人間の心の中には生まれつきある音楽が流れていてそれに似た曲を人は好きになるんだとか。「自分の曲」は何だろうといつも考えながら歌詞を和訳しています。
I have heard that every one of us has a special music running deep inside our soul and whatever music we love in our lives has something in common with it. I always translate English lyrics into Japanese, wondering what my music sounds like.
これは実話に基づいています。Iron Maidenファンの男性がオフィスで自分のPC画面を眺めていました。壁紙はこのアルバムのジャケットで戦車とEddieが登場しているものでした。すると上司が近づいて来てその壁紙を激賞してくれたため，上司がメタル・ファンだと確信したものの，実際には単なる戦車オタクだったそうです。
This is based on a true story. A guy who's a big fan of Iron Maiden was looking at the display of his PC at the office one day. The wallpaper was their album jacket on which Eddie appeared with a tank. His boss was approaching him. He said to the guy that he loved the wallpaper very much. So the guy believed his boss is a metal head like himself. No, he's not. He's just a tank geek. The Trooper (Iron Maiden)
[Verse 1]
You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand there's no turning back
The bugle sounds the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horse's breath
As I plunge on into certain death
[Verse 2]
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race towards the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won't live to fight another day
[Verse 3]
We get so close, near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds takes my horse below
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
「no brainer」という表現をご存知でしょうか？バカにしている言葉のように聞こえるかもしれませんが実は違います。これはわざわざ頭を使って考える必要のないくらい非常に簡単で明白なことを指しています。
Have you ever heard of a word 'no-brainer' before? It may sound like a derogatory but it's actually not. It means something which is extremely easy and obvious to us so that we don't bother to think about or to use our brain for it.. No Brainer (DJ Khalid ft. Quavo, Chance The Rapper & Justin Bieber)
[Intro: DJ Khaled]
We the Best Music!
Another one!
DJ Khaled!
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & DJ Khaled]
You stick out of the crowd, baby, it's a no-brainer
It ain't that hard to choose
Him or me, be for real, baby, it's a no-brainer
You got your mind unloose
Go hard and watch the sun rise
One night'll change your whole life
Off top, drop-top, baby it's a no-brainer
Put 'em up if you with me
Yeah, yeah-eah, yeah, yeah-eah-eah
In the middle, woah
Woah-woah-oah, oh, oh-oh, ooh
Put 'em high
Put 'em high
Yeah-eah-eah, yeah, yeah-eah-eah
Both arms, yeah
Woah-woah-oah, oh, oh-oh, ooh
Put 'em high
[Verse 1: Quavo]
Quavo!
Mama told you don't talk to strangers (mama, mama, mama!)
But when you're ridin' in the drop, you can't explain it (skrrt, skrrt, skrrt-skrrt)
What you been waitin' on this whole time? (Yeah)
I blow the brains outta your mind (ooh)
And I ain't talkin' 'bout physically (no)
I'm talkin' 'bout mentally (talkin' 'bout mentally)
She lookin', she look like she nasty (she lookin')
She lookin', she look like she classy (she lookin')
She lookin', just look at her dancin' (look at her)
She lookin', I took her to the mansion (yeah, yeah)
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & DJ Khaled]
You stick out of the crowd, baby, it's a no-brainer
It ain't that hard to choose
Him or me, be for real, baby, it's a no-brainer
You got your mind unloose
Go hard and watch the sun rise
One night'll change your whole life
Off top, drop-top, baby it's a no-brainer
Put 'em up if you with me
Yeah, yeah-eah, yeah, yeah-eah-eah
In the middle, woah
Woah-woah-oah, oh, oh-oh, ooh
Put 'em high
Put 'em high
Yeah-eah-eah, yeah, yeah-eah-eah
Both arms, yeah
Woah-woah-oah, oh, oh-oh, ooh
Put 'em high
[Verse 2: Chance The Rapper]
Don't look rich, I ain't got no chain (huh)
Not on the list, I ain't got no name
But we in this bitch, bitch, I'm not no lame
And I keep it Ben Franklin, I'm not gon' change
Lot of these hoes is messy (messy)
I just want you and your bestie
Y'all don't gotta answer for whenever you text me
It's multiple choice and they all wanna test me
She ch-ch-ch-ch-choosin' the squad
She tryna choose between me, Justin, Qua' and Asahd
She told me that she love that I make music for God
I told her I would love to see that ***** applaud
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & DJ Khaled]
You stick out of the crowd, baby, it's a no-brainer
It ain't that hard to choose
Him or me, be for real, baby, it's a no-brainer
You got your mind unloose
Go hard and watch the sun rise
One night'll change your whole life
Off top, drop-top, baby it's a no-brainer
Put 'em up if you with me
Yeah, yeah-eah, yeah, yeah-eah-eah
In the middle, woah
Woah-woah-oah, oh, oh-oh, ooh
Put 'em high
Put 'em high
Yeah-eah-eah, yeah, yeah-eah-eah
Both arms, yeah
Woah-woah-oah, oh, oh-oh, ooh
Put 'em high
[Verse 3: Justin Bieber]
Walked down, had me sittin' up
Demanded my attention, had to give it up
Look like somebody designed you
Drop-dead gorgeous, you make me wanna live it up
Your presence is critical
Movin' my soul, yeah you're spiritual
They hate it when you notice me
Like everybody else invisible (ooh)
Breakin' all the rules (oh-oh)
So above the law (so above the law)
I'll be your excuse (damn right)
Uh, and you won’t go wrong, no
[Chorus: Justin Bieber & DJ Khaled]
You stick out of the crowd, baby, it's a no-brainer (no-brainer)
It ain't that hard to choose
Him or me, be for real, baby, it's a no-brainer
(no-brainer)
You got your mind unloose
Go hard and watch the sun rise (rise)
One night'll change your whole life
Off top, drop-top, baby it's a no-brainer (oh, no)
Put 'em up if you with me
Yeah, yeah-eah, yeah, yeah-eah-eah
In the middle, oh (yeah, in the middle)
Woah-woah-oah, oh, oh-oh, ooh
Put 'em high (put 'em high)
Put 'em high
Yeah-eah-eah, yeah, yeah-eah-eah
Both arms, yeah (both sides in here)
Woah-woah-oah, oh, oh-oh, ooh
Put 'em high (put 'em high)
[Outro: DJ Khaled & Justin Bieber]
It's We The Best Music
Way high
It's Father of Asahd
Another one
[Intro: DJ Khaled]
最高の音楽聞きたきゃ任せとけ！
ほらよ今度の新作だ
DJ Khalidがお届けするぜ
有名過ぎて記憶が混乱する曲があります。この曲は1942年のアメリカ映画「カサブランカ」で使われており，この曲を耳にすると，必ず主人公2人が空港で別れを告げているラスト・シーンが浮かんで来ます。そのせいでこの映画を見たような気がしていたのですが実際には違いました。
Famous songs sometimes play a trick on our memory. This song was played in an American film Casablanca (1942). Whenever I hear it, it always conjures up the last scene in which the two protagonists are saying goodbye at the airport. That makes me believe I have watched it before but actually I didn't. As Time Goes By (Dooley Wilson)
You must remember this
A kiss is still a kiss
A sigh is just a sigh
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by
And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs never out of date
Hearts full of passion, jealousy and hate
Woman need man and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
Moonlight and love songs never out of date
Hearts full of passion, jealousy and hate
Woman need man and man must have his mate
That no one can deny
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by
彼らは本当に憎み合っているんでしょうか？無論表面上はそうですが，私には互いの利益になるように彼らが意図的に「抗争」を演出しているように思えてなりません。ディス合戦が激しければ激しいほど，メディアからの注目が集まるからです。
Do they really hate each other? On the surface, they do, yes. To me, however, their beef seems to be deliberately dramatized to benefit both sides. The more their diss gets fierce, the more it gains publicity from the media. Rap Devil (Machine Gun Kelly)
[Intro]
Oh my god, Ronny
[Verse 1]
Ayy, somebody grab him some clippers (zzzzt)
His fuckin' beard is weird
Tough talk from a rapper payin' millions for security a year
"I think my dad's gone crazy," yeah, Hailie, you right
Dad's always mad cooped up in the studio, yellin' at the mic
You're sober and bored, huh? (I know)
About to be 46 years old, dog
Talkin' 'bout "I'ma call up Trick Trick"
Man, you sound like a bitch, bitch
Man up and handle your shit (ugh)
Mad about somethin' I said in 2012
Took you six years and a surprise album just to come with a diss
Homie we get it, we know that you're the greatest rapper alive
Fuckin' dweeb, all you do is read the dictionary and stay inside
Fuck "Rap God," I'm the Rap Devil
Comin' bare-faced with a black shovel
Like the Armageddon when the smoke settle
His body next to this instrumental, I'm sayin'
[Chorus]
I'm sick of them sweatsuits and them corny hats, let's talk about it
I'm sick of you bein' rich and you still mad, let's talk about it
Both of us single dads from the Midwest, we can talk about it
Or we could get gully, I'll size up your body
And put some white chalk around it
[Verse 2]
Let's talk about the fact you actually blackballed a rapper
That's twice as young as you (let's talk about it)
Let's call Sway
Ask why I can't go on Shade 45 because of you (brrt)
Let's ask Interscope
How you had Paul Rosenberg tryin' to shelf me (huh?)
Still can't cover up the fact
Your last four albums is as bad as your selfie
Now tell me, what do you stand for? (what?)
I know you can't stand yourself (no)
Tryin' to be the old you so bad you Stan yourself (ha)
Let's leave all the beefin' to 50 (please)
Em, you're pushin' 50
Why you claimin' that I'ma call Puff?
When you the one that called Diddy (facts)
Then you went and called Jimmy (facts)
They conference called me in the morning (what?)
They told me you mad about a tweet
You wanted me to say sorry (what?)
I swear to God I ain't believe him (nah)
Please say it ain't so (no)
The big bad bully of the rap game can't take a fuckin' joke
Oh, you want some fuckin' smoke (what?)
But not literally, you'll choke
Yeah I'll acknowledge you're the GOAT
But I'm The Gunner, bitch, I got you in the scope (brra)
Don't have a heart attack now (no)
Somebody help your mans up (help)
Knees weak of old age, the real Slim Shady can't stand up!
[Chorus]
I'm sick of them sweatsuits and them corny hats, let's talk about it
I'm sick of you bein' rich and you still mad, let's talk about it
Both of us single dads from the Midwest, we can talk about it
Or we could get gully, I'll size up your body
And put some white chalk around it
[Verse 3]
Hello Marshall, my name's Colson
You should go back to Recovery
I know your ego is hurtin'
Just knowin' that all of your fans discovered me (hi)
He like, "Damn, he a younger me
Except he dresses better and I'm ugly
Always making fun of me."
Stop all the thuggery, Marshall, you livin' in luxury (damn)
Look what you done to me
Dropped an album just because of me
Damn, you in love with me!
You got money but I'm hungry
I like the diss but you won't say them lyrics out in front of me
Shout out to every rapper that's up under me
Know that I'll never do you like this fuckery
Still bitter after everyone loves you
Pull that wedgie out your dungarees (hey)
I gotta respect the OGs and I know most of 'em personally (ayy)
But you're just a bully actin' like a baby
So I gotta read you a nursery (nursery)
I'm the ghost of the future
And you're just Ebenezer Scrooge (facts)
I said on Flex anyone could get it
I ain't know it would be you
[Chorus]
I'm sick of them sweatsuits and them corny hats, let's talk about it
I'm sick of you bein' rich and you still mad, let's talk about it
Both of us single dads from the Midwest, we can talk about it
Or we could get gully, I'll size up your body
And put some white chalk around it
[Bridge]
Ridin' shotty 'cause I gotta roll this dope
It's a fast road when your idols become your rivals, yeah
Never hesitate to say it to your face, I'm a asshole
Bitch-ass motherfucker
Oh my god, Ronny
Fuck Kells!
[Verse 4]
We know you get nervous, Rabbit
I see Momma's spaghetti all over your sweater
I wish you would lose yourself on the records
That you made a decade ago, they were better
Accordin' to them, you're a national treasure
To me, you're as soft as a feather
The type to be scared to ask Rihanna for her number
Just hold her umbrella-ella-ella
"I'm not afraid," okay Oscar the Grouch, chill on the couch (fuck)
You got an Oscar, damn
Can anyone else get some food in their mouth? (For real)
They made a movie about you, you're in everybody's top ten
You're not getting better with time
It's fine, Eminem, put down the pen
Or write an apology
Over the simple fact, you had to diss to acknowledge me
I am the prodigy
How could I even look up to you? You ain't as tall as me
5'8" and I'm 6'4", seven punches hold your head still
Last time you saw 8 Mile was at home on a treadmill
You were named after a candy
I was named after a gangster (brr)
And don't be a sucker and take my verse
Off of Yelawolf's album, thank you (thank you)
I just wanna feed my daughter
You tryna stop the money to support her
You the one always talkin' 'bout the action
Text me the addy, I'm pullin' up scrappin'
And I'm by my fuckin' self, what's happenin'?
EST captain, salute me or shoot me
That's what he's gonna have to do to me
When he realizes there ain't shit he could do to me
Everybody always hated me, this isn't anything new to me
Yeah there's a difference between us
I got all of my shit without Dre producin' me (ayy)
I know you're not used to me
Usually one of your disses should ruin me
But bitch I'm from Cleveland
Everybody quiet this evenin', I'm readin' the eulogy (shh)
Dropped an album called Kamikaze
So that means he killed him
Already fucked one rapper's girl this week
Don't make me call Kim
[Chorus]
I'm sick of them sweatsuits and them corny hats, let's talk about it
I'm sick of you bein' rich and you still mad, let's talk about it
Both of us single dads from the Midwest, we can talk about it
Or we could get gully, I'll size up your body
And put some white chalk around it
日本の都道府県とは違い，アメリカの州にはそれ自体に主権があるためそれぞれに法律があります。したがって，同じ行為がある州では合法である一方で，他州では違法であったりします。
Unlike prefectures in Japan, every state in the US stands as a sovereign entity in its own right. They have a different set of laws. So the same action can be illegal in a state while it's completely legal in another. When I Kissed The Teacher (Lily James - here We Go Again)
[Verse 1]
Everybody screamed when I kissed the teacher
And they must have thought they dreamed when I kissed the teacher
All my friends at school
They had never seen the teacher blush, he looked like a fool
Nearly petrified because he was taken by surprise
When I kissed the teacher
Couldn't quite believe his eyes, when I kissed the teacher
My whole class went wild
As I held my breath, the world stood still, but then he just smiled
I was in the seventh heaven when I kissed the teacher
[Chorus]
One of these days
Gonna tell him I dream of him every night
One of these days
Gonna show him I care, gonna teach him a lesson alright
[Verse 2]
I was in a trance when I kissed the teacher
Suddenly I took the chance when I kissed the teacher
Leaning over me, he was trying to explain the laws of geometry
And I couldn't help it, I just had to kiss the teacher
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
What a crazy day, when I kissed the teacher
All my sense had flown away when I kissed the teacher
My whole class went wild
As I held my breath, the world stood still, but then he just smiled
I was in the seventh heaven when I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)
それはともかく，今年になって映画Mamma Mia! Here We Go Againに使われたため，このところこの曲に注目が集まっているようです。歌詞もオリジナルと大半が同じですが，一部違っているところもあります。以下が映画ヴァージョンです。
（映画ヴァージョン）
[Verse: Lily James]
Everybody screamed
When I kissed the teacher
And they must have thought they dreamed
When I kissed the teacher
All my friends at school
They had never seen the teacher blush
She looked like a fool
Nearly petrified
'Cause she was taken by surprise
[Chorus: Lily James, Alexa Davies & Jessica Keenan Wynn]
When I kissed the teacher
Couldn’t quite believe her eyes
When I kissed the teacher
My whole class went wild
As I held my breath, the world stood still
But then she just smiled (smiled)
I was in the seventh heaven
When I kissed the teacher
[Post-Chorus: Lily James]
What a mad day
Ah, ah, ah
Now I see everything
In a different light
What a mad day
I was up in the air
And she taught me a lesson alright
[Chorus: Lily James, Alexa Davies & Jessica Keenan Wynn]
I was in a trance
When I kissed the teacher
Suddenly I took the chance
When I kissed the teacher
Leaning over me
She was trying to explain the laws of geometry
And I couldn’t help it
I just had to kiss the teacher
[Post-Chorus: Celia Imrie] What a mad day
Now I see everything
In a different light
What a mad day
I was up in the air
And she taught me a lesson alright
[Chorus: Lily James, Alexa Davies & Jessica Keenan Wynn]
What a crazy day
When I kissed the teacher
All my sense had flown away
When I kissed the teacher
My whole class went wild
As I held my breath
The world stood still
But then she just smiled
I was in the seventh heaven
When I kissed the teacher
[Outro: Lily James, Alexa Davies & Jessica Keenan Wynn]
(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
(I wanna hug, hug him)
When I kissed the teacher
このヴィデオの下のところに，Brandonはこう書いています：今までイヤになるほど長い間，失敗した時のことを恐れて，高い目標を持てなかったけど，ある時やっと気が付いた。成長し続けようと思ったら，高いところを目指して何度も失敗しなきゃダメだって。
At the bottom of this video, Brandon writes as follows: "I spent too long not setting my expectations high enough, worried about how it felt to fail. I hit a point when I realized I had to aim high and fail, fail, fail in order to keep growing." High Hopes (Panic! At The Disco)
[Chorus]
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes
[Verse 1]
Mama said
Fulfill the prophecy
Be something great
Go make a legacy
Manifest destiny
Back in the days
We wanted everything, wanted everything
Mama said
Burn your biographies
Rewrite your history
Light up your wildest dreams
Museum victories, everyday
We wanted everything, wanted everything
[Pre-Chorus]
Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated
All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting
[Chorus]
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes
[Verse 2]
Mama said
It's uphill for oddities
The stranger crusaders
Ain't ever wannabes
The weird and the novelties
Don't ever change
We wanted everything, wanted everything
[Bridge]
Stay up on that rise
Stay up on that rise and never come down, oh
Stay up on that rise
Stay up on that rise and never come down
[Pre-Chorus]
Mama said don't give up, it's a little complicated
All tied up, no more love and I'd hate to see you waiting
They say it's all been done but they haven't seen the best of me
So I got one more run and it's gonna be a sight to see
[Chorus]
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
[Outro]
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Shooting for the stars when I couldn't make a killing
Didn't have a dime but I always had a vision
Always had high, high hopes
Had to have high, high hopes for a living
Didn't know how but I always had a feeling
I was gonna be that one in a million
Always had high, high hopes
この曲は「暗いメッセージを持った明るい曲7選 (7 Happy-Sounding Songs With Darker Messages)」にPumped Up KicksやSome Nightsとともに選ばれています。かなり明るい曲調ですが，実際には自分を虐げた挙句に捨てていった相手に会いたくて仕方ない主人公のことを歌っています。
This song is one of "7 Happy-Sounding Songs With Darker Messages" along with "Pumped Up Kicks" and "Some Nights". Although it sounds pretty upbeat, it's actually about the narrator missing the second person who abused and left her before. Mamma Mia (ABBA)
[Verse 1]
I've been cheated by you since I don't know when
So I made up my mind, it must come to an end
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Look at me now, will I ever learn?
I don't know how, but I suddenly
Lose control
There's a fire within my soul...
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, woah-oh oh-oh
[Chorus 1]
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, now I really know
My my, I could never let you go
[Verse 2]
I've been angry and sad about things that you do
I can't count all the times that I've told you we're through
[Pre-Chorus 2]
And when you go, when you slam the door
I think you know that you won't be
Away too long
You know that I'm not that strong...
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, woah-oh oh-oh
[Chorus 2]
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, even if I say
Bye bye, leave me now or never
Mamma mia, it's a game we play
Bye bye doesn't mean forever
[Chorus 1]
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you?
Mamma mia, does it show again?
My my, just how much I've missed you
Yes, I've been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go?
Mamma mia, now I really know
My my, I could never let you go...
主人公は「まるで薬の副作用，寂しくなると会いたくなるの (The side effect to my loneliness is you)」と言っていますが，オンライン上の辞書では「副作用 (side effect)」が「薬物あるいは医学的治療が引き起こす派生的的な，通常望ましくない影響」と定義されています。仮にこの定義が正しいとすると，主人公にとって相手は元気な時に会いたい人物ではないと思われます。
"The side effect to my loneliness is you", the narrator says. An online dictionary defines 'side effect' as "a secondary, typically undesirable effect of a drug or medical treatment." If the definition is right, the second person shouldn't be someone who the narrator want to see when they're fine. Side Effects (The Chainsmokers ft. Emily Warren)
[Verse 1]
It's 4AM, I don't know where to go
Everywhere is closed, I should just go home, yeah
My feet are taking me to your front door
I know I shouldn't though, heaven only knows
[Pre-Chorus 1]
That ooh, the side effect to my loneliness is you
[Chorus]
Ooh, you're all that I want
No good at giving you up
Come on and give me some love tonight
Ooh, you're all that I want
No good at giving you up
Come on and give me some love tonight
[Verse 2]
This happens every time I try to mix
Decision making with one too many drinks
[Pre-Chorus 2]
But, ooh, if late night friends have consequences, cool, yeah
[Chorus 2]
Ooh, you're all that I want
No good at giving you up
Come on and give me some love tonight
Ooh, you're all that I want
No good at giving you up
Come on and give me some love tonight
Ooh, I think about it all the time
Make it happen in my mind, I'm telling you, yeah
Ooh, you're all that I want
No good at giving you up
Come on and give me some love tonight
[Bridge]
Time should've taught me the lesson
Went looking for a sign, but instead I got a message
I take off my pride every time we undressing
Draw the line, I'm by the line (yeah)
Time should've taught me the lesson
Went looking for a sign, but instead I got a message
I take off my pride every time we undressing
Draw the line, I'm by the line
[Chorus 2]
Ooh, you're all that I want
No good at giving you up
Come on and give me some love tonight, yeah
Ooh, you're all that I want
No good at giving you up
Come on and give me some love tonight, yeah
I, I think about it all the time
Make it happen in my mind, I'm telling you, yeah
Ooh, you're all that I want
No good at giving you up
Come on and give me some love tonight
[Outro]
Time should've taught me the lesson
Went looking for a sign, but instead I got a message
I take off my pride every time we undressing
Draw the line, I'm by the line, yeah
Time should've taught me the lesson
Went looking for a sign, but instead I got a message
I take off my pride every time we undressing
Draw the line, I'm by the line, yeah
他人の考えていることを知るのは容易ではありません。自分と同じように考えている時もありますが，そうでない時もあります。したがって，自分が思うような行動を相手に期待して，相手がそれをしないと，すぐに不満を感じてしまい，コイツと関わっていても無駄だと思ってしまいます。
It's not very easy for us to know what other people think. Sometimes they think the way we do but sometimes don't. When we expect them to act the way we think they should and they don't, we easily get frustrated and tend to dismiss them not worthy enough.
By the way, is it Michelle Pfeiffer? Gangsta's Paradise (Coolio)
[Verse 1: Coolio]
As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death *
I take a look at my life and realize there's nothin' left
‘Cause I've been blastin' and laughin' so long
That even my momma thinks that my mind is gone
But I ain't never crossed a man that didn't deserve it
Me be treated like a punk, you know that's unheard of
You better watch how you talkin' and where you walkin'
Or you and your homies might be lined in chalk
I really hate to trip, but I gotta loc
As they croak, I see myself in the pistol smoke
Fool, I'm the kinda G that little homies wanna be like
On my knees in the night, sayin' prayers in the streetlight
[Hook 1: LV]
Keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Been spendin' most their lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[Verse 2: Coolio]
Look at the situation they got me facin'
I can't live a normal life, I was raised by the street
So I gotta be down with the hood team
Too much television watchin' got me chasin' dreams
I'm a educated fool with money on my mind
Got my ten in my hand and a gleam in my eye
I'm a loc'd out gangsta, set trippin' banger
And my homies are down so don't arouse my anger
Fool, death ain't nothin' but a heart beat away
I'm livin' life do or die, what can I say?
I'm 23 now, but will I live to see 24?
The way things is goin' I don't know
[Hook 2: LV]
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
[Hook 1: LV]
Keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Been spendin' most their lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[Verse 3: Coolio]
Power and the money, money and the power
Minute after minute, hour after hour
Everybody's runnin', but half of them ain't lookin'
It's goin' on in the kitchen, but I don't know what's cookin'
They say I gotta learn, but nobody's here to teach me
If they can't understand it, how can they reach me?
I guess they can't, I guess they won't
I guess they front; that's why I know my life is out of luck, fool!
[Hook 1: LV]
Keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
Been spendin' most their lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
We keep spendin' most our lives
Livin' in a gangsta's paradise
[Hook 2: LV]
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
Tell me why are we so blind to see
That the ones we hurt are you and me?
人間であれば間違いもおかします。それも一度や二度ではありません。時間を巻き戻したいと願うのは私だけではないと思いますがそれも叶いません。やってしまったことはやってしまったこと。何をやっても元には戻せません。ゲームとは違うからです。
As a human, we make a mistake and do it so many times over and over again. So I'm not the only one who wishes the time to rewind but it never does. The damage's done. However hard we may try, we cannot undo or reset it It's not Nintendo. Start Again (OneRepublic ft. Logic)
[Chorus: Ryan Tedder]
Can't I just turn back the clock?
Forgive my sins
I just wanna roll my sleeves up
And start again
I know that I messed it up
Time and time again
I just wanna roll my sleeves up
And start again
[Verse 1: Ryan Tedder]
I was switchin' up the lanes
Steppin' out the frame I'm in
I was pulling on the reins
Sick of all the same happenin'
I swear I was looking for disaster
Mixed with a bottle of gin
And just because I come home after
Doesn't mean you'll take me in
[Pre-Chorus: Ryan Tedder]
You see my world is spinning like there's nothing below
You see my world is feeling like it just might explode
And yes I know it's hard to take it backwards from my mind
I need to get it right, need to see some light come in
[Chorus: Ryan Tedder]
Can't I just turn back the clock?
Forgive my sins
I just wanna roll my sleeves up
And start again
I know that I messed it up
Time and time again
I just wanna roll my sleeves up
And start again
[Verse 2: Logic]
Feelin' like maybe I'm unappreciated
Like my presence in your life has been alleviated
I feel like everything I've done before is different now
But I can see clearer than ever from a distance now
Every day I do it, I been goin' through it
But you never knew it 'cause I never showed you
You gave me the world, so I feel I owed you
I been lookin' through the mirror and that's the old you
I'ma get it right now, don't know how
But I promise that we're gonna make it somehow
I'm all in, it's from the heart again
Open up your mind and maybe we could start again
[Chorus: Ryan Tedder]
Can't I just turn back the clock?
Forgive my sins
I just wanna roll my sleeves up
And start again
I know that I messed it up
Time and time again
I just wanna roll my sleeves up
And start again
[Outro: Ryan Tedder]
And yes I know it's hard to take it backwards from my mind
I need to get it right, need to see some light come in
Can't I just turn back the clock?
Forgive my sins
I just wanna roll my sleeves up
And start again
英語と日本語のような遠く離れた言語にも「love triangle」と「三角関係」のような同様の表現がある場合があります。どちらが先に出来たのか，あるいはそれぞれ独自に成立したのかはわかりませんが，その元になっている考え方は同じです。すなわち「（恋愛）関係は一対一が普通である」ということです。
Even two distant languages like English and Japanese sometimes share a similar expression such as "love triangle'. I don't know which came first or if both coined separately but the idea behind those expressions is the same. A normal (romantic) relationship should be one-on-one. Bizarre Love Triangle (New Order)
[Verse 1]
Every time I think of you
I feel shot right through with a bolt of blue
It's no problem of mine
But it's a problem I find
Living a life that I can't leave behind
But there's no sense in telling me
The wisdom of the fool won't set you free
But that's the way that it goes
And it's what nobody knows
Well every day my confusion grows
[Chorus]
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
[Verse 2]
I feel fine and I feel good
I'm feeling like I never should
Whenever I get this way
I just don't know what to say
Why can't we be ourselves like we were yesterday
I'm not sure what this could mean
I don't think you're what you seem
I do admit to myself
That if I hurt someone else
Then I'll never see just what we're meant to be
[Chorus]
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
Every time I see you falling
I get down on my knees and pray
I'm waiting for that final moment
You say the words that I can't say
昨今我々の周囲には，環境に配慮した自然な生活を送るべきであるというメッセージがメディアから送られてきています。天然素材やオーガニックな材料を使い，人工のものを使った製品よりもはるかに安全であるとうたった商品も少なくありません。しかし光るものすべてが金とは限らないように，自然・天然だからといって必ずしも人間にとって有益だとは限りません。例えばフグ毒のテトロドトキシンは天然のものですが致死毒です。
Nowadays we're surrounded by messages from the media that we should be sensitive to our environments and live a natural life. Many products boast of using organic materials or 'natural' ingredients and try to convince us that they're much safer than those with artificial ones. All that glitters, however, is not gold. All that is natural is not benevolent. Tetrodotoxin is a natural but deadly poison. Natural (Imagine Dragons)
[Verse 1]
Will you hold the line
When every one of them has given up and given in? Tell me
In this house of mine
Nothing ever comes without a consequence or cost, tell me
Will the stars align?
Will heaven step in? Will it save us from our sin? Will it?
'Cause this house of mine stands strong
[Pre-Chorus]
That's the price you pay
Leave behind your heart and cast away
Just another product of today
Rather be the hunter than the prey
And you're standing on the edge, face up 'cause you're a...
[Chorus]
Natural
A beating heart of stone
You gotta be so cold
To make it in this world
Yeah, you're a natural
Living your life cutthroat
You gotta be so cold
Yeah, you're a natural
[Verse 2]
Will somebody
Let me see the light within the dark trees shadowing?
What's happenin'?
Lookin' through the glass find the wrong within the past knowin'
Oh, we are the youth
Cut until it bleeds inside a world without the peace, face it
A bit of the truth, the truth
[Pre-Chorus]
That's the price you pay
Leave behind your heart and cast away
Just another product of today
Rather be the hunter than the prey
And you're standing on the edge, face up 'cause you're a...
[Chorus]
Natural
A beating heart of stone
You gotta be so cold
To make it in this world
Yeah, you're a natural
Living your life cutthroat
You gotta be so cold
Yeah, you're a natural
[Bridge]
Deep inside me, I'm fading to black, I'm fading
Took an oath by the blood of my hand, won't break it
I can taste it, the end is upon us, I swear
Gonna make it
I'm gonna make it
[Chorus]
Natural
A beating heart of stone
You gotta be so cold
To make it in this world
Yeah, you're a natural
Living your life cutthroat
You gotta be so cold
Yeah, you're a natural
どんなものでも過ぎると良くないんだとか。そうです「どんなもの」でもです。食べ物は人間が生きていくために必要ですが，食べ過ぎると糖尿病のような健康上の問題を引き起こします。水分も必要ですが，体内に水分を取り込み過ぎると，体内の電解質のバランスが狂って水中毒になり，場合によっては命を落としてしまいます。太陽光線も同じです。
It's said that anything in excess is bad. Yes, they said 'anything'. We need food to survive but too much food causes health problems like diabetes. Our body needs water but too much water intake may cause water intoxication or water poisoning by interrupting the normal balance of electrolytes in body, which could be fatal. So is sunlight. Blister In The Sun (Violent Femmes)
[Verse 1]
When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff
Yeah, and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite, I just might
Stop to check you out
[Chorus]
Let me go on
Like I blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one
[Verse 2]
Body and beats, I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend, she's at the end
She is starting to cry
[Chorus]
Let me go on
Like I blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one
[Verse 1]
When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff
Yeah, and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite, I just might
Stop to check you out
When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff
Yeah, and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite, I just might
Stop to check you out
[Verse 2]
Body and beats, I stain my sheets
I don't even know why
My girlfriend, she's at the end
She is starting to cry
[Verse 1]
When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff
Yeah, and I'm so strung out
I'm high as a kite, I just might
Stop to check you out
[Chorus]
Let me go on
Like I blister in the sun
Let me go on
Big hands, I know you're the one
私の大きな勘違いなのかもしれませんが，このタイトル「TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME」は２つのことを意味しているように思われます。ひとつは浮気や裏切りを意味する「two-time」ですが，タイトルの中に「me, too」と読める箇所があることを考えれば，もうひとつは浮気くらい誰でもするというメッセージでしょう。.
Maybe I'm completely wrong but I think the song title, "TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME" refers two things. One of them is 'two-time' which means infidelity. It also suggests a message that you're not the only one who cheats" as a segment in the title can read "me, too". TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME (The 1975)
[Pre-Chorus]
You wet my eyes but I don't mind it
I tell you lies but it's only sometimes
You pick a fight and I'll define it
I swear that I, I swear that I-
[Chorus]
I only called her one time, maybe it was two times
Don't think it was three times, can't be more than four times
Think we need to rewind, you text that boy sometimes
Must be more than three times
Didn't mean to two-time ya, two-time ya
[Verse]
She said that I, I should have liked it
I told her "I only use it sometimes"
Except when I, I need reminding
I'm petrified, I'm petrified
[Chorus]
But I only called her one time
Maybe it was two times?
Don't think it was three times
Didn't mean to two-time ya, two-time ya
[Pre-Chorus]
You wet my eyes (You wet my eyes)
But I don't mind it (But I don't mind it)
I tell you lies (I tell you lies) but it's only sometimes
You pick a fight and I'll define it
I swear that I, I swear that I
[Chorus]
I only called her one time, maybe it was two times
Don't think it was three times, can't be more than four times
Think we need to rewind, you text that boy sometimes
Must be more than three times
Didn't mean to two-time ya, two-time ya
[Break]
(One time ya, one time ya, one time ya
Two time ya, one, I only called her one time)
Ooh, two-time ya, two-time ya
(Oh one, one time, oh, two time, three time ya
One, one time, two time, three time ya)
[Chorus]
I only called her one time, maybe it was two times?
Don't think it was three times, can't be more than four times
Think we need to rewind, you text that boy sometimes
Must be more than three times
Didn't mean to two-time ya, two-time ya
[Outro]
(One time, oh, one time, three time, four time
Three time, four time, two time, three time)
You're textin', oh, yeah
(One time, oh, one time, three time, four time
Three time, four time, two time, three time)
タイトルを見て，例えば1960年代のアメリカの公民権運動のような政治的な曲だと思ったのですが，どうやらそうではなく，むしろ周囲からどう見られようと，自分を信じて認めようという曲であるようです。
When I saw the title, I thought it's about something political such as the Civil Rights Movement in 1960s in the US but probably it's not. It's rather about having a faith and being positive about ourselves no matter what other people perceive us. Express Yourself (Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band)
Express Yourself!
Express Yourself!
You don't never need help from nobody else
All you got to do now:
Express Yourself!
What ever you do, uh, do it good, uh
What ever you do, do , do, Lord, Lord, do it good
All right...
It's not what you look like, when you're doin' what you're doin'
It's what you're doin' when you're doin' what you look like you're doin'!
Express Yourself!
Express Yourself!
They're doin' it on the moon, yeah, uh
In the jungle too, uh
Everybody on the floor, now, uh
Jumpin' like a kangaroo
So let the horns do the thing they do, yo...ah, uh, ow! Uh-uh uh uh
Some people have everything, and other people don't
But everything don't mean a thing if it ain't the thing you want
Express Yourself!
Express Yourself!
Oh, do it! Oh, do it
Do it to it, go on and do it
Yo, do it, give
歌詞で一番わかりにくかったのが「Wash in the weight of your pockets」の箇所です。徹底的にネットを調べたのですが何も見つからず，止む無く自分の想像力で補うことにしました。下のミュージック・ヴィデオと併せて考えると，「wash」は波やうねりのようなものであり，「the weight of your pockets」は富のようなものだと思われます。
The hardest line to interpret in the lyrics is "Wash in the weight of your pockets". I thoroughly searched online to find nothing. So I decided to let my imagination go instead. Coupled with the music video below, 'wash' seems to represent something like a wave or surge and "the weight of your pockets" a wealth. Happy Now (Zedd ft. Elley Duhé)
[Chorus: Elley Duhé]
You're a world away
Somewhere in the crowd
In a foreign place
Are you happy now?
There's nothing left to say
So I shut my mouth
So won't you tell me, babe
Are you happy now?
[Verse 1: Elley Duhé]
You're the only one who can up and run
Leave me just as empty as the day you came
And you hold all the cards, all the broken hearts
Strung over your shoulder till it's all in vain
[Pre-Chorus: Elley Duhé]
And only you know the strength of your teeth
Wash in the weight of your pockets, so deep
And lonely
[Chorus: Elley Duhé]
You're a world away
Somewhere in the crowd
In a foreign place
Are you happy now?
There's nothing left to say
So I shut my mouth
So won't you tell me, babe
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
[Post-Chorus]
You're the only one who can
[Verse 2: Elley Duhé]
In the palm of your hands you can make me dance
Spin me around in circles till I'm wrapped in string
You keep on talking sweet till your fingers bleed
But don't you dare ask me how I've been
[Pre-Chorus: Elley Duhé]
Now only you know the strength of your teeth
The wash in the weight of your pockets, so deep
And lonely
[Chorus: Elley Duhé]
You're a world away
Somewhere in the crowd
In a foreign place
Are you happy now?
There's nothing left to say
So I shut my mouth
So won't you tell me, babe
Are you happy now?
Are you happy now?
[Post-Chorus]
You're the only one who can
You're the only, you're the only
You're the only one who can
You're the only, you're the only
[Outro]
World away
Somewhere in the crowd
In a foreign place
Are you happy now?
There's nothing left to say
So I shut my mouth
So won't you tell me, babe
Are you happy now?
この曲の印象的なリフをご存知でしょう？私は知っています。元々は「Get It On」というタイトルで発表されたこの曲ですが，Chaseというアメリカのバンドの曲と混同されるのを避けるため，後に「Get It On (Bang A Gong) 」というタイトルに変わりました。面白いのは，タイトルにあるにもかかわらず，ゴングの音は聞こえて来ません。
You know the impressive riff in this song, don't you? I do. Originally released under the title of "Get It On" this song was later retitled as "Get It On (Bang A Gong) in fear of being confused with other song released by an American band Chase under the same title. It's funny that despite the title no gong sound is heard in this song. Get It On (Bang A Gong) (T-Rex)
[Verse 1]
Well you're dirty and sweet
Clad in black don't look back and I love you
You're dirty and sweet, oh yeah
Well you're slim and you're weak
You've got the teeth of the hydra upon you
You're dirty sweet and you're my girl
[Chorus]
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on[x2]
[Verse 2]
Well you're built like a car
You've got a hub cap diamond star halo
You're built like a car, oh yeah
Well you're an untamed youth
That's the truth with your cloak full of eagles
You're dirty sweet and you're my girl
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
Well you're windy and wild
You've got the blues in your shoes and your stockings
You're windy and wild, oh yeah
Well you're built like a car
You've got a hub cap diamond star halo
You're dirty sweet and you're my girl
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
Well you're dirty and sweet
Clad in black, don't look back and I love you
You're dirty and sweet, oh yeah
Well you dance when you walk
So let's dance, take a chance, understand me
You're dirty sweet and you're my girl
[Outro]
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on - ow
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on - ow - get it on - mh
Get it on, bang a gong, get it on - a-a-a-a[x2]
Take me, for a meanwhile I'm still thinking
人間関係をダメにするものは何だとお考えでしょうか？私は不安と恐怖だと思います。こういう負の感情から，心の中に次々と疑念が生まれ，相手を責める，責任追及合戦になってしまいます。その結果，往々にして望んでいないにもかかわらず，関係がダメになってしまいます。
What do you think destroys human relationships? I think it's fear and anxiety. Negative emotions like these trigger a wave of doubt in our mind and lead us to a finger-pointing by blaming and accusing the others. That often ruins the relationship against our wish. Thunderclouds (LSD ft. Sia, Diplo, Labrinth)
[Verse 1: Sia]
All I need is one
One old man is enough
Babe, you got it wrong
Just turn your fears into trust, to trust
[Pre-Chorus: Sia & Labrinth]
Where’d the love go?
When all is said and done?
Hey now put your hands in the air
I'ma go through your stuff
Where’d the love go?
You put the running into run
You asking me to stay
But I never met a girl I could trust
[Chorus: Labrinth & Sia]
You’re sayin’ those words like you hate me now (wo-oah)
Our house is burning when you’re raisin’ Hell (wo-oah)
Here in the ashes, your soul cries out (a-a-ah)
But don’t be afraid of these thunderclouds
These thunderclouds, oh no
These thunderclouds, oh no, no
[Verse 2: Labrinth]
All I need is love (da-dum, dum, dum)
All I need is a word (da-dum, dum, dum)
All I need is us (da-dum, dum, dum)
You turn nouns into verbs, to verbs
[Pre-Chorus: Labrinth & Sia]
Where did love go?
When all is said and done?
Hey now put your hands in the air
I'ma go through your stuff
Where did love go?
You put the running into run
You asking me to stay
But I never met a man I could trust
[Chorus: Sia & Both]
You’re sayin’ those words like you hate me now (wo-oah)
Our house is burning when you’re raisin’ Hell (wo-oah)
Here in the ashes, your soul cries out (a-a-ah)
But don’t be afraid of these thunderclouds
These thunderclouds, oh no
These thunderclouds, oh no, no
These thunderclouds, oh no
These thunderclouds, oh no, no
[Outro: Sia]
These thunderclouds
These thunderclouds
These thunderclouds
Ohh
私の場合「silver lady」というタイトルを聞くと白髪の60・70代の女性を思い浮かびますが，歌詞を見るとどうやらそうではないようです。人によってはこれはDavid Soulが彼のアルコール依存症にイヤ気がさした妻に向けて歌った曲だと主張する人もいます。ただ個人的には不明です。
To me the title 'silver lady' conjures up an image of a woman in her sixties or seventies with rich gray hair. Taking a look at the lyrics, you see that's not what the song's about. Some people say in the song David Soul's talking to his wife who gets tired of his being alcoholic. I'm not sure about it, though. Silver Lady (David Soul)
Tired of drifting, searching, shifting through town to town
Every time I slip and slide a little further down
I can't blame you if you won't take me back
After everything I put you through
But honey you're my last hope
And who else can I turn to
Come on Silver Lady take my word
I won't run out on you again believe me
Oh, I've seen the light
It's just one more fight
Without you
Here I am a million miles from home
The Indiana wind and rain cut through me
I'm lost and alone, chilled to the bone
Silver Lady
Double talkers, backstreet walkers at every turn
Seedy motels and no star motels still I had to learn
That the one shining thing in my mind
Was the sweet love I had with you
And honey you're my last hope
And who else can I turn to
Come on Silver Lady take my word
I won't run out on you again believe me
Oh, I've seen the light
It's just one more fight
Without you
Here I am a million miles from home
The Indiana wind and rain cut through me
I'm lost and alone, chilled to the bone
Silver Lady
Can't you find it in you to forgive me
Cause here I am a million miles from home
The Indiana wind and rain cut through me
I'm lost and alone, chilled to the bone
Silver Lady
Come on Silver Lady take my word
I won't run out on you again believe me
Oh, I've seen the light
It's just one more fight
Without you
Here I am a million miles from home
The Indiana wind and rain cut through me
I'm lost and alone, chilled to the bone
Silver Lady
