[romaji and translation] Marionette

[masa]

Omoide wa itsu no hi mo
Utsukushiku utsuru mono
Dare no me ni mo onaji you ni

Dakedo sou bokutachi wa
Hontou wa shitte iru
Sore dake de wa nai koto o

Douka wasurenaide
Watashi mo ano ko mo kimi mo

* Bokutachi wa hyoumen dake
Tsukurotte shinda you na
Kao o kakushite ikiru tame
Umarete kita wake ja nai

Furikaerareru no wa
Soko o toorisugita kara
Tachidomatte wa mata susunda

Douka omoidashite
Watashi mo ano ko mo kimi mo

Bokutachi wa kizutsuite
Hikari sae miushinai
Mou nando mo akirameta
Sore demo mada koko ni iru

Saa dare no tame de mo naku
Jibun jishin no te de

Osorezu ni tachiagari
Kamen o hagitoru n da

* (repeat)
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Memories are always beautiful
In the eyes of everyone
In the same way

But, yes
We actually know
That there is more

Please don't forget
Me, that girl and you

* We were not born to live
Just putting on a front
And hiding a face
Like the dead

We can look back on the past
Because we passed there
We stopped and stepped forward again

Please remember
Me, that girl and you

We got hurt
Even lost sight of light
And gave up more than once
But still we are here

Now, let's stand up without fear
For the sake of no one else

And rip off the masks
With our own hands

* (repeat)

[nanami606]

Thank you!

[ayu_ready?]

xoxo, I like them

[truehappiness]

Oo.

Ayu's really good at using poetic elements in her lyrics. I swear, I'd read a book of her poems any day. XD

[Seishou]

Really painful...
Thanks masa

[Teyla]

Thanks!

[tenshi no hane]

thanks for translating

[DestinyWishes]

Thanks for translation, I haven't heard the song yet though, I don't want to spoil the suprise.

[GeneticNova]

nothing beats Ayumi lyrics!! Even poems!! Poems can't own Ayu Lyrics!!

[Ryuuzaki]

thanks for the lyrics

[TITANIC]

thanks for the translation..

she said memories always beautiful..
but some memories are terrible

[freedreamer]

seems like its about "moving on"...(fits in the album...leads to the happier side)

but i wonder why she titled it Marionette

[waterballoon]

Well, to answer your question, freedreamer, a marionette is a doll/puppet whose limbs are attached to strings, which is then manipulated by someone... Perhaps she's trying to say we are all controlled by fate. Somehow links to fated as well.

Also... I think Marionette sounds nicer than Puppet or a repeat of Dolls.

[freedreamer]

^yea definitely...

after reading the lyrics again...i realized its as if the "we" are kinda fixated to a place...maybe thats why...

[missile-sanja]

thank you! i like this song^^

[takamioda]

thanks masa

[Beauty4123]

thanks so much for the lyrics!

[waterballoon]

Originally Posted by freedreamer

^yea definitely...

after reading the lyrics again...i realized its as if the "we" are kinda fixated to a place...maybe thats why...

Yeah, it's as if the "we" she was singing about were reluctant to move, like they were fixated by fate. Maybe she knows that both herself and Tomoya didn't really want to end this relationship. It explains why GUILTY (the album) is filled with so much confused feelings...

[Oujiro]

Thanks! wow this song is great

[Neo Daydream]

cool! thanks! ^^