shoceted | Takano Akira — In The Shade (Translation by shoceted) (Reply)

I want a shadow, a scary place

Take more of me to the dark side

Not just now, but since we met,

I had been suspicious of your mind

The light you drowned my weaknesses in

Is too dazzling, no matter how hard I try to get around it

A beauty who wants to shine her light in every direction

Who is that confidence for? I'm apprehensive towards you

My trauma is reflected in my eyes — don't look at me

I desperately refused your false invitation

I'm blind — I can't see the murky sky

I feel you behind me — leave me alone

In the shade, in the shade, incompatible nerves

In the shade, this life shrouded in secrets

This camouflaged body, my thought process's break and sleep

It's all because of you

Every day, I'm beside you without any bad intentions

Every night, I killed my emotions a long time ago

The secret you won't tell me, the reality you're running from, your nihilistic mouth

All you do is talk about ideals and get along with your friends

And then you're at another party — the topic goes into the vortex

I notice thing that bothers me, and then I notice another

Hey, upside-down lyrical "Nice guy"

The pain of my twisted brain grinds

I feel you behind me — leave me alone

In the shade, in the shade, incompatible nerves

In the shade, this lonely, shrouded life

This camouflaged body, my thought process's break and sleep

It's all because of you

I'm not supposed to live

In your world of false light and evil

You, and all of this — it's so unbelievable

Time took away my beloved dog

That's when I met you

A frightened sniper

The page with the proposed location that we drew together has been shaded in

No mouth*, it's shameful to do what I'm told; I'll stubbornly stick to my own beliefs

My dull darling, casual ignition, reading the anger of the shadows

The lining cheats with the overwrite (your lie?)

A disease of doubt and anxiety, I wanna leave

Farewell...

*Cool bit of wordplay here: this is pronounced the same way as クチナシ, the Japanese word for gardenia flowers. In Japanese flower language, gardenia flowers symbolize secret love; I think?? The character in this song is the other woman and found that out. The dude was cheating regardless. Anyway fascinating song here Takano Akira. Who hurt you.