BUMP OF CHICKEN - Diamond (Music Video)

Music Video. iTunes Link = http://tinyurl.com/3jrtgaa NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED. From the jupiter album released on 2/20/2002. I subtitled the video. Credits for the English translation go to Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma
at http://utau-inu.com/centj/translations/translations.htm
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Artist: Bump of Chicken
Title: Diamond
Words: Fujiwara Motoh
Music: Fuiwara Motoh

It doesn't matter how many times you fall,
take a good look at the skinned wound,
the deep red blood shines, telling you "you're alive"
it drips down onto the hard concrete,
telling you where you've been and how you got here.

It doesn't matter how often you lose your way,
you can always follow the trail of blood
back to where you came from
You don't need a destination,
you'll realize it's been following you all along.
Because there are many roads we call possibility
extending from this one, though you'll get lost,
you can go on from any of them.

there's not just one precious thing, but many
though they've decreased in number by quite a bit

there's only one, only one thing
that you must take within your arms and never let go
the words that your blood screams out to you,
"you are alive"

How long have you been ignoring the voice calling for help?
Look for whoever it is that's crying stuck to your back.
You spend all your time looking ahead,
that you don't seem to notice.
The SOS of something clutching to you,
crying for you not to leave it behind.

A familiar voice you feel you've heard somewhere before,
somehow precious to you.

You've come all this way dropping one thing at a time,
and it's perfectly alright
to go back over the road you came,
picking them up one by one.

At last we meet,
who are you? Ah, so you must be me....
I hated your weakness and left you here
so long ago.

It doesn't matter many time you fall,
or how many times you lose your way
there aren't that many truly precious things.

from here on out, and long before,
there is only one, only one thing
you must take within your arms and never let go
in this world the only irreplaceable thing
is your living self.
the weak parts, the strong parts, the truth is
both are irreplaceable.
so more than anyone or anything,
you must first embrace this.

You don't have to sing well,
one day when you leave on your journey,
go straight ahead, and take pack this song in your backpack.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: None

Romaji

nankai korondatte ii sa
surimuita kizu wo chanto mirun da
shinku no chi ga kagayaite
'kimi ha ikiteru' to oshieteru
katai asufaruto no ue ni shizuku ni natte ochite
ima made doko wo dou yatte aruitekita no ka wo oshieteru

nankai mayottatte ii sa
chi no ato wo tadori modoreba ii sa
mokuhyou nanka nakute ii sa
kizukeba ato kara tsuitekuru
kanousei to iu na no michi ga ikutsu mo nobiteru sei de
sanzan mayoinagara doko he demo ikerun da

daiji na mon ha ikutsu mo atta
nanka zuibun hechatta kedo

hitotsu dake hitotsu dake sono ude de
gyutto kakaete hanasu na
chi ga sakebi oshieteru
'kimi ha ikiteru' to iu kotoba dake ha

ittai dorekurai no aida
tasuke wo yobu koe wo mushi shitenda
sono senaka ni haritsuita nakigoe no nushi wo sagasun da
mae bakari miteru kara nakanaka kizukanain da
oiteikanaide kure tte naite sugaru you na SOS

kiita koto aru natsukashii koe
nanka zuibun taisetsu na koe

hitotsu zutsu hitotsu zutsu
nanika wo okko to shite koko made kita
hitotsuzutsu hirou tame
michi wo hikikaesu no ha machigai jyanai

yatto aeta
kimi ha dare dai?
Aa sou ieba
kimi ha boku da
daikirai na
yowai boku wo
zutto mae ni koko de okizari ni shitan da

nankai korondatte ii sa nankai mayottatte ii sa
daiji na mon ha ikutsu mo nai sa

ato ni mo saki ni mo
hitotsu dake hitotsu dake
sono ude gyutto kakaete hanasu na
yo no naka ni hitotsu dake kakegae no nai ikiteru jibun
yowai bubun tsuyoi bubun
sono jitsu ryohou ga kakegae no nai jibun
dare yori mo nani yori mo
sore wo mazu gyutto tsuyoku dakishimetekure

jyouzu ni utaenakute ii sa
itsuka tabi ni deru sono toki ha
mayowazu kono uta wo ryukku ni tsumete ittekure.

Romaji By: Brian Stewart