(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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from RHINOCEROS album.

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Painted over 7 DAYS, even on Friday evening, I’m escaping from that HEAVY THING
Expecting someone, even the hateful things are ENVIOUS, suicidal

Within this heartbeat sending out warm blood
Mixes a blood so cold that it makes me shudder

Everyone is FAKE ON THE FACE, BREED AN ANGRY BIRD
It’s reflected in your averted eyes too, WOW CAN YOU SEE? Hiding ANGRY BIRD
Disillusioned FLASH IN THE EYES, GOT YOU “ANGRY BIRD”
Stupidly flustered, WOW CAN YOU FEEL, lurking ANGRY BIRD

Can’t breathe 24, can’t hear Mama’s voice, NAVY MOON can’t sleep
Even the essential things and the hindrances, PAST DAY, can’t remember it all

Showing off unreachable things, not associating in bad hobbies
Who was the one who calls such a thing love?

Before showing off the unsightly thing, PAINT IT BLACK
Paint over with feigned ignorance, WOW COULD YOU DO? Hurry and PAINT IT BLACK
All the dissenting voices, PAINT IT BLACK
Acting like you’ve understood, WOW I MEAN “YOU”, PAINT IT BLACK here

If someone who declares himself normal goes to a city filled with abnormalcy
A faint sour bile will spread in his mouth, and he’ll puke countless times

Everyone is FAKE ON THE FACE, BREED AN ANGRY BIRD
It’s reflected in your averted eyes too, WOW CAN YOU SEE? Hiding ANGRY BIRD
Disillusioned FLASH IN THE EYES, GOT YOU “ANGRY BIRD”
Stupidly flustered, WOW CAN YOU FEEL, lurking ANGRY BIRD

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