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不思議、不思議とあたし、今では
隙間だらけのセンスレス・ガール
無理くり捻り出した言葉を壁にぶつけ、また独り
Strangely, strangely I have, now
become a senseless girl with holes all over
I slammed the words I had so desperately puzzled out against a wall, and I’m alone

again

 

そこに預けるた今日の果てでは
ぱりん、と割れた思いを捨てて
『忘れかけてた恋の行方を
唄うあたしをみてごらん、ねえ』
I tried to 
offer them to 
you, but at the end of today,
I’m throwing away my feelings which cracked with a splash
“About the whereabouts of almost forgotten love
I’m singing so look at me, got it”

 

襟を正したあの娘に見惚れた
残り僅かな今日の底で
掠め取られた声の続きを探すだけのお仕事さ
I fell in love with that girl who just fixed up her collar
At the bottom of this barely remaining today,
My job is to simply search for the sequel of her stolen voice

 

 笑顔 継ぎ接ぎ あたし、
 気付けばパチン 弾け
た思いの音で 
 掻き消えされた言葉の色をただ、
 唄う彼女、どちらさま
 My smile, patched together, I,
Just heard a shatter, the sound of her emotions bursting
So on with words of a vanished color
That girl is singing
whoever she is

 

決定打に欠けたバッターさん、
エッセイの中で話っていた”頓珍漢な世” を憂いて、
十分に踊り疲れてたでしょ?
ねえねえ 勘違いなんて今、設定から外しちゃって
綽々余裕の振りをして!』
[A batter lacking a decisive blow,
 Who agonizes over the “incoherent world” as they talked about in his essay,
 Haven’t they gotten tired of dancing yet?
 Hey hey, why don’t they just take the mistakes, remove them from the settings menu
 And put on a casual front!]

 

ニコリと笑ってよ
Grin like it’s nothing

 

そこに会いたい人は
いない ない な ない!
どこへ どこへ?
さまよっていた
There’s no one I want to see there
No one none no none!
Where to Where to?
I wandered around

 

だいたい意味のない、 ない な ない
ふらふらのあたし

There’s 
mostly no meaning, none no none
Just me adrift

 

(ねえ) 言いたいことも
ない ない な ない?
(Hey) Things you want to say are
nothing none no none?

 

迂回 迂回 冗談じゃないなあ
『簡単なことばかりでしょ?』
ことも無げに君はそんなことばかり言う。
Taking detours  Taking detours  This isn’t a joke okay
 “Isn’t this all just simple things?”
All you say are inconsiderate things like this. 

say!

 

なぜか、なぜかとあたし、今でも
無邪気まみれのセンスレス・ドール
抉り取られた才の欠片の、
なんて綺麗なことでしょう
Somehow, somehow I am, now also,
A senseless doll dressed in innocence
The fragments 
of my talents, gouged out of me
What a pretty thing they are

 

髪の解けたあの娘を見つめた
そこに何かしらの答えをさあ
求め続けてどれくらいかしら?
そんな日々に、お別れを
I gazed at that girl with her loose hair
I saw some sort of answer in her, maybe
To what lengths did I go on, seeking it?
Say goodbye to those days

 

『メッセージす狂言に
徹底していたこの感情論、アイ・マイ・ミーの世界
もはや十分に泳ぎ尽くしたでしょ?
ねえねえ 思い違いなんて今、
レッテルを貼って躱そうか
さあさあ舞台の上に立って!』
[Thanks to profanity which left a message 
  Her psychological theory had been perfected, on the world of I My Me
  Hasn’t she splashed around enough in those waters?
  Hey hey, why doesn’t she just take the misunderstandings now, and put labels on whoever said them; get away from them!
  C'mon c'mon, she goes to stand up on the stage!]

 

ふわり 飛び跳ねて
Jump  like I weigh nothing

 

存在価値のない、ない な ない
答え 答えに理由を探して
だいたい意味はいらない、な ない
徒然の期待をして
If they have no value, none no none
Then these answers, answers, I need to find out why they exist

There’s
mostly no need for meaning, none no none
This is but of monotonous anticipations

 

会いたい人はいない ない な ない
と唄え 唄え 今日もひとりきりで
簡単なことばかりでしょう
ふらふらのあたし
There’s no one I want to see, no
one
no no one!
So I’m singing, singing, alone again today 
Isn’t this all just simple things
Just adrift me

 

言いたいことも ない ない な ない
だいたい意味はない、ない な ない
Things I want to say are nothing none no none
There’s mostly no meaning none no none

 

–What is the “Imaginary girl” and the universe of each song in Imaginary Monofiction like? In ‘I My Me’?

 

wowaka: It links up with the same feelings as the ones in ‘Senseless Wonder’. Right up until the near end of production, this song had been the top candidate to take the position of lead song. ‘Senseless Wonder’ had always been a candidate of course, because this song is also about talking with yourself… There’s a girl who has doubts about her reasons for living and her attitude towards life… And yeah, she’s just me but (laughing). Such a person is always at war within me. That war sprouted the style and melody, and without ever even getting on a train of thought, they’re rambling.

 

–When you say ‘war’, what exactly is at war?

 

wowaka: The angel and devil within me, I guess (laughing)? The me who wants to do something, versus the me who think its bad to do that. It’s multifaceted, or more just chaos. There’s part of me that doesn’t really want to arrive at a solution, that wants to leave it all vague. Inside of that girl, there’s a self like that. That girl is fighting a variety of selves. They hold meetings, they get into fights, they even beat each other up. Inside of that girl’s head, or more, inside of my head. I wrote it to correspond with that mess.

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