もぬけのからだ (Monuke no Karada)

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Song title
"もぬけのからだ" Romaji: Monuke no Karada^[1] English: An Empty Shell
Original Upload Date
October 7, 2016
Singer
GUMI
Producer(s)
Napoli-P (music, lyrics) avogado6 (movie)
Views
490,000+ (NN), 568,000+ (YT)
Links
Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast
Description "Let's live a lot."

Lyrics

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The following translation was made by Releska, and may only be used in accordance with the restrictions stated on his blog.

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Japanese	Romaji	English
極限的な魅力を身に纏う君ら	kyokugenteki na miryoku o mi ni matou kimira	All of you clothe yourselves in extreme glamour
向こう岸で僕を待つわけはないんだ	mukougishi de boku o matsu wake wa nain da	and there’s no reason for you to wait for me on the opposite shore.
平均的なやる気も持ち合わせぬ僕は	heikinteki na yaruki mo mochiawasenu boku wa	I don’t even have the average level of motivation handy
剥がれかけの僅かな自信	hagarekake no wazuka na jishin	and my meagre self-confidence is about to come unstuck.
見下げて笑っていたいな	misagete waratte itai na	I want to look down on others and laugh.
曲がっていたいよな	magatte itai yo na	I want to change direction.
座っていたいから	suwatte itai kara	I want to sit down
椅子に身体縛り付け	isu ni karada shibaritsuke	So I tie myself to the chair.

跳び越せないまま	tobikosenai mama	I still can’t jump across.
泳いだら流されてしまう模様	oyoidara nagasarete shimau moyou	Whenever I swim, I just get swept away.
見上げても今は	miagete mo ima wa	Though I look up,
飛び上がれない僕の脚はだめだ	tobiagarenai boku no ashi wa dame da	I can’t spring away. My legs are no good.

無言でいたって時間は経って	mugon de ita tte jikan wa tatte	I continued in silence and the hours passed.
素通る今	sudooru ima	The present passes by.
季節に沿った言い訳並べて	kisetsu ni sotta iiwake narabete	I marshalled excuses that matched the seasons.

夢をくさいもんだって知った	yume o kusai mon da tte shitta	I knew that dreams were suspicious—
夢に潜り込んでった未来でも	yume ni mogurikondetta mirai demo	Even in a future where I’ve slipped into dreams.
笑っていたいのに	waratte itai no ni	I just wanted to smile.
唾飲み込んで	tsuba nomikonde	I swallowed
わかったフリして	wakatta furi shite	and pretended to understand
何もできないけど	nani mo dekinai kedo	though I couldn’t do anything.

跳び越せるかな	tobikoseru kana	I wonder if I can leap across
心臓が砕けてしまうまで	shinzou ga kudakete shimau made	before my heart breaks.
行かなければまた	ikanakereba mata	If I don’t go,
君らになれず	kimira ni narezu	I can’t be like all of you.
孤独にまどろむ	kodoku ni madoromu	I doze off in isolation.

人呼んでそう「普通」	hito yonde sou "futsuu"	I was known as the ordinary one.
君らは昔って言う	kimira wa mukashi tte iu	That’s what you said in the past.
嗤っていたいから	waratte itai kara	I want to ridicule others
見下す素振り隠してる	mikudasu soburi kakushiteru	so I hide the behaviours you despise.

途切れ途切れの僕の声	togire togire no boku no koe	My voice comes in fits and starts.
明日も杞憂しそう	ashita mo kiyuu shisou	Looks like I’ll be full of needless anxiety again tomorrow.
跳び越せるのが	tobikoseru no ga	To be able to leap across,
ろくでなしの仲間入りだとしても	rokudenashi no nakamairi da to shite mo	I don’t even care if I have to join
かまわないから	kamawanai kara	a pack of delinquents.

English translation by Releska

Translation Notes

↑ もぬけ (monuke) in the title has a strong link to ‘shedding’ something (like a snake sheds its skin). So it’s empty now, but it was once full of something. からだ (karada) means ‘body’. ‘Body’ could refer to someone’s whole body, including their spirit.

‘Shell’ was chosen to preserve the ‘shedding’ imagery of もぬけ, but keep in mind that the shell is probably an empty body.

Adding more complexity to the title, もぬけのから (monuke no kara) is a set phrase referring to a shed shell, something that’s been deserted, or a dead body.

Discography

This song was featured on the following albums:

External Links

piapro - Lyrics
piapro - Off Vocal
Pixiv - Animation (Provided by Avogado6)

Unofficial

VocaDB
Hatsune Miku Wiki
Morning Mallow - Romaji Source
Releska - Translation Source

[1] もぬけ (monuke) in the title has a strong link to ‘shedding’ something (like a snake sheds its skin). So it’s empty now, but it was once full of something. からだ (karada) means ‘body’. ‘Body’ could refer to someone’s whole body, including their spirit.

‘Shell’ was chosen to preserve the ‘shedding’ imagery of もぬけ, but keep in mind that the shell is probably an empty body.

Adding more complexity to the title, もぬけのから (monuke no kara) is a set phrase referring to a shed shell, something that’s been deserted, or a dead body.

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