Kawamoto Makoto: Yakisoba Pan

04.01.01
Artist: Kawamoto Makoto
Title: Yakisoba Pan (Yakisoba Bread)
Words: Kawamoto Makoto
Music: Kawamoto Makoto

When I wake up to another new day,
I'm still me, Dear Day Dear Sun
I head for the nurses office
during my routine walk, Dear Friend

Yumi? She probably stayed over
at her sweetheart's house last night.
Yuka hasn't been around lately either,
Best to leave that matter alone
"memorize this part" your words don't move me, Teacher
but the seat by the window sill is special.
the floating chalk sparkles in the sun

I wanna eat yakisoba bread on the roof by myself
I think I might be able to make it on my own,
I want to eat yakisoba bread.

I can hear my mom and dad fighting, Dear Dad Dear Mom
so I raise the the volume on the TV until I can't, Dear God

Even if they swear to god,
they probably won't be able to make it through this
I'm trying to understand,
they were total strangers, can't be helped
my house is like a hotel,
I want to check out and get on with my life
why does the moon watch and do nothing,
don't need to worry about it

I wanna eat yakisoba bread on the roof by myself
I think I might be able to make it on my own,
I want to eat yakisoba bread.

this spot on this planet,
nothing to shield me but some lip cream
I'm being destroyed, in this light still evolving Lesson & Lunch

Can everyone remember what they are doing now?
we play we cry and by this we learn
we play we cry and by this we learn

When I wake up to another new day,
I'm still me, Dear Day Dear Sun
I head for the nurses office
during my routine walk, Dear Friend

strange, where am I? oh the last stop.
Did I ride the first train and fall asleep?
Like a salaryman... I wanna see my grandma at Fukuya
there's a textbook in the coin locker,
I'm sure they don't know whose it is
I get choked up at an odd moment, the dust floats up...

I wanna eat yakisoba bread alone on the roof
I think I might be able to make it on my own,
I want to eat yakisoba bread.

All alone on the roof, I don't really understand it
I think I might be able to make it on my own,
I want to eat yakisoba bread.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: Yakisoba is a fried buckwheat noodle dish

Romaji

atashi me ga sametara
kyou mo mata atashi datta Dear Day Dear Sun
nikka no sanpo no tsuide ni kyou mo
hokenshitsu ni ikou tto Dear Friend

nee, yumiko nara yuube ha tabun otomari shiteru no da-rinchi
yuka mo zenzen detekonai shi sotto shiteoite hoshii jijyou
'koko ha anki shitoke' tte kokoro utanai kotoba ne Teacher
dakedo madogiwa tokubetsu na no cho-ku ga kirakira matte

hitoribocchi de okujyou yakisobapan wo tabetai
hitoribocchi de yaresou yakisobapan wo tabetai

papa to mama no kenka no koe de kikoetekuru Dear Dad Dear Mum
terebi no boryuumu wo agete kikoenai you ni suru Dear God

kamisama ni chikatta tte umaku yarenaku naru kamoshinnai
wakatteru tsumori da yo kichinto tanin dattan da mon ne shou ga nai
hoteru mitai na atashin chi hayaku chekkuauto shite ikitai
nande tsuki ha tada miteiru no shinpai shinakute ii yo

hitoribocchi de okujyou yakisobapan wo tabetai
hitoribocchi de yaresou yakisobapan wo tabetai

kono hoshi no kono basho ha rippukuri-mu kurai no ga-do de
kowaresou ni narinagara hikari no naka
shinka shiteiku mada Lesson & Lunch

ima shiteru koto minna zutto oboeteirareru ka na
asonde naite sonde shitte asonde naite sonde shitte

atashi me ga sametara
kyou mo mata atashi datta Dear Day Dear Sun
nikka no sanpo no tsuide ni kyou mo
hokenshitsu ni ikou tto Dear Friend

hen ne doko? shuuten ne shihatsu notte nemuttan dakke?
maru de sarari-man mitai 'fukuya' no obachan ni aitai na
koinrokka- no kyoukasho kitto mochinushifumei darou ne
hen na toko de nakisou ni naru no hokori ga chirachira matte

hitoribocchi de okujyou yakisobapan wo tabetai
hitoribocchi de yaresou yakisobapan wo tabetai

hitoribocchi de okujyou hontou ha yoku wakaranai
hitoribocchi de yaresou yakisobapan wo tabetai

Romaji By: Brian Stewart