Romaji and English translation of the song GENTLE LIE from the album STACKED RUBBISH by the GazettE.

Translator's Notes


Yowasa no sei ni shita no wa　 tagai no saiai no tame darou

Let’s see in the cold bed…,
Please give me a gentle kiss…, SHIRUKU ni tokeru futari

Aishi aisare ai1 wo shiri 　kuchi utsushi no tameiki
Wakariau soburi no kurikaeshi
Tada daite dakerete sore dake 　hoka ni wa nani hitotsu nozomazu
Truth can’t be seen. “nozomu no nara hora”
No… sukoshizutsu kotoba wo kaetai dake

Saiai wo hoshigaru mae ni 　kono te wo wa hanashite hoshii

Let’s see in the cold bed…,
Please give me a gentle kiss…, modorenai to wakatteru

Aishi aisare ai wo shiri 　kuchi utsushi no tameiki
Wakari au soburi no kurikaesu no wa
Daite dakareta kanshoku ni 　koboku mieta kara yuruseta

Kasaneta yubi ni 　saraware sou ni naru
Kotae wo motomeru kokkeisa wo 　wakatteta ta no ni
Sorrow 　SHADOO wo tokasu

Aishi aisare ai1 wo shiri 　karame au toiki ni
Nukedasenai no wa uso ja naku
Kurikaesu tabi ni netsu wo masu 　sono yasashiki uso ni
Iki ga tomari sou de

Mata aisuru koto no omosa ni 　tomadoi ga miete mo
Me wo fusageru no wa anata no hou ne
Kodoku wo nuguu dare ka ni 　yurai de oborete

Kono te hanasu no wa… “atashi”

GENTLE LIE2: Translation

It seems that that my weak nature     was caused by what we both “loved”

Let’s see in the cold bed…,
Please give me a gentle kiss…,
together we two will melt into the silk3

In loving and being loved, we experience grief     and we realize our shared sighs
Are just part of the repeating cycle we fall into together
I don’t desire anything else     besides just holding you and being held by you

Truth can’t be seen.  “OK, if that’s what you want, [go ahead]”
No… I just want those words to gradually change

Before, “beloved,” you were what I wanted     but now I want to let go of your hand4

Let’s see in the cold bed…,
Please give me a gentle kiss…,
I know there’s no going back [to the way things were]

Are just part of that cycle we fall into together over and over
In holding each other and having been held,     we saw each others’ loneliness and were able to give it up [for a time]

It’s like it was swept away     when we laced our fingers together
Even though we knew     it was pointless to wish this was the answer
Sorrow begins spill over     as our shadows melt away

In grieving and making each other grieve, we understand love      and it is our mingled sighs
And not our lies that slip [from our lips]
Our temperatures rise every time we meet     and in that gentle lie,
Our breath seems to stand still

And even if the importance     of love seems confusing
It’s up to you if you’ll cover your eyes
So, trembling, I’ll drown myself     in the one who wipes my loneliness away

The one who pulled their hand away… “was me”

  1. In this line, he writes both 愛 ai “love”, and 哀, the onyomi reading for which is also ai “pathetic, grief, sorrow.” So there is a play on words because both love (愛) and grief (哀) are pronounced the same way. (He’s done this switch before in zetsu – replacing 愛す aisu with 哀す aisu.)
  2. According to a FOOL’S MATE interview (August 2007), this song is about adultery – a couple who are sleeping with each other even though they’re both in relationships with other people.
  3. As in silk sheets.
  4. One of them (probably the girl because of the “atashi” at the end, which is typically a female first-person pronoun) finally decides they need to break it off (either because of guilt, or because they’ve realized they’re actually in love with their original partner).

STACKED RUBBISH album cover art © 2007 King Records / JPU Records

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