Albums
back
Bokura Barairo no Hibi / Our Rose-colored Days, Las Vegas
| kono yami wa hikari da to iikikaseta kimi ga naku you ni warau kara motomeru you na koto wa dekinai no o oboeta asa to yoru no kokyuu o miushinatta kogoete wa yakedo shinagara mo yasashii koe de utaiaeru no o tameshita ieru hazu mo nakatta sagashiteru mono wa mou nai nante uso o tsukisugite hontou ni natta kono sekai de hito wa maigo ni naru to iu koto o idaite aruite yukeru kara douzo te o hanashite nando kizuato ga kiete mo kurikaesu marude ayamachi no you ni aa bokura barairo no hibi yuku ate wa itsudatte doko ni mo nakute sore demo tadoritsukasu kaze o machitsudzuketeru kanashii hate ni mieru nara me o tojite rakuen wa haruka mukou de konna ni nanimo kotaenai mama sore o ukeirete okizari ni sareta kono omoi wa hito wa tobezu ni tachidomaru koto o shitte itsuka wa otona ni naru dakara te o hanasou saishome kara maboroshi no furishite kieteyuku marude inakatta you ni aa bokura barairo no hibi hito wa maigo ni naru to iu koto o idaite aruite yukeru kara douzo te o hanashite nando kizuato ga kiete mo kurikaesu kurikaesu hito wa tobezu ni tachidomaru koto o shitte itsuka wa otona ni naru dakara te o hanasou saishome kara maboroshi no furishite kieteyuku marude inakatta you ni aa bokura barairo no hibi aa bokura barairo no hibi |
I warned you that this darkness was light Because you laugh in order to cry I remembered that I can’t wish for anything I lost sight of the breath of morning and night Even as what’s frozen is burned I tried to be able to sing back in a soft voice I didn’t even have to say it What I’m searching for is no longer there Told so many lies that they became truth In this world Hold on to “People become lost children” Because I can keep walking, please let go of my hand No matter how many times my scars disappear, they happen over again, exactly like an error Oh, our rose-colored days My destination is always nowhere at all And yet I keep waiting for a wind that will make me keep struggling on If sad results are in sight I’ll close my eyes Paradise is far over there And I can’t answer anything as I am Accepting that, you abandoned these feelings I know that People stand still, unable to fly Someday I’ll become an adult, so let’s let go our hands A pretense of an illusion from the very beginning is disappearing, exactly as if it wasn’t there Oh, our rose-colored days Hold on to “People become lost children” Because I can keep walking, please let go of my hand No matter how many times my scars disappear, they happen over again, they happen over again I know that People stand still, unable to fly Someday I’ll become an adult, so let’s let go our hands A pretense of an illusion from the very beginning is disappearing, exactly as if it wasn’t there Oh, our rose-colored days Oh, our rose-colored days |
Translator's notes: "Boku[ra]" (I [we]) is a masculine first pronoun, and not the feminine one Chihiro normally uses ("atashi"). Thus, we can conclude that she is not speaking from her own point of view here, and instead from a masculine one. The title literally means "Us--Rose-colored Days" but I chose to translate it as "Our Rose-colored Days" because I think that sounds better and still has more or less the same implications.
Song info: This song was written 3 and a half years before its release as a single (and recorded 2 years before its release, as with "everyhome"), and is meant to give the image of rose petals swirling about. The theme of the song is resignation and despair in the face of the fact that rose-colored days can never last--and yet, to seek those days over and over represents hope.
Chihiro's liner notes: This was the first song that I handed over to Kobatake-san. It “came out” quite naturally.
back to Chihiro Onitsuka
© Sarah/Frecklegirl 2005