Sepia/KyotonP

==Lyrics==
Japanese 	Romaji 	English
くすんだ記憶を　ゴミ箱に押し込め 	kusunda kioku o gomibako ni oshikome 	My solemn memories gather in this trash can
曖昧な日々に　溶け込ませ暈した 	aimai na hibi ni tokekomase bokashita 	Amid these vague days that melt into obscurity
鮮やかな痛みとか　照り返すコンクリート 	azayaka na itami to ka terikaesu konkuriito 	This pain is vivid and reflects into me like concreteThe words in question here are 照り返すコンクリート(terikaesu konkuriito). On first look, it would literally translate like, 'reflecting concrete', but concrete does not reflect...well, anything at all in any sense of the term. So, I figured it more meant that the reflection of the pain felt like concrete upon its reacknowledgment.
残像がくっきりと　あのときを繰り返して 	zanzou ga kukkiri to ano toki o kurikaeshite 	I clearly remember those times again and again Literally, “The afterimage of those clear times repeat”. This line seems to more talk about the 'afterimage' or 'visual-leftover image' of the person the singer lost, but that's kinda weird to say in English no matter how you word it. Since someone's image is so closely tied to your memory, and how you would remember it, I just went with the word memory instead.
 	 	
はらはら散る　はらはら AhAh 	harahara chiru harahara AhAh- 	Slowly, they fall...There is no way to translate this correctly. HaraHara (はらはら) is onomatopoeia for nervousness, or an unsettling feeling one experiences, mainly due to the uncertainty of the outcome of some event (e.g. anxiety over a test). Onomatopoeia just are not really used in English outside of comics, so I had to more describe the subject of this sentence instead of directly translating.
 	 	
涙が何もかもを 私を狂わしてく 	namida ga nanimokamo o watashi o kuruwashiteku 	These tears dismantle everything inside of meIt's worded a little weird, but I'm pretty sure this line means how I translated it. The Direct Object particle を(o) is used after Nanimokamo (何もかも, all the things) and watashi (私, I) and both appear right next to each other, so it doesn't make too much sense to a non-native Japanese like myself. The original way I translated this line was “These tears dismantle me AND everything else”, but if both “myself” and “everything else” are being represented as two different ideas, it would most likely have been sung as 何もかもと 私 を(Nanimokamo to watashi o) since と(to) is the conjunctive particle.
痛みを不幸に変え　ふやけた毒を撒くの 	itami o fukou ni kae fuyaketa doku o maku no 	My pain becomes worse as I swell from this deeply rooted poisonThe interesting word here is 撒く(maku, to sow/plant). The の(no) afterward means that it is the noun-version (nominalized version) of “to sow”, which isn't really an idea used in English very much and so was a little tricky to represent. The word 毒(Doku) means “poison” and so the phrase 毒を撒くの(Doku o maku no) would mean something like 'the sown/planted poison'. When something is already sown though, it has 'taken root' where it has been sown, hence my word choice of “rooted”.
あなたの眼に映った　私を消したかった 	anata no me ni utsutta watashi o keshitakatta 	I was erased from the reflection in your eyes
あなたを感じたいの　触れてよ夢見た私に 	anata o kanjitai no furete yo yumemita watashi ni 	And now only know of what being with you is like in my dreamsA very important note here is about how 触れる(fureru, to touch/feel/experience) is used in this line. As you can probably tell from how Miku sings this word, it is a very strong and emphatic 触れてよ(furete yo). The way Miku sings it, along with the addition of よ(yo, emphasis marker), makes this line extremely emphasize 触れる(fureru). I could not find a way to make this strong emotion translate as well in English and still have the line be acceptably accurate to the original meaning. Just know that the the singer is extremely distressed about not being able to experience being with their former lover anymore.
 	 	
道のない世界　目印は他人で 	michi no nai sekai mejirushi wa tanin de 	Now that my world has no road to follow, strangers are my only landmarksThese two lines word-for-word say “World without roads, landmarks are strangers // Time again, step again, compare to these people”. This idea makes plenty sense in Japanese when using such little words. To keep the same meaning in English however, I was forced to add in a lot of extra words.
時間も歩調も　その人と比べて 	jikan mo hochou mo sono hito to kurabete 	Hour after hour, step after step, I can only compare those people to you
迷わないようにして　私いまどこにいるの？ 	mayowanai you ni shite watashi ima doko ni iru no?	Where can I go to, so that I will not lose my way?
雑音で誤魔化した　弱さとか格好悪さ 	zatsuon de gomakashita yowasa to ka kakkouwaru sa 	With this noise, I deceive myself from believing I am weak and unsightly
 	 	
今　今　知る　今　今　AhAh 	ima ima shiru ima ima AhAh- 	Now, now I really understand, now, now
 	 	
光が眩しすぎて　あなたに追いつけない 	hikari ga mabushi sugite anata ni oitsukenai 	This light is so glaringly bright; I will never catch up to youThese two lines create a metaphor using a road or path that one would walk down. It compares the journey that one takes through life to that of the road, and alludes to the other person being so far down it (either from going that far themselves, or the singer simply stopped advancing) that the singer can no longer see or catch up to. It's poetic, and a great metaphor, but not something used often enough in English to allow a direct translation to be something that people would understand the first time they read it.
追うたびつらくなるの　あなたになれないから 	outabi tsuraku naru no anata ni narenai kara 	It's painful to continue on like this, because I'll never see you againLiterally, “A painful path/journey to follow because cannot reach you”.
涙が何もかもを　すべてを狂わしてく 	namida ga nani mo kamo o subete o kuruwa shiteku 	These tears tear everything apart
痛みを舐め続けて　優しい虚無を吐いていく 	itami o name tsuzukete yasashii kyomu o haite iku 	As this pain continues, a kind nothingness begins to take over
 	 	
あなたの眼に映った　私は私ですか？ 	anata no me ni utsutta watashi wa watashi desu ka?	The person you saw me as, is that who I really am?Translates word-for-word to “The reflection in your eyes, am I myself?” It was a hard line to understand, as it seems to talk about two different ideas.
数多の人に迷う　私はねえ私は (ワタシハネエワタシハ) 	amata no hito ni mayou watashi wa nee watashi wa 	I am like many people who have lost their way, aren't I
くすんだ記憶の中　セピアに染まる痛み 	kusunda kioku no naka sepia ni somaru itami 	Within my darkest memories, my pain is colored in SepiaSepia, for those who don't know, is a color scheme of mainly dark brown colors. Very old and/or dated photographs tend to fade very much over time and have a Sepia hue to them. This has led to the color scheme of Sepia representing such vintage and old ideas or memories, which is where this metaphor comes from. The singer compares her painful memories to the Sepia scheme, as if they are an old and ancient part of herself that she will never break away from.
格好悪いままで　私は私になりたい 	kakkou warui mama de watashi wa watashi ni naritai	Repulsive is how I want to continue to be
 	 	
AhAh-　なりたい 	AhAh- naritai 	That's how I want to stay
==Translation Notes==
==Discography==
This song was featured on the following albums:
*神様宛留守番電話サービス (Kamisama Ate Rusuban Denwa Service) (album)
==External Links==
*piapro - Off Vocal
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*Google Docs - Translation
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