The Back Horn: Hakaishi Fever

05.08.18
Artist: The Back Horn
Title: Hakaishi Fever
Words: Suganami Eijyun
Music: The Back Horn

when I burn, tremble and go flush
I swim within my memory and laugh
I touch some dumbass bitch's breast
but the only things that shoot up are tombstones
If I let the pet bottles build up too much
it's evdience that I'm sick and doin' fine today
pink neon on the turtle's head *1
caught in the rain, only tombstones

dunno why, but always tombstones
the woman driven wild in bed
Yama passes judgement, red in the face ah... *2

What brought me to this harsh world?
the grown-ups pissing themselves
getting serious, seriouser, Naruto swirls on the cheeks *3
it's all just tombstones
If I'm gonna die, I don't wanna be alone
the journey calls for another, the world calls for a whore *4
I casually stab with sleepy eyes
today it's just tombstones again, on and on and...

dunno why, but always tombstones
Yama driven wild in bed,
The woman passes judgement, red in the face ah...

the lost souls dancing like mad by the riverside of the Sanzu *5
Saturday Night Fever in the bowels of hell, Ah, Hokusai *6
my very body and soul overcome by all manner of ghouls
eh, what's it matter, what's it matter, who cares...

the lost souls dancing like mad by the riverside of the Sanzu
Saturday Night Fever in the bowels of hell, Ah, Hokusai
my very body and soul overcome by all manner of ghouls
hell, heaven, the sweet sweat of a living hell

the lost souls dancing like mad by the riverside of the Sanzu
Saturday Night Fever in the bowels of hell, Ah, Hokusai
my very body and soul overcome by all manner of ghouls
eh, what's it matter, what's it matter, wait, isn't this a picture...?

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: Too many... Yowza!

*1 - The word "turtle's head" in Japanese is slang for penis in this case.

*2 - Enma or Yama (in sanskrit) is the Far Eastern equivalent of Osiris. Yama is a devil that passes judgement on the departed, deciding whether they go to heaven or hell.

*3 - I used the grammatically incorrect "seriouser" on purpose to try and capture the word play and rhythym of the lyrics. Naruto is a place in Japan famous for its whirlpools. With these lyrics we can onyl interpret that the singer is suggesting that just as things get serious, he starts doodling those whirlpools on the faces of demons or some such in his jigokue or "Visions of Hell" book.

*4 - This is a gag based on an old expression: "tabi ha michizure, yo ha nasake" which means roughly, "different measures for different problems" and literally, "companions can help each other on the journey, but to make it in the world you need two people who sympathize with one another" The Back Horn have changes "Nasake" to "Abazure" which means whore or bitch.

*5 - "Sai no Kawara" is the hell which children who die before their parents go to in which they are forced to pile up stones in a play tower. Before they can complete the towers, a devil comes and knocks it over, forcing them to start over. The lesson learned: DON'T DIE YOUNG. "Sai no Kawara" is a place along the riverside of the Sanzu River.

*6 - First off, there's a horrifying pun in there "Jigoku no SATA DE NAITO FI-BA-" which works out to "Saturday Night Fever" when sung, oy vay! Hokusai is famous ukiyoe painter. You've all seen those famous depictions of blue waves with white crests, have you not? If not get thyself to the book depository!

Romaji

moete furuete akaku somareba
kioku no naka wo oyoide warau
baka na onna no chibusa ni furete
sosoritatsu no ha hakaichi bakari
petto botoru ga yamamori naraba
kyou mo genki ni yanderu shouko
kame no atama ni pinku no neon
ame ni furarete hakaishi bakari

nazeka hakaishi bakari shitone ni kuruu onna
sabaki wo kudasu enma akai kao shite aa...

nan no inga ka kyokugen sekai
dai no otona ga morashite sourou
maji ni naru naru naruto no hoppe
neko mo shakushi mo hakaishi bakari
douse shinu nara hitori ha iya da
tabi ha michizure yo ha abazure ka
nebokemanako de ukkari sashite
kyou mo kyou tote hakaishi bakari

nazeka hakaishi bakari shitone ni kuruu enma
sabaki wo kudasu onna akai kao shite aa...

sai no kawara de odorimakuru bourei
jigoku no sata de naito fi-ba- a, hokusai
chimimouryou ha masa ni zenshinzenrei
ee jyanai ka ee jyanai ka

sai no kawara de odorimakuru bourei
jigoku no sata de naito fi-ba- a, hokusai
chimimouryou ha masa ni zenshinzenrei
jigoku gokuraku ii ase kaite ikijigoku

sai no kawara de odorimakuru bourei
jigoku no sata de naito fi-ba- a, hokusai
chimimouryou ha masa ni zenshinzenrei
ee jyanai ka ee jyanai ka e jyanai ka...

Romaji By: Brian Stewart