Mr.Children 『しるし』 Lyrics

作詞:Kazutoshi Sakurai 作曲:Kazutoshi Sakurai

saisho kara kounaru koto ga kimatteita mitai ni
chigau tenpo de kizamu kodou wo tagai ga kiiteru

donna kotoba wo erande mo dokoka ga uso ppoin da
sanou ni kaita tegami guchagucha ni marumete suteru

kokoro no koe ha kimi ni todoku no ka na?
shinmoku no uta ni notte...

da-rin da-rin ironna kakudo kara kimi wo mitekita
sono dore mo ga subarashikute boku ha ai wo omoishirun da
'hanshinhangi = kizutsukanai tame no yobousen' wo
ima, bimyou na nyuansu de kimi ha shimesou to s___eiru

'onnaji kao wo s___eru to' dareka ga hiyakashita shashin
bokura ha niteiru no ka naa? sore to mo nitekita no ka naa?

mendoukusai tte omoukurai ni majime ni mukiatteita
karuhazumi datta jibun wo urayamashiku naru hodo ni

kokoro no koe ha dare ga kiku koto mo nai
sore mo ii, sono hou ga ii

da-rin da-rin ironna kkao wo motsy kimi wo s___teiru yo
nani wo s___e sugoshiteita tte omoidashite kurushiku narun da
karenda- ni kinyuu s___a ikutsumono kinenbi yori
kokizami ni senmei ni boku no kioku wo umetsukusu

naitari warattari fuantei na omoi dakedo
sore ga kimi to boku no shirushi

da-lin da-lin ironna kakudo kara kimi wo mitekita
tomo ni ikirenai hi ga kita tte douse aishiteshimau to omoun da
da-lin da-lin oh my darling
kuruoshiku senmei ni boku no kioku wo umetsukusu
da-rin da-rin

最初からこうなることが決まっていたみたいに
違うテンポで刻む鼓動を互いが聞いてる
どんな言葉を選んでも どこか嘘っぽいんだ
左脳に書いた手紙 ぐちゃぐちゃに丸めて捨てる

心の声は君に届くのかな?
沈黙の歌に乗って...

ダーリンダーリン いろんな角度から君を見てきた
そのどれもが素晴しくて 僕は愛を思い知るんだ
「半信半疑=傷つかない為の予防線」を
今、微妙なニュアンスで君は示そうとしている

「おんなじ顔をしてる」と誰かが冷やかした写真
僕らは似ているのかなぁ? それとも似てきたのかなぁ?
面倒臭いって思うくらいに真面目に向き合っていた
軽はずみだった自分をうらやましくなるほどに

心の声は誰が聞くこともない
それもいい その方がいい

ダーリンダーリン いろんな顔を持つ君を知ってるよ
何をして過ごしていたって 思いだして苦しくなるんだ
カレンダーに記入したいくつもの記念日より
小刻みに 鮮明に 僕の記憶を埋めつくす

泣いたり笑ったり 不安定な想いだけど
それが君と僕のしるし

ダーリンダーリン いろんな角度から君を見てきた
共に生きれない日が来たって どうせ愛してしまうと思うんだ
ダーリンダーリン Oh My darling
狂おしく 鮮明に 僕の記憶を埋めつくす
ダーリンダーリン

we each listened to our hearts beating to different tempos
as if things were meant to be this way from the start

no matter what words I choose, it sounds insincere
I crumple up the letter I wrote with the left side of my brain
and throw it away

do you hear the voice of my heart?
It's in this silent song...

darling, darling, I've seen you from many different angles
all of them exquisite, you've shown me what love is
now you're trying to show me by way of subtle techniques *1
that your uncertainty is a precautionary border
to keep you from getting hurt.

someone makes fun of our picture, "you two make such a pair"
Do we look alike? Or is it that we've started to?

we faced one another with such seriousness
that it was almost a burden to get on with it
so much so that it makes me jealous of the thoughtless guy I used to be. * 2

no one will hear the voice of my heart
I'm ok with that, it's better that way.

Darling, Darling,
I know you have many faces.
no matter what I do,
when I remember you, it pains me so.
more than all those memorable days on my calendar
my memory is filled completely by vivid memories
of every second of every day with you. *3
we cry, we laugh
it's a precarious sort of feeling but
it is proof of you and me.

Darling, darling
I've seen you from so many different angles
even if the day we can no longer be together comes our way
I don't think it matters because I can't help loving you.

Darling, Darling
Oh my darling
Maddeningly, and vividly
you fill in my memories completely
Darling, Darling.

* 1 - When Sakurai writes nyuansu, he means subtle things the girl does to make it clear that she wants him to understand her misgivings. The meaning is a bit different than the literal translation of the English nuance.

* 2 - I saw this line as being that he's jelaous of the carefree jerk he was, because now he has to deal with something he can't run away from. It might be a conversation, it might be s__. He's saying that he's growing up and there's a lot of presssure that comes with that.

* 3 - the "every second of every day with you" comes from the word kokizami which in this case means the smaller measurement of time. More than the birthdays, anniversaries and landmark events in their life, he remembers the minutest details and his memory is overrun with them. So much it drives him mad.

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