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Ao

(青)

Blue

僕らの青はいつまでだって

消えることなんてないって思ってた

だから

僕らの恋がいつか終わって

それでも残るものを信じるよ

Our blues for forever on

We thought they would never disappear

So

Our love will reach it’s end one day

Yet I’ll believe that something remains

 

「泣いていいかな」

「笑っていいかな」

何方にも征けず

不思議な表情になってさ

“Can I cry"

"Can I laugh”

I can’t pick which to do

So my face becomes a little strange

 

僕ら、

僕らの恋はいつか終わって

それでも僕らが終わることはないだろう

Our,

Our love may reach it’s end one day

Yet we won’t ever end as people

 

馬鹿みたくあどけなく

変われないままでいいよ

嘘みたく嘘じゃない

僕らの唄を

So idiotic so innocent

You’re fine as you are

Like it’s a lie but it’s not a lie

and here’s our song

 

焦がした色が、色が

誰を染めることも無くとも

捨てられやしない

僕にはできない

心なんて自分勝手だ

飛ばした声が

夜の帳を下ろしてしまっても

ただの僕らのままここで

今、唄を歌うよ

A scorching color, a color,

may fail to paint another but

I can’t seem to dispose of it

I can’t do it

The heart is selfish bane

A voice which set off for the skies

may pull down the curtains of day

With us remaining behind them

Now, we’ll sing our song

 

ふとした拍子に

満たされぬ夜に

軽口を叩いて歩いた帰り道に

今も僕らの恋は置いてけぼりだ

今でも僕らの息はそこにあるんだ

In a sudden turn of events

An unfulfilling night presents

Walking home, joking as we went

Our love is still left behind there

Our breaths are still lingering there

 

あえて言うなら

なんて言うかな

恥ずかしがってさ

目を伏せていた僕ら

If I had to say something

What would I say

We would get all shy

And stare at the ground

 

いつか

僕らが青を塗り潰したって

それでも僕らをやめることはないだろう

One day

We’ll be colored whole in blue

Yet still we won’t stop being who we are

 

くだらなく

つまらない

継ぎ接ぎの唄でいいよ

誰にも似合うことはない

形をしているだろう

So nonsensical

So boring

A tattered song is perfect as it is

Relatable to nobody

It has its own form

 

燃やした色が放つ

光にも似た明日の匂い

言葉にならないことばかりだね

わかりきっているんだ、でも

あの夜の彼方

抱かれた空に溺れても、ああ

夢のまた夢だと僕らまた

笑っていいかな

A burning color is emitting

a scent of tomorrow like a light ahead

It’s so hard to put this into words

I know everything about it, but

Way up in the black night,

May we even drown into the sky we’re embracing, ah

In dreams past dreams, like the past

can we laugh together again

 

くだらなく

つまらない

継ぎ接ぎの唄でいいよ

誰にも似つかない

あなたのままでいいよ

So nonsensical

So boring

A tattered song is perfect as it is

Comparable to nobody else

You’re perfect as you are

 

馬鹿みたく不甲斐なく

頼りないままでいいよ

嘘みたい

でも嘘じゃない

僕らを唄おう

So idiotic so hopeless

You’re perfect even if you’re undependable

Like it’s a lie

But it’s not a lie

Let’s sing of who we are

 

燃やした色が放つ

光にも似た明日の匂い

言葉にならないことばかりだね

わかりきっているんだ、でも

あの夜の彼方

抱かれた空に溺れても

忘れることの出来るはずもない

A burning color is emitting

The scent of tomorrow like a light ahead

It’s so hard to put any of this into words

I know everything about it, but

Way up in the black night,

May we even drown into the sky we’re embracing

There’s no way I would forget about us

 

色を知ってしまったんだと

Why did I have to learn of color?

 

焦がした青が、青が

誰を染めることも無くとも

捨てられやしない

僕にはできない

心なんて自分勝手だ

飛ばした色は今も

僕らの胸の中で燃えてる

そんな唄を歌うよ

A scorching blue, a blue,

may fail to paint another but

I can’t seem to dispose of it

I can’t do it

The heart is selfish bane

A color which set off for the skies is still

Burning inside of our chests

As we’ll sing this song

Keynotes

Yumao: Ao! The song this guy right here stans!


ygarshy: I stan Ao… When it came time to choose the MV song, I was on a battlefield 7 VS 1, with 7 people on the opposing November MV side. Shinoda took pity on me and told me “You can do whatever you want on the Idol Junkfeed chorus so just give up on Ao’s MV”… Who suddenly gave you all that authority huh,


Yumao: www When did that happen www. Though in the end it became a seesawing shamble, when I listened to November I thought “Ahh this is so good!” but when I listened to Ao I thought “Ao is really good too…” After much confusion, Leader and I finally decided on Ao. 


ygarshy: Yep, exactly as I wanted.


Yumao: wwww Shinoda had to concede in the end


ygarshy: That’s why I’m saying, let him wallow in defeat.
 

 


Report from Hitorie’s Bakuon Shichoukai, during their 5th anniversary Hitori-escape special. Where for one of the 7 days of nonstop celebration, Hitorie had leaked HOWLS from livehouse speakers and chatted about the songs. Much much thanks to Mi-san for the report on their chats and for allowing me to use!!!: https://twitter.com/3_mi_5/status/1090807686436773888

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