Dahlia
by X-Japan (Dahlia, East-West Japan AMCM-4271)
translation: Mark Neidengard


DO NOTHING BUT CRY
DAY AND NIGHT
Kako to mirai no hazama de
Kawaranai omoi
Kirei na uso ni kaete mo...ALL ALONE
                                              DO NOTHING BUT CRY
                                              DAY AND NIGHT
                                              In the space between past and
                                                future
                                              Even if I change unchangeable
                                                thoughts
                                              To beautiful lies...ALL ALONE

Hateshinai yozora ni nagareru
Namida wo dakishimete...mou ichido
OH MY DAHLIA
Kokoro wo nurasu kanshimi wa
Kazoekirenai hoshi ni naru kedo
                                              Embrace the tears that flow
                                              In the vast night sky...one more
                                                time
                                              OH MY DAHLIA
                                              Even though the sadness that
                                                dampens the heart
                                              Becomes countless stars

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO
Mayoi no naka de hirogeta
Kodoku no tsubasa   Namida no umi wo koetara
                                              YOU DON'T KNOW
                                              WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO
                                              The wings of solitude unfurled
                                                amidst confusion
                                              If you cross the sea of tears

YOU'LL SEE BLUE SKY
Katachi no nai yume demo ii
Ashita no kaze ni kazashite
Habataku...ima
                                              YOU'LL SEE BLUE SKY
                                              Even a formless dream is alright
                                              Hold me up to the winds of 
                                                tomorrow
                                              Fluttering...now...

TIME AFTER TIME
YOU TRY TO FIND YOURSELF
Nagareru toki no naka de
Taenai kizu dakishime
Setsunasa no kaze ni mau
                                              TIME AFTER TIME
                                              YOU TRY TO FIND YOURSELF
                                              In the midst of flowing time
                                              Embrace the endless scar
                                              And dance in the wind of
                                                sorrow

DREAM ON YOUR LEFT
DEAD ON YOUR RIGHT
Aoi yoru wo dakishimete
Ashita wo toikakeru
Mujun-darake no kokoro ni...DEAD OR ALIVE
                                             DREAM ON YOUR LEFT
                                             DEAD ON YOUR RIGHT
                                             Hold on to the blue night
                                             In the heart filled with
                                               contradictions
                                             That questions tomorrow...
                                                DEAD OR ALIVE

Eien no ichibyou ni nagareru
Namida wo kazaranaide...mou nido to
OH MY DAHLIA
Daremo ga motsu kokoro no kizuato ni
Nagareru ame wa...
                                             Don't adorn the tears that flow
                                             In an eternal second...never again
                                             OH MY DAHLIA
                                             The rain flowing in the scar
                                             Of the heart that anyone possesses

TIME AFTER TIME yoru no sora ni
Umareta imi toikakeru
Taenai namida no kawa
Giniro ni kagayaku made
                                             TIME AFTER TIME  Ask the night
                                               sky the meaning of life
                                             Until the river of unbearable
                                               tears glows silver

Tsumetai kaze ni fukarete
Tobitatenai toritachi ga
Sorezore no yume dakishime
Yoake no sora wo
                                             Blown by the cold wind
                                             The birds who can't fly away
                                             Hold onto their own dreams
                                             To fly into the sky at dawn...

Destiny
Alive
Heaven
Love
Innocence
Always
Destroy
Aftermath
Hell
Life
Infinite

TIME AFTER TIME
YOU CRY IN REALITY
Nagareru toki wo tomete
Nagashita namida no ato
Gensou no hana ga saku
                                             TIME AFTER TIME
                                             YOU CRY IN REALITY
                                             Stop the time that flows
                                             After the tears have flowed
                                             The flower of illusion blossoms