More songs by King Gnu
Description
The world in that sound is like breathing through glass - you can see everything, but you can't touch it. Echoes of the old station, a slightly rusty wind between the words, and somewhere there - a person who was once known down to the last shadow of a glance. Now he seems to shimmer with new colours, foreign ones, but achingly beautiful. The track smells like rain, which starts without warning: first a light ripple across memory, then a downpour washing away old shades of feeling. But in place of what was erased, something new suddenly appears - not better, not worse, just different. And in this changeability, there is a quiet comfort: even the most unfulfilled things continue to live on the canvas if you have the courage to pick up the brush again.
Lyrics and translation
Original
突き止めたい 叶わない
君の正体は 迷宮入りの 難解なミステリー
心変わり色変わり
軽やかに姿を変えたのは
悲しいほどの夕暮れ
僕の知らない君は誰？
急行列車が通り過ぎた
寂れた駅のホームには隙間風が吹き抜けた
君の姿はどこにも見当たらなくて
時を経て通話画面に映った君は
もう僕の知らない君でした
幸せそうに笑うから
つられて僕も笑ってしまった
何度でも 何度でも
塗りつぶして
汚れた悲しみの
上から白い絵の具で
全てを台無しにして
放り出してしまった夜さえ
キャンバスは色付くから
涙滲んでにわか雨
記憶の中の君と
今の君はどちらも真実で
鮮やかに色めく君は
もう僕の知らない色
何度でも 何度でも
塗りつぶして
今の君にお似合いの
何色でも構わないの
伝えたいこの想い
それすら叶わないけど
口にすれば単純な強がり
隣に僕が居なくても
突き止めたい 敵わない
君の正体は 迷宮入りの 難解なミステリー
心変わり色変わり
軽やかに姿を変えたのは
悲しいほどの夕暮れ
僕の知らない君は誰？
English translation
I want to find out but it won't come true
Your true identity is a labyrinthine mystery
change of mind, change of color
What changed its appearance lightly
sad dusk
Who are you that I don't know?
An express train passed by
A draft blew through the deserted station platform.
I can't find you anywhere
You who appeared on the call screen after time passed
You were someone I no longer knew.
Because you smile happily
I was so tired that I laughed too.
again and again and again
Fill it in
of dirty sadness
with white paint from above
ruin everything
Even the night I threw it away
The canvas is colored
Tears ooze and rain showers
With you in my memory
Both of you are true now
You are brightly colored
Colors I don't know anymore
again and again and again
Fill it in
suits you now
It doesn't matter what color it is
This feeling I want to convey
Even that won't come true though
If you say it, it's just simple bravado
Even if I'm not next to you
I want to find out, I can't compete with you
Your true identity is a labyrinthine mystery
change of mind, change of color
What changed its appearance lightly
sad dusk
Who are you that I don't know?