In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
シビレを切らしてる
僕はマゾの血をひき
サドの君を待つ
出来れば毒の baiser で
悲嘆故に美徳見えず
君は最後の mother で
記憶埋めて気付かれぬように
最初の mother
時計は左回りでも
犯した罪は変えれず
最初で最後の理解者 焼き付けて
嫌がる僕を見て
強くそして優しく
無理矢理の決断
決して君には言えない
皮のキシム音が痛い
傷を深めてゆこう
嫉妬深い君は いつでも
冷血なの?
幼い頃の虐待がね
今でも忘れずにいたい
何故 mother はいないの
教えてよ oh
Ah いつかはやさしさに気付いて
聖母なる「ゆりかご」の中で
悲痛故に前が見えず
僕の最後の mother で
せめて君に気付かれぬように
最初の mother
時計は左回りでも
犯した罪は変えれず
最初で最後の理解者 壊した
僕には優し過ぎたのかなあ?
昔のトラウマを映し
最後の君まで壊した僕はサド?
僕はマゾの血をひき
サドの君を待つ
出来れば毒の baiser で
悲嘆故に美徳見えず
君は最後の mother で
記憶埋めて気付かれぬように
最初の mother
時計は左回りでも
犯した罪は変えれず
最初で最後の理解者 焼き付けて
嫌がる僕を見て
強くそして優しく
無理矢理の決断
決して君には言えない
皮のキシム音が痛い
傷を深めてゆこう
嫉妬深い君は いつでも
冷血なの?
幼い頃の虐待がね
今でも忘れずにいたい
何故 mother はいないの
教えてよ oh
Ah いつかはやさしさに気付いて
聖母なる「ゆりかご」の中で
悲痛故に前が見えず
僕の最後の mother で
せめて君に気付かれぬように
最初の mother
時計は左回りでも
犯した罪は変えれず
最初で最後の理解者 壊した
僕には優し過ぎたのかなあ?
昔のトラウマを映し
最後の君まで壊した僕はサド?
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I really like the lyrics to this song. If you do a search you can find an English translation.
I got bored and searched for you people (aren't I nice?) M'Kay now I didn't translate it, so don't bitch at me if it's wrong:
impatient the masochist's blood runs in my veins I wait for you, the sadist if I can do it with a poisonous kiss
because of sorrow I cannot see virtue you are the last mother the memory buried so that you won't realise the first mother even though the clock turns backwards the sin I've committed can't be changed the first and last person who understood me is burned into my memory
see me resisting strongly and then kindly forcing a decision I can never tell you the creaking sound of leather hurts me let's make the wound even deeper you, deeply jealous are you always so cold-hearted? even now I don't want to forget the abuse of my childhood why don't I have a mother? tell me...
someday I'll realise kindness inside the mother-like "cradle"...
because of anguish I cannot see before me my last mother at least, so that you won't realise the first mother even though the clock turns backwards the sin I've committed can't be changed the first and last person who understood me is destroyed
were you too kind to me? the reflection of a trauma from long ago I destroyed you, the last one am I a sadist?
I WONDERED if people were posting Dir en grey lyrics here...this is so cool!!!
Good translation, between that and the other I have I can get a pretty good idea of what the English translation is. Unfortunately the translator of the other set doesn't allow them to be published >.
Really good beat to this song and meaningful lyrics. I was searching for the English version and the translator left a note saying "Scary song about abuse. I wonder how real it is though ? Kyo doesn't exactly seem like the abused type. He likes Street Fighter Alpha III for crying out loud. Nice S&M images in this song. What could it be about... My first and last mother...? Is that girlfriend vs. birth mother or birth mother vs. step mother?"
I think it's missing a "mother" in life generally... (o,O" schlechtes englisch sigh)
I thought when he was singing "kimi wa saigo no mama de" it meant "You stay the same way as the last" I don't think it's talking about mother or whoever, or is that just my misunderstanding? lol
I thought when he was singing "kimi wa saigo no mama de" it meant "You stay the same way as the last" I don't think it's talking about mother or whoever, or is that just my misunderstanding? lol
I read somewhere that Kyo was abused as a child...of course, I could be wrong.
I read somewhere that Kyo was abused as a child...of course, I could be wrong.