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Iroha

from Iroha by Cats on Mars

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lyrics

Buds in the muddy season
Wondering as they open
What comes next

A brilliant sea of color
The scent of rain on the wind
And suddenly, they scatter

A breath, a roar, a whisper, a laugh
A window and a wall
A dark but gentle storm

The pilgrim petal snow
The city alight in sunset after dawn
“I like thunderstorms,” you know
and I realize: I’m raining too

🌸 Will you ever see the cherry trees in bloom?
It seems the Jacaranda trees will simply have to do
Though wind and rain may wash away the brightest, pinkest hue
Another spring, another day, somehow...
咲く。

A barren branch once aglow
Nine types of light
in a sea of purple

Pink aflame in yellow
The birds in flight
Sing inadvertent poetry

Pigs in planes and Cats on Mars;
The Titans at the door;
The dinosaurs!!

Two white tigers
Playing in the starry stream
Holding hands as they open
Open the gate from winter to spring

🌸 Will we never see these cherry trees in bloom?
We only had the autumn leaves;
Oh, how can that be true?
There’ll never be another spring that feels this close to you
And now I see the lights fade to blue…
咲く。

いろはにほへと　ちりぬるを
わかよたれそ　つねならむ

Wishes hang above the city
Colors dance again like stars
Ah, hope sprouts so tenderly
In a ruined paradise

うゐのおくやま　けふこえて
🌸 Someday we’ll see the cherry trees in bloom
The sunlight comes after the freeze
and wraps us up in blue
The early season’s pinks and greens
The color of our youth
Until our spring can come again,
To the next season, look ahead…

あさきゆめみし　ゑひもせず
And now we see the cherry trees in bloom
Like blossoms flowing in the breeze,
There’s still no one like you
Your colors everywhere with me
The melodies come through
And so springs forth another song, somehow...
作。


＊Japanese Translation＊
＊日本語翻訳：＊

泥まみれの季節
顔を覗かせながら
「これから何をしようかな」
と興味深々に綻ばまいとする新芽たち

きらめく海
風に乗る雨の匂い
それらは全て、なんの前触れもなく散っていく

呼吸、轟音、ささやき、笑い
窓と壁
そして暗くて優しく包み込むような嵐

まるで宿命であるかの如く舞う雪の花びら達
夜明けの夕焼けに街は光を灯す
「雷の嵐大好き」と言っていたね
あゝ、どうやら僕も雨になってしまったようだ

🌸 君が桜が舞う姿を見られる日はいつか来るのだろうか？
今はジャカランダに代わりをしてもらうしかないようだ
これ以上ないくらいにこれでもかと輝いている桃色を風と雨が洗い流そうとも
いつかの春のある日、どうか・・・
咲く

いつかは輝きを放っていた廃れた枝
紫色の海に浮かび上がる9色の光

金色の炎にゆらめく桃色
空の鳥は図らずも詩を歌う

空でハンドルを握る豚と火星の上に佇む猫
ノック音の先に扉に立ちはだかる巨人
恐竜達‼︎

星の河で戯れる二匹の白虎
手を握り合いながら
冬から春への門を開く

🌸 僕たちが共に桜を眺める日は永遠に訪れないのだろうか？
僕たちが見たのは秋の枯葉だけだった
そんなことってあるのだろうか
こんなに君を近くに感じる春はもう二度とは来ないのを知ってる
そして今、光が紺色に飲み込まれ薄れていく
咲く

いろはにほへと　ちりぬるを
わかよたれそ　つねならむ

街の上を歩く願い事たち
色達はまた星のように踊る「あゝ荒れ果てた楽園でさえ
希望は凛と胸を張って芽を出すもの」

🌸 いつかきっと一緒に桜を見れる日が来る
凍える寒さが終わりを告げ
真っ青な空から差す光に包まれる
春先のピンクと緑は若き青春の色
僕たちの春がまた来るそのときまで
次の季節に向かおう−−−ひたすら前へ

🌸 今僕たちの目に映るは満開の桜
風に乗せられた花びら達のように
唯一無二の君
君の色はいつでも僕を彩りメロディーを紡ぎ出す
そしてそれはまたひとつ新しい歌を生んだ
作。

credits

from Iroha, released April 30, 2018
Music & Lyrics by Tommy Pedrini
Produced by Tommy Pedrini & Chiyoko Yamasato
Mixed/Mastered by Madeline Lim (deltaBouche)
Art by Lindsay Collins (Linzb0t), on a photo by Tommy Pedrini
Japanese Translation by Chiyoko Yamasato

Featuring:
Tommy Pedrini - Vocals, Marimba, Synths, Piano
chiyoco - Background Vocals & Choir
Anton Bex - Guitar

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Cats on Mars is an electronic/rock band from Los Angeles founded by composer Tommy Pedrini & Laura Serafine, Aron Ortega, & Yuichi Ikeda. We chronicle the journeys of everyday universes, from life in the city to love in the stars.

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