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Man, I love everything about this. From the incredible beautiful lyrics to all you insightful notes, thank you @hiroki, u're a GOD! that's gotta be one of the best lyrics translation I've seen around!
 
What I love the most is that those lyrics can be easily related to any ordinary unfulfilled love story we have in our lifes, the "I don’t want to catch sight of your delighted face." felt like being shot down, lol
 
Masashi is the king... really hopeing he doesn't quit music!
 
thank you again!

Done:
 
https://www.monochrome-heaven.com/topic/44746-lyrics-follow-人魚姫ningyohime-kanji-romaji-english/
 

That's a fucking beautiful song indeed. Does any of you guys know what its lyrics are about?

As requested.
 
 
 
 
人魚姫/Ningyohime
FoLLoW
 
Written by: MASASHI
Lyrics by: MASASHI
 
 
夢を見てた　叶うことはない
　Yume wo miteta   kanau koto wa nai
　　I was having a dream, one that will never come true,
 
あなたの腕　眠る横顔は私じゃないの
　Anata no ude   nemuru yokogao wa watashi ja nai no
　　Because the face reposing against your arm isn’t mine.
 
踊れない足も　聞かせたい話も
　Odorenai ashi mo   kikasetai hanashi mo
　　These legs that can no longer dance, the words that I want to tell you
 
あなたに届かない　伝えられない
　Anata ni todokanai   tsutaerarenai
　　Will never reach you…
 
 
「さよなら」さえ言えなくて　あなたは違う誰かと
　「Sayonara」 sae ienakute   anata wa chigau dareka to
　　I can’t even say “goodbye” as you fall in love with someone else;
 
恋に落ちてく　幸せそうな顔なんて
　Koi ni ochiteku   shiawase sou na kao nante
　　I don’t want to catch sight of your delighted face.
 
見たくない　だって私はあなたの嫌いなところ
　Mitakunai   datte watashi wa anata no kirai na tokoro
　　And that’s why although there isn’t a single thing I dislike about you,
 
一つも知らない　噂話で嫌いになりたかった
　Hitotsu mo shiranai   uwasabanashi de kirai ni naritakatta
　　I had wanted to hate you by believing in the rumors.
 
 
砂に書いた　あなたの名前は
　Suna ni kaita   anata no namae wa
　　Your name that I wrote in the sand
 
海の波に吸い込まれていく　私も同じ
　Umi no nami ni suikomareteiku   watashi mo onaji
　will be eroded by the waves. And mine, too,
 
泡となっていく　誰にも知られない
　Awa to natteiku   dare ni mo shirarenai
will dissolve into sea foam. They won’t be known by anyone anymore
 
孤独な世界へ　溶けていくの
　Kodoku na sekai e   toketeiku no
　　In a lonely world, where we no longer are.
 
 
あなたが眠ってるとき　私をあなたの夢の中に居させて
　Anata ga nemutteru toki   watashi wo anata no yume no naka ni isasete
　　When you’re asleep, please allow me to be in your dream.
 
それが私の夢だから
　Sore ga watashi no yume dakara
　　Because that is my dream.
 
心のナイフが刺さり　元には戻れないこと
　Kokoro no naifu ga sasari   moto ni wa modorenai koto
　　A knife pierces my heart, and I know that things will
 
分かっていたの　それだけあなたを愛してしまったの
　Wakatteita no   sore dake anata wo aishiteshimatta no
　　Never be the same again. Yet I had still loved you for all of that.
 
 
叫びたがる　胸の奥　
　Sakebitagaru   mune no oku
　　My strangled chest wants to scream—my voice sinking
 
落ちていくの海の底へ　光が遠ざかる
　Ochiteiku no umi no soko e   hikari ga toozakaru
　　Into the depths of the ocean; the light recedes.
 
 
「さよなら」さえ言えなくて　あなたは違う誰かと
　「Sayonara」 sae ienakute   anata wa chigau dareka to
　　I can’t even say “goodbye” as you fall in love with someone else;
 
恋に落ちてく　幸せそうな顔なんて
　Koi ni ochiteku   shiawase sou na kao nante
　　I don’t want to catch sight of your delighted face.
 
見たくない　だって私はあなたの嫌いなところ
　Mitakunai   datte watashi wa anata no kirai na tokoro
　　But even though there isn’t a single thing I dislike about you,
 
一つも知らない　嫌いになれば楽なのに
　Hitotsu mo shiranai   kirai ni nareba raku na no ni
　　and while I knew that it would be easier to cope if I could simply hate you,
 
泡のように消えてくのでしょう　そうよ私は
　Awa no you ni kieteku no deshou   sou yo watashi wa
all of this will dissolve into sea foam. That’s right,
 
あなたの幸せ願う　愚かな人魚姫
　Anata no shiawase negau   oroka na ningyohime
　　I’m just a foolish ningyohime who prays for your happiness.
 
 
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Notes:
“Ningyohime” translates into “mermaid,” and the lyrics of this song are drawn from The Little Mermaid. Masashi makes several familiar references to the fairy tale: the “legs that can no longer dance” and the “knife piercing [her] heart” allude to the potion that the Little Mermaid consumed so that she could gain a pair of human legs and dance with the prince she fell in love with, but at the cost of unbearable pain akin to being stabbed with a knife. The "face reposing against your arms" refers to the princess whom the prince eventually marries. The two references to “dissolving into sea foam” are borrowed from the belief that mermaids don’t have a soul and, unlike humans whose souls live on beyond their physical death, mermaids dissolve into sea foam when they die and cease to exist.
 
 
Further notes that aren't exactly essential, but read on if you want:
 
 
 

If anyone wants to order stuff from FoLLoW's webshop you should probably do it soon! They have already shut down their official LINE account and I won't be surprised if their webshop closes soon. I think @echo got their last T-shirt haha
 
@chemicalpictures I'll translate the lyrics soon. It's one of my favorite FoLLoW's songs as well T__________T

That's a fucking beautiful song indeed. Does any of you guys know what its lyrics are about?

Okay so a bit late, but FoLLoW are fucking awesome live? Like their recordings don't do them justice. 
 
If you're able to see them at all before they disband I HIGHLY recommend it. Like,  I've never been so touched by a ballad before. 人魚姫 pretty much destroyed me. No joke.  
But it wasn't just the ballad, their whole set list was great last night and they are SO MUCH FUN live! like wtf?? Masashi and Junsei are hilarious!! 
They said it was their first time playing at Edge too and Masashi was amazed at how big the box for the vocalist was. He was like "LOOK AT HOW MUCH I CAN MOVE AROUND UP HERE!!!" derp derp derp <3
I still cannot wrap my head around the fact that they're disbanding.
 
I was really lucky and Masashi and Junsei came out to buppan after their set. I was able to talk to both of them and tell them that their foreign fans love them <3
Masashi was super surprised and happy to hear that anyone abroad even heard of them them let alone cared about them lol
I was a sucker and ended up buying 6 cheki and their album LOL but they were pretty happy about it I think??
 
NEEDLESS TO SAY, if you have the chance, GO SEE THEM. 
 
I mean I just got back from seeing TRA TRA TRA tonight, but FoLLoW was so good yesterday that I'm posting about them instead of Tra
(idk if anyone's noticed but I'm kind of obsessed with Tra right now???)
 
So yeah. 
 
FoLLoW.
 
Go see them and show them some love <3
 
I mean, if ViV's Hirohiro went to see them then you should too???
 

Yoooo!
 
I was in a GAKIDO throwback these days, and I've noticed how their little harmonica gimmicky is a nice touch, specially in Cinderella:
 
 
They even do it live:
 
 
earlier miyavi it aswell:
 
 
Kra did too:
 
 
I'm looking for moar harmonica infused VK, if you happen to know any other song, please share!
 
Thanks!

The only harmonica kei song I know:
 
 

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Awesome thread @chemicalpictures!! I toyed with the idea of doing something like this, but could only think of four harmonica-kei songs (which have all been listed already).
 
It's odd that the center section of the venn-diagram of "visual kei" and "harmonica" is all songs I love. More bands need to do this!

Laruku's Flower obviously (they *WERE* VK-ish back then no?)

Favorite harmonica kei:
 
 

MUCC - Kokoro no Nai Machi
Scarlett - Ame no Kousaten
 

Yoooo!
 
I was in a GAKIDO throwback these days, and I've noticed how their little harmonica gimmicky is a nice touch, specially in Cinderella:
 
 
They even do it live:
 
 
earlier miyavi it aswell:
 
 
Kra did too:
 
 
I'm looking for moar harmonica infused VK, if you happen to know any other song, please share!
 
Thanks!

Yoooo!
 
I was in a GAKIDO throwback these days, and I've noticed how their little harmonica gimmicky is a nice touch, specially in Cinderella:
 
 
They even do it live:
 
 
earlier miyavi it aswell:
 
 
Kra did too:
 
 
I'm looking for moar harmonica infused VK, if you happen to know any other song, please share!
 
Thanks!

last scene is not really my cup of tea, but "I say goodbye,what about you?" rocks my socks! what a fun song!

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Time for some comments!

@beni - I can see myself getting into Her Ghost Friend. There's a very uniquely J-POP vibe, but in a good way. Also, I recognize the pool in that band pic (The fin.'s PV). I actually love and miss the wacky version of Cö shu Nie. There was a moment in their discog where they seemed to go full pop (was not a fan), but this song seems to be showing a plausible synthesis of both styles. I'm hopefully back on board again
@Original Saku - ...CreepHyp's (acquired taste) vocalist reminds me very strongly of someone. UGH, this is going to bother me until I figure it out. I like the kinda husky voice in Casablanca!
@togz - downy seems really solid on this newest album, so I'll need to check that out. NICE song choice for the NOVEMBERS. You might see this song pop up in a future post of mine *wink wink*. I love the way the synth goes slightly off-kilter/dissonant in the chorus. Holy shit, PIGLOW was a surprise--they're pretty much nobodies, right? Randomly downloaded it because people were raving about them (and dat name, amirite?) and it's pretty awesome! I hear more Kiryu in the vocals tho!
@emmny - I need to get on that ggg train. It's got that guitar swag that only aie can do, but I won't have to suffer through Ryo's vocals
@Zeus - yesss, Versailles! I was so skeptical about a rerecording album as a 'return,' but I was pleasantly surprised. The only thing I'm not crazy about in this particular remake is the slight tweaking of the guitar notes around 3:00-3:01 (and the repeats later on). And like togz, further support that I need to downy it up.
@CAT5 - welcome back, d00d! I still need to spend some more time with the new TAMTAM, but this song is pretty good. I'm not sure they'll ever top the perfucktion that was "Polarize" (song and some extent, mini-album). Aoi Teshima is GORGEOUS. And I'm so glad to see how many people on the team, despite varying tastes, are getting into Chanty!
@Ada Suilen - mwahaha, more NOVEMBERS love. This is probably my favorite 'heavy' track from the album.
@chemicalpictures - I was a Dhalis fan back in the day and you can still hear moments of it in ZON, even though they've amped up heaviness and production value. I need to look into them!

off-topic, why is the only clear photo of THE NOVEMBERS so dweeby looking? lol
 

The guys of The Nostradamnz will drop another single called " ほころびて" (Hokorobite)  this november.
 
The planning it to sell it at their November live gigs. (Also the previous 2 singles will still be available)
2016/11/04（金） 高田馬場AREA  (takadanobaba AREA)
2016/11/10（木） 池袋RUIDO K3 (Ikebukuro RUIDO K3)

All details will be released at a later moment.
 
 
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got dragged back into FTL:AE. No game can make one scream FUCK YOU, GAME. Like FTL. Good times;
Will be playing the hell of Overwatch to get those sweet skins;
Deciding if the new RotTR DLC is worth looking into. Anyone got it already?
First 30 hours of Divinity: Original Sin are quite good, but the lack of guidance on quests can make you feel a little lost sometimes;
Will start Mirror's Edge Catalyst ASAP! Loved the first one!

that's a hell of a lineup!

KAI. ;;