gravity
A repetition
Night is the same as yesterday
I don’t have the time to fake suffering
There are times when I don’t remember society’s conventions – a repetition

Song info: Original by Number Girl (a former band of Mukai Shutoku, also of Zazen Boys, who have performed with Tokyo Jihen). In "Electric Mole," Ringo sings only these two lines:

rinsetsu suru hyakkaten no erebeetaa reidii wa juuryoku shougai
kongaragatteru in my brain
The elevator lady at the adjoining department store gets in the way of gravity
Fluctuating in my brain


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