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.
若い頃にやってはいけないことのひとつは誰かにロマンティックな詩を書くことだと思うのですがそう思うのは私だけでしょうか？ Am I the only one who thinks one of those things you shouldn't do in younger days is writing romantic poems for someone. Beige (Yoke Lore)
I don't wanna see you smile I want you in the morning Before you go performing
Tell me something I don't know and lead me to the place where no one ever goes Let me go under your skin, and let me find the demons that drive those heavenly limbs
You know you're beautiful But that ain't half the gold treasure in your soul What you got cause I want it all With your fingers in my mouth I fail to see your faults so please don't let me fall, please don't let me fall
I think we’d survive in the wild We would eat plants and roots and dream about electric fans But baby could you kill a man, could you look in his eyes and feel the fire drain out of his hands And baby do you think about the past, do you wonder if every stupid little thing has led us to this
You know you're beautiful But that ain't half the gold treasure in your soul What you got cause I want it all With your fingers in my mouth I fail to see your faults so please don't let me fall, please don't let me fall
運転が大変上手く，しかも運転席に座っている人間を力づくでそこから移動させられるほど力があれば自分で車を運転することも可能です。 If you're an excellent driver and strong enough to move the person forcefully away from the driver's seat, you can drive the vehicle yourself. Passenger (Alex Warren)
[Verse 1] I know these things aren't typical I don't wanna come across difficult I wish I could climb inside of your head And make you a little less miserable I'm losing your time to a metronome I'm in the next room with a megaphone I know you didn't hear a word that I said I try, try, try
[Chorus] How do I drive from the passenger side? I've been holding on tight to a telephone line Living your dream, baby, what about mine? Tell me I'm yours, wonder what it feels like What it feels like
[Verse 2] Let's run from it all for the hell of it Oh, God, put me back in my element We talk about things we don't wanna address I guess I'll make room for the elephant But I miss the way the night sounds back on the coast Of dancing with the lights out, burning the toast Yeah, I miss a lot of things, but I miss you the most Yeah, I try, try, try
[Chorus] How do I drive from the passenger side? I've been holding on tight to a telephone line Living your dream, baby, what about mine? Tell me I'm yours, wonder what it feels like What it feels like
[Bridge] I put my heart out on a silver plate I would die for you, by the way Not that you would mind, but I try (Try) I try (Try), I try (Try), I try
[Chorus] How do I drive from the passenger side? I've been holding on tight to a telephone line Living your dream, baby, what about mine? Tell me I'm yours, wonder what it feels like What it feels like Living your dream, baby, what about mine? Tell me I'm yours, wonder what it feels like
（補足） * for the hell of it ・・・ 面白半分に，用もないのに ** in one's element ・・・ 本領を発揮している，得意な領域に *** I'll make room for the elephant ・・・ 「（誰もが認識しているが）話したくない，口に出したくない，無視している，見て見ぬふりをしている）重要な問題や事実（elephant in the room）」を踏まえた表現 **** not that ・・・ （that以下）というわけでもない
おそらく希少性が鍵なのでしょう。ヒトカゲの初版のホログラムのポケモンカードは手に入れたいと思っても，砂糖や水のようにかなり容易に手に入るものにはさほど思い入れがないものです。 Maybe scarcity is the key. Things that are easily available to you such as sugar and water don't seem very appetizing or desirable to you while a first-edition horographic Chalizard pokemon card does. I Want You Back (Jackson 5)
[Intro: Michael Jackson] Uh-huh, huh, huh Just let me tell ya now Huh-huh
[Verse 1: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around Those pretty faces always made you stand out in a crowd But someone picked you from the bunch, one glance was all it took Now, it's much too late for me to take a second look
[Chorus: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] Oh, baby, give me one more chance (To show you that I love you) Won't you please let me back in your heart? Oh, darlin', I was blind to let you go (Let you go, baby) But now, since I see you in his arms (I want you back)
[Post-Chorus: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] Yes, I do now (I want you back) Ooh-ooh, baby (I want you back) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (I want you back) Na-na-na-na
[Verse 2: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] Trying to live without your love is one long, sleepless night Let me show you, girl, that I know wrong from right Every street you walk on, I leave tear stains on the ground Followin' the girl I didn't even want around Let me tell you now
[Chorus: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] Oh, baby, all I need is one more chance (To show you that I love you) Won't you please let me back in your heart? Oh, darlin', I was blind to let you go (Let you go, baby) But now, since I see you in his arms, uh-huh
[Bridge: Michael Jackson] (A-buh-buh-buh-buh) (A-buh-buh-buh-buh) All I want (A-buh-buh-buh-buh) All I need (A-buh-buh-buh-buh) All I want (A-buh-buh-buh-buh) All I need
[Chorus: Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jackson 5 & Jackie Jackson] Oh, just one more chance To show you that I love you Baby (Baby) Baby (Baby) Baby (Baby) (I want you back) Forget what happened then Let me live again
[Chorus: Michael Jackson, Jackson 5, Jackie Jackson & Jermaine Jackson] Oh, baby, I was blind to let you go But now, since I see you in his arms (I want you back) Spare me of this cause Give back what I lost
[Outro: Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson & Jackie Jackson] Oh, baby, I need one more chance, ha I tell you that I love you (Baby) Oh (Baby), oh (Baby), oh I want you back, ha (Forget what happened then) I want you back, ha (And let me live again) Oh, I want you back, ha
[Intro: Michael Jackson] とにかくこれだけ言わせてくれよ
[Verse 1: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] 付き合ってたあの頃は一緒にいるのがイヤだった かわいい子たちの中に入るとお前がやたらに浮いていたから なのに誰かが目をつけてお前をそこから連れ出した，ちらっと見かけただけだったけどそれが運の尽きだった もう一度じっくり見ようと思ってももう今じゃ手遅れだ
[Chorus: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] ああベイビイ，あと一度だけチャンスをくれよ（この気持ちを伝えたいから） また振り向いてくれないか？ お前のことを手放すなんてものが見えていなかったけど（ベイビイお前と別れるなんて） ヤツの腕に抱かれてるのを今こうして見ていると（お前のことを取り戻したい）
[Post-Chorus: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] もう今はわかるんだ（取り戻したいと思ってる） ベイビイ（元に戻りたい） 本当だよ（取り戻したいと思ってる） ダメなんだ
[Verse 2: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] お前なしでやろうとすると眠れない夜が延々続くんだ この俺だって善悪の区別くらいつくことをお前に見せてやりたいよ お前が歩いていく先にゃ俺の涙の跡がつく 一緒にいたくないなんて思ってたヤツなのに だからこれだけ言わせてくれよ
[Chorus: Michael Jackson & Jackson 5] ああベイビイ，あと一度だけチャンスをくれよ（この気持ちを伝えたいから） また振り向いてくれないか？ お前のことを手放すなんてものが見えていなかったけど（ベイビイお前と別れるなんて） ヤツの腕に抱かれてるのを今こうして見ていると
[Bridge: Michael Jackson] 欲しいものも なきゃ困るのもその他にはなにもない 欲しいものも なきゃ困るのもたったひとつだけなんだ
[Chorus: Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson, Jackson 5 & Jackie Jackson] あと一回でいいんだよ この気持ちを伝えたいから ベイビイ（ベイビイ） ベイビイ（ベイビイ） ベイビイ（ベイビイ） （お前のことを取り戻したい） 昔のことは水に流して 生きがいを取り戻したい
[Chorus: Michael Jackson, Jackson 5, Jackie Jackson & Jermaine Jackson] お前のことを手放すなんてものが見えていなかったけど ヤツの腕に抱かれてるのを今こうして見ていると（お前のことを取り戻したい） こんなことはもうしたくない 失くしたものを返してくれよ [Outro: Michael Jackson, Jermaine Jackson & Jackie Jackson] ああベイビイ，あと一度だけチャンスをくれよ この気持ちを伝えたいから （ベイビイ）（ベイビイ）（ベイビイ） また振り向いてくれないか？（昔のことは水に流して） またお前と一緒になって（生きがいを取り戻したい） お前のことを取り戻したい
他人には自分は変えられませんし同様に他人を変えることもできません。自分で自分を変えたいと思わない限り人は変わりません。 Nobody can change you. You can't change somebody else but can change yourself when you really want to. High Hopes 3000 (ROLE MODEL)
[Verse 1] Uh, I end my day the same way it started Alone in L.A., while I grieve the departed Waiting, waiting for someone, someone to change my life (Hey) Brand-new shirt, yes, it's a little expensive Oh, whatever works to put some joy in the engine And I go out on the town, trying to change my night Mm, and doing it over and over and over and over again Oh, hell
[Chorus] I need some high hopes, Lord knows I could use 'em I know I'ma lose 'em when the wheels fall off Hey now, lend some independence Stuck inside the fences like a goddamn dog Long nights, heavy feelings They say I'm unappealing when I shoot my shot Come here, honey, show me how to do it Does love come around or does one come around to it? (Oh, yeah)
[Verse 2] I get undressed in the arms of a stranger Then second-guess that ol' half-sober behavior Do I really, do I really believe that someone could change my life? Uh, I'm doing it over, and over, and over, and over again Where does it end? Mm
[Chorus] I need some high hopes, Lord knows I could use 'em I know I'ma lose 'em when the wheels fall off Hey now, lend some independence Stuck inside the fences like a goddamn dog Long nights, heavy feelings They say I'm unappealing when I shoot my shot Come here, honey, don't know how to do it Does love come around or does one come around to it? (Woo)
[Bridge] Woo, talking 'bout high (high), hopes (hopes), Lord knows I could use 'em I know I'ma lose 'em when the wheels fall off Hey (hey), now (now) lend some independence Stuck inside the fences like a goddamn dog (Okay) High (high), hopes (hopes), Lord knows I could use 'em I know I'ma lose 'em when the wheels fall off Hey (hey) now (now), lend some independence Stuck inside the fences like a goddamn dog
[Outro] (Yeah) High hopes, oh, I could use 'em High hopes, don't let me lose 'em now High hopes, oh, I could use 'em High hopes
タラハチ橋の上から主人公がビリー・ジョーと一緒に川に投げ捨てたのは一体何だったのでしょうか？ What did the narrator throw off into the river from the Tallahachie Bridge with Billie Joe? Ode To Billie Joe (Bobby Gentry)
[Verse 1] Was the third of June, another sleepy, dusty Delta day I was out choppin' cotton, and my brother was balin' hay And at dinner time we stopped and walked back to the house to eat And Mama hollered out the back door, "Y'all, remember to wipe your feet!" And then she said, "I got some news this mornin' from Choctaw Ridge Today, Billie Joe MacAllister jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
[Verse 2] And Papa said to Mama, as he passed around the black-eyed peas "Well, Billie Joe never had a lick of sense; pass the biscuits, please There's five more acres in the lower forty I got to plow" And Mama said it was shame about Billie Joe, anyhow Seems like nothin' ever comes to no good up on Choctaw Ridge And now Billie Joe MacAllister's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge
[Verse 3] And brother said he recollected when he, and Tom, and Billie Joe Put a frog down my back at the Carroll County picture show And wasn't I talkin' to him after church last Sunday night? "I'll have another piece-a apple pie; you know, it don't seem right I saw him at the sawmill yesterday on Choctaw Ridge And now you tell me Billie Joe's jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
[Verse 4] Mama said to me, "Child, what's happened to your appetite? I've been cookin' all mornin', and you haven't touched a single bite That nice young preacher, Brother Taylor, dropped by today Said he'd be pleased to have dinner on Sunday, oh, by the way He said he saw a girl that looked a lot like you up on Choctaw Ridge And she and Billie Joe was throwin' somethin' off the Tallahatchie Bridge"
[Verse 5] A year has come and gone since we heard the news 'bout Billie Joe And brother married Becky Thompson; they bought a store in Tupelo There was a virus goin' 'round; Papa caught it, and he died last spring And now Mama doesn't seem to want to do much of anything And me, I spend a lot of time pickin' flowers up on Choctaw Ridge And drop them into the muddy water off the Tallahatchie Bridge
主人公は自意識過剰でありそのせいで不安になっているのかもしれません。個人的にそこまで不安ではありませんがその気持ちはわかります。 The narrator might be too self-aware and that scares them a lot. I don't think I'm that scared but I think I feel them. Kingdom of Fear (Cameron Whitcomb)
[Verse 1] I'll show you what you need to see and nothing more At least I got the decency to shut the door You said that you want all of me, but I know you're a liar Every time I let you in, I start to hear them tires
[Pre-Chorus] In the middle of the night, in the back of my mind Like a chill running down my neck So I bite my tongue and lie in self-defense
[Chorus] Ask me how I've been, I'll say I'm great But under my skin, I'm not okay Honey, I've been scared to death, looking in the mirror Just another day in the kingdom of fear Ask me how it goes, I'll say I'm fine But if you look close, I ain't doing alright Honey, I've been scared to dеath, wipe away the tears Just another day in the kingdom of fear The kingdom of fear
[Verse 2] Maybe I've been building walls too high to climb I hope you know it's not your fault, it's by design I know I've been a lot of things, but I won't be your burden I won't be that person that calls you when I'm hurting
[Pre-Chorus] In the middle of the night, in the back of my mind Like a chill running down my neck So I bite my tongue and lie in self-defense
[Chorus] Ask me how I've been, I'll say I'm great But under my skin, I'm not okay Honey, I've been scared to death, looking in the mirror Just another day in the kingdom of fear Ask me how it goes, I'll say I'm fine But if you look close, I ain't doing alright Honey, I've been scared to death, wipe away the tears Just another day in the kingdom of fear
[Bridge] Oh, I've been hurting worse than bad I need someone who's got my back Oh, I've been hurting worse than bad I need someone, but if you
[Chorus] Ask me how I've been, I'll say I'm great But under my skin, I'm not okay Honey, I've been scared to death, looking in the mirror Just another day in the kingdom of fear Ask me how it goes, I'll say I'm fine But if you look close, I ain't doing alright Honey, I've been scared to death, wipe away the tears Just another day in the kingdom of fear The kingdom of fear
別れた後もその相手を思い続ければ，この人物にとって別れの辛さが多少なりともマシになるのでしょうか？ Does keep loving one person after a breakup make the pain more bearable for this guy? He Stopped Loving Her Today (George Jones)
[Verse 1] He said, "I'll love you 'til I die" She told him, "You'll forget in time" As the years went slowly by She still preyed upon his mind He kept her picture on his wall Went half crazy now and then But he still loved her through it all Hoping she'd come back again
[Verse 2] He kept some letters by his bed Dated 1962 He had underlined in red Every single 'I love you' I went to see him just today Oh but I didn't see no tears All dressed up to go away First time I'd seen him smile in years
[Chorus] He stopped loving her today They placed a wreath upon his door And soon they'll carry him away He stopped loving her today
[Bridge] You know she came to see him one last time Oh, and we all wondered if she would And it kept runnin' through my mind This time, he's over her for good
[Chorus] He stopped loving her today They placed a wreath upon his door And soon they'll carry him away He stopped loving her today
