人形娼館 [Ningyōshōkan] (1999)

VELVET EDEN

Title Translation: "Doll Brothel" (Japanese)
Music: KALM

Lyrics: DADA

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Lyrics

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悲しみの人形娼館へようこそ

いつかあなたがこのドアを叩くのは分かっていたのよ

恥ずかしがらずにわたしを求めて

幼いあなたが無くして気付いた

誰より愛しい可愛い人形

合わせてあげるわ　姿もそのままに

あなたの事など忘れてしまってるけれど

あなたはわたしを捨てたり出来ない　幾つになっても

もう何一つ思い出せないから御主人様なんて言うわけないでしょ

口紅を指して背中のネジを巻き

あなたを子供にするために帰ってきたの

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Modified Lyrics

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悲しみの人形娼館へようこそ

いつかあなたがこのドアを叩くのは分かっていたのよ

恥ずかしがらずにわたしを求めて

幼いあなたが無くして気付いた

誰より愛しい可愛いお人形¹

合わせてあげるわ　姿もそのままに

私はあなたを忘れてしまってるけど ²

あなたはわたしを捨てたり出来ない　幾つになっても

「分解・洗浄・形状ノ変更・メモリイリセット・存在抹消」³

もう何一つ思い出せないから御主人様なんて言うわけないでしょ

口紅を指して背中のネジを巻き

あなたを子供にするために帰ってきたの

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Notes:

¹ 人形 is what is written, but お人形 is what is sung.

² あなたの事など忘れてしまってるけれど is what is written, but 私はあなたを忘れてしまってるけど is what is sung.

³ This line is sung here, but isn’t written in the official lyrics.

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Rōmaji Lyrics

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Kanashimi no Ningyōshōkan e yōkoso

Itsuka anata ga kono doa o tataku no wa wakatte ita no yo

Hazukashigarazu ni watashi o motomete

Osanai anata ga nakushite kizuita

Dare yori itoshii, kawaii o-ningyō¹

Awasete ageru wa…sugata mo sono mama ni

Watashi wa anata o wasurete shimatteru kedo²

Anata wa watashi o sutetari dekinai…ikutsu ni natte mo

“Bunkai, senjō, keijō no henkō, memorī-risetto, sonzaimasshō”³

Mō nani hitotsu omoidasenai kara ‘Go-shujin-sama’ nante iu wakenai desho

Kuchibeni o sashite, senaka no neji o maki

Anata o kodomo ni suru tame ni kaette kita no

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Notes:

¹ ‘ningyō’ is what is written, but ‘o-ningyō’ is what is sung.

² ‘Anata no koto nado wasurete shimatteru keredo’ is what is written, but ‘Watashi wa anata o wasurete shimatteru kedo’ is what is sung.

³ This line is sung here, but isn’t written in the official lyrics.

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My English Translation

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Welcome to the Doll Brothel of Sadness

I knew that you would someday knock on this door

Don’t be shy and desire/make love with me

A beloved, cute doll which you love more than anyone’s

Childlike, you noticed it after you lost it

I will let you meet…keeping the same appearance

But I have forgotten about you¹

You will not be able to leave me…no matter how old you become

“My disassembly, washing, modification of my form, memory reset and the erasure of my existence”²

Since I cannot recall even one thing, of course I will not call you by the name of ‘Master’

I put lipstick on you, wind the spring on your back and

I came back to make you a child

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Notes:

¹ ‘Though I have forgotten about you, who is so insignificant’ is what is written, but ‘But I have forgotten about you’ is what is sung.

² This line is sung here, but isn’t written in the official lyrics.