ringo shiina lyrics & translation
SG ~Superficial Gossip~
Ariamaru Tomi single


nandemo ii no sa
shidoke nai ganbou wa doko?
bunmei no shinpo e
hanpirei shiteiku shizen

itsudatte oyogimawaru yoku
sekkusu to shitto ga michihikeba

shiritai no wa shikake ja nai
waridaka koukoku damattero tte n da
netsuzou shite kanemouke ka
hazukashigatteiru hito o mitai no ni

yasukute ii no sa
adoke nai zetsubou wa doko?
docchi ka to ieba
fushiawase na hou ga ii

dareka no torimidashita kao
uso to himitsu o hagashitore

shiritai no wa tsurie ja nai
temae no kawaisa kochousu natte n da
miesou demo mienai jiga
kagami yo kagami, utsushite honshou o
hiagatteiku minamo nite
kotoba mo wasure kunou shiyou mon ka
shiritai no wa hontou dake
jijitsu wa shousetsu yori mo kinari
asu wa wagami
Anything would be fine
Where are lawless aspirations?
Nature keeps on at inverse proportion
to the progress of civilization


The desire that’s always swimming around
when sex and jealousy ebb and flow


What I want to know is not trickery
I’ll tell those advertisements for fairly expensive things to shut up
Is it money-making by way of forgery?
And yet I want to look at an abashed mankind


Something cheap would be fine
Where is guileless despair?
If I were to say which one,
unhappiness is good


Peel off the lies and secrets
from someone’s distracted face


What I want to know is not fishbait
Your cuteness is getting exaggerated
Mirror, mirror, reflect the true nature
of the ego that is almost visible but isn’t
on the water’s surface that keeps drying up
Does this mean you’ll suffer, forgetting even words?
What I want to know is only the facts
Truth is stranger than fiction
Tomorrow is myself


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