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Song Translation 6: "Confusion"

"Confusion"- MARETU

NOTE: -you get the drill by now.

This song was a bit... weird. But, as always, I tried.

(edit: been updated to match what I have on the page)

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Me o korashite kako ni sugaru

As I strain my eyes, I cling to the past.

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Tsukuribanashi uso o mamoru

I protect a lie, a made-up-story

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Kawarihateta koe wa itaitashikute

That voice has completely changed- it's painful to hear

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Kiiterannai na

And I can't stand to listen to it anymore

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Mimi sumashite oto o sagasu

I strain my ears, searching for a sound

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Unasarete wa teki o norou

I have nightmares and curse my enemies

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Tsukuresareta kotoba yoso ni sasagete

Offer those forcibly constructed words to someone else

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Mitsukaranai wake da moto kara zero

No conclusion can be reached, it's been at zero from the start

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Otogibanashi kikiiru yoru

I get lost listening to fairy-tales at night

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Yume no naka no shizukesa oikakete itai

I want to pursue the calm within my dreams

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Otozurekaketa kyou no hi yo

Today's sun that's come to visit me,

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Douka mada kienaide

Please don't disappear yet

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Tsunagatta mirai o hikihagasu

I tear off the linked-together future

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Kakubatta ai o yuzuriau

We compromise on this rigid love

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Tachidomatta jikan ni ojikezuku

I was seized with fear when time stood still

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Yoake o nageite mo kyou wa hajimaru kara

Because, no matter how much I rue the dawn, today will begin too

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Nuruku natta juusu mitai

It's like juice that became lukewarm:

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Ajikenai na iya ni ojikezuku

Tasteless, terribly dull

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Itsu no ma ni ka ni atatte yodonde iku

Before I know it, I warm myself in the sun, stagnating

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Itsuka no nigiyakasa tooi kioku

Someday's liveliness is a distant memory

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Waraenai na ononoku yoru

I just can't laugh, I tremble in the night

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Tsukarehateta karada hikizuri nagara

While dragging this exhausted body

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Otozurekaketa kyou no hi yo

Today's sun that's come to visit me

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Douka oitekanaide

Please don't leave me behind

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Azatoi merodii o kuchizusamu

I hum a cunning melody

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Hiekitta shitai ni uri futatsu

I'm akin to a cold, dead body

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Ariamatta fukaikan kettobashite

Kick that excessive discomfort away

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"Te ni oemasen" te waratte, waratte,

"I can't take it," I say, laughing, laughing...

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Tsunagatta mirai o hikihagasu

I tear off the linked-together future

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Kakubatta ai o yuzuriau

We compromise on this rigid love

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Tachidomatta jikan ni ojikezuku

I was seized with fear when time stood still

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Yoake o nageite mo kyou wa hajimaru kara

Because, no matter how much I rue the dawn, today will begin too

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NOTES:

*This and the next line might instead be "That pitiful voice has changed so much, it's painful to look at, and I can't hear its words."