Glay: Tenshi no Wakemae

04.06.01
Artist: Glay
Title: Tenshi no Wakemae (The Angel's Share)
Words: Takuro
Music: Takuro

I'll slip you the angel's share
let you hear more of the devil's nonsense

longing to fly, like a butterfly, it's wings removed
behaving as told, like a dog with its eyes closed

I'm wallowing in the pain
not unlike the memory of heaven
the enchantress raised looking at picture books of hell *1
till insanity

I'll slip you the Angel's share
the blood red flower petals are your special trap

I can't look for more than five seconds, my love only grows
It's like we're both looking to get something different out of life

before you breathe your last, angel take a look at your homeland
the kiss too long, verbosely tells of a love ending.

If I play the angel I'll learn that I can't fly
If I play the devil my heart will only get in the way

I'll slip you the angel's share
let you hear more of the devil's nonsense

I can't look for more than five seconds, my love only grows
It's like we're both looking to get something different out of life

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: *.

* 1 - I was shocked that Japanese kids really are raised with picture books of hell. Like seriously, "The Big Picture book of Hell" with like, Japanese style paintings, of the different layers and stuff. It's crazy. Many of my friend's grew up with it. It's like teaching Dante's inferno in elementary school.

Romaji

tenshi no wakemae wo anata ni sotto ageru
akuma no zaregoto wo anata ni motto kikasete

hane no toreta chou no you ni sora ni akogarete
mo wo fusaida inu no you ni tada shitagau dake

tengoku no kioku ni mo nita itami ni oboreteiru
jigokuezu mite sodaterareta mashou no hito
kuruoshii hodo

tenshi no wakemae wo anata ni sotto ageru
shinku no hanabira ha anata dake no wana ni

go byou to mitsumerarenai itooshisa ga tsunoru bakari
futari ha maru de betsu no imi ikikata ni motometeru

toiki wo chigiru sono mae ni tenshi yo kokkyou wo miyo
nagasugiru KISS ha jyouzetsu ni ai no owari katarihajimeru

tenshi wo enjireba tobenai koto to shiru
akuma wo enjireba kokoro ga jyama ni naru dake

tenshi no wakemae wo anata ni sotto ageru
akuma no zaregoto wo anata ni motto kikasete

go byou to mitsumerarenai itooshisa ga tsunoru bakari
futari ha maru de betsu no imi ikikata ni motometeru

Romaji By: Brian Stewart