The Back Horn: Yuugure

04.01.14
Artist: The Back Horn
Title: Yuugure (Dusk)
Words: The Back Horn
Music: The Back Horn

I wanted to be pure like the powder snow I saw one day
but I'm relieved by lies, living in loneliness.

When I looked up, a vapor trail *1
it smelled of the winter, you so loved.

riding the train, about midday there's a time when orange and blue mix together *2
and heaven is created
it was our little secret.

the cross walk, the train platform
It felt like you were there with me

back then I didn't understand
why anyone would live for someone else
unable to say anything, I smiled dully
and a lonely look came across my face
the dusk

someday, I'll no doubt forget
your soft skin, your kindness

unable to believe in the dream I wished for upon a star
I spit and fell in the street, "there's no way to live a pure life"

It makes me want to see you,
It pains me, I could cry so pitifully
in the dusk.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: Shine on *'s!

*1 - This refers to the trail of cloud left by a passing plane.

*2 - I'm fairly certain this line is interpreted as such: The two people in the song ride the train about noon, but it's a long ride, and there's a time nearer to dusk, when the blue sky and the orange sun melt into each other, and "heaven" is created. I think the song implies that they travelled a long distance together more than once.

Romaji

jyunsui ni naritakatta
ano hi mita konayuki no you ni
demo ore ha uso de hotto shite
samishisa no naka iki wo shiteru

miagereba hikoukigumo
omae no suki datta fuyu no nioi ga shita

densha ni noru mahiru goro
daidai to ao ga majiwatte
tengoku wo tsukuru toki ga aru
oretachi dake no himitsu datta

kousaten ya eki no ho-mu
omae ga iru you na sonna ki ga shita

dareka no tame ni ikiteku nante
wakaranakatta ano koro
nanimo iezu ni sukoshi waratta
sabishisou na kao ga ukabu yuugure

yawaraka na sono hada ya yasashisa mo
wasureteshimau yo itsuka ha kitto

hoshi ni negai wo kaketa yume sae
shinjiru koto mo dekizu ni
kirei ni nanka ikirenee sa to tsuba wo haite michi ni korogeta
aitaku natte setsunaku natte
nasakenakute naketekita yuugure

Romaji By: Brian Stewart