[summerain]

Originally Posted by Koumori

I've listened to all but the last two songs, waiting on lyric translations for them before I do. So far I love the album though... It's very Utada. There's some interesting experimentation going on when it comes to composition and I really like how the songs are all distinct, but still feel part of the same era.

I am surprised how there's no big epic rock ballad-y piece though, especially with it being the album with the KHIII track on. Unless one of the last two songs is one (which I doubt, given the comments here), then that's the only thing I'm missing since her comeback. I love her new sound but she was always so good at those surreal, intense songs.

kimonobeat (tumblr) translated everything:

Yuunagi

A little boat leaves a scar
On the glassy ocean

Everything will come to an end eventually
Without exception
Without a doubt
Now and forever

How many years has it been
Since the last time I spent
A moment this peaceful with you?

You’ve gotten so small
I held you in my arms so I wouldn’t lose you

Each and every one of us
Truly and indiscriminately
Follows laws that never change
Even without hurrying it along, we do

Everything is ending now
Without exception
And all by chance, by chance
The waves arch, then disappear

Everything is headed somewhere
Without exception
Without a doubt
It’s always been that way, and always will

Shittosarerubeki Jinsei

I just knew after a slight bow
And a self-introduction
That I’d be spending my life with this person

It all started with us telling our life stories
I don’t really remember the beginning
But it didn’t end in a single night

It’s eerie, almost, how it never seemed to end
Something came pouring out of me
My life felt so long to me before, but suddenly it felt so short

Even if today were the last day of my life
Even if I ran into you fifty years from now
I’d say I was happier than anyone else
I’d say I had a life to be jealous of

Even if today were the last day of my life
Even if I ran into you fifty years from now
I’d say I was happier than anyone else
I’d say I had a life to be jealous of

I would
As modest as I try to be
I’d say that I had a life to be jealous of

I’m done living my life
Just trying to live up to other people’s expectations
I’d be faithful to you if you passed before me
I think to myself
While changing the flowers
In front of my late mother’s portrait
If I die first
I’ll spend my final moments smiling

Today’s the first day of my life
Even if I saw you fifty years from now
I’d say I was happier than anyone else
I’d say I had a life to be jealous of

I would
As modest as I try to be
I’d say that I had a life to be jealous of

I would
As much as I try to be modest about it
I had a life to be jealous of