嵐 - 時計じかけのアンブレラ

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時計じかけのアンブレラ - Clockwork Umbrella

不思議なことばかり　何信じればいいの
もし迷うなら　俺のそばにいて

Nothing but mysterious things, what should I believe in?
If you’re lost, stay to my side

初めて見る風景　君の胸生まれる
疑う(うたがう)よりも歩き出してみて 　（過去　未来… 今）

Seeing for the first time this landscape, which was born from your heart
Instead of doubting, try taking a step forward (the past, the present… now)

Ah Ah, Lady, Come on baby
心に差したアンブレラで
敲く（たたく） fly me  Do you wanna with me
ここでゼロから

Ah ah, Lady, Come on baby
With this umbrella held up over my heart
Fly me, do you wanna with me
From here on starting from zero

時計じかけの　ラブソング好きさ
ロマンチックな針が交わる瞬間　抱き寄せて
君が居ればいい　何も要らない
二人で歩く長いこの回り道に　夢がある

I love this clockwork love song
Hold on to the romantic moment when the hands of a clock cross
As long as your here it’s fine, I don’t need anything
On this long, circling, path that both of us walk on, there is a dream

My love go on & on
Your love go on & on

胸に火燃ゆる導火線　
いっそこのままどう成れ
もう俺もここまで　
我慢知らぬ大人で (あ,もうだめ）
夢はどこかで
いつか奏でていた音を変える　
この旅路どこまで
迷わぬよう二人の帆を立てる

This burning fuse in my chest
Might as well see what will happen to it
This is as far as I can go
As an adult who doesn’t know patience (ah, I can’t take it anymore)
Somewhere in my dreams
The sound that’s been playing will some day change
How far is this journey?
So that we won’t lose our way let’s put two sails up

まだだめ　まだだめ　朝まで暖め
明日の種まけ　裸で暖め

Not yet, not yet, keep it warm until morning
Spread the seeds of tomorrow and warm them with your bare skin

ずっともっと遠回り
街は辺り変わり
響くあまい話り
生まれくる愛のさなぎ

An even longer detour
The towns surrounding us change
A sweet story echoes
A chrysalis of love is born

真実は何　誰も知らない
確かなことは　君はゼロから

What is the truth? No one knows
The only thing I’m certain of is you starting from zero

嘘でいいから傷付くだけで真実
心の奥そっとしまうから

Even if it’s a lie, the truth will only hurt
So I’ve softly hidden it inside my heart

雨が二人も濡らし続けても
大切なのは君がいるで

Even if the rain continues to soak us
The important thing is that you’re here

その二人たくさん咲いた未来の花を温めて
優しい傘そっと差して行こう

Warm up the many flowers of the future that have bloomed for us
Let’s raise this gentle umbrella and quietly go on

時計じかけの　ラブソング好きさ
電気ショックに痺れたキスの瞬間　止めないで
君が居ればいい　何も要らない
二人で歩く長いこの回り道に　夢がある

I love this clockwork love song
Don’t stop this moment where our kiss is numbed by an electric shock
As long as your here it’s fine, I don’t need anything
On this long, circling, path that both of us walk on, there is a dream

愛の嵐で　離したくない
二人描いたこの希望の落書きを　地図にして

In the storm in love, I don’t want to let go
We’ll turn this graffiti of hope that we drew into a map

My love go on & on
Your love go on & on

大野智 - Two

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大野智　-　Two

車窓に重なる　隣で微笑む君
こんなにもうすぐそばにいても　触れる事はできない
ステレオから流れる調べ今はただ切なくて
僕だけの君にしたくて

Overlapping on the car window is you beside me, smiling
Even though you’re this close to my side, I can’t touch you
The tune coming from the stereo, right now it’s just sad
I wish I could make you mine

So don’t ever go, ever go, ever go, go away
このまま夜が明けても
Don’t ever go, ever go, ever go, go away
帰したくないから

So don’t ever go, ever go, ever go, go away
Just like this, even when dawn breaks
Don’t ever go, ever go, ever go, go away
Because I don’t want to let you go back home

もう少しだけでいい　何も言わず follow me
君を連れ去りたい　胸が叫ぶから
I need you, I need you, I need you
たとえ今夜が最初で最後の夜でも

Just a bit more is fine, follow me without saying anything
I want to take you away, because my heart is crying
I need you, I need you, I need you
Even if tonight is the first and final night

月明かり浴びる　急に黙り込む君
Highwayを当てなくて漂う　止まる事はできない
いつからだろうかどんな景色よりもずっと眩しくて
君だけが惑わせるから

Bathing in the light of the moon, you, who suddenly fell into a silence
Wandering on this highway, unable to stop
When was it, that you were more dazzling than the scenery
Only you keep leading me astray

So don’t ever go, ever go, ever go, go away
心をちょっと振り向いて
Don’t ever go, ever go, ever go, go away
離したくないから

So don’t ever go, ever go, ever go, go away
Turn your heart slightly around
Don’t ever go, ever go, ever go, go away
Because I don’t want to let you go

誰一人壊せない　二人だけのdestiny
泣かないでそのひとみ抱きしめられたら
l love you, I love you, I love you
せめて今夜は永遠の時を願うよ

No one can destroy our destiny
When I hug you, pleae don’t cry from those eyes
l love you, I love you, I love you
Let’s pray for an endless amount of time, at least for tonight

伝えたい言葉さえしまい込んだとしても
愛しさが溢れていく震えるほど

Even if I hide away all the words I want to tell you
My love is overflowing to the point I’m shaking

もう少しだけでいい　何も言わず follow me
君を連れ去りたい　胸が叫ぶから
I need you, I need you, I need you
たとえ今夜が最初で最後の夜でも

Just a bit more is fine, follow me without saying anything
I want to take you away, because my heart is crying
I need you, I need you, I need you
Even if tonight is the first and final night

Regarding Tortall: Thoughts on Kel

Despite having read Song of the Lioness and The Immortals quartets numerous times and Tricksters quite a few times, I've only read Protector of the Small for the second time recently, just finishing the last book two nights ago. Why? Simply because when I first read PotS, at the age of twelve or so, Kel didn't interest me at all and so I never thought of giving it another go. Until now of course.

For the first... two and half parts of the quartet (so about half way into Squire) I still don't find Kel a particularly interesting character. It's actually not until a bit into Lady Knight that I finally start liking her and respecting her, but only in that one book. Overall I still think she's a bit too.... bland.

Regarding Tortall: Alanna and Aly

Another random post about another series of book written by the most amazing YA Fantasy author ever Tamora Pierce. I just want to say now that Song of the Lioness is my most favourite quartet (and books) ever and the Tortall universe in general is my dream. Well, not really, I don't want to live in medieval times but I wish I could meet and know all the characters because all of them are so bad-ass and brilliant.

But that's not what I want to talk about at the moment. What I want to talk about is the relationship between Alanna and her daughter Alianne. (I've been re-reading the Daughter of the Lioness you see). Can I just say that I really love this relationship? Or, well, I find it very intriguing.

I'll just say right now, Alanna is my most favourite character ever, George x Alanna is my biggest OTP for this universe, and pretty much any time either of these two are mentioned in any of the books I go nuts and get incredibly happy. My biggest wish is just to see what their married life is like with their children and the thing is - in Aly's story we get a very small glimpse of Alanna's relationship with her daughter - and it's a complicated one.

The thing is, at first glance, it seems like Aly somewhat resents her mother, or they don't get along. And most people would think that in general Alanna just doesn't spend much time with her children, isn't very close with them etc. but after re-reading Trickster's Choice that's not the feeling I get at all. Aly clearly misses her mother, and Alanna is clearly going nuts at the fact that her daughter is missing. I just found those moments very sweet - when Aly noticed the relationship between Sarai and Winna and likened it to her own relationship with her mother. The thing is - they clearly care and love each other quite a bit but their personalities clash so strongly that it's difficult for them to get along (for now). Aly is after all, still a growing teenager, and Alanna just has issues understanding how her daughter works at the moment.

Tammy has clearly said that Aly eventually grows to understand her mother more and I can see this happening. Aly does respect her mother quite a bit already as a teenager (her indignation at the fact that someone did not know her mother, and how much faith and pride she puts in her mothers ability as a warrior is something I find very telling) and I can see, as she gets older, Aly understanding what it's like to be constantly driven to do something with yourself because she herself has suddenly found that passion in her work as a spymaster.

If anything I see Aly as a perfect combination of her two parents. She has the skills and calm, easy-going manner as her father, but she's also incredibly stubborn and determined like her mother - she just doesn't realise the latter part yet.

Really all I'm here to say is, Alanna and her relationship with her kids. I need more of this because... well, could you imagine 19 year old Alanna at the end of Lioness Rampant being a mother? It's a different sort of character growth that you obviously cannot release a novel about but... my god I wish I could read about it anyway.

Heir Series - Linda x Lee

Alright so another topic that's coming out of nowhere - again I started re-reading an old series from my... adolescence (I have fic that I wrote from 2007 so I'm guessing that's when I first read the books) and it's called The Heir Series written by Cinda Williams Chima. I'm not under the impression that is is a particularly famous series compared to some other child fantasy stories but I must admit - after re-reading it that it definitely is a favourite of mine. Although I'm mostly judging this by the fact that this series has virtually no fanfic - but this might be just because the general population that reads this series is way too young to write fic. Which makes me sad and desperate so I'm going to do some flailing and what-not here.

進撃の巨人(Shingeki no Kyojin) - Attack on Titan

So... normally I avoid really hyped up anime/manga that people are flailing about because it always just seem like people like them for the "hot guys" (*cough*Free!*cough*) but after seeing some panels of the manga and reading about the plot I decided that this was something I should check out and what a huge mistake I made.

Let's Talk Harry Potter

I've pretty much spent all the spare time I've had the past week with my head shoved into a Harry Potter book. It was like I'd turned back to my 8 year old self, where I had my face shoved into a book pretty much any moment I was not in class and I read Harry Potter so much I head nearly memorized the first 3 books word for word.