Paraph (Demo Version) (1999)

VELVET EDEN

Music: KALM

Lyrics: DADA

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Lyrics

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あの日傷つき

私の前から消えてしまった

あの子に捧げる

インク滲ませ　お涙頂戴

こんな手紙はやっぱり燃やそう

若い女抱いたあとでワインを薄めて

火を消すよにひとおもいに道に捨てた時

瓶に残る何滴かがあたしの香りと

万に一つ生きていたら覚えときなさい

今宵何処かの誰かと寄り添う

少しあの子に似ている少年

運転手よ此処でいいわアクセルペダルに

石を置いて帰りなさい死のドライブへと

二人だけでリアシートで抱き合いましょう

夜明け前の崖をめがけ走り出してゆくわ

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Modified Lyrics

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あの日傷つき

私の前から消えてしまった

あの子に捧げる

インク滲ませ　お涙頂戴

こんな手紙はやっぱり燃やそう

若い女抱いたあとでワインを薄めて

火を消すよにひとおもいに道に捨てた時

瓶に残る何滴かが私¹の香りと

万に一つ生きていたら覚えときなさい

今宵何処かの誰かと寄り添う

少しあの子に似ている少年

²

運転手よ此処でいいわアクセルペダルに

石を置いて帰りなさい死のドライブへと

リアシートで抱き合いましょう二人きりで今³
夜明け前の崖をめがけ走り出してゆくわ

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Notes:

¹ あたし is what is written, but 私 is what is sung.

² There are a few spoken lines here, but I have been unable to decipher what is being said and they are not written in the official lyrics.

³二人だけでリアシートで抱き合いましょう is what is written, but リアシートで抱き合いましょう二人きりで今 is what is sung.

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Rōmaji Lyrics

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Ano hi kizutsuki

Watashi no mae kara kiete shimatta

Ano ko ni sasageru

Inku nijimase…o-namida chōdai

Konna tegami wa yappari moyasō

Wakai onna daita ato de, wain o usumete

Hi o kesu yo ni hito’omoini, michi ni suteta toki

Bin ni nokoru nanteki ka ga, watashi¹ no kaori to

Man ni hitotsu, ikiteitara, oboetokinasai

Koyoi, dokoka no dareka to yorisō

Sukoshi ano ko ni nite iru shōnen

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Untenshu yo! Koko de ii wa akuseru-pedaru ni

Ishi o oite kaerinasai shi no doraibu e to

Ria-shīto de dakiaimashō futari kiri de ima³
Yoakemae no gake o megake hashiridashite yuku wa

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Notes:

¹ ‘atashi’ is what is written, but ‘watashi’ is what is sung.

² There are a few spoken lines here, but I have been unable to decipher what is being said and they are not written in the official lyrics.

³ ‘Futari dake de ria shīto de dakiaimashō’ is what is written, but ‘Ria-shīto de dakiaimashō futari kiri de ima’ is what is sung.

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My English Translation

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I dedicate this to that child/girl

Who was hurt/injured that day

And has disappeared from before me

Cause the ink to run/spread…on this soppy love story/scene

After all, you will probably burn this kind of/such a letter as this

After embracing/making love with the young woman, I dilute/water down the wine and

When I abandoned/dumped her in the street, suppressing any reconsideration, like putting out a fire

Please consider that some drops which remain in the bottle are my scent

By one in a million chance, if you survive, retain it in your memory

This evening, cuddle up with someone from somewhere

A young boy resembling that child/girl

¹

Driver! Here is fine, so place a stone

On the gas pedal and return to a death drive

Now let the two of us embrace/make love to each other in the rear/back seat²
We will start going toward the cliff before dawn

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Notes:

¹ There are a few spoken lines here, but I have been unable to decipher what is being said and they are not written in the official lyrics.

² ‘Let just the two of us embrace/make love to each other in the rear/back seat’ is what is written, but ‘Now let the two of us embrace/make love to each other in the rear/back seat’ is what is sung.