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lol this so much. i'm ridiculously OCD when it comes to translating and... it just doesn't do justice to good vk lyrics (or any other lyrics for that matter). the last time someone asked me to translate something i gave him 1 page of translated lyrics with 4 pages of footnotes appended. orz (needless to say, he never asked me again)

Yeah, one thought was that: I was wondering if it was that left ambiguous too. I mentioned that option somewhere else a while ago, probably on my personal tumblr, idk. 
Also, the line 愛してるコワイクライ also seems like it could be like "I love you, to a scary extent"; especially when listening to the song to me.
 
Anyway I think you might be right that it's left ambiguous (except with the sponsored live's title).. 
And that's why I probably won't translate it, anyway. 
And also why I choose to write the romaji as kowai kurai because it can still be "cry" or "dark" for the english but when it's written as cry it erases the dark meaning, which I feel like they wanted included. 
 
 
yeah, I lean more towards it being dark but I understand where the uncertainty comes from. Like I said, that's why I just choose to write it as kurai in romaji anyway..

Ya, it could be "kurai" as in 'dark' and not "cry". I was uncertain about this too :/ kinda think it might be a play on words and may have a double meaning. But with the title of that event being "kurasugiru" they could just be meaning 'dark'.

that's interesting! i think it can mean both? like.. "terrifying cry" or in the sense of (here i imagine someone shuddering in the corner of a dark room) "it's scary... it's dark.." i suspect the reason they rendered the title into katakana is to preserve its ambiguity and potential for double entendre. it's actually pretty common in a lot of titles, e.g. シド's 夏恋 which is literally translated into "summer love" but refers also to the homophonic adjective "懐こい". there are a lot of other examples one could find.

Here are the lyrics to ザアザア-xaa xaa- song, "コワイクライ (kowai kurai)".
I'm also working on the lyrics to the rest of the mini album. 
You can find those here at my lyrics website.
 
コワイクライ
作詞: 一葵
作曲: 零夜
 
コワイクライ
 
コワイコワイ　寂しくて
クライクライ　悲しくて
コワイコワイ　今すぐに
クライクライ　その身体　さあ
 
コワイコワイ　愛しくて
クライクライ　嬉しくて
コワイコワイ　君だけは
クライクライ　僕のもの
 
二人だけの部屋
混じり気のない
さよなら孤独よ
ずっと幸せ
 
少し痛いけど
楽にしててね
すぐに終わるから
待っててね
 
君を誰にも触れさせない
きっと嬉しくて泣いてるんだね
君をこのまま縛っておきたい
愛してるコワイクライ
 
コワイコワイ　どこ行った
クライクライ　見えないよ
コワイコワイ　独りきり
クライクライ　捜すんだ
 
君の居ない部屋
混ざることない
さよなら嫌だよ
苦しくなった
 
もう許さないよ
なにがしたいの
楽になれるんだ
そうだよ
 
君を何処にも行かせない
外は嫌なこと溢れてるから
必要なの僕と君だけって
分かるでしょコワイクライ
分かるでしょコワイクライに
 
一つ　手を縛る
二つ　脚を縛る
三つ　目を塞ぐ
これで　僕のもの
 
やっと見つけた君のこと
叫んでるのは愛の証だね
痛みはすぐに消えていくけどね
悲しみは消えないんだ
 
コワイクライ
 
君を誰にも触れさせない
きっと嬉しくて泣いてるんだね
君をこのまま縛っておきたい
愛してるコワイクライ
 
コワイクライ　分かってよ
コワイクライ　この想い
コワイクライ　愛してる
コワイクライ　ずっと一緒だよ
 
コワイクライ
 
kowai kurai
Lyrics: Kazuki
Music: Reiya
 
kowai kurai
 
kowai kowai sabishikute
kurai kurai kanashikute
kowai kowai ima sugu ni
kurai kurai sono karada saa
 
kowai kowai itoshikute
kurai kurai ureshikute
kowai kowai kimi dake wa
kurai kurai boku no mono
 
futari dake no heya
majirike no nai
sayonara kodoku yo
zutto shiawase
 
sukoshi itai kedo
raku ni shitete ne
sugu ni owaru kara
mattete ne
 
kimi wo dare ni mo furesasenai
kitto ureshikute naiteru n da ne
kimi wo kono mama shibatte okitai
aishiteru kowai kurai
 
kowai kowai doko itta
kurai kurai mienai yo
kowai kowai hitorikiri
kurai kurai sagasu n da
 
kimi no inai heya
mazaru koto nai
sayonara iya da yo
kurushikunatta
 
mou yurusanai yo
nani ga shitai no
raku ni nareru n da
sou da yo
 
kimi wo doko ni mo ikasenai
soto wa iya na koto afureteru kara
hitsuyou na no boku to kimi dake tte
wakaru desho kowai kurai
wakaru desho kowai kurai ni
 
hitotsu te wo shibaru
futatsu ashi wo shibaru
mittsu me wo fusagu
kore de boku no mono
 
yatto mitsuketa kimi no koto
sakenderu no wa ai no akashi da ne
itami wa sugu ni kiete iku kedo ne
kanashimi wa kienai n da
 
kowai kurai
 
kimi wo dare ni mo furesasenai
kitto ureshikute naiteru n da ne
kimi wo kono mama shibatte okitai
aishiteru kowai kurai
 
kowai kurai wakatte yo
kowai kurai kono omoi
kowai kurai aishiteru
kowai kurai zutto issho da yo
 
kowai kurai

I have no organizational skills and I've come to terms with this. I've also come to terms with the fact that my musical taste is all over the place. 
 

I have no organizational skills and I've come to terms with this. I've also come to terms with the fact that my musical taste is all over the place. 
 

I have no organizational skills and I've come to terms with this. I've also come to terms with the fact that my musical taste is all over the place. 
 

I really wanted to go
FiVe is such a great guitarist 
 
Anyway, Akito posted some video clips on his twitter!
https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573531250444517376
 
https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573532556458524673
 
https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573536079237644288
 
https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573743425373138944
 
https://twitter.com/AkitoSevenlize/status/573744034021122048

SET-LIST at 2015/03/05:
 
01.HORIZON (ハートレス(heartless))
02.FLoW (ハートレス(heartless))
03.at WILL (meth.)
04.BLACK[666]SCHEME (meth.)
05.CAN'T COME BACK (meth.)
06.Coke in a vein (EAT YOU ALIVE)

Minus Jin-Say Orchestra's 未来予想図X, 桜ヶ丘流星群 and 少女Cyborg.
All of them are pretty difficult to find so when they were all up on pure sound I took the opportunity to grab them all.
 

i think I love you

Minus Jin-Say Orchestra's 未来予想図X, 桜ヶ丘流星群 and 少女Cyborg.
All of them are pretty difficult to find so when they were all up on pure sound I took the opportunity to grab them all.
 

Minus Jin-Say Orchestra's 未来予想図X, 桜ヶ丘流星群 and 少女Cyborg.
All of them are pretty difficult to find so when they were all up on pure sound I took the opportunity to grab them all.
 

My friend in a metal band's lyrics are completely in English and so me and my friends have helped them out. I told him that he could just have the lyrics in Japanese and he said no, he wanted his band to be global. I can respect that. More of the world speaks or understands English than they do Japanese. Of course the singer himself probably wants English lyrics for the "because it's cool" reason.
 
As for the VK guys...nah. I don't really ask because normally I'm just shooting the shit at flyer distribute.
 
But I know the answer is most likely what CAT5 said:
 

I realized that I didn't really mind it when I was first getting into Japanese music, but over the years I've become progressively opposed to it. I'm not sure why that's changed for me, but in general, I'd prefer to hear Japanese when listening to Japanese music. These days, there are very few cases where I don't mind it, but a few random interjections of Engrish? Sure. Entire songs of poorly pronounced, borderline unintelligible Engrish? I'd rather not.

From what I understand, many Japanese people simply think English is "cool".

To be honest, after talking to vocalists, I know that is exactly what many do. I tell them "don't do that. It's so bad" but short of translating for them it won't get any better.
 
 
Anyway, I'm indifferent towards Engrish in songs tbh. Sometimes it's just really fun and sometimes it just makes you want to facepalm. And of course sometimes it's refreshing when a band rarely has any at all.
 
But simply put I don't particularly mind it.
(edit: speaking of engrish lol at my original typo.)

To be honest, after talking to vocalists, I know that is exactly what many do. I tell them "don't do that. It's so bad" but short of translating for them it won't get any better.
 
 
Anyway, I'm indifferent towards Engrish in songs tbh. Sometimes it's just really fun and sometimes it just makes you want to facepalm. And of course sometimes it's refreshing when a band rarely has any at all.
 
But simply put I don't particularly mind it.
(edit: speaking of engrish lol at my original typo.)

Love the look. But wtf with that chicken? Lol

I've seen EYA a few times and I enjoyed the composition of their songs but I could never get into his voice. 
With GAGA I'm also a little hesitant because I'm not sure what his voice will actually end up sounding like.. 
I like the look, though.
I'm mildly interested from the previews--but you never know with just a preview.
I'll be seeing them March 7th anyway when I'm going to see Xaa Xaa so I'll find out then if I actually like the music/feel like buying the CD.

@ender-ender glad to hear that :DD
 
@CloudyTree completely understand! I own their first single and have seen them, so I have more to base the my opinion off of. Hopefully you'll enjoy the full songs