Bump of Chicken: Title of Mine

04.01.18
Artist: Bump of Chicken
Title: Title of Mine
Words: Fujiwara Motoh
Music: Fujiwara Motoh

Why is it, that when I can't seem to get to sleep
no matter how long I wait,
I end up listening to a song I should be sick of hearing by now.

What am I afraid of? What do I need?
Even if I think it over til the sparrows sing,
come morning, I don't understand a thing.

That was a heavy chain called loneliness.
That I fastened good round myself, of my own will

one day I'll discover them and wonder when it was I fastened them
when I see the burning sky, it makes me want to hear your voice
and suddenly I realized.

I've done such a good job of supressing
my sobbing, embarassed at the thought
of wanting to be touched by others,
I dared call it pride. Aa

When I demand my throat speak how I truly feel,
My voice quivered as well, I couldn't really hear it.

I politely declined the hand offered to me
I've sung like a sparrow without missing a beat but
when I realized

What am I!? Wanting to be touched by you.
Just now I realized
I forgot to sing about what's really important.

I pretended to want loneliness
I was well aware of the warmth of your hand.
I was just afraid that if you touched me with those hands,
I'd someday have to leave you.

Is it alright, if I sing that I want to be touched by others?

stealing from one another, lying to each other
killing one another over the littlest things,
when we try to touch, we pull apart, we get scared,

yet, still

I like people who want to be touched by others
flush the sobbing away,
clinging and hurting again and again

I want to be touched by you, call my name!
if there was no one else, and I was all alone

singing this song,

my life

wouldn't serve any purpose at all.

none at all.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: None

Romaji

naze itsumade tatte mo yoru ha nemurezu ni
mou kikiakita hazu no uta wo kiitari suru no

nani wo osorete nani wo hitsuyou na no ka
suzume ga naku made kangaetatte hitotsu mo wakaranakute

sore ha kodoku to iu na no omoi kusari dattan desu
mizukara jyouzu ni karada ni makitsuketan desu

doko de mitsukete itsunomani maita no ka
yaketa sora wo mita toki kimi no koe ga kikitaku natte
futo kizuita yo

hito ni fureteitai to omou koto wo hajite
oetsu sae mo kamikoroshite yoku maa
sore wo hokori to yonda mon da Aa

kono furueta nodo ni honne wo tazunetara
koe mo furueteite chanto kikoenakatta

sashidasareta te wo teinei ni kotowattekita
suzume ga naku you ni ki ni mo tomezu utattekita kedo
kizuitara

kimi ni furete itai to omou ore ha nanda!?
ima ni natte omoishitta
taisetsu na koto wo utai wasureteita

kodoku wo nozonda furi wo shiteta
te no nukumori ha chanto shitteita
sono te ni furete itsuka hanareru toki ga kuru no ga kowakatta

hito ni fureteitai to utatte ii kai?

ubaiattari damashiattari sasai na koto de koroshiattari
furetemireba hanaretari kowaku nattari

dakedo sore demo

hito ni fureteitai to negau hito ga suki da
oetsu sae mo tarenagashite
nando to naku sugaritsuite kizutsuite

kimi ni fureteitai to namae wo yondekure yo
daremo inakute hitori nara

konna uta wo utau ore no

ikiru imi

hitotsu mo nai

Aa

Romaji By: Brian Stewart