Hamasaki Ayumi: Game

04.08.29
Artist: Hamasaki Ayumi
Title: Game
Words: Hamasaki Ayumi
Music: BOUNCEBACK

see, how little by little
the warmth you left behind starts to melt away
When it's all gone, what meaning will my body have?

the impulses build up
and fall into a maze with no exit
the realities suddenly attacking,
search for an exit to escape from.
but still, for some mysterious reason
I can't leave this place.

At this time tomorrow I'll be able to smile about it
as if nothing had ever happened.
I'd always come that way
but I can't control this game the way I thought I could.

I feel like, if I were to say it, at that moment
it'd slip through my fingers like sand
and I'd wait for time to pass so outrageously calmly by.

I don't need half hearted words
that I'd be forgetting by this time tomorrow
I dragged it out a little longer than usual
it's ok. if it's a game you're looking for, you can find another.

tell me, and surely the pain will be an illusion
tell me, it's not like me to be like this
tell me, cause if you don't I'll start wanting that warmth again,

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: None

Romaji

hora sukoshi zutsu
anata no nokoshita nukumori ga tokedashite
zenbu kietara konna karada ha nan no imi wo motsu ka na

shoudou ga kasanariatte
deguchi no nai meiro ni hamaru
fui ni osou genjitsutachi ga nukedaseru michi wo sagasu
na no ni naze fushigi na kurai
kono basho wo hanarerarenai

ashita no ima goro ni ha umaku waraeru
sou maru de nanigoto mo nakatta ka no you ni
itsudatte sou yatte aruitekita no ni
kono ge-mu omou you ni sousa dekinai

moshi nanika kuchi ni sureba sono shunkan subete ha tada
suna no you ni yubi no sukima surinuketeshimaisou de
jikan dake akireru kurai
heizen to sugiru no wo matsu

ashita no ima goro ni ha wasureteru you na
sono bashinogi no kotoba nante iranai
itsumo yori sukoshi nagabikasesugita no
daijyoubu ge-mu nara mata sagaseba ii

itte kitto itami da nante gensou datte
itte konna watashi da nante rashikunai yo tte
itte jyanakya nukumori wo mata motomechau kara

Romaji By: Brian Stewart