Millennium Mother: “TOKYO NEON” Lyrics Translation – Mili

The first of my re-postings from my Tumblr! I’m going through the list to find the ones that I really care about, and/or those that I know haven’t been stolen and placed on other parts of the internet yet…

Honestly, this is gonna take me a while…

Composition: Mili
Lyrics: Yamato Kasai
Vocals: Mili (momocashew)

TOKYO NEON

Heaps of people gathering like trash* in Tokyo
mix with the noise
I keep searching for a trace of you,
who disappeared that fateful night

Neon lights pierce through
the darkness of the streets,
and hauntingly shine
upon the distorted me

I tighten my grip on the feelings
I couldn’t discard
With no time to remain confused,
I kept chasing after your shadow

The fog appears to glow
from the light of the skyscraper at night
Your figure disappeared
as though being sucked into it

Numerous nights pass,
and my memories fade
But I continue to wander the streets,
unable to forget your visage

Lit by
thousands of scattered stars,
apparitions dance within my dreams
They danced so transciently

I tighten my grip on the feelings
I couldn’t discard,
even though I am so close
to forgetting your smiling face

The night of Tokyo
grow hazy in the haunting lights
The neon noise
makes me lose my mind

* “Heaps of people gathering like trash” (”hitoGOMI”, 人ゴミ)
A pun between the word “a crowd of people” and “trash”. It could very well just mean “a crowd of people” and no pun was intended. Who knows?

TOKYO NEON

Toukyou no hitoGOMI to
NOIZU ga majiru
Ano yoru kieta kimi no
Konseki sagashite

Machi no kurayami
Tsukisasu NEON
Ibitsu na boku wo
Ayashiku terashi

Kirisuterare nai
Omoi wo nigirishimete
Tomadou mamonaku
Kimi no kage oikaketeita

Kiri gakari hikaru
Yoru no matenrou no RAITO
Suikomareru you ni
Kimi wa sugata wo keshita

Nando mo yoru wo koete
Kioku mo usure
Omokage wasurerarezu
Machi wo samayou

Ikusen ni
Chiribameta hoshi ga terashi
Yume no naka odoru
Maboroshi wa hakanaku matta

Kirisuterare nai
Omoi wo nigirishimete
Hohoemu kao sura
Wasureteshimai sou dakedo

Toukyou no yoru wa
Ayashiku hikari kasundeite
NEON no NOIZU ga
Boku wo kuruwasete yuku


TOKYO NEON

東京の人ゴミと
ノイズが混じる
あの夜消えた君の
痕跡探して

街の暗闇
突き刺すネオン
歪な僕を
妖しく照らし

切り捨てられない
想いを握りしめて
戸惑う間もなく
君の影げ追いかけていた

霧がかり光る
夜の摩天楼のライト
吸い込まれるように
君は姿を消した

何度も夜を越えて
記憶も薄れ
面影忘れられず
街を彷徨う

幾千に
散りばめた星が照らし
夢の中踊る
まぼろしは儚く舞った

切り捨てられない
想いを握りしめて
微笑む顔すら
忘れてしまいそうだけど

東京の夜は
妖しく光り霞んでいて
ネオンのノイズが
僕を狂わせていく

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