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.
無邪気なラヴ・ソングだと思って聞いていたものの歌詞の最後で裏切られました。とにかくツッコミどころが多すぎます。 I thought this song is an innocent love song until the lyrics comes to the last part. Anyway, I have so many questions. When You're Smiling (Louis Prima)
When you're smiling When you're smiling And the whole world smiles with you And when you're laughing Oh, when you're laughing Mmm, man, the sun comes shining through
When you're crying You bring on the rain Stop your sighing Won't you be happy again? When you're smiling Keep on smiling And the whole world smiles with you
When you're laughing You bring on the joy Be happy, you've got to groove, my boy When you're smiling Keep on smiling And the whole world smiles with you, oh!
'Cause I'm the sheik of Araby (With no turban on) Ooo, your love belongs to me (With no turban on) Well, at night when you're asleep (With no turban on) Baby, into your tent I'll creep (With no turban on) And the stars that shine above (Jumpin' as a jaybird) Will light our way to love (Jumpin' as a jaybird) And you'll rule this crazy land with me (Jumpin' as a jaybird) I'm the sheik-y man, that's who I be
That's who I be! Hey, boy, look out now! There he is, there he is!
ネットを使いこのアーティストの名前をMcGeeと読み,Googleを使ってそれが「マギー」であることを学びました。 The internet tells me the name of this artist reads 'McGee' and Google says it should be pronounced as 'maggie'. Rockman (Mk.gee)
[Verse 1] Honey Just shut up and ride Wherever you are I want it on fire
[Chorus] Keep it up, you started a war Keep it up, you started a war Oh, you can laugh it off But you started a war (Oh, oh, yeah) Oh, you can laugh it off But you started a war (Oh, oh, yeah) Oh, you can laugh it off But you started a war (Oh, oh, yeah) Oh, you can laugh it off But you started a war (Oh, yeah)
[Verse 2] Honey Look close into my eyes Whenever I feel I need you tonight
[Bridge] Keep it up (You started— hah) Keep it up, you started a war
[Verse 3] Can't see you, but I see what you're saying The little moves that you're making We can bite down on the world for the taking The little ones that you're making Can't see you, but I see what you'rе saying The little moves that you'rе making We can bite down on the world for the taking Baby, ooh, can't you take it?
[Chorus] Oh, you can laugh it off But you started a war (Oh, oh, yeah) Oh, you can laugh it off But you started a war (Oh, oh, yeah) Oh, you can laugh it off But you started a war (Oh, oh, yeah) Oh, you can laugh it off But you started a war (Oh, yeah)
主人公が相手にそう思わせようとしているのはこの相手が初めてでも唯一の相手でもないと思われます。 I'm sure that the second person isn't the first nor the only one who the narrator tries to convince them to be. You're More Than a Number in My Little Red Book (The Drifters)
Oooooooooo, yeah, yeah You're more than a number in my little red book You're more than a one night date All it had to take me was just one look My heart began a thumpin' Babe, you had it jumpin' 'Cause you're more than a number in my little red book You're more than a one night stand In case you get to thinkin' that you'd been took You're more than a number Written in my little red book
Oh, baby, give us a chance Don't let the small town rumours End our first real romance Now I admit I've loved a few But there was never one like you So darling, don't believe the things that they say
You're more than a number in my little red book You're more than a one night date All it had to take me was just one look My heart began a thumpin' Babe, you had it jumpin 'Cause you're more than a number in my little red book You're more than a one night stand In case you get to thinkin' that you'd been took You're more than a number Written in my little red book
Oh, baby You gave me a sign I threw away the numbers Of those old flames of mine And now they're tryin' to put you whilst Knock me down in my girls eyes Oh, darling, don't believe the words that they say
You're more than a number in my little red book You're more than a one night date All it had to take me was just one look My heart began a thumpin' Babe, you had it jumpin 'Cause you're more than a number in my little red book You're more than a one night stand In case you get to thinkin' that you'd been took You're more than a number Written in my little red book
You're more than a number in my little red book You're more than a one night date All it had to take me was just one look My heart began a thumpin' Babe, you had it jumpin 'Cause you're more than a number in my little red book You're more than a one night stand In case you get to thinkin' that you'd been took You're more than a number Written in my little red book
この曲を聞いていると主人公がもう着ないからと自分の古着を相手に渡しているような気がします。 Listening to this song, I feel that the narrator is giving their ex to the second person as if they're old clothes they're not going to wear it. It's OK I'm OK (Tate McRae)
[Verse 1] See you so excited (Mm) You got him locked down (Mmh, yeah) You're movin' like I did (Mm) Before I found out He ain't just a pretty-faced talker Good with his money, close to his mother You're seein' one-sided (Sided) You got him right now
[Pre-Chorus] And she be like, "He's so perfect" I be like, "Oh, what version?" "Ain't nobody got me this nervous" Oh baby, I been there (Hey) And right in that same position (Hey) So, baby, don't get this twisted (Hey) No, nothin' could make me miss it Take him, he's yours
[Chorus] It's okay, I'm okay, had him in the first place It's okay, I'm okay (I'm okay, yeah, yeah) It's okay, I'm okay, I don't really gotta say It's okay (Okay)
[Post-Chorus] You can have him anyway (Way) Anyway (Way) You can have him anyway (Way) Anyway (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
[Verse 2] Was such a romantic (Romantic) You got me like, "Fuck that" Some months and some long flights Now I can't go near that
[Pre-Chorus] And she be like, "He's so perfect" I be like, "Oh, what version?" "Ain't nobody got me this nervous" Oh baby, I've been there (Hey) And right in that same position (Hey) So, baby, don't get this twisted (Hey) No, nothin' could make me miss it Take him, he's yours
[Chorus] It's okay, I'm okay, had him in the first place It's okay, I'm okay (I'm okay) It's okay, I'm okay, I don't really gotta say It's okay (Okay)
[Post-Chorus] You can have him anyway (Way) Anyway (Way) You can have him anyway (Way) Anyway (Way, way, way)
[Chorus] It's okay, I'm okay, had him in the first place It's okay, I'm okay (I'm okay, I'm okay) It's okay, I'm okay, I don't really gotta say (It's okay) It's okay
[Post-Chorus] You can have him anyway (Anyway) Anyway (Anyway) You can have him anyway (Anyway) Anyway (Oh, oh, oh, oh)
[Outro] I don't want him anyway, girl, take him I don't want him anyway, girl, take him I don't want him anyway, girl, take him (Girl, just take him) I don't want him (Yeah, I don't), I don't want him (Yeah, I don't) I don't want him (Anyway) anyway, girl, take him (Anyway) I don't want him (Anyway) anyway, girl, take him I don't, it's okay, it's okay, take him I don't want him (Yeah, I don't), I don't want him
「宇宙服も着けないで月面に立って」というのは主人公が恋愛関係で相手に自分の弱みを見せるということのメタファーでしょう・・・というかそうであって欲しい。 I know it's a metaphor for being vulnerable in a relationship. The narrator says they're on the moon without their suit... Well I hope so. Lucky Stars (Lucy Spraggan)
[Verse 1] On the ceiling in my bedroom They would glow up in the dark I had no idea that you and I were still lightyears apart Well, stars don't look like that At least they don't to me
[Verse 2] As I grew older I noticed less and less The darkest nights are when the sky can really look its best And that's when I saw you As bright as you could be
[Chorus] I thank my lucky stars that I discovered you Like the first man on the moon, but you came out the blue I thank my lucky stars that you're so close to me Like Venus and Mercury, from the darkness to the deep I thank my lucky stars I thank my lucky stars
[Verse 3] Typical of me I run before I walk I'm on the moon without my suit, the world's worst astronaut But I'll just float with you In zero gravity
[Verse 4] It's our adventure It's only just begun And you and I can find some time to orbit 'round the sun And I am never scared As long as you're with me
[Chorus] I thank my lucky stars that I discovered you Like the first man on the moon, but you came out the blue I thank my lucky stars that you're so close to me Like Venus and Mercury, from the darkness to the deep I thank my lucky stars I thank my lucky stars
[Bridge] Take my hand, prepare for takeoff Don't look down, prepare for takeoff Take my hand, prepare for takeoff Prepare for takeoff
[Chorus] I thank my lucky stars that I discovered you Like the first man on the moon, but you came out the blue I thank my lucky stars that you're so close to me Like Venus and Mercury, from the darkness to the deep I thank my lucky stars that I discovered you Like the first man on the moon, but you came out the blue I thank my lucky stars that you're so close to me Like Venus and Mercury, from the darkness, to the deep I thank my lucky stars I thank my lucky stars
進化とは「より良くなる」あるいは「より強くなる」ということでありません。進化によってある種が強くそして別の種が弱くなった(あるいはなったように見えた)としても最終的にそのどちらが生き残るかはわかりません。 We often forget that evolution does not mean making species better or stronger. Sometimes it makes (or seems to make) one stronger and one weaker but nobody knows which of them will survive eventually. Forbidden Road (Robbie Williams)
[Chorus] I walked along a forbidden road I had to know where does it go Like birds that fly into the sun I had to run, I'm not the only one
[Verse 1] Why do you look at me that way? I'm not a problem that needs solving The truth is still evolving Life is the choices that we make We're the masters of our own fate The painter and the paint
[Pre-Chorus] You need to lose your mind To get back to the light sometimes
[Chorus] I walked along a forbidden road I had to know where does it go Like birds that fly into the sun I had to run, I'm not the only one
[Verse 2] Maybe I'm never satisfied I made a lot of poor decisions Yeah, I'd make some revisions And I'm still tryna get it right I'm a living contradiction The cure and the affliction
[Pre-Chorus] You need to lose your mind To get back to the light sometimes
[Chorus] I walked along a forbidden road I had to know where does it go Like birds that fly into the sun I had to run, I'm not the only one
[Bridge] So do you love me now? Or did I let you down? You said you wanted all my secrets So I showed you all my demons Do you love me now?
[Chorus] I walked along a forbidden road I had to know where does it go Like birds that fly into the sun I had to run, I'm not the only one
「preacherman」あるいは「preacher man」という言葉にはそれが正式に認められた牧師や僧侶といったものではないという含みがあるように思われます。 I think a word preacherman or preacher man has a connotation that the person in question isn't officially recognized as a preacher such as a vicar, priest or pastor. Preacherman (Melody Gardot)
[Verse 1] Preacherman gon' tell me Where his body lie Said he down by the river now child Left him there to die
[Verse 2] One by one, we tumble One by one, we fall If I had a solution now honey I would fix us all
[Hook] 'Cause I believe in a world Where we all belong And I'm so tired of seein' Every good man gone
[Verse 3] Take me to that river Lay me by his side Let the water wash me clean now, honey Man done stole my pride
[Verse 4] I have seen the darkness Lord knows I've seen the light Don't recall the Lord Sayin' there's a difference If you're black or white
[Hook] 'Cause I believe in a world Where we all belong And I'm so tired of seein' Every good man gone