L'Arc en Ciel: Feeling Fine

04.04.15
Artist: L'Arc en Ciel
Title: Feeling Fine
Words: Hyde
Music: Ken

Are you feeling fine?
on sleepless nights, visions of you...
She said, 'Loving you made me happy everyday'
don't talk to me, with a face as innocent as it was back then.

even if we're connected, I think maybe I knew from the start
it's a thing of the distant past, taught me what it meant to say goodbye.

when will I be able to cut this thread, and get over you? *1

Are you feeling fine?
rather than a goodbye in the midst of this long journey
She said, 'Loving you made me happy everyday'
The world turns as if nothing happened, leaving me behind

limitless freedom... I've got so much time
I don't know what to do with it
even if I shut it in those sunny days, I'm free but...

I reach out my arms, to open the door,
though I'd just about forgotten...

Are you feeling fine?
on sleepless nights, visions of you...
She said, 'Loving you made me happy everyday'
don't talk to me, with a face as innocent as it was back then.

a warmth, slightly, somewhere... you...

I'm sure now, oblivious to it all, you're in a dream

Are you feeling fine?
I'll stop my futile resistance, and head to tomorrow
I said, 'Loving you made me happy everyday'
all of a sudden, I've fallen asleep and you're gone
with a smile *2

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: I like the lyrics to this one. It's like the singer is prisoner to his memories of a distant love who never gave him closure. *!

* 1 - In Japan it is said that the destiny of lovers' is tied by a red string around the pinky finger of one lover to another. In this case the singer wants to cut this string in essence freeing themselves.

* 2 - We can't decide if Hyde means that the singer falls asleep smiling, or the "you" who disappears does so with a smile still on her face. It's probably the latter but a good case can be made for the former.

Romaji

Are you feeling fine?
nemurenai yoru ni ha kimi no maboroshi ga...
She said, 'Loving you made me happy everyday'
ano koro to onaji sa mujyaki na kao de hanashi kakenai de

tsunagatteite mo yokan yokan shiteta kara saisho kara tabun
tooi kako no koto sa oshiete kureta wakare no imi

itsu ni nareba ito wo tachikiri kimi wo norikoeru ?

Are you feeling fine?
nagai michi no tochuu de sayonara no kawari ni
She said, 'Loveing you made me happy everyday'
nanigoto mo nai ka no you sekai ha mawaru boku wo nokoshite

kagirinaku jiyuu... tsukaenai kurai jikan ha tsukinai
harewataru hibi ni tozashiteite mo jiyuu dakedo

ude wo nobashi doa wo hiraite wasurekaketa no ni...

Are you feeling fine?
nemurenai yoru ni ha kimi no maboroshi ga...
She said, 'Loving you made me happy everyday'
ano koro to onaji sa mujyaki na kao de hanashi kakenai de

binetsu karuku dokoka kimi wo...

imagoro kitto ki ni mo tomezu ni kimi ha yume no naka

Are you feeling fine
muda na teikou ha yamete ashita he to mukaou
I said, 'Loving you made me happy everyday'
itsunomanika nemuri ni togirete kieta egao no mama de

Romaji By: Brian Stewart