English translyrics for "Cure" (Round 6 of Alien Stage)
Now you can sing along in English! Feel free to use for vocal covers or take inspiration from them (with credit! I worked really hard)
I highly recommend reading the lyrics in this document, where I've annotated the reasons behind my translation choices in comments. But I'll also drop them under this readmore:
Was suddenly overcome by nostalgia and in a frenzy wrote my own english lyrics for Sakura Kiss (Ouran HSHC) just now while in the shower MFNSMND it was fun and I'm actually p proud of these... Sharing in case anyone wants to do a cover w these lyrics!!🥹 (pls credit and show me if u do🥺)
I also did a v quick recording (v out of breath😵💫) to show how the lyrics match up w the song 🫣 LMAO (i dropped my phone in the beginning KFJSJ)
EDIT: I did a new cover here! A bit less out of breath this time🤧
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Sakura Kiss
(milkbreadtoast ver)
KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE (HEY HEY HEY)
I've realized that all this time... you've always been right here with me
But is it hate, or like, or am I going crazy?
If i could look inside my heart
and see my feelings clear as day,
lady or host, it doesn't(/wouldn't) matter either way.
When love comes into our lives,
we dont always know why
but when i look in your eyes...
MAYBE YOU'RE MY LOVE
I want(/need) to see you now
so I can give you a cherry blossom kiss, and if your heartbeat skips then it's love you know!
Finished one really long and really hard project, but I'm not completely free yet. Madam Merry-Go-Round English lyrics be upon ye (with bonus sethmaria)
Lost castaway of time, welcome to the land of smiles!
Come, come, let us undo red and blue chains binding you, hand and foot
The giant ferris wheel, the endless haunted house
And just for tonight, as a special treat, a slave just for you!
.
If all the rides and all the games are too much for you to handle,
Why don't you sleep in this cold, lifeless cradle?
.
We are Madam Merry-Go-Round
Queen of the grand amusement park
We are Madam Merry-Go-Round
I’m just a doll locked up in the dark
.
Watch the wooden horse travel its path
Catch that flickering Utopia
.
We are Madam Merry-Go-Round
Even as the world goes up in flames
We are Madam Merry-Go-Round
As the ship sinks, the Captain remains
.
As the gears of time spin and spin
Just relax and completely forget everything
.
You come to us for a boon, asking us to grant your wish
Go ahead, write it down, and get to the back! It's not your turn yet!
That great Shadow Parade, red shoes brightly glowing
Marching and marching on, they pretend they are all right in the head
.
As these games last well into the night, and you feel your eyes start to droop
The one who asked for them isn’t me, it’s you
.
We are Madam Merry-Go-Round
Queen of the lost amusement park
We are Madam Merry-Go-Round
Doesn't this beauty look familiar?
.
With these hands, porcelain with no blood
I embraced a kind, loving warmth
.
We are Madam Merry-Go-Round
Even if you've fallen in love
We are Madam Merry-Go-Round
Once you wake up, all will be forgot
.
Long ago, those two vowing their love
Whispered in hisses and croaks of that Snake and Frog
The second studio album by rapper Beenzino and his comeback after 6 years, NOWITZKI is named after the legendary German NBA player, Dirk Nowitzki. The album’s cover art, however, features Beenzino’s German-origin wife and muse, Stefanie Michova, who he got married to in August 2022. Beenzino mentioned that the album was originally meant to be named 'Stefanie' after his muse, but was afraid that if people didn't like the album, they would say "Ah, Stefanie wasn't that good (of an album)' so he decided to put the burden on Nowitzki instead (LOL). But, to him, the album is titled Stefanie, since she "took up so much of my headspace".
Beenzino mentioned that his album is like a journal of the past 6 years, with each entry being a journal entry of different times in his life. For example, Track 12 Camp is an entry about his life in the military, and Track 11 Crime about meeting his wife for the first time.
Tracklist
Stinky Kiss (intro)
Monet
In Bed/Makgulli
Travel Again (ft. Cautious Clay)
Dope As (Interlude)
Coca Cola Red (ft. oygli)
990 (ft. Kim Ximye)
Lemon
Like a Fool (ft. Y2K92)
Trippy (ft. Lance Skiiwalker)
Crime (ft. Bek Hyunjin, 250)
Camp
Sanso (Interlude)
Change
Just One Day
Sandman
Radio
Gym
Hidden Tracks (only available on physical CDs... and youtube)
19. Morning Page
20. Train (ft. CJamm)
Common themes in the album
1. Menu
- In Bed/Makgulli
comparing myself to the person on the menu
people’s gazes are on my menu
my menu physical complex is hot
- Travel Again
there’s no lies on my menu
2. Food Brands
- Travel Again
while they sell Pizza Etang here
- Camp
for me, Krispy Kreme donut
for me, McDonald cheeseburger
- Gym
Shin and Jin and Ansungtangmyun that’s my top 3
- Morning Page
honestly, i would have been satisfied with just licking Yoplait
- Monet
suffocating in WOORAHMAN
3. Stefanie Michova (too many to name, but the specifics are)
- In Bed/Makgulli
there’s a mark from your belly button piercing on your waist, just like a memory foam
- Coca-cola Red
Stefanie asks 'what you filming for?' (filming for)
- Trippy
mom's spaghetti, Steffi's kimchi stew
- Morning Page
i have 100 friends, but even Steffi is less jealous than you
4. God
- Sandman
God gave me another chance
- 990
that’s your God, I’m Namu Amitabha
- Lemon
i'm a lemon in God's hands
- Camp
God who is turning on the fader
5. Fashion/clothes
- Stinky Kiss
kick push, pull the white Stussy shirt up
- Travel Again
stretch out your legs in your Kapital pants
- Trippy
it's always there like Samsadoo in that convenience store refrigerator
- Radio
lean on your babe's vintage Levi's
- Morning page
sometimes i search for my gore-tex
homies, rip your first Amiri fit
6. Cars
- Morning page
roll down the windows of the BMW i4 G
- Change
it's definitely Santamo, that's my Mom's car for sure
They were tinted with the tiniest scent of Spring Sun
Shine light through the clearings! O flowers, bloom!
Fault the blooming Spring Sun
If this rain ever was to stop
Spring would adorn you with its Sunbeams
O sound of my beating heart! Be still!
We, the Sunny Spring breeze
Go far beyond those clouds
Billowing ever on in the distance
As if you were an the pattern of a sky about to clear
If I shut my eyes to you, blue would fall about us
What is it that makes you so sad? Hmm…
As your eyelids were parting
Revealing eyes of time-blown glass
Clouded with the tiniest scent of rain
Weep for your weeping! O sky, weep!
Fault the wailing rain
Even in this unending downpour
Above the clouds is a Sunny Spring day
O rain who beats upon the breast of the Earth, resound!
We, the Spring storm
Go, too, far beyond those oceans
Drawing ever wider their horizon
A passing shower that perches on the tips of grass
Sheepclouds running loose,² that too, the fault of Spring
As if wind, Spring billows in my lungs
Waiting for the clouds to clear
Shine light through the clearings! O sky, rend apart!
Fault the tattering Spring
If it were to ever stop raining
Spring would adorn you with its sunbeams
Bowing the strings of our hearts
We, the Spring breeze,
Call forth a sunlight on our sound that will clear the sky
Come! Make still this very song!
Shine light through the clearings! O flowers, bloom!
Fault the blooming Spring
Go far beyond the clouds
Billowing ever on in the distance
Footnotes:
ビイドロ (Biidoro) [en. Vidoro] is a term used for a kind of artisan glass usually incorporating many colors. The glassblowing techniques needed for these glassworks are very refined and practiced very intensely, thus "time-blown glass" felt appropriate. Notable examples of this would be the Aomori Vidoro so please look at their works, they're very beautiful!
Sheepclouds or Altocumulus clouds are mid-altitude clouds which usually signify settled or pleasant weather of a given area
On the Title:
The title is 晴る (haru) which is a play on the words 春 (haru) meaning "Spring" and 晴れる (hareru) meaning "To be clear", "To stop raining", or "To be sunny". This appears throughout the song and my translation aims to find a middle-altitude between all of those definitions and Spring-ness. The official translation of the title is Sunny.
Translator's Note:
The line, "Shine light through the clearings" or 「晴れに晴れ」 was so fascinating to translate, and it is only thanks to n-buna's wonderful writing in which the clearings filled with sun might be both the sky and the forest earth.
n-buna is very partial to the seasonal 季語 (kigo) or Season Words of Haiku, especially that of Masaoka Shiki, thus this song plays within the pallet of spring so incredibly beautifully. Please enjoy!
Thinking of writing English lyrics for another Alien Stage song. I already have done “Unknown (Till The End)” and “Ruler of My Heart” and I don’t think I will be doing “Drunk & Party” or “Love & Peace.” Currently leaning towards “Cure” bc round 6 broke me.
Edit: assuming that the results don’t drastically change in between now and when the poll closes, “My Clematis” will probably be released 2nd bc I had lyrics written beforehand that I never posted
Links to “Unknown (Till the End)” and “Ruler of My Heart”
I’m next in line to the throne
Of pure radiance
Already it calls to me~!
Hey! So! Absolutely Beautiful!
No chance to beat us, no way, no way!
Hey! So! Absolutely Beautiful!
No chance to beat us, no one, no way!
(Verse 1)
The sweetest poison, your eyes embrace
‘Pure golden’ can’t touch my grace
Beholden to clashing tastes
Come at me! I’ll make you grovel now!
(Pre-Chorus 1)
I~ am born to steal the sun’s crown
Right now
I’ll shine~ bigger and brighter than all the lights
That blind you, own you…
(Chorus)
My kingdom, my destiny
And the stars will see
Un-mirrored power wakes inside me
So come at me with all your might
When we’re shining bright
I’ll claim all your sights right now~!
Hey! So! Absolutely Beautiful!
(Fairest one of all~!)
No chance to beat us, no way, no way!
(It’s show time!)
(Verse 2 / Jamil Rap)
Poison on vines, cruel sands of time
Under evil eyes, put your blood on ice
Ripped without a sound till my world turns dumb
Not begging for help, heart and soul too numb
Boom boom bloom
I’m taking hits like
Boom boom boom
Ain’t dodging shit like
True or false got blown to bits
God knows what kinda beat I gots to spit
(Pre-Chorus 2)
I’m~ falling into the darkness
Awaiting
My time~ onto a stage where a whole new me
Is blazing, flying…!
(Chorus 2)
Can’t touch this, don’t even try
I am more than might
I’m the pinnacle of starlight
If like powers flow through your core
Like a diamond ore
Then tap into yours right now~!
Hey! So! Absolutely Beautiful!
(Fairest of them all~!)
No chance to beat us, no one, no way!
(It’s go time!)
(Bridge)
Immortal and absolute
Beautiful
Un-mirrored am I~!
(Chorus 3)
In my shadow you’ll recognize
I am more than might
I’m true beauty burning star-bright
Can’t touch this don’t even try
Like a shining light
My fire takes flight right now~!
Hey! So! Absolutely Beautiful!
(Fairest of them all~!)
No chance to beat us, no one, no way!
(It’s show time!)
Hey! So! Absolutely Beautiful!
No chance to beat us, no way, no way!
Hey! So! Absolutely Beautiful!
No chance to beat us, no one, no way!
Singable English lyrics for Wild Screen Baroque from the Revue Starlight movie! Wild Screen Baroque is one of my favorite songs, so I wrote some lyrics to sing along with it. I've been working on these for a while now, and I'm pretty proud of them!