Buck-Tick Zone

Original song “Hymne à l’Amour” released by Édith Piaf
Original lyrics: Édith Piaf & Chante Marguerite Monnot
Japanese cover by Fubuki Koshiji
Japanese lyrics: Tokiko Iwatani [this is a translation of the Japanese lyrics]

with those burning hot hands of yours / I want you to hold me, embrace me ^
with only just the two of us / how I want us to live

[life out?]

pressing cheek to cheek
the burning passionate kiss
exchanging earthly delights
you and I, just the two of us
(I want to live loving you
want to love, want to love you)
as long as we are alive I
don’t need anything else
don’t need anything else

don’t need anything else
you and I, the two of us
will go on living, you know
that is my only wish
don’t you know my only wish
(I want to live loving you
want to love, want to love you)
you and I, the two of us
you and I, the two of us

with those burning hot hands of yours / I want you to hold me, embrace me
only the boundaries of our lives / is how long I want to love
the boundaries of our lives / is how long I’m going to love you

firmly embracing / the burning fingers are holding hair
while the two of us are entwined / while we love and are beloved
the two of us will exchange kisses
it’s the burning fire of love
it is the fire that burns me
it is the love that melts my heart

** with only just the two of us / that’s how I want us to live

** repeat

with only just the two of us / how I want us to live
how I want us to live

^ all instances of the word “I” are the feminine, for which there is no equivalent in English; the Japanese word for hold/embrace also means to make love

Original song “I Like Chopin” released by Gazebo
Original lyrics: Gazebo & Pierluigi Giombini
Japanese cover by Asami Kobayashi
Japanese lyrics: Yumi Matsutoya [this is a cover of the Japanese lyrics]

I cover up my ears / fingers crossing over
my heart has / been paralyzed / the sweet melody
stop playing / that Chopin
I cannot see him anymore
Rainy Days / not severing ties
do not bang on the windows
Rainy Days / for my peace of mind / placebo / Ah-

on top of his lap I / laid my cheek to rest
the words “love you” was muttered / the melody of rain
stop playing / that Chopin
as for memories / I don’t need them ^
Rainy Days / till the day that I am no longer a special person
Rainy Days / the cryptic piano / Ah-

Rainy Days / not severing ties
if I turn my head toward the shadow
Rainy Days / the room at twilight is / Ah-
Rainy Days / the special person continues to live within my heart
Rainy Days / turning the skeleton key Chopin / Ah-

^ the sentence ending is decidedly feminine in a way that cannot be conveyed in English

Bacillus Bomb (Bacteria Bomb)

* Let Them Go Bang Bacillus Bomb
Let Them Go Bang Bacillus Bomb
Let Them Go Bang Bacillus Bomb
Let Them Go Bang Bacillus Bomb

Bacteria bomb / firing into the town
Back Street is burning down / the ray boom
Burst ready is / at full volume
Crash crash / bang bang / it keeps rattling
The lower back will get smashed up / Freak Stomp Music
20K light years / cutting across it

* repeat

Shining with a blinding glare / chicken head
A nervous breakdown / speed flood
On a withered body / just now it has freshly been made
Milk, take it and fire it too
Inside of my head is / So Many Colors
Bang Bang / in the midst of an explosion

** Rocket Brats Strange Hips
Tonight the channel / has been switched over
Flying high special / the bomb beat

A strong rumbling sound from the ground was let out
It has been caving in / the space dome
Orange and green colored lights are emitted
The planet continues to blow into itself
To be covered by the blast / directly in front of one’s line of sight
Up Up Smash Up Dreams

** repeat

* repeat

C.M.C = Cruising Missile Career (supposedly this is what it stands for)

* Abstain from wants on holiday / summer beach ^
Reflecting the light off ocean waves sways a parasol
Seaside terrace is where we’re sitting
When emptying a bottle of wine with that girl
A thundering roar rings out
From the sky came a missile hurling down to the ground
Japanese shore crabs playing along the seashore
Begin to run around in a frantic panic
Vacation goers once enjoying their holiday
Disperse this way and that to escape
The sandy beaches have been blown up
It’s a pity that this is the end for everyone

** The bomber planes number 400
They pack and crowd the sky as they fly around
The sound of the machine guns reverberate
Anti-aircraft gunfire bullets fly about
A 500 kg bomb / A gasoline bomb
Rain and hail also fall from the sky
The resort hotel has been destroyed and crumbled to pieces
The sparks of fire drift off to the ocean
All of a sudden the sky has been burned black
Turned into a tragedy is the summer beach
The history of the seashore that was thick with palm trees
Was smashed to bits in the time it takes to say “ah”

*** C.M.C　C.M.C
Summer Day Summer Beach
Summer Sun
All of a sudden the sky has been burned black / The tragedy of summer beach

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^ Note: the word 魅惑 miwaku (charming/fascinating) is sung as 修惑 shuwaku (renounce worldly desires).

{you liar / you liar}

Doubt Doubt Doubt You / Doubt Doubt Doubt You
Doubt Doubt Doubt You / Doubt Doubt Doubt You

that clenched fist / it’s inside your hand clenched into a fist
reveal your secrets / why don’cha now
greasy oily, oily and greasy
emitting an indescribable smell / yeah it smells ¹

if a bud will sprout, at the place then
it will transform into a lovely Dinner for you all
here and there the leftover scraps fall and turn to trash as you pig out
Take me Trash / Take me Trash / You Trash

why don’t ya show me all of those accumulated frogs of yours piled up in the well ²
with your crying eyes you appeal to me and / we look alike
except for the frogs that want to sing

Hey Gentlemen is the water over there really that sweet? ³
Gentlemen why don’t you eat diamonds(?) that reek of mold
Fuck Off!

Doubt Doubt Doubt You / let one slice the flesh and go all the way through the bone
Doubt Doubt Doubt You / this is the transient melody of rabies
Doubt Doubt Doubt You / let one slice the flesh and go mutilate the bones
Doubt Doubt Doubt You / surrounded on all sides but who’s gonna notice

that’s tempting but / just like a chihuahua that’s begging
it’s not worth the trouble
my dancing self / dilemma pond is where I will swim
I’m a self-loathing Jelly Fish

don’t even know your face, that henoheno moheji kisser of your fuckin’ highness ⁴
the leftover notes from pigging out, the bra(?) must’ve slipped yeah
Liar

Doubt Doubt Doubt You / Doubt Doubt Doubt You

Doubt Doubt Doubt You / let one slice the flesh and go all the way through the bone
Doubt Doubt Doubt You / surrounded on all sides but no one’s gonna notice
Doubt Doubt Doubt You / the twins inside of my head are shouting out
Doubt Doubt Doubt You / take the fragments of chaos and go on and cram them down your throat

{it’s a lie fo’ sure}

Doubt Doubt Doubt You / Doubt Doubt Doubt You
take the fragments of chaos and go on and cram them down your throat (take the fragments of chaos and go on and cram them down your throat)
take the fragments of chaos and go on and cram them down your throat (take the fragments of chaos and go on and cram them down your throat)

Fuck Off

1. This is a play on words. The line states the seed (tane) smells. Earlier, Hide said to “tane akashi” (reveal one’s secrets). Tane means something different in each case but goes to talk about planting the seed. It’s similar to saying someone is a “bad seed” in English and then change seed to the literal meaning.
2. This is referring to the proverb by Chinese philosopher Zhuangzi, “i no naka no kawazu ooumi shirazu” (“a frog in a well does not know the great sea”).
3. This is referring to the children’s song “Hotaru Koi” (Come Fireflies) in which you sing about luring the firefly away from the bitter (dirty) water to the sweet (clean) water.
4. Henoheno moheji are letters from the Japanese alphabet used to make a drawing that resembles a face, as ubiquitous as a stick figure.
Note: I’m not 100% positive that “daiya” is “diamond” and “bura” is “bra” because it’s in katakana so it could be a foreign word (English) or it could be placing emphasis on a Japanese word. Plus, diamond is “daiyamondo” and bra is “burajaa”, but Japanese do cut off words. Since I’m not that familiar with how Hide of X Japan talked or wrote lyrics, I can’t be sure.

Funky Monkey Baby
Cover of a Carol song
Lyrics: Yoichi Okura

* You are a funky monkey baby
You are so comical / Regardless, you are my beloved girlfriend

You are a funky monkey baby
You are so crazy / It’s fun, whenever I’m with you

** I am truly loved, always satisfied
Without you in my life, baby I’m blue now

*** You are a funky monkey baby
You’re outta sight / Songs are fun as well, with you night & day

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* Even against a sandstorm / wearing a cloak that can’t fail / I proceed to leave my home behind

** From the neighboring town / comes a mysterious band / and they go again to the next town
Just outside of my room / outside of the window / they go past my window slowly

*** Lots of different people / you have met, haven’t you
Lots of different towns / you have walked through, haven’t you?
After here will be many different places / you go to, right?
Please take me with you / please take me I said / please take me with you

# If it’s a flute, I can play it
I can also beat a drum
Hey / won’t’cha please show me how to play that song
Dance [dancing], I am bad at it
But I try very hard to dance
Hey / won’t’cha please show me how to do that dance step

** repeat

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# repeat

If and when the moon rises
Let’s go climb up the hill
Hey / won’t’cha please sing that melody
la la la……

* repeat

English translation found on internet (not credited).

The blue sky can collapse on us
And the earth fall to ruins,
I don’t care, as long as you love me.
I don’t care a damn about the world.
As long as love lights my mornings
As long as my body trembles under your hands
I care little about problems
My love since you love me.
I would go to the end of the world
I would have my hair dyed blonde
If you asked me.
I would go and unhook the moon
I would go and steal a fortune
If you asked me.
I would reject my country
I would reject all my friends
if you asked me.
People can laugh at me
I would do anything
If you asked me.
If one day life tears you away from me
If you die whilst away from me
I don’t care as long as you love me
Because I will die too
We will have eternity all to us
In the blue all immensity
In heaven no more problems,
My love, do you believe we love each other
As God reunites those that love one another.

* Jackie is my girlfriend
Jackie is my girlfriend
Jackie is my girlfriend
Yeah!

* repeat

She makes my heart go thump thump / She is a cute Venus
Jackie is my girlfriend
Her cute body is just like a transistor radio
Jackie is my girlfriend

** Tonight! Gonna get numb / Honey
Tonight! One glance is enough / Damn!
Tonight!
Gonna soar high in the sky like an ad balloon / Baby!

Exceptionally chic, she is dressed up tonight
Jackie is my girlfriend
Exceptionally hip her steps when she dances
Jackie is my girlfriend
Tonight! Gonna get numb / Honey
Tonight! Just by your dance
Tonight!
The birds of paradise kiss since they’re in the mood / Baby!

* repeat 2x

She gets me so excited! She is a cute Venus
Jackie is my girlfriend
If I don’t see her for 3 days / I just can’t stand it
Jackie is my girlfriend

** repeat

*** Oh baby!
So excited / Come on get me excited, Jackie
So excited / Come on get me excited, Jackie
So excited / Come on get me excited, Jackie
{ Sweet }

*** repeat 2x

Hey! Hey! Hey!

That Girl is Very Cute

* That girl is very cute and
I so very much want to make her mine
Everyday I go and pass by the place where she lives
I carry with me a single rose
However that girl has very reserved manners
and exchanges greetings with indifference

You are very cute and I
I so very much want to make you mine
Everyday I go and pass by the place where she lives
I carry with me a single rose
However your demeanor is very capricious
Winking back is all you return to me

* repeat

** However that girl has very reserved manners
and exchanges greetings with indifference

** repeat

English Translation by Mack David

Hold me close and hold me fast
The magic spell you cast
This is la vie en rose
When you kiss me, Heaven sighs
And though I close my eyes
I see la vie en rose
When you press me to your heart
I’m in a world apart
A world where roses bloom
And when you speak
Angels sing from above
Every day words
Seem to turn into love songs
Give your heart and soul to me
And life will always be
La vie en rose

I thought that love was just a word
They sang about in songs I heard
It took your kisses to reveal
That I was wrong, and love is real

Hold me close and hold me fast
The magic spell you cast
This is la vie en rose
When you kiss me, Heaven sighs
And though I close my eyes
I see la vie en rose
When you press me to your heart
I’m in a world apart
A world where roses bloom
And when you speak
Angels sing from above
Every day words
Seem to turn into love songs
Give your heart and soul to me
And life will always be
La vie en rose

* Give it a squeeze / Yeah my little lemon
Just as much as you would like to
Fill it up, yeah my little lemon
Inside of your, inside of your black tea
Ah, ah, ah
The two of us will drink our lemon tea

Even now it’s about to burst
It has ripened, yeah my little lemon
Not a drop, not a drop will spill
Inside of your, inside of your black tea
Ah, ah, ah
Number 1 in this world, it’s lemon tea

Sugar, lots of it
Stir it up / Very slowly
Before it, before it cools
You cannot, cannot wait anymore
Ah, ah, ah
It’s sweet, it’s sour, it’s lemon tea

Hey check it out / You already
Have slobber / Dribbling down
One more cup / Of a hot one
You ask me please / You are begging
Ah, ah, ah
Before you go to bed have lemon tea

* repeat

Yeah!

^ Please note that the original artist wrote the title in katakana or English, depending on the release, but Lucy writes it in English. I have provided the title in katakana for informational purposes.

Love (I Want to Hold You) ^

* I want to hold you / I want to hold you
I want to hold you / I want to hold you

a leather coat / without putting on the sleeves
I am blown by the wind / I head on out / to (see) that person
just like a discolored painting / twilight is gathering upon us
heel, just the sound of it / the tap tapping resonates
you are returning home / you have a home
someone who gently holds tight / you have such a person
after removing the ring / love each other
a naughty woman is / not what I want to be called
in autumn, the dead leaves / in winter, flurries in wind
painfully and with sadness / they dance about
goodbye to you / goodbye to you
goodbye to you / goodbye to you

* repeat {2x}

Tonight I will / just a little bit of
alcohol drinking / it’s good if I fall asleep but
grey town in the middle of winter / running through the crowd of people
how is it that one is supposed to warm a person’s heart?
you are returning home / you have a home
someone who gently holds tight / you have such a person
I hide my face as I / go about my life
an unhappy woman is / not what I want to be called

** in the town there is sleet / and people have their tears
in darkness and loneliness / these will become frozen
goodbye to you / goodbye to you
goodbye to you / goodbye to you

** repeat

^ dakishimetai may also be translated as “I want to make love to you”

So you are over there? / I cannot reach you over there
If one closes their eyes / their back will start to freeze
Without thinking about it / I’m gonna be your dog

{ * I wanna be your dog }

During the night of lead / the blood circulates
I want it, I want it
Up on top of the table / I will die for you
Without thinking about it / I’m gonna be your dog

You who continue to dance along / the palm of your hand is cold
I will warm it up for you / continuously licking^ {continuously licking}
Let Me Down
Let Me Out
Without thinking about it / I’m gonna be your dog

You who cannot die at all / just twist something around your neck
It is the glass of steam / I cannot erase it {I cannot erase it}
During the night of lead {during the night of lead} the blood circulates
Let Me Down
Let Me Out
Without thinking about it / I’m gonna be your dog

{ * repeat 4x }

^ the literal word for “lick” in Japanese also means in its most mildest terms, to be mean to someone such as to pick on them. Usually this is a fighting word and in such moments I tend to translate it with vulgar language, i.e., “don’t lick me” would be equivalent to “don’t mess with me” or “don’t fuck with me”.

English lyrics by Sidney Keith “Bob” Russell

Soul of distant Africa
Fills my chest with fire

And the poor child of the slave
Always longs for the palm trees
Of the primitive jungle
Of gods of mystery and war

Ifa, Ochun, Obatala, for Chango and Yemaya
Ifa, Ochun, Obatala, for Chango and Yemaya

Land of the longed for Africa
The deep rivers and blue sky
There, if a black man looks at a white woman

Taboo…taboo…taboo

Ifa, Ochun, Obatala, for Chango and Yemaya
Ifa, Ochun, Obatala, for Chango and Yemaya

Taboo…taboo…taboo

The years pass by, the changing of seasons come and go
The valium pill dosage continues to grow
The kids who hang out standing on the street corners
Their complexion gets paler with each passing day
The psychiatrist pays you a visit
Let’s begin the questioning
So tell me, what are you eating everyday?
So tell me, what do you dream of?
On the Braun tube [cathode ray tube] please draw a picture for me

* Psychotherapist, to call upon the doctor at
The new hospital’s group therapy sessions
Electronics, making full use of the machines
Frozen heart people conducting treatments
You know, recently you have been acting a bit strange
If you think that something is not normal then
“3685” dial on the telephone
You will be checked and treated
Vacant state caused by dependency
Signs of mental abnormality, persecution complex

** All your bad dreams diving in
How long did you watch t.v.
yesterday
All your good dreams fade away
How long did you watch t.v.
yesterday

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