アイリス (Iris)/mao sasagawa

==Lyrics==
Japanese 	Romaji 	EnglishThis song is written very poetically, meaning that it leaves out a lot of words and writes its sentences in unusual ways. As such, I had to interpret a lot of the inferred ideas and subjects to have it all make sense in English. Continue reading to see how I decided to interpret this song.
何故に生きているか　意味を持てなくて 	naze ni ikite iru ka imi o motenakute 	Why do I continue to live? I have no meaning anymore
最低な気分だけが　此処に積もってゆく 	saitei na kibun dake ga koko ni tsumotte yuku 	The worst feelings possible are the only kind that gather here
 	 	
『さよなら』も出来ずに　またここで遠回り 	“sayonara” mo dekizu ni mata koko de toomawari 	“Goodbye” is something I'm not able to say, yet I still find myself coming here遠回り(toomawari) means 'a detour', 'an unusual way', or 'a roundabout way'. This line more literally says something like, “still detour to this place” 出来ず (dekizu) means 'to not be able to do' or 'to not be in a position to do', so this line is “Goodbye still cannot do”. The verb for 'say' in Japanese (言う, iu) is not used here, even though I translated it as such.
心の臓を壊す言葉を云わないで。 	shin no zou o kowasu kotoba o iwanaide 	Those unspoken words break my heartThis line much more literally says 心の臓(shin no zou/kokoro no zou), which means 'heart organ' or 'organ of the heart'. I just said 'heart' for my translation as it would sound weird to specify the organ, but perhaps there is something colloquial I'm missing here....
『さよなら』が言えずに　またここで死んでいる 	“sayonara” ga iezu ni mata koko de shinde iru 	I cannot say “goodbye”, even though you're still here, still dead
白黒の世界で　笑える？ 	shirokuro no sekai de waraeru? 	In such a black and white world, could I ever smile?
 	 	
言えない、癒えない、言わない？全部　聞けない 	ienai, ienai, iwanai? zenbu kikenai 	I can't say it, I can't heal, I won't say it? None of it can be heard anywayThere is no subject here. This line literally translates word-for-word to “Can't say, can't heal, won't say”. It could very well mean 'you can't say/can't heal/wont say', but because of the singer's earlier inability to say 'goodbye', I figured they were self-focused statements. Nagisa could've perhaps meant for these ideas to carry multiple meanings in both the first and second person though, in which case it would mean “I can't say” and “you can't say” at the same time. The other lines in this chorus feel the same way.
知らない、知らない？知らない。いっそ忘れて 。 	shiranai, shiranai? shiranai. isso wasurete. 	I don't know, I don't know? To not know. The sooner I forget, the betterHere is where Nagisa made an interesting choice of words. The two words that could've worked here are 知る(shiru) and 分かる(wakaru). Both words have the general meaning of 'to understand', however there is one big difference that gave the clue of what the subject and meaning was. 知る(shiru) generally means the action of knowledge while 分かる(wakaru) usually means the state of knowledge. In using 知らない(shiranai) here, the impression is that whoever is the one not knowing something, they really don't want to want to know (they don't make the action to know). Since right afterward, the singer expresses the desire to forget, the one who doesn't want to know anymore must be the singer herself. As with the other lines in this chorus, it feels as though Nagisa meant for all of these lines to carry their many meanings and interpretations.
死にたい？死にたい？死にたい。そんな嘘吐く 	shinitai? shinitai? shinitai. sonna uso tsuku 	Wanting to die? Wanting to die? To want to die. What a lie that is It is impossible for me to exactly determine who the subject is here. The person being spoken about could very well be the one who wanted to die, and that now they are dead the singer is mournful. However, it could be the other way around. Because of that person's unwanted death, the singer now wants to die. The singer wanting to die is less likely however, since immediately after she says そんな嘘吐く(sonna uso tsuku) “such lie to tell”. Because of the incredible ambiguity of this line, I left it ambiguously translated. As with the other lines in this chorus, it feels as though Nagisa meant for all of these lines to carry their many meanings and interpretations.
泣きたい、哭きたい、泣きたい、ずっと、求めてるの 	nakitai, nakitai, nakitai, zutto, motometeru no	I want to cry, I want to cry, I want to cry, for a long time, I wish to cry
 	 	
『さよなら』も出来ずに　またここで空回り 	“sayonara” mo dekizu ni mata koko de karamawari	“Goodbye” is something I'm not able to say, and so it's still useless for me to come here
心の臓を枯らす言葉は聞かないで 。 	shin no zou o karasu kotoba wa kikanaide. 	Those unhearable words kill my heart.
存在さえあやふやで、意味を持てなくて 。 	sonzai sae ayafuya de, imi o motenakute. 	My existence is uncertain, as I have no meaning anymore.
モノクロの世界で　笑える？ 	monokuro no sekai de waraeru? 	In such a monochromatic world, could I ever smile?
 	 	
言えない、癒えない、言わない？全部、壊して 	ienai, ienai, iwanai? zenbu, kowashite 	I can't say it, I can't heal, I won't say it? Everything is falling apart壊して(kowashite) more literally means 'to break', making this line read more like “everything is breaking”.
知らない、知らない、知りたい、いっそ、隠して。 	shiranai, shiranai, shiritai, isso, kakushite. 	I don't know, I don't know, I don't want to know. I just want to hide away
死にたい？死にたい？死にたい。そんな嘘吐く 	shinitai? shinitai? shinitai. sonna uso tsuku 	Wanting to die? Wanting to die? To want to die. What a lie that is
泣きたい、哭きたい、泣きたい、ずっと、求めてるの。 	nakitai, nakitai, nakitai, zutto, motometeru no	I want to cry, I want to cry, I want to cry, for a long time, I wish to cry
==Translation Notes==
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