Yes. God, what a song.

Lyrics assembled from various sources and some slight translation work on my own.
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Megchan

天体観測 (Star Gazing)

2 o’clock in the morning at the railroad crossing, telescope on my shoulders
The radio tied to my waist said it wouldn’t rain

After two minutes, you came with way too many things
Shall we begin watching the night sky and searching for falling stars?

To avoid being swallowed by the darkness,
I earnestly considered holding your trembling hand that night.

Searching for things we can’t see, we looked into the telescope
A number of new voices were born which sliced through the darkness
Tomorrow was calling for us, but we never gave it a proper response
We chased the comet named “the present” together

Before I realized it, I began searching for something
Something like the meaning of happiness, or a place to store sadness

From the day I’m born until the moment I die I’ll be searching for it
But for now, lets go watch the night sky and search for falling stars

I still remember all the things we found that day,
and I still remember the pain of not holding your trembling hand

Hoping to know the things we didn’t know, we peered into the telescope
Hoping to illuminate the darkness with the faint, twinkling lights
And I still remember the pain we discovered through this
Alone, I still chase the comet named “the present” even now

And as we grow up, the number of things I want to tell you also increase
My unaddressed letters have built up into a pile that’s so large it looks like it would crumble

I’m doing well. And my worries are few.
But there’s one that I still remember even now.

While the rain the reports didn’t predict showered on us, you looked like you were about to cry
That day when I didn’t take your quivering hand

Searching for things I can see, a telescope on my shoulders again
I run back through the silence and darkness
And I still hold the pain at bay
Alone, I still chase the comet named “the present” even now

Let’s meet again one more time, a telescope on my shoulders
At 2 am at the railroad crossing like before
Shall we start watching the stars? Even if you don’t arrive 2 minutes later
We’ll chase the comet called “The Present” together

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“Movies”

On April 6, 2008, in Music, song, by mugen

by Alien Ant Farm

At slow speed we all seem focused
In motion we seem wrong
In summer we can taste the rain

I want you to be free
Don’t worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene

Two can play this game
We both want power
In winter we can taste the pain

In our short years, we come long way
To treat it bad and throw away

I want you to be free
Don’t worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene

You won’t cry, I won’t scream

In our short years we come long way
To treat it bad and throw away
And if we make a little space
A science fiction showcase
In our short film, a love disgrace
Dream a scene to brighten face
In our short years we come long way
To treat it bad, just to throw it away

I want you to be free
Don’t worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene

You won’t cry, I won’t scream

(one fascinating thing about this song is the way that my mind fills in the gaps in the pidgin-like grammar)

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“Not Ready to Make Nice”

On February 21, 2007, in song, by mugen

I don’t listen to the Dixie Chicks much, but I really dig where this is coming from… because it’s a letter to all the people who can’t stand their politics. Keep it up Natalie, Emily, and Martie.

“Not Ready To Make Nice” from the album Taking The Long Way
by Dixie Chicks

Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I’m not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I’m still waiting

I’m through with doubt,
There’s nothing left for me to figure out,
I’ve paid a price, and i’ll keep paying

I’m not ready to make nice,
I’m not ready to back down,
I’m still mad as hell
And I don’t have time
To go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

I know you said
Why can’t you just get over it,
It turned my whole world around
and i kind of like it

I made by bed, and I sleep like a baby,
With no regrets and I don’t mind saying,
It’s a sad sad story
That a mother will teach her daughter
that she ought to hate a perfect stranger.
And how in the world
Can the words that I said
Send somebody so over the edge
That they’d write me a letter
Saying that I better shut up and sing
Or my life will be over

I’m not ready to make nice,
I’m not ready to back down,
I’m still mad as hell
And I don’t have time
To go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

I’m not ready to make nice,
I’m not ready to back down,
I’m still mad as hell
And I don’t have time
To go round and round and round
It’s too late to make it right
I probably wouldn’t if I could
Cause I’m mad as hell
Can’t bring myself to do what it is
You think I should

Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I’m not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I’m still waiting

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“Do As Thou Wilt”

On February 20, 2007, in song, by mugen

“I admit that my visions can never mean to other men as much as they do to me. I do not regret this. All I ask is that my results should convince seekers after truth that there is beyond doubt something worth while seeking, attainable by methods more or less like mine. I do not want to father a flock, to be the fetish of fools and fanatics, or the founder of a faith whose followers are content to echo my opinions. I want each man to cut his own way through the jungle.”

–Aleister Crowley

“Attain”
by Charlotte’s Webb
lyrics by Matt Duncan

What I see and what you see
Are two extremes — an unspanned gulf
You give me grief with your belief
That you are right and I am wrong
My own misdeeds create my creed
I am my judge, I make my rules
You bait me with your weak disease
And sow the seeds that bloom in fools

You scorn me with your practiced lie:
“Without wings you cannot fly.”
You nail me down, I ask you “Why?”
With my own will I’ll touch the sky.

My ears will bleed
My eyes will burst
My bones will break
My fear will fade

The substitute for wings refused,
I forge my path with my bare hands.
Escape this shell in which I dwell,
Escape the world and its demands.
You cannot follow. I won’t lead.
You will succeed like me — Alone.
The path you seek to strong from weak
Is inborn, find it on your own.

The seasons change, the leaves will die
Blown by the wind, and with them, I’m
Caught in the Spiral, curl and fly,
I need no wings to touch the sky.

My ears will bleed
My eyes will burst
My bones will break
My fear will fade

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crushing

On January 10, 2007, in Music, by mugen

These lyrics destroy me. Every time. Since I was 17:

“I feel her gently sighing as the evening slips away.
If only you knew what’s inside of me now
You wouldn’t want to know me somehow”

The tremble in his voice, at once vulnerable and rising in power as he sings. God.

Thank you, Julie, for that tape, because the real gift was those moments when I can’t see during that song.

(“Never Comes the Day” by The Moody Blues)

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