insaneneko

I recently got Angela Aki's newest album ANSWER and am totally in love with it. Lots of great non-single songs, as well as her fabulous singles. I hadn't particularly liked Tegami~Haikei juugonen no kimi e~ when I first heard it, but after seeing a special on it (it had been chosen as the junior high section theme song for the NHK National School Choir Competition) I grew to really like it. See the PV here.

Two non-single songs I really liked:

Requiem
Our Story

I also typed out and translated the lyrics because I couldn't find anything online. I guess the album is too new? The English translation was quick and dirty...

( レクイエム )
( Romaji )

( English )

( Our Story )

( Romaji )

( English )

Been trying to catch up with comments, have gotten through some but not nearly all yet. ;_;

Also, a meme I've been putting off for long enough:

Reply and I'll give you a letter and you have to find five songs that start with that letter and post them to your journal.

I got R from svz_insanity. I tried to pick songs I probably haven't shared before:

Rinnetensei by Core of Soul

Been meaning to share this for ever and ever, but I was having problems translating it (I like the lyrics) and, well, forgot about it until now:

( Rinnetensei )

Rise and Shine by Bonnie Pink
Upbeat and disgustingly catchy song from her Golden Tears album.

Reila by Gazette
Catchy rock song from a group I've never heard of. I love the piano riff.

Redemption by Gackt
From the game Dirge of Cerebus, I initially didn't like this song but after hearing it a lot I've come to like it quite a bit.

Razor Valentine by Thea Gilmore
I thought I was going with an all-Japanese list, but I had to include this one. I love the slow, funky feel of the song, the scratchy old record sound, and the bizarre lyrics:

I love you like a whisper
I love you all alone
I love you like a murder babe
I'm burying the bones
I love you like the last shot
At the bottom of the bottle
I love you razor valentine

If anyone wants to play, just ask!

I was on such a happy crack filled high since yesterday, but then I read the most...sad?...depressing?...せつない? fanfics and that just brought my mood down (but in a good way because I'm an angst whore, but the plunge from total insane silliness is a bit hard on the system).

TO FIT WITH MY MOOD, DOES ANYONE HAVE APPROPRIATELY SAD AND DEPRESSING (YET UTTERLY BEAUTIFUL) MUSIC TO SHARE?

As for me...

For something recent: Breathe Me by Sia [Lyrics]

And for a classic: Koibito yo by Itsuwa Mayumi [Lyrics]

For some reason I couldn't find a translation for this song...I used to nearly sob as a child listening to this song because not only does it sound so SAD and YEARNING and DYING and her voice is low and amazing and perfect, the words are just as bad. It's the imagery of the runner going past, the shooting star and the fallen leaves foretelling a cold tomorrow...thus...

( my (literally) five-minute translation )

I got some new CDs last night and really wanted to translate one of the songs...but the lyrics are handwritten! Not only handwritten, but they're in chicken scratch! >_< I don't want to bother deciphering the words, but I am itching to translate some song lyrics. My mind is drawing a blank right now, so...

Does anyone want Japanese lyrics translated? If so, please give me the lyrics (NOT romaji--a decent scan from the CD booklet would work) and a copy of the song. Please. I really want to translate some songs.