Glay: Coyote Colored Darkness

04.04.06
Artist: Glay
Title: Coyote Colored Darkness
Words: Hisashi
Music: Hisashi

with thorns of pathos, silver going upstream,
chase off the night
the scent of danger, a faint heartbeat
until the deep red mark fades away

You leave me darkness spin me down
sadness severed by the wind
is the color of a deep grey shadow in the moonlight
the pitiful coyote the color of dead leaves,
colored in the darkness.

I beg the blue sky for a scorching crimson love and hate.
reality shut away by black, will be cut off by dully glowing fangs.
before the silver afterglow turns ashen,
mark up the blank map with your claws
the days that left you a flowing mane.
there, now.

You leave me darkness spin me down
sadness severed by the wind
is the color of a grey shadow in the deep moonlight
the pitiful coyote the color of dead leaves,
colored in the darkness.

The blue of memory asks the blood burning dark red *1
in that consciousness painted black
left in view of the silver wolf
the lustrous golden sepia film, whatta sinful life *2

there, now

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: One of our readers was kind enough to point out that this song was about Hisashi's father. *.

* 1 - Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Teru sing akane moeta here instead of what it says in the lyrics book akane no nagaru. We've translated it as we heard it, not as it was written.

* 2 - I'm not sure about the pronunciation of the word here. ginen. It didn't show up in any of the dictionaries I used. Takko and me googled it and found it was a term used to refer to film vs. digital cameras. Literally the two kanji together would mean "silver salt". Perhaps a reference to the flash powder they used to use when cameras were first developed? Regardless it means film. Equally odd was ankasshoku came up in my dictionary at first as "Egyptian Mummy (color)". That's very descriptive.

Romaji

aijyou no toge wo motsu, gin no sojyou yoru wo karu
kiki no nioi, bibi no kodou, shinku no ato, kieru made

You leave me darkness spin me down
kaze ni kireta kanashimi no iro ha gekkou fukai namari no kage
kareha iro no awaremi no koyo-te yami ni irodoru

akaku moeru aisou wo ao no sora ni kou
kuro ni tozasareta riaru wo nibiku hikaru kiba ga tachikiru
gin no zanzou ga hai ni naru mae ni,
shiro no chizu ni tsume de kizamu nabiku tategami ga nokoshita hibi

you leave me darkness spin me down
kaze ni kireta kanashimi no iro ha gekkou fukai namari no kage
kareha iro no awaremi no koyo-te yami ni irodoru

akane (no) moeta kettou wo ao no kioku ga tou
kuro ni nurareta ishiki no naka ginrou no shikai ni nokoru
kiniro ni kagayakashii ankasshoku no ginen gou no fukaki jinsei to ha...

akaku moeru aisou wo ao no sora ni kou
kuro ni tozasareta riaru wo nibiku hikaru kiba ga tachikiru
gin no zanzou ga hai ni naru mae ni,
shiro no chizu ni tsume de kizamu nabiku tategami ga nokoshita hibi
ima soko ni

Romaji By: Brian Stewart