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.
「やかんを火にかける（Put the kettle on）」は文字通りヤカンをガスコンロに置くという意味ですが，メタファーとしてはお茶を淹れるという意味です。 "Put the kettle on" literally means to put the kettle on the stove and metaphorically to make a cup of tea. The Wise Man's Song (Cinder Well)
[Verse 1] I know we're older now and lost again Down at the cul-de-sac you left, my friend Will you come back, come back, again? Will you come back, come back, again?
[Refrain] I put the kettle on, the wise man's song, for you
[Verse 2] Your laugh surrounds but I was slow to echo We settled down in suburbs, they were quick to heckle If you come back, come back, again I'll clear the halls and all the cobwebs
[Refrain] I put the kettle on, the wise man's song, for you
[Verse 3] I took a needle and thread to make amends with you And the tape rolls on, another year gone, and I await your cue
[Refrain] I put the kettle on, the wise man's song, for you
歌詞から察するに主人公はすでに相手とは別れており，年を取った主人公が相手と過ごした過去の幸せな時代を思い出しているようです。 The lyrics imply the narrator is not with the second person anymore. Getting old, they seem to be reminising their happy days with the person. My Days of Loving You (Perry Como)
When I think how soon we run out of time, Lookin' back at what I've done in my time, My accomplishments are few, But for my days of loving you!
If I've never gone too far in this world, When I might have made my mark in this world, I had better things to do, I had my days of loving you!
Let the others go their way, Seeking more and more, Give me just one yesterday, Filled with love like yours!
I have nothin' to regret in this life, I've had all there is to get in this life, Once I lived a dream come true, I had my days of loving you! Once I lived a dream come true, I had my days of loving you! I had my days of loving you!
この曲は酷い恋愛関係を歌ったものだと言われており，その中で主人公は相手から利用されていながら相手に求められていると勘違いしています。 People say this song is about an abusive relationship in which the narrator is mistaking being used by the second person for being loved. iloveitiloveitiloveit (Bella Kay)
[Verse 1] I like being used, it means I have a purpose It's the little things you do, at least you're being earnest Oh, maybe I'm too fragile But maybe you're too mean I've never been real good at deciphering things
[Pre-Chorus] Let's let fate decide Heads, we go to yours, tails, we go to mine You're a bad idea But a real good time
[Chorus] Oh, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it, 'cause I do I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing into you, oh, fuck it Baby, I love it I love it, I love it, I I lovе it when we fight, and I like it when you're mean We don't have to get into what that says about me, oh, shut it Baby, I love it I love it, I love it, I
[Verse 2] I could tell you the truth, but first you gotta earn it Don't gotta last 'til the moon, just tell me that I'm perfect Oh, maybe I'm too easy (Oh, maybe I'm too easy) But maybe you're too hard (But maybe you're too hard) I've always been real good at taking it too far
[Pre-Chorus] Let's let fate decide Heads, we go to yours, tails, we go to mine You're a bad idea But a real good time
[Chorus] Ooh, I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it, 'cause I do I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing into you, oh, fuck it Baby, I love it I love it, I love it, I I love it when we fight, and I like it when you're mean We don't have to get into what that says about me, oh, shut it Baby, I love it I love it, I love it, I
[Bridge] (Hmm) I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing Do you remember the last time this happened? (Hmm) Baby, relax, sometimes it happens Baby, relax, sometimes it happens (Hmm) I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing Is the key still under the mat? (Hmm) Can you imagine the last time this happened? Yeah, I, I loved it, I, I loved it, I
[Outro] I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it, 'cause I do I'm a couple minutes out from relapsing into you, oh, fuck it I only love it 'cause it's you
セント・ジェームズ病院というのは特定の病院ではなく性感染症専門病院を指しているようです。 St. James Infirmary is not a specifif building and refers to Lock hospitals specialized in treating sexually transmitted disease (STD). St. James Infirmary Blues (Cab Calloway)
Folks, I'm goin' down to St. James Infirmary See my baby there She's stretched out on a long, white table She's so sweet, so cold, so fair
Let her go, let her go, God bless her Wherever she may be She will search this wide world over But she'll never find another sweet man like me
Now, when I die, bury me in my straight-leg britches Put on a box-back coat and a Stetson hat Put a twenty-dollar gold piece on my watch chain So you can let all the boys know I died standing pat
Then give me six crap shooting pall bearers Let a chorus girl sing me a song Put a red hot jazz band at the top of my head So we can raise Hallelujah as we go along
Folks, now that you have heard my story Say, boy, hand me over another shot of that booze If anyone should ask you Tell 'em I've got those St. James Infirmary blues
葬儀は確かに楽しいことではありませんがだからといって悲しいだけのことかというとそれも違います。葬儀はそこに出席している人間（生きている者）にとっては「区切り（closure）」だからです。 A funeral is not fun at all of course but not all about pain and sorrow either. It's a closure for the living who attend the funeral. Funeral (Dermot Kennedy)
[Verse 1] We were staring down disaster That night, we almost called it quits You said that you were changing chapters I said this can't be where it ends Not even poetry can fix this Right now, we both need more than words If we give up, we're gonna miss this Can we remember who we were
[Pre-Chorus] Standing on St. Brigid's Road Where we finally let it go
[Chorus] We held a funeral for heartache We buried trouble in the grass Wе didn't bother buying roses 'Cause we ain't ever going back I don't know nothing 'bout tomorrow I barely know about today We set a fire to our sorrow And watched the hurt go up in flames
[Verse 2] Grief is such a solid promise Joy just leaves you in the rain Sadness waits down in the lobby Solace stood you up again I'm thankful for the darkness Everything that let me see So much beauty in the storm Like how you turn to me If I'm honest, you're the reason That the light gets in at all You're the song that breaks the silence You're the smile at curtain call I'm scared of who I'd be without you Much more than you know If I seem strong, it's just a show
[Pre-Chorus] Standing on St. Brigid's Road Where we finally let it go
[Chorus] We held a funeral for heartache We buried trouble in the grass We didn't bother buying roses 'Cause we ain't ever going back I don't know nothing 'bout tomorrow I barely know about today We set a fire to our sorrow And watched the hurt go up in flames
[Bridge] Oh, no-no We ain't never going back Oh, no-no We ain't never going back
[Chorus] We held a funeral for heartache We buried trouble in the grass We didn't bother buying roses 'Cause we ain't ever going back I don't know nothing 'bout tomorrow I barely know about today We set a fire to our sorrow And watched the hurt go up in flames
日本において火事の原因のトップはタバコで焚火，コンロと続きます。ベッドで喫煙するのは止めましょう。 In Japan the top cause of fire is cigarettes followed by open fire and gas stove. Don't smoke in bed. Insomnia (Faithless)
[Intro] And here we are Half past three in the morning I can't get no sleep
Yeah Yeah
I never sleep I never sleep I never sleep I never sleep I never sleep
[Verse: Maxi Jazz] Uh Yeah, I only smoke weed when I need to And I need to get some rest---yo, where's the cess? I confess, I burned a hole in the mattress Yes, yes, it was me, I plead guilty And at the count of three I pull back the duvet Make my way to the refrigerator One dry potato inside, no lie, not even bread Jam, when the light above my head went bam! I can't see, something's all over me, greasy Insomnia please release me and let me dream About making mad love on the heath Tearing off tights with my teeth But there's no relief, I'm wide awake in my kitchen It's black and I'm lonely Oh, if I could only get some sleep Creeky noises make my skin creep I need to get some sleep I can't get no sleep
誰かと酷い別れ方をした場合，大変に傷ついてこうでなければと思うかもしれませんが，必ずしもそうとも限りません。 If you had a terrible breakup with someone, you would get hurt so bad and may wish it wouldn't have been that way. Not necessarily so. Backwards (Jonas Brothers)
[Verse 1: Nick Jonas] You still have a piece of my heart Had it from the day that we started And even now, still wanna call you up Have to remind myself I need to stop I should get used to it now But I still find your things in my house I go to throw them out, but then I don't Try to forget you, but I fear I won't, I know I won't
[Chorus: Joe Jonas] I've been in my bed, spending every second Wishing you were lying on my chest, say I'm moving on But I keep going backwards See, I keep going backwards, yeah Look what you did to me, now I'm barely sleeping I'm replying every word I said, find out what went wrong But I keep going backwards See, I keep going backwards, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 2: Nick Jonas] I don't wanna play right now, I'm just getting faded Without you being around, all my love is wasted I just need to get you back in my life But I know I'm staying lonely tonight
[Chorus: Joe Jonas] I've been in my bed, spending every second Wishing you were lying on my chest, say I'm moving on But I keep going backwards See, I keep going backwards, yeah Look what you did to me, now I'm barely sleeping I'm replying every word I said, find out what went wrong But I keep going backwards See, I keep going backwards, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Outro: Joe Jonas & Nick Jonas] I keep going backwards (Oh) Yeah, I keep going backwards (Yeah), yeah, yeah
