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『Hatful of Hollow』

The Smiths - 前半 拙訳まとめ②『Hatful of Hollow』

1stと6曲被ってるけど、結局好きな曲多い1. William, It Was Really Nothing↓にあるTOTPのパフォーマンスがまたいい。つくづくエンターテイナーだなと思うと同時に、本当の愛を説いているようにも。短いながらも生き方・考え方を訴えていて、現代のアリアの…

The Smiths『Hatful of Hollow』和訳 - まとめ

スミスで最初に聴いたアルバムがこれで、改めていいアルバムだなーと。ここに書いたように、メンバーたちが1stの出来に不満で、それまでのセッションをまとめているため1stとの被りも多い。それでもやはり、また違った作品として聴こえるのは、瑞々しさに溢…

16. Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths

Good times for a changeSee, the luck I’ve hadCan make a good man turn bad So, please, please, pleaseLet me, let me, let meLet me get what I want this time Haven't had a dream in a long timeSee, the life I’ve hadCan make a good man bad So, …

15. Reel Around the Fountain - The Smiths

It's time the tale were toldOf how you took a childAnd you made him oldIt's time the tale were toldOf how you took a childAnd you made him oldYou made him old Reel around the fountainSlap me on the patioI'll take it nowOh Fifteen minutes w…

14. Back to the Old House - The Smiths

I would rather not goBack to the old house I would rather not goBack to the old houseThere’s too many bad memoriesToo many memories When you cycled by, here began all my dreamsThe saddest thing I've ever seenAnd you never knewHow much I re…

13. Girl Afraid - The Smiths

Girl afraidWhere do his intentions lay?Or does he even have any?She says, he never really looks at meI give him every opportunity In the room downstairsHe sat and staredIn the room downstairsHe sat and stared I'll never make that mistake a…

12. Accept Yourself - The Smiths

Everyday you must sayoh so how do I feel about my lifeanything is hard to findwhen you will not open your eyeswhen will you accept yourself? I am sick and I am dulland I am plainhow dearly I'd love to get carried awaybut dreams have a knac…

11. You've Got Everything Now - The Smiths

As merry as the days were longI was right and you were wrong Back at the old grey schoolI would win and you would lose But you've got everything nowYou've got everything nowAnd what a terrible mess I've made of my lifeOh, what a mess I've …

10. This Night Has Opened My Eyes - The Smiths

In a river the colour of leadImmerse a baby's headWrap her up in the News Of The WorldDump her on a doorstep, girlThis night has opened my eyesAnd I will never sleep again You kicked and cried like a bullied childA grown man of twenty-five…

9. Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now - The Smiths

なんだか、山羊座の終わりっぽい歌~火星逆行の例で出てきた曲です。「miserable(惨め)」という言葉は、他の曲名でも使われていたこともあり、モリッシーの代名詞の1つになってしまった。マーからはミザリーモザリー、それが省略されてモズと呼ばれたりも…

8. Still Ill - The Smiths

I decree today that life is simply taking and not givingEngland is mine, it owes me a livingBut ask me why, and I'll spit in your eyeOh, ask me why, and I'll spit in your eyeBut we cannot cling to the old dreams anymoreNo, we cannot cling …

7. Hand in Glove - The Smiths

Hand in gloveThe sun shines out of our behindsNo, it's not like any other loveThis one is different, because it's usHand in gloveWe can go wherever we pleaseAnd everything depends uponHow near you stand to me And if the people stareThen th…

6. Handsome Devil - The Smiths

All the streets are crammed with thingsEager to be heldI know what hands are forAnd I'd like to help myselfYou ask me the timeBut I sense something moreAnd I would like to give youWhat I think you're asking forYou, handsome devilOh you, ha…

5. How Soon is Now? - The Smiths

How Soon Is Now? I am the sonAnd the heirOf a shyness that is criminally vulgarI am the son and heirOf nothing in particular You shut your mouthHow can you sayI go about things the wrong way?I am human and I need to be lovedJust like every…

4. This Charming Man - the Smiths

This Charming Man Punctured bicycleOn a hillside desolateWill nature make a man of me yet? When in this charming carThis charming man Why pamper life's complexityWhen the leather runs smoothOn the passenger seat? I would go out tonightBut …

3. These Things Take Time - The Smiths

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the sacred wunderkindYou took me behind a dis-used railway lineAnd said, "I know a place where we can go, where we are not known"And then you gave me something that I won't forget too soon But I can't belie…

2. What Difference Does it Make? - The Smiths

All men have secrets and here is mineSo let it be knownFor we have been through hell and high tideI think I can rely on youAnd yet you start to recoilHeavy words are so lightly thrownBut still I'd leap in front of a flying bullet for you S…

1. William, It Was Really Nothing - The Smiths

William, It Was Really Nothing The rain falls hard on a humdrum townThis town has dragged you downOh, the rain falls hard on a humdrum townThis town has dragged you down Oh no, and everybody's got to live their lifeAnd God knows I've got t…