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Here are my translations of the songs by the band BUMP OF CHICKEN, from Japanese to English. I hope this lets more people appreciate the beautiful lyrics of BUMP!

Links to each song can be found in "Albums" and "Singles."

BUMP's official website is http://www.bumpofchicken.com/!

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Friday, March 8, 2013

SHADOW / シャドー ENGLISH LYRICS TRANSLATION


ENGLISH


SHADOW

My feelings
My feelings don't allow
Me even
An ounce of room

This pleasant
Pleasant conversation
Has gone on
For too long

Looks like this time's
No good either
I can't get you
To warm up at all

Bathing
In a shower of kind light
My soiled heart
Is growing clean

And then you
Sprinkle on
Two handfulls
Of bitter mud
Like chocolate

I have
No umbrella
And the road home
Is drenched in rain

The hail
Of your promise
Strikes
My body

It feels a bit like a dream
I want to sneakily take a peek

A rainbow appears
Between a gap in the clouds
It's a dream bridge
That will bring me a miracle

And then you chased after me
And with all your might threw
A hardened mud clod at me
Like a kiss

Every day
Is everyday
The yesterdays
Until yesterday
Decadence
Shadow
Tokyo nightmare life

Important?
They're not important
The memories that you and I
Amassed together

I'm leaving the nest
This morning I'm leaving the nest
It's a dream
A shadow

In the end
I like your body
But still
My heart wants to get away from you
I want to part with you
Decisively
I want to forget you
Completely

I step out confidently
Into the wide world
And I realize
That I feel pretty good
I fling off the high heels
That you gave to me
Some time ago
I run
And I trip over
That awful mud

Shadow
Shadow


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JAPANESE


シャドー

気持ち
気持ちの面で
少し
ゆとりが無いよね

心地
心地が良くて
長すぎたみたい

やっぱり
今度も駄目みたい
さっぱり
温度も上がらない

優しい光のシャワー
浴びながら
汚れた心が
綺麗になっていく

そして
あなたが振りかけてくれた
両手一杯の
チョコレートの様な
苦い泥

蛇の目
蛇の目がなくて
しっぽり濡れた
帰り道

固め
固めの雹が
体中
ばちばちぶつかる

ちょっぴりだけでも夢みたい
こっそり覗いて見てみたい

雲の切れ間に
虹が架かるよね
私と奇跡を
繋ぐ夢の橋

そしてあなたが追いかけてくれて
力一杯の
口付けの様な
固い泥

毎日が
エブリディ
昨日までの
イエスタディ
デカダンス
シャドー
トーキョーナイトメア暮らし

大事?
大事じゃないわ
二人
築いた思い出

巣立ち
巣立ちの朝よ
夢よ
シャドー

やっぱり
体は好きみたい
それでも
心は離れたい
きっぱり
あなたと別れたい
さっぱり
あなたを忘れたい

広がる大地を
踏みしめて歩く
優しい気持ち
持ってるって気付く
いつかあなたが
くれたハイヒール 
脱ぎ捨てて
走って
躓いた先の
やばい泥 

シャドー
シャドー


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OPINION

This song is sort of like a breakup song when you just look at the words, but the music style is like WHAT!! This is cool!! It's so catchy!! Wow!! I got the lyrics from http://132005.rakurakuhp.net/i_301630.htm.

***UPDATE: Once again Datenshi Kuriko has provided a high quality audio file for us:

Thank you!! Enjoy this AWESOME song!!

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