Shake My Days – Lyrics (English Translations)
Waiting At Triangle Park
If a painful morning comes
When your heart feels like breaking,
Please remember me
I’ll always be waiting.
On sweaty summer evenings,
Until the stars appeared,
We’d walk, counting distant dreams
That seemed too far to reach.
At last, the moon grows faint, dreams blur away.
Everyone loses something in the dark.
Staring into the deep blue stars,
Toward the cold night beyond.
If you can’t trust anyone,
And tremble all alone,
Please remember me
No matter how far, I’ll wait.
On the path back to the park,
Carried away by the crowd,
Since then I’ve been lost,
But I’m still here waiting for you.
At last, the moon grows faint, dreams blur away.
Everyone loses something in the dark.
Staring into the deep blue stars,
Toward the cold night beyond.
If a painful morning comes
When your heart feels like breaking,
Please remember me
I’ll always be waiting.
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Cider At Dusk
After too much teasing,
I tried to throw away my wounded longing.
That’s always how the day would end
On the way back home.
The little things I want to call happiness,
I feel them in the coins inside my pocket.
Cider at dusk
I swallow a dry sigh
And watch the bus
Disappearing into the haze.
If beyond this twilight I hate,
There really are dreams and sparkle,
Then teach me that strength.
A bird with a brave face
Owns both the sky and the city.
Between buildings in the crimson sky,
A bowed crowd flows by.
If the fleeting moments I believed in as happiness
Can turn into courage for tomorrow
Cider at dusk
I gulp down a dry sigh
And leap onto the hazy bus.
Even these reckless desires
Blooming in my chest,
If I hold them tight,
I can say they’ll lead me
To the city of adolescence.
Even a small bottle
Shines with the future, fizzing bright.
Cider at dusk
I gulp down a dry sigh
And leap onto the hazy bus.
Even these reckless desires
Blooming in my chest,
If I hold them tight,
I can say they’ll lead me
To the city of adolescence.
Believing in that strength.
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Cherry Blossom Front
In the chilly hallway
We all stood in line.
From the too-familiar window
The wind suddenly blew in.
When I closed the classroom door,
The wind gently stopped.
Adjusting my uniform sleeve,
I whispered, “So this is goodbye.”
Someday, even this very day
Will be forgotten.
But if we wait for the warm spring wind,
I suppose that will be fine.
By the budding cherry tree
We said, “Let’s meet again.”
If it were now, I feel
I could finally say it aloud.
The one I liked, the ones I disliked
Will they all change too?
Just the feeling of being pushed forward
Almost makes me forget my sadness.
Someday we’ll laugh together
About this very day.
But the great cherry tree
Only waits quietly for the wind.
Someday, even this very day
Will be forgotten.
But if we wait for the warm spring wind,
I suppose that will be fine.
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Blue Sky Is Imitation
Fooled into thinking rain would fall,
I decided to walk instead.
Though it was afternoon,
The sky was still blue.
Told not to dream,
I nearly cried.
From that day on,
You felt so far away.
Even if it was just a joke,
I couldn’t laugh.
Your voice is imitation.
Rather than counting what I’ll lose,
I want to gather what I can believe in.
Rushed, told I’d be too late,
I ran until breathless.
Isn’t that what everyone does?
The walls we leapt together
Have vanished since that day.
Even if it’s only an illusion,
I’ll chase it still.
The blue sky is imitation.
Rather than counting what I’ll lose,
I want to gather what I can believe in.
The single tear you shed
Brought clouds, turned to rain.
Even if it’s only an illusion,
I’ll chase it still.
The blue sky is imitation.
Rather than counting what I’ll lose,
I want to gather what I can believe in.
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Without Knowing Anything?
Even a hidden moon
Is only unseen, right?
Without knowing anything.
I know too well
That I’m still immature.
But I didn’t want to let
Even a miracle escape.
In the corner of my room I hummed a tune,
Trying to grow this burning feeling.
In the sea of hesitation,
My voice drifts, struggling on.
Someday, in a warm sunlit place,
It will ride the wind forever.
Even if people know,
They won’t care.
Everyone convinces themselves
That it’s just the way it is.
Curled up in the corner of my room,
I fell asleep in a strange dream,
Drenched in sweat.
In a land of adventure,
When I’m all alone, nearly defeated,
I hope someone comes,
With a warm and gallant gaze.
In the corner of my room I hummed a tune,
Trying to grow this burning feeling.
In the sea of hesitation,
My voice drifts, struggling on.
Someday, in a warm sunlit place,
It will ride the wind forever.
In a land of adventure,
When I’m all alone, nearly defeated,
I hope someone comes,
With a warm and gallant gaze.
Even a hidden moon
Is only unseen, right?
No one knows anything.
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You Have Changed
I suddenly knew
You had changed.
It hurt so much I almost cried.
At least before the light turns red,
Run!
If we crossed paths, it wasn’t your fault.
If we passed each other, I’d look back.
But I never noticed
You’d disappear from sight.
The hand I tried to hold
Turned into wind.
No matter where I strayed,
No matter who called me,
I believed you’d still be there.
Even if I sang of dreams,
Even if I slept alone,
It was all so painful I almost cried.
At least before night swallows everything,
Laugh it off!
Even if I counted every promise,
Your heart only grew more distant.
Like a cold gaze
That blocks out the sun.
No matter where you strayed,
No matter who called you,
I believed you’d still be there.
I suddenly knew
You had changed.
It hurt so much I almost cried.
At least before the light turns red,
Run!
Even if I sang of dreams,
Even if I slept alone,
It was all so painful I almost cried.
At least before night swallows everything,
Laugh it off!
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I Found You
At the station in the damp evening wind,
Beyond the crowd flowing by,
The curve of a slightly rounded shoulder
I’m sure I found you.
No guitar on your back,
Hair undone,
Staring at something,
Carrying some unseen weight.
Your bitter expression fell,
I’m sure I found you.
Even your profile when you were angry
Never felt this far away.
Like a memory that can’t be real,
I’m sure I found you.
Like a memory that can’t be real,
I’m sure I found you.
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Almond Pistachio
Billowing clouds rise in the sky,
Cicadas sing their noisy tune.
At the Teramachi corner, near the arcade,
I was searching for some shade.
Whichever way, it’s a shortcut, right?
Since it’s summer break, even at this hour,
Kids are gathering everywhere.
Can’t pass by the fried chicken stand,
Kids waving their arms in wild delight,
“Sorry, I’ll just slip through on your right.”
Good day sunshine,
Leave behind the memories of summer.
So deep it stings,
Even if I throw away the scars of love,
I know I won’t cry anymore.
In this heat, who wants takoyaki?
Guess they’re having a slow day.
Even the crepe shop next door looks dull,
When the ice cream calls my name.
I’m not really in a rush at all,
“You can choose any flavor you like,” they say
Too many to decide.
Almond or pistachio, either is fine,
I’m the type who leaves it to fate.
Good day sunshine,
Leave behind the memories of summer.
So deep it stings,
Even if I throw away the scars of love,
I know I won’t cry anymore.
Big clouds sit heavy in the sky,
Cicadas sing their endless song.
I walked all the way to Takase River,
And finished off my ice cream cone.
Now I can feel the cooling breeze.
Good day sunshine,
Leave behind the memories of summer.
So deep it stings,
Even if I throw away the scars of love,
I know I won’t cry anymore.
Leave behind the memories of summer.
So deep it stings,
Even if I throw away the scars of love,
I know I won’t cry anymore.
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If Faraday
Got dragged into this mess again,
Now I’m all tangled up.
Which side should I take, who knows—
Just let me be, enough’s enough.
My room got trampled, chaos reigns,
What a sight, what a scene.
Don’t throw your curses or complaints,
Don’t take it out on me.
If love were simple, no one would have to fuss,
Don’t know how they got tangled that tight.
Even Faraday must’ve lost his head,
Tried and tried through trial and test.
Whatever tangled up his wires,
He must have found a way to mend.
So electric, so intense,
Some kind of force just pulled you in.
If you can’t escape the field you’re in,
Well, never mind — that’s a solenoid.
Got a message from you again,
But I was in class - so I let it slide.
Either way, it’s all the same
Too much trouble, if you please.
If it were Faraday, I bet
He’d wind a coil ‘round and ‘round,
Conjuring some magic trick,
And vanish in the smoke somehow.
If love were simple, no one would have to fuss,
Don’t know how they got tangled that tight.
Even Faraday must’ve lost his head,
Tried and tried through trial and test.
Whatever tangled up his wires,
He must have found a way to mend.
So electric, so intense,
Until it all discharged away.
If you’ve lost all sense of right and wrong,
Well, never mind — that’s a solenoid.
If love were simple, no one would have to fuss,
Don’t know how they got tangled that tight.
Even Faraday must’ve lost his head,
Tried and tried through trial and test.
Whatever tangled up his wires,
He must have found a way to mend.
So electric, so intense,
Some kind of force just pulled you in.
If you can’t escape the field you’re in,
Well, never mind — that’s a solenoid.
They say it’s even on the test,
What a joke — it’s all solenoid.
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Drawings Of Youth
On a half-painted canvas,
The crimson I laid looks almost like blood.
But that single trace of red
That bled from your lips
It was even deeper than that.
Passion isn’t just some worn-out word,
It’s a color hotter than pain, brighter than tears.
Staring at dried paint forever,
Living bound to what’s already done
What a waste of life! The die is cast!
The splashing red will keep on
Burning our hopes forever.
Before we’re swept away, I’ll go anywhere with you.
When I squeezed out all I had,
And hurled the purest blue across the canvas,
Someone laughed, said it’s just a childish dream—
But even black can be hidden there.
When this tiny brush, my partner, starts to dance,
It draws a color wider than the world, wider than the stars.
To stay chained to a frozen future,
Living like nothing ever moves
What a waste of life! The die is cast!
Since that day, the sky has always
Shown us the meaning of freedom.
Before they get in our way, I’ll go anywhere with you.
With you - my partner in this sketch of life
Even the universe and our hopes begin to dance.
Staring at dried paint forever,
Living bound to what’s already done
What a waste of life! The die is cast!
The bursting red will keep on
Fueling our dreams forever.
Before we’re swept away - run far, run fast.
Since that day, the sky has always
Shown us the meaning of freedom.
Before they get in our way, I’ll go anywhere with you.
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Rambling
We talked about nothing in particular,
And before I knew it, the sun was setting.
But we’re just friends, that’s all—
No sign of anything more, not yet.
Things like kindness, things like strength
I don’t understand them right now.
But from one bag’s length away,
I felt something in the air.
Surely no one else can see,
This strange kind of magic.
Even these ordinary days
Feel like they’re beginning to change
I have that feeling.
We rambled on about this and that,
But the words felt like they were dancing.
Almost brushed your arm by accident,
Without knowing, we were getting close.
Things like a crush, things like love
I’ve mixed them all together.
From one bag’s length away,
I can feel you near me.
Surely no one else can see,
This strange kind of magic.
Even these ordinary days
Feel like they’re beginning to change
I have that feeling.
Things like a crush, things like love
I’ve mixed them all together.
From one bag’s length away,
I can feel you near me.
Surely no one else can see,
This strange kind of magic.
Even these ordinary days
Feel like they’re beginning to change
I have that feeling.
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Floating On The Mantle
Swaying softly, feeling lost
Crashing into everything, I’m tossed
Even if it’s a magnitude six
Please forgive my little tricks
Always selfish, always loud
You got tired, I see it now
But don’t escape to ocean’s deep
Stay with me, don't let it sink
You say you’re fine through every quake
But you’re shaking still—how cute you fake
Isostasy
Love’s impact shakes my core
Isostasy
Like tectonic shifts, we roar—Oh yeah!
Isostasy, Isostasy
Like a cloak, or something more
Floating on the mantle’s floor
Are we just drifting far away?
Like youth pretending not to stay
We all get restless, hearts astray
But never find a place to stay
You say you’re numb to all this weight
Still you cling, it’s getting late
You say you’re cool with every quake
But you still need me—that’s no mistake
Isostasy
This urge to live, it stirs inside
Isostasy
Tectonic pulses we can’t hide—Oh yeah!
Isostasy, Isostasy
Swaying softly, feeling lost
Crashing harder than we thought
If it’s an eight, we’ll let it be
Still you look so sweet to me
You say you’re fine through every quake
But you’re trembling still—for goodness’ sake
Isostasy
Love’s impact shakes my soul
Isostasy
It’s a tectonic overload—Oh yeah!
Isostasy
The will to live won’t let me go
Isostasy
The ground is breaking down below—Oh yeah!
Isostasy, Isostasy
Isostasy, Isostasy
Oh yeah! Isostasy
Oh yeah! Isostasy
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all songs written by Showky Saezawa
