Yorushika – Semi-Transparent Boy Lyrics + English Translation

“Semi-Transparent Boy” is the 6th track from the “Makeinu ni Encore wa Iranai” mini album released by Yorushika. It was released on May 9, 2018.

Details

• Title: Semi-Transparent Boy
• Also Known As: Jyun Tomei Shonen (準透明少年)
• Genre: Rock
• Language: Japanese
• Released: May 9, 2018
• Performer: Yorushika
• Composer: n-buna
• Arranger: n-buna
• Lyricist: n-buna

Lyrics

rinto shite hana wa saita ato de sae mo yuruganakute
kyou ga kuru fuan kan mo ubaitotte iku

shougo sugi no koutei de hitori no boku wa toumei ningen
dareka ni kizuite hoshiku te utatteiru

rinto shita kimi wa akogare nante kotoba ja tarinai you na sonna iro ga tsuyoku tsuiteite

donna tsutaetai kotoba mo me ni mienai nara toumei nan da
sabishisa wo umeru you ni utatteita

dare no koe da to zawamekidashita
hito no koe sura bakku myuujikku no you da
ano hi kimi ga utatta uta wo utau

karada no dokoka de
dareka ga sakenderun da

nagai yoru no mukougawa de
kono kokorogoto watashitai kara
boku wo zenbu, zenbu, zenbu touka shite

rinto shite kimi no shinshou wa itsu no hi mo toumei datta
nan no iro mo katachi mo mienai

kuruisou da ai no uta mo sekai heiwa mo me ni mienai nara toumei nan da
sonna mono wa nai no to onaji da

ekimae no kensou no naka wo sakenda
uta dake ga kitto mada boku wo utsusu shudan da
ano hi boku ga wasureta yume wo utau

atama no dokoka de hontou wa wakatteitan da
nagai yoru no mukougawa wo kono boku no me wa utsusanai kara
kimi wo zenbu, zenbu, zenbu touta shite

me ga mienain da
souzou dattan da
kimi no iro da toka katachi da toka

me ni mienu boku wa iwa ba jun toumei da

imademo ano hi wo kokoro ga oboeteirun da
mienai kimi no uta dake de

karada no dokoka de kotoba ga sakenderun da
tooi yoru no mukougawa de kono kokorogoto watashitai kara
boku wo zenbu, zenbu, zenbu touka shite

English Translation

Not swayed even after the dignified flower bloomed,
Today comes, stealing away even my feeling of unease

Alone in the schoolyard in the afternoon, I'm a transparent person
I'm singing, wanting someone to notice me

You were so dignified, painted indelibly in a color for which "yearning" is not a strong enough word

If I can't see any of the words I want to say, they're transparent
I was singing to bury my loneliness

Whose voice was it that began to make noise?
Even people's voices are like background music to me
I sing the song you sang that day

Somewhere inside my body
Someone is crying out

I want to cross to the other side of the long night
With my heart still intact
So pierce my whole, whole, whole self through

Your dignified heart was transparent every day
I couldn't see any color or shape to it

I feel like I'm going mad; if I can't see any love songs or world peace, they're transparent
They might as well not exist at all

Amid the noise of the crowd in front of the train station, I cried out
This song is my only means of making myself seen
I sing the dream I forgot that day

Somewhere inside my head, I knew
That my eyes couldn't see the other side of the long night
So weed your whole, whole, whole self out

I can't see it
It was my imagination
Your color, your shape

I can't be seen; you could say I'm semi-transparent

Even now, my heart remembers that day
Just by that song that you were singing, unseen

Somewhere inside my body, words are crying out
I want to cross to the other side of the distant night with my heart still intact
So pierce my whole, whole, whole self through

(from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ypEFXTakV8)