(Ohhh!!! HANABI) – Ohhh!!! Fireworks
from RHINOCEROS album.
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As the fireworks bloom with a boom, your cheeks as you look up at the sky is dyed
Red, blue, gold, silver, my summer lover is glamorous
The sound of your geta light, the swaying hem of your moonflower
Patterned yukata coaxes the evening and night fair lights
As we pause at the goldfish vendor wondering “can they be scooped out?”
Our faces are drenched by a splash of water from a tail fin
Your expression is so different from daytime, I can’t help but fidget
Hyururu, as the fireworks bloom with a boom, thousands of eyes will sparkle
Summer dream, fireworks, we become one of it too
Hyururu, as the fireworks bloom with a boom, your cheeks as you look up at the sky is dyed
Red, blue, gold, silver, my summer lover is glamorous
Amidst the boisterous crowd, your lips
Come close to my ear and spill the words “I love you”
I patted my straggling hair, gasped, froze and stopped breathing
I can hear the festival band from faraway, and a magical nostalgia wells up
Piihyalala, tenton, shanton, playing a tune of young days
I demanded a celluloid mask, lost my nerve as I dread going home
There, here? There, where? Knowing that summer was passing me by
Don’t hurry along the way home when the southern constellations are sparkling like this
Hyururu, as the fireworks bloom with a boom, in the moment when it disappears
Summer dream, fireworks, I want to remember them forever
Hyururu, as the fireworks bloom with a boom, your cheeks as you look up at the sky is dyed
Red, blue, gold, silver, my summer lover is glamorous
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