My Dead Girlfriend – Skyscraper Kills My Ghost In Your Memory (v.2)

• From Underdrawing for Three Forms of Unhappiness at the State of Existence
• Track #2
• Release date: 03/14/2012
• Title: Skyscraper Kills My Ghost In Your Memory
• Band: 死んだ僕の彼女
(My Dead Girlfriend)
• Genre: Shoegaze, Post-rock
• Listen to it here
• Translated by Shion @FGRNDNoises

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後ろから取り憑いて – ushiro kara tori tsuite
水辺から飛び降りて – mizube kara tobi orite

You possessed me from my back
And jumped off from waterfront

絡まってるのは君と同級生の輪 – karamatteru no wa kimi to doukyuusei no wa
絡まってNASA – karamatte NASA
今から – ima kara

Your classmate’s ring is entwined to you
It’s entwined, NASA
And starting now…

揺れる体浮かぶ視界 – yureru karada ukabu shikai
君とあのこのテレパシー – kimi to ano ko no terepashii
いつか全てが消えるなら – itsuka subete ga kieru nara
君に会いに行かなくちゃ – kimi ni ikanakucha

A swaying body and your floating vision
That’s the telepathy between you and that girl
And if every bit of this will disappear
Then I have to go where you are

揺れる体浮かぶ視界 – yureru karada ukabu shikai
君とあのこのテレパシー – kimi to ano ko no terepashii
いつか全てが消えるなら – itsuka subete ga kieru nara
二人だけの秘密だよ – futari dake no himitsu da yo

A swaying body and your floating vision
That’s the telepathy between you and that girl
And if every bit of this will disappear
Then I this will be our private secret

notes

• Lyrics provided by youtube user 木下芙蓉.
• Alternate translation & transcription available on my main wordpress Foreground Noises.

死んだ僕の彼女 (My Dead Girlfriend) – Kinoshita Fuyou ＊耳コピー歌詞 v.2

• From Sweet Days and Her Last Kiss
• Track #4
• Release date: 09/17/2008
• Title: Kinoshita Fuyou
(see notes for title’s translation)
• Band: 死んだ僕の彼女
(My Dead Girlfriend)
• Genre: Shoegaze, Post-rock, Dream-rock
• Listen to it here
• Translated by Shion @FGRNDNoises
• Check the notes for this song at the bottom of this page

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Fully corrected lyrics brought by My Dead Girlfriend’s frontman Ishikawa himself are translated here on my main website

死んだ僕の彼女 (My Dead Girlfriend) – 吐く息 (The Last Stage Of Change At The Deceased Remains)

• From Hades: The Nine Stages of Change At The Deceased Remains
• Track #10
• Release date: 03/06/2015
• Title: 吐く息 (hakuiki) (The Last Stage Of Change At The Deceased Remains)
• Band: 死んだ僕の彼女 (My Dead Girlfriend)
• Genre: Shoegaze, Post-rock, Grunge
• Listen to it here
• Translated by Shion @FGRNDNoises
• Check the notes for this song at the bottom of this page

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吐く息が　とても白い – hakuiki ga totemo shiroi
変わらない – kawaranai
君がいなくても – kimi ga inakute mo

My breath was completely white
Unchanged
Even if you’re not here

吐く息が　とても白い – hakuiki ga totemo shiroi
許せない – yurusenai
君がいないのに – kimi ga inai no ni

My breath was completely white
I won’t forgive it
Even though you’re not here

notes

• The song is composed off solely of these two stanzas, though they’re repeated more times throughout the whole song.

死んだ僕の彼女 (My Dead Girlfriend) – 彼女が暑くて腐ったら

• From Hades: The Nine Stages of Change At The Deceased Remains
• Track #8
• Release date: 03/06/2015
• Title: 彼女が暑くて腐ったら (kanojo ga atsukute kusattara) (when she warmly rot away)
• Band: 死んだ僕の彼女 (My Dead Girlfriend)
• Genre: Shoegaze, Post-rock, Punk-rock
• -link unavailable-
• Translated by Shion @FGRNDNoises
• Check the notes for this song at the bottom of this page

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君の手が　僕に触れたら – kimi no te ga boku ni furetara
全てが止まる　そんな気がする – subete ga tomaru sonna ki ga suru
君の手が　僕に触れたよ – kimi no te ga boku ni
魚みたいに　冷たい肌が – sakana mitai ni tsumetai hada ga

When your hand is being touched by mine
I have a feeling as if everything has stopped;
Your hand, touched by mine,
Is covered in a cold skin just like a fish

君の手が　僕に触れたら – kimi no te ga boku ni furaretara
全てが止まる　そんな気がする – subete ga tomaru sonna ki ga suru
君の手が　僕に触れたよ – kimi no te ga boku ni fureta yo
死んだ魚のような目のまま – shinda sakana no you na me no mama

When your hand is being touched by mine
I have a feeling as if everything has stopped;
Your hand is touched by mine,
As your eyes are like those of a dead fish

君と話をする度　君の目が揺れる度
– kimi to hanashi o suru tabi kimi no me ga yureru tabi
少しずつ消えてしまう – sukoshi zutsu kiete shimau
君が消えてしまう – kimi ga kiete shimau
しめきった暗い部屋に – shimekitta kurai heya ni
たちこめる腐敗臭 – tachikomeru fuhaishuu
君から漏れる溜息 – kimi kara moreru tameiki
腐る君の体 – kusaru kimi no karada
君が消えてしまう – kimi ga kieteshimau

Every time I talk to you, everytime your eyes sway
You disappear little by little,
You just disappear;
A stench of decaying is enveloping
In a dark, shut away room;
The sighs you slowly let out,
Your body, rotting away…
You’ll end up disappearing

君と話をする度　君の目が揺れる度
– kimi to hanashi o suru tabi kimi no me ga yureru tabi
少しずつ消えてしまう – sukoshi zutsu kiete shimau
君が消えてしまう – kimi ga kiete shimau
しめきった暗い部屋に – shimekitta kurai heya ni
たちこめる腐敗臭 – tachikomeru fuhaishuu
茹だるような夏の午後- yudaru you na natsu no gogo
腐る君の体 – kusaru kimi no karada
君が消えてしまう – kimi ga kiete shimau

Every time I talk to you, everytime your eyes sway
You disappear little by little,
You just disappear;
A stench of decaying is enveloping
In a dark, shut away room;
In a boiling hot Summer afternoon
Your body, rotting away…
You’ll end up disappearing

右手　右目　左足 – migite migi-me hidariashi
床に落ちる　君の指 – yuka ni ochiru kimi no yubi
君の体　君の声 – kimi no karada kimi no koe
全て消えてしまう – subete kiete shimau

Right hand, right eye, left leg
And your fingers falling on the floor;
Your body, your voice
Everything will disappear

君が消えてしまう – kimi ga kiete shimau

You’ll disappear away

notes

• The first stanza is repeated twice.
• After the third stanza, the first stanza and the second stanzas are repeated again.
• “君が消えてしまう” is repeated several times in the fourth stanza and twice in the last stanza.
• The fifth stanza is repeated three times.

溶けない名前 – 少女の官能基

• From タイムマシンがこわれるまえに (taimu mashin ga kowareru mae ni) (Just before the time machine breaks)
• Track #5
• Release date: 10/07/2015
• Title: 少女の官能基 (shoujo no kan’nou-ki) (The Girl’s Functional Group)
• Band: 溶けない名前 (tokenai namae)
• Genre: Shoegaze, Pop-rock
• Listen to it here
• Translated by Shion @FGRNDNoises
• Check the notes for this song at the bottom of this page

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不器用な少女が揺れている
– bukiyou na shoujo ga yureteiru
それだけでこんなに泣きそうになるなんて
– sore dake de konna ni nakisou ni naru nante

A clumsy girl is swaying around:
To think that that alone is enough to make me so about to cry…

少女の官能基から流れ出るメロディを採譜したい
– shoujo no kan’nou-ki kara nagarederu merodi o saifushitai
感動的旋律に酔いしれるだけさ　いいだろう！
– kandouteki senritsu ni yoishireru dake sa ii darou!
キミの構造式知りたいんだ – kimi no kouzoushiki shiritainda
壊したい！　いいだろう！ – kowashitai! ii darou!
愛なんかいらないってば – ai nanka iranai tte ba

I want to write down the melody flowing from that girl’s functional group
Isn’t it great? She’s only shook by emotional tunes!
I want to know your structular formula,
I want to break it! Isn’t it great?
After all there’s no need for things such as love

不器用な少女が揺れている
– bukiyou na shoujo ga yureteiru
それだけでこんなに泣きそうになるなんて
– sore dake de konna ni nakisou ni naru nante

A clumsy girl is swaying around:
To think that that alone is enough to make me so about to cry…

notes

• The first two stanzas are repeated three times, then, there’s the third stanza, which is the same as the first one.
• I recommend to watch the MV for this song, for it’s linked to the its lyrics.
• In chemistry, a “functional group” (官能基) are the molecules which serve as the structure of some chemical reactions.

死んだ僕の彼女 (My Dead Girlfriend) – Incarnation of Pessimism

• From Hades: The Nine Stages of Change At The Deceased Remains
• Track #3
• Release date: 03/06/2015
• Title: Incarnation of Pessimism
• Band: 死んだ僕の彼女 (My Dead Girlfriend)
• Genre: Shoegaze, Post-rock, Dream rock
• -link unavailable-
• Translated by Shion @FGRNDNoises

• Check the notes for this song at the bottom of this page

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さよならの傷の新しさを – sayonara no kizu no atarashisa o
昨日よりはっきりと感じる – kinou yori hakkiri to kanjiru
君はまだ静かに眠ってる – kimi wa mada shizuka ni nemutteru

I can feel the freshness of our farewell’s wound
Way better than I did yesterday;
And you’re still silently sleeping

さよならの傷の新しさを – sayonara no kizu no atarashisa o
昨日よりはっきりと感じる – kinou yori hakkiri to kanjiru
君はまだどこかで眠ってる – kimi wa mada doko ka de nemutteru

I can feel the freshness of our farewell’s wound
Way better than I did yesterday;
And you’re still sleeping, somewhere

どこかで眠ってる – doko ka de nemutteru
どこかで眠ってる – doko ka de nemutteru
誰かと眠ってる – dare ka to nemutteru
誰かと眠ってる – dare ka to nemutteru
誰かと眠ってる – dare ka to nemutteru
誰かと眠ってる – dare ka to nemutteru
あのこと死ねるなら – ano ko to shineru nara
あのこと死ねるなら – ano ko to shineru nara
あのこと死ねるなら – ano ko to shineru nara
あのこと死ねるなら – ano ko to shineru nara

You’re still sleeping, somewhere,
Somewhere, you’re still sleeping;
You’re sleeping with someone
You’re sleeping with someone
You’re sleeping with someone
You’re sleeping with someone
If I could die with that girl,
If I could die with that girl,
If I could die with that girl,
If I could die with that girl…

notes

• The first two stanzas are repeated more than once, the last, long stanza is the last part of the song

死んだ僕の彼女 (My Dead Girlfriend) – Spirits of the Dead’s Bad Dream

• From Ixtab
• Track #5
• Release date: 03/10/2010
• Title: Spirits of the Dead’s Bad Dream
• Band: 死んだ僕の彼女
(My Dead Girlfriend)
• Genre: Shoegaze, Dream-rock
• Listen to it here
• Translated by Shion @FGRNDNoises
無
無
無

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真っ白な世界で – masshiro na sekai de
走る君の姿を見た – hashiru kimi no sugata o mita
とても巨大な船に乗って – totemo kyodai na fune ni notte
僕はどこに行くんだろう – boku wa doko ni yukun darou

In a completely white world
I saw your running figure;
Aboard a really gigantic ship
I wonder just where am I going?

顔の見えない君を追って – kao no mienai kimi o otte
森の奥に迷いこんだ – mori no oku ni mayoi konda
声にならない不安だけが – koe ni naranai fuan dake ga
僕の心を溶かしていく – boku no kokoro o tokashite yuku

Chasing after the faceless you
I lose my way in the depths of a forest,
The only thing melting inside my heart
Is an anxiety which I can’t turn into words

ゆれる地面の片隅で – yureru jimen no katasumi de
ひかる空の残像 – hikaru kara no zanzou
夢で会えばよかったのに – yume de aeba yokatta no ni
今はもう昔のこと – ima wa mou mukashi no koto

On a swaying corner of ground
Lies the afterimage of a radiating empty sky
Even though I’d be glad to meet you in a dream
By now that’s just something from the past