L'Arc~en~Ciel: Stay Away (singalong)

01.06.04
Artist: L'Arc~en~Ciel
Title: Stay Away (singalong)
Words: Hyde
Music: Tetsu

I got my freedom from a planet
that somehow slipped through the cracks.
maybe lucky maybe lucky I dare say I'm lucky.

how far can I really get,
always going along the tracks?
maybe lucky maybe lucky
I dare say I'm lucky

there's nothing for me in this world made from a photocopy
but your future lies out there,
so trying trying in yourself.

causes stain stay away
causes stain stay away

a brand-spankin' new sun
pours her rays on everyone,
maybe happy maybe happy
I dare say I'm happy

careful to keep your voices down,
or that sun may just set on us
maybe happy maybe happy I dare say I'm happy.

I'm growing tired of a world working to attach to me
try not to step on my shadow,
so trying trying in yourself

causes stain stay away,
causes stain stay away
right away oh bother me

I was born so none of your rules would ever apply to me
a rolling stone that gathers no moss
so trying trying in myself...

causes stain stay away,
causes stain stay away
right away

like a cloud flying free in the sky,
they can't catch me, regardless how hard they try.
I've destroyed everything that I see,
I was born to this world to be free.

Original Translation By: Brian Stewart &Takako Sakuma

Sing-a-long Version By: Brian Stewart

Translator's Notes: Actually there is a lot here that I like better than the more literal version. Maybe the planet that slipped through the cracks is what hyde means. Like somehow this planet we're on is inhabited by life, against all odds. We slipped under some universal watchdog and that is our freedom. I tried to keep as close to possible as the original meaning.

Romaji

To Be Added

Romaji By: Brian Stewart