椎名林檎「おとなの掟」英語

(Sighs in the blackest black abiding,)

Sighs in the blackest black abiding,

(as soon as one dies, one is rising)

as soon as one dies, one is rising

(with the night so dark and cold,)

with the night so dark and cold,

(the wishes I make are swallowed up and hidden away)

the wishes I make are swallowed up and hidden away

(Breath of the whitest white is)

Breath of the whitest white is

(what I most with to say down deep now inside)

what I most with to say down deep now inside

(Can a voice so numb and cold have some song to sing?)

Can a voice so numb and cold have some song to sing?

(It could be false, or reality)

It could be false, or reality

(The things I like, or hate, or things I want to gain)

The things I like, or hate, or things I want to gain

(Whatever's feeling good is what my lines would say)

Whatever's feeling good is what my lines would say

(For setting off the black from white, it'd work perfectly)

For setting off the black from white, it'd work perfectly

(Though like a chant of ruination it'd be)

Though like a chant of ruination it'd be

(Why did I think that since I'd studied)

Why did I think that since I'd studied

(the latest schoolbook I'd know clearly)

the latest schoolbook I'd know clearly

(What's right from what's wrong, and which is which one,)

What's right from what's wrong, and which is which one,

(that I could choose, I could really know?)

that I could choose, I could really know?

(I live according to stage-right, stage-left, exit)

I live according to stage-right, stage-left, exit

(Improvisation's not been in my bag of tricks)

Improvisation's not been in my bag of tricks

(So much of what I want to say pours out noisily)

So much of what I want to say pours out noisily

(But never when you're not here alone with me)

But never when you're not here alone with me

(What I know that I hold in my hands I want to set free,)

What I know that I hold in my hands I want to set free,

(think of how much lighter you and I would feel then)

think of how much lighter you and I would feel then

(Every word, every wall, every curse and sparing nothing,)

Every word, every wall, every curse and sparing nothing,

(strip it, take it all away to once again see eye to eye)

strip it, take it all away to once again see eye to eye

(The things I like, or hate, or things I want, expect,)

The things I like, or hate, or things I want, expect,

(Though if I let them out, I think, what happens next?)

Though if I let them out, I think, what happens next?

(Well, setting off the white from black is fearful indeed)

Well, setting off the white from black is fearful indeed

(It's even more so when you live honestly)

It's even more so when you live honestly

(This life is long, so long, the world is wide, I say,)

This life is long, so long, the world is wide, I say,

(And when we've freedom won, it all becomes one gray)

And when we've freedom won, it all becomes one gray

(Yes, happiness, unhappiness, it's only the heart)

Yes, happiness, unhappiness, it's only the heart

(That knows no quietude that makes itself known)

That knows no quietude that makes itself known

(While an adult can keep a secret alone)

While an adult can keep a secret alone