[miku/luka] Circle You, Circle You (かこめかこめ)

Feel free to use these lyrics to record a cover of the song, but if you choose to do so, please credit either emeralddarkess on livejournal/dreamwidth, or this blog!

A note: The line "Little bird in a cage" is not actually a translation of the line in question - the original is either "Kakome, kakome" (Circle, circle [around you]) or (probably) "Kagome, kagome" which are essentially nonsense words, sung in the children's song/game Kagome, Kagome. The (translated) rhyme goes something like:

Kagome, kagome, the bird in the cage,
When, oh when will you come out?
In the evening of the dawn,
the crane and turtle slipped.
Who is right behind you?

Two of the lines in the song - yoake no ban ni (In the evening of the dawn) and "Ushiro no shoumen daare?" (Who is right behind you?) - are direct lifts from the Kagome, Kagome song, so I figured I'd take a few liberties and replace the nonsense words with ones that fit in with the rest of the 'borrowed' lyrics.

In a building rotting in the shade
There, at the end of a dim hallway
Lies a room long forgotten by all
In it, poor lost neglected children dwell

They
They've waited so long for you to come and visit, waited for years
We are so happy! We're all so happy!
Won't you come play with us here?

Circle you, circle you
Don't run and don't try to escape
Circle all around you
What's a game that you love playing?
When the first light starts to fade
You can join us, come be our friend!
Little bird in a cage
Who's standing behind you right now?

Here's an orphanage hidden by trees
Used to test a horror-filled technique
Medicine derived from children's brains
Immortality built on death and pain

The
The children of the orphanage circled round the teacher in charge
They would sing a song and would play a game:
Circle you, circle you

Circle you, circle you
Round a child who just lost the game
Circle all around you
Make sure that the brat can't escape
When the first light starts to fade
Behead all the ones who tamper
Little bird in a cage
Who's standing behind you right now?

Now
Now even if their heads are crushed or an arm is torn away
These children won't die, they will never die
They still laugh sweetly and play

Circle you, circle you
Don't run and don't try to escape
Circle all around you
Come and drink the magic tonic
Then just like us, you won't age
Come and play with us forever
Little bird in a cage
Who's standing behind you right now?

If anyone has any concrit to offer, it is both welcome and appreciated.

[miku] Rotten Girl, Grotesque Romance [Stalker] (ロッテンガールグロテスクロマンス)

Feel free to use these lyrics to record a cover of the song, but if you choose to do so, please credit either emeralddarkess on livejournal/dreamwidth, or this blog!

I wonder
Could I be born to love you?
Was this obsession always written in the stars?
At your wall
I whisper that I'll be true
Make your move, darling boy - I'm never far.

I hunt down
All of your likes and dislikes
All your little secrets, I store them in my heart
I wish I
Could be with you, hold you tight
Kiss your lips, stroke your cheek, never apart

Oh dear me, who is this? There's someone over?
You have such good taste - she's a pretty girl.
Why don't you tell me how you think you love her?
So I can cut her up and pack up every curl?

I will burn the photographs that that slut gave to you!
I wonder how she's doing by now? (Heh)
Do to me as you please - anything you want I'll be
I love you more, I'll prove that to you some way, some how.

I want you, dear
All for my own
A true complete collection of you

What is this? I see tears! Why are you crying?
Tell me what is wrong? What is it you dread?
I see that it's this cardboard box you're eyeing -
It's how I'll keep you close when you are finally dead.

Do you like the special gifts I leave?
Every day I make sure you receive
At your door, the perfect present for your tastes-
Kitten heads! I know how much you adore cats, my sweetheart!

Photographs of that girl fly as ash through the air
I wonder if she ever lived? (Heh)
Empty words, how cliche, only saying "I love you"?
The whole thing makes me feel like I'm going to puke.

I'll prove my love
Eternally
No fear, I'll be forever with you

If anyone has any concrit to offer, it is both welcome and appreciated.

[len] SPICE! (スパイス!)

Feel free to use these lyrics to record a cover of the song, but if you choose to do so, please credit either emeralddarkess on livejournal, or this blog!

It's four am, I'm sleeping peacefully when my cellphone rings
You ask, "Who'd you go with last night when you ditched me, and where?"
I pull out all my usual evasions and excuses
Not laughing's hard when you still believe what you hear

Did you honestly just say "I want you"?
That "I'm the one"? That's cliché, my dear
And if I laugh, it's cause you'll never tie me down here

You taste that SPICE? That flavor heating your tongue?
Babe, you've lucked out -- this one time, you can have some
I guarantee that you'll be hooked long before the night is done
You'll always be longing for SPICE again!

Another day, another girl is asking, "Can we meet up?"
I guess you don't know that you just played right into my hands
You think you'll catch my heart, but you'll fail just like all the rest
It's not that easy, but you never understand

I'm lying when I tell you I love you
Those words are part of the game I play
I always win, just a few words and you will go all the way

You taste so sweet, it's SYRUP, heavy on my tongue
Tonight it's you I've chosen to take it from
It's skin on skin, our bodies, and the taste of you 'til we're done
Your syrupy sweetness is mine to win!

Despite it all, love remains a mystery
But then I guess that that is perfect for me
All that romantic sap just isn't something I'll ever need
Not when it's so easy just being me

SPICE! My flavor -- heat on your tongue
Babe, you've lucked out -- this one time, you can have some
I guarantee that you'll be hooked long before the night is done
You'll always be longing for SPICE again!

If anyone has any concrit to offer, it is both welcome and appreciated.

[luka] Secret

Before anyone says a thing, yes, this song was already English. However, it's more Engrish than English, so I tweaked the lyrics so that they are grammatically correct.

Feel free to use these lyrics to record a cover of the song, but if you choose to do so, please credit either emeralddarkess on livejournal, or this blog!

I don't know if I'm a boy
I don't know if I'm a girl
I don't know when I was born
I don't know my own mother
I don't know when I was left alone
I don't know why I got mad
I don't know why I got mad
I don't think I should come back

Tell me now that you really like the show
Tell me now that you really want to get high
Tell me now that you really like my style, oh
Tell you now, you're going to commit a crime

You want this? Tell me how you want it to be

My mind and heart are broken
Cause I knew that only you would ever
Understand my ways
And from the day I found you, babe
You fell right into me

Tell me now that you really like the show
Tell me now that you really want to get high
Tell me now that you really like my style, oh
Tell you now, you're going to commit a crime

You want this? Tell me how you want it to be

I don't know if I am a boy
I don't know if I am a girl
I don't know when I was born
I don't know who my mother is
I don't know who left me alone
I don't know why I got mad
I don't know why I got mad
I don't think I should come back

I don't know if I am a boy
I don't know if I am a girl
I don't know when I was born
I don't know who my mother is
I don't know who left me alone
I don't know why I got mad
I don't know why I got mad
I don't think I should come back

Tell me now that you really like the show
Tell me now that you really want to get high
Tell me now that you really like my style, oh
Tell you now, you're going to commit a crime

You want this? Tell me how you want it to be

I don't know if I am a boy
I don't know if I am a girl
I don't know when I was born
I don't know who my mother is
I don't know who left me alone
I don't know why I got mad
I don't know why I got mad
I don't think I should come back

If anyone has any concrit to offer, it is both welcome and appreciated.

[miku] Last Night, Good Night

Feel free to use these lyrics to record a cover of the song, but if you choose to do so, please credit either emeralddarkess on livejournal, or this blog!

I watched your face
So peaceful when you dream
Wished to trace
Your profile then

Can't say I know
When I began to cry, dear
But tears flow
Down my cheeks

My heartbeat echos, I'm just a shell
But I try to hide my sorrow that it's our

Last night, goodnight
Last night, goodnight

Tonight you're here
I hold you tight
And fall asleep
On this last night

Goodnight my love

If we could stay
Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful?
One more day
Just one morning more

And even if
It's just a fool's hope I hold
Still I wish
For a miracle now

I can't speak but so much is unsaid
I can't say goodbye, this cannot be our

Last night, goodnight
Last night, goodnight

My voice may fade
When this night's gone
But this will stay
My farewell song

Last night, goodnight
Last night, goodnight

Sometimes I think
About the end
And what will come
I don't know when

It's then I pray
Unto the stars
That you will smile
In peace once more

Goodnight my love

If anyone has any concrit to offer, it is both welcome and appreciated.

An Introduction, and a Master List

My name is bluemoon, and I love to sing. In addition to loving to sing, I love to play with words, and what is creating a good set of lyrics other than a pretty complex word game?

A good friend of mine introduced me to the Vocaloid fandom close to a year ago, and I quickly became hooked on all the lovely songs. My problem then became that I wanted to sing them, and wanted lyrics in English. I went looking, but wasn't that satisfied with the ones that I found, or couldn't find any lyrics at all. Rather than just give up, I decided to create my own.

Here it is, close to a year later, and as you can see, I got hooked. I figured I'd share what I've been doing, so here this blog is. Please feel free to use the lyrics I post here with proper credit, no pretending they're yours. And if anyone has any concrit to offer, go ahead and offer it. I'd love to hear from you, and love the opportunity to improve. I try to spend a lot of time perfecting these suckers, but there's always room to get better. The point of these is to make it sound like the song was written for English. If you don't think it does, it would be helpful if you could tell me why.

Tentatively Finished

Circle You, Circle You (かこめかこめ)
Last Night, Good Night
Rotten Girl, Grotesque Romance [Stalker] (ロッテンガールグロテスクロマンス)
Secret
SPICE! (スパイス!)

Works in Progress

Alice Human Sacrifice (人柱アリス)
Alluring Secret ~Black Vow~ [Alluring Black Vow] (秘蜜〜黒の誓い〜)
Cantarella (カンタレラ)
Cendrillon (サンドリヨン)
Dance of the Brocade [Nishiki no Mai] (錦の舞)
Dancing Samurai (ダンシング☆サムライ)
Dark Woods Circus (暗い森のサーカス)
Daughter of Evil (悪ノ娘)

Servant of Evil (悪ノ召使)
Regret Message (リグレットメッセージ)

The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku [Dead End] (初音ミクの消失-DEAD END-)
Fear Garden (恐怖ガーデン)
Go Google It (ggrks-ググれカス-)
I Like You, I Love You (す..す..すき大すき)
Kokoro (ココロ)
The Madness of Duke Venomania (ヴェノマニア公の狂気)
Magnet
Meltdown (炉心融解-meltdown-)
Music Box of Time (時のオルゴール)
RIP=RELEASE
Trick and Treat
Two-Faced Lovers [Ura-omote Lovers] (裏表ラバーズ)
World is Mine (ワールドイズマイン)

If there is any song that you'd particularly love to see me create translyrics for, drop the title here and I'll consider it. This isn't a guarantee that I'll sit down and write the lyrics, because they take time and I have a life too, etc. But it will be up for consideration.