Saturday, March 25, 2000

BUMP OF CHICKEN - K


"K"
2000.03.25
THE LIVING DEAD [Album]

K

Lyrics & Composition: Motoo Fujiwara

A black cat walks through the main street on the weekend
Swaying the curved tail it's so proud of, so majestically
'Cause of that appearance, the cat was hated
Stones thrown at it as it melted into the darkness

It was used to loneliness, rather, it expected it
cause sympathizing with others was troublesome
Then a young artist held up the cat in his arms:
"Good evening, wonderful little guy. We take after one another"

Struggling in his arms, clawing at him desperately, to an escape route known as loneliness

It ran, it ran, cause it still couldn't believe
in the kindness or warmth it felt for the first time in its life

No matter how much it ran, the oddball followed along

Since then, the cat spent it's second winter with the artist
The painter gave a name to his friend "Black Good Luck" - Holy Night
His sketchbook was just almost all black figures
The black cat too stuck to its first friend and depended on him, but one day...

His godparent fell ill in his poor life, and after writing his last letter, he said this:

"Run, run! Deliver this for me!
To my lover who waits for my return home though I dashed off dreaming"

"Pictures of a bad luck black cat won't sell, and yet you only drew me
For that reason, you've grown cold. I will certainly take this letter"

The black cat ran through snow-covered mountain trails
holding the promise with his deceased friend in its mouth
Children threw rocks at him, saying "Look! It's the messenger of the Devil!"
"You may call me whatever, because I have an eternal name
"Holy Night" He called me "Holy Night""
He called me that with both warmth and kindness rolled into one
If even detested I have a reason to live,
then I was probably born for this day. I will run anywhere

He finally arrive at his friend's hometown. Just a few kilometers left till his lover's house

He ran, he fell. He was already full of wounds
He stood up, and before long boos and violence assaulted him
"As if I'd lose, I'm Holy Night" Limbs almost torn to pieces
but he dragged them along and ran more. "I've found it! It's this house!"

The lover who read the letter added one letter
to the name of the cat that could no longer move, and buried it in her garden
Here lies Holy Knight
K

Sakushi & Sakkyoku: Fujiwara Motoo

Shuumatsu no oodori wo kuroneko ga aruku
Gojiman no kagishippo wo suihei ni ifuudoudou to
Sono sugata kara neko wa imikirawarete ita
Yami ni tokeru sono karada mekakete ishi wo nagerareta

Kodoku niwa narete ita mushiro nozonde ita
Dareka wo omoiyaru koto nante wazurawashikute
Sonna neko wo dakiageru wakai ekaki no ude
"Konban wa suteki na ochibisan bokura yoku niteru"

Ude no naka mogaite hisshi de hikkaite kodoku to iu na no nigemichi wo

Hashitta hashitta umarete hajimete no
Yasashisa ga nukumori ga mada shinjirarenakute

Doredake nigetatte kawarimono wa tsuite kita

Sore kara neko wa ekaki to nidome no fuyu wo sugosu
Ekaki wa tomodachi ni namae wo yatta "Kuroki sachi" hoorii naito
Kare no sukecchi bukku wa hotondo kuruzuume
Kuroneko mo hajimete no tomodachi ni kuttsuite amaeta ga aru hi

Mazushii seikatsu ni taoreru nazukeoya saigo no tegami wo kaku to kare wa kou itta

"Hashitte hashitte koitsu wo todokete kure
Yume wo mite tobidashita boku no kaeri wo matsu koibito e"

Fukitsu na kuroneko no e nado urenai ga soredemo anta wa ore dake kaita
Sore yue anta wa tsumetakunatta tegami wo tashika ni uketotta

Yuki no furu yamamichi wo kuroneko ga hashiru
Ima wa naki shinyuu tono yakusoku wo sono kuchi ni kuwaete
"Miro yo, akuma no shisha da!" Ishi wo nageru kodomo
Nan to demo yobu ga ii sa ore niwa kienai namae ga aru kara
"Hoorii naito" "Seinaru yoru" to yonde kureta
Yasashisa mo nukumori mo subete tsumekonde yonde kureta
Imikirawareta ore nimo imi ga aru to suru naraba
Kono hi no tame ni umarete kita'n darou dokomademo hashiru yo

Kare wa tadoritsuita shinyuu no kokyou ni koibito no ie made ato suukiro da

Hashitta koronda sude ni manshinsoui da
Tachiagaru ma mo naku osoi kuru basei to bouryoku
Makeru ka ore wa hoorii naito chigiresou na teashi wo
Hikizuri nao hashitta mitsuketa! Kono ie da!

Tegami wo yonda koibito wa mou ugokanai neko no na ni
Arufabetto hitotsu kuwaete niwa ni umete yatta
Seinaru kishi wo umete yatta
K

作詞・作曲:藤原基央


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