L'Arc~en~Ciel: Killing Me

01.08.05
Artist: L'Arc~en~Ciel
Title: Killing Me
Words: Hyde
Music: Hyde

burned by a sun that will one day set
if I reach out, I can almost touch it
my wasted dream

stay up all night with the roar, *1
no clue where I'm headed.

I can't do anything with the hole in my heart *2
even love spills out

Killing Me with a kiss so sweet it nearly breaks me
surely, there's no awakening from this dream
stop the world, I want to keep melting forever
don't open your eyes. ah Broken Time *3

fly high the banner of what you believe is right
paint it out to the ends of the world

pretending not to see, I laugh innocently
the future lying at my fingertips

Killing Me with a kiss so sweet it could break me
surely, there's no awakening from this dream
stop the world,

I'll never crumble, because now, I found love
Ah Broken Time

Killing Me with a kiss so sweet it nearly breaks me
surely, there's no awakening from this dream
stop the world,

before you're gone from my side for good,
Kiss Me, with a kiss so sweet it nearly breaks me
I want to keep melting forever
don't open your eyes, Ah broken time

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: Takko and I went a few rounds on this one

* 1 - My interpretation of this line is that the "roar" = music, and that the singer is putting himself into these sounds, not knowing where they are headed. Takako insists the above translation is accurate. The "roar" could be music, or it could be "the revving of an engine" etc... She's Japanese so I went with her opinion. But keep in mind that there may be another interpretation here.

* 2 - I guess there might be a better way to translate this, but basically Hyde has a hole in his heart that can't be fixed, so even love has leaked out. The word he uses means "air hole" but that just sounds bad, doesn't it?

* 3 - Could also be, "with my eyes closed"

Romaji

te wo nobashitara todokisou na
itsuka ochiru taiyou kogetsuita My Wasted Dream

doko he mukau no ka shiri mo shinai
bakuon ni nosete yoru wo akasu

mune no kazaana ha mou hodokoshiyou mo nai
ai sae koborete ochiru

Killing Me kowaresou na kurai amaku kuchizukete
kitto yume ha samenai kono sekai wo tomete
itsumademo toketeitai
hitomi ha akenai de Ah Broken Time

kakageta seigi wo hatamekase
chi no hate made mo nuritsubuse

mujyaki ni warau no sa shiranai furi de
yubisaki ni korogaru mirai

Killing Me kowaresou na kurai amaku kuchizukete
kitto yume ha samenai kono sekai wo tomete

itsumademo kuzurenai
ai wo ima mitsuketa kara Ah Broken Time

Killing Me kowaresou na kurai amaku kuchizukete
kitto yume ha samenai kono sekai wo tomete
keshite kimi ga soba ni inaku naru mae ni
Kiss Mekowaresou na kurai amaku kuchizukete
itsumademo toketeitai
hitomi ha akenai de Ah Broken Time

Romaji By: Brian Stewart