ミラーが映し出す幻を
気にしながら いつの間にか速度上げてるのさ

どこへ行ってもいいと言われると
半端な願望には標識も全部灰色だ

炎の揺らめき 今宵も夢を描く
あなたの筆先 渇いていませんか

青い空が見えぬなら青い傘広げて
いいじゃないか キャンバスは君のもの
白い旗はあきらめた時にだけかざすの
今は真っ赤に 誘う闘牛士のように

カラーも色褪せる蛍光灯の下
白黒のチェスボードの上で君に出会った

僕らは一時 迷いながら寄り添って
あれから一月 憶えていますか

オレンジ色の夕日を隣で見てるだけで
よかったのにな 口は災いの元
黒い服は死者に祈る時にだけ着るの
わざと真っ赤に残したルージュの痕

もう自分には夢の無い絵しか描けないと言うなら
塗り潰してよ キャンバスを何度でも
白い旗はあきらめた時にだけかざすの
今の私はあなたの知らない色


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    Here are the lyrics translated in English roughly.


    The mirror that reveals my dreams Raises my spirits unnoticed

    When it's said "it's possible to go anywhere," My fragmented wishes are marked entirely in gray

    The swaying flames paint my dreams tonight The tip of your brush isn't dried up?

    The blue sky can be seen if you open your blue umbrella That isn't good? The canvas is yours I'll abandon time as I hold a white flag overhead In order for deep red to invite the matador now

    Colors fade under a fluorescent lamp On the black and white of the chessboard, we met by chance

    The time we lost our way, we nestled close Do you recall that month?

    Watching the orange colors of the setting sun with you was wonderful Your mouth was an origin of catastrophe Black clothes are only worn when praying for the deceased The mark of rouge leaves behind deep red purposely

    In myself, I see no dreams, like unpainted pictures How many times must I fill this canvas? I'll abandon time as I hold a white flag overhead I am your unknown color now


    MIRAA ga utsushidasu maboroshi o ki ni shi nagara itsu no ma ni ka sokudo ageteru no sa

    doko e itte mo ii to ii wareru to hanpa na ganmou ni wa hyoushiki mo zenbu haiiro da

    honoo no yurameki koyoi mo yume o egaku anata no fudesaki kawaite imasen ka

    aoi sora ga mieru nara aoi kasa hirogete ii janai ka KYANBASU wa kimi no mono shiroi hata wa akirameta toki ni dake kazasu no ima wa makka ni sasou tougyuushi no you ni

    KARAA mo iro aseru keikoutou no moto shirokuro no CHESUBOODO no ue de kimi ni deatta

    bokura wa hitotoki mayoi nagara yorisoutte are kara hitotsuki oboete imasu ka

    ORENJI iro no yuuhi o tonari de miteru dake de yokatta no ni na kuchi wa wazawai no moto kuroi fuku wa shisha ni inoru toki ni dake kiru no wazato makka ni nokoshita RUUJU no ato

    mou jibun ni wa yume no nai e shika egakenai to iu nara nuritsubushite yo KYANBASU o nando demo shiroi hata wa akirameta toki ni dake kazasu no ima no watashi wa anata no shiranai iro

    shewascoolon October 04, 2009   Link

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