Uploaded October 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Okay, this song just might be the hardest song to translate out of Teardrop Theater, and next to DEUS EX MACHINA, that's saying something. There is no romaji for now because I think Kyrie pronounces one of the words/kanji differently than it is written and might be playing around with the meanings of kanji (see green notes below). Or maybe I'm reading too far into this.
1* : Okay, this is the kanji that is giving me trouble. According to ATLAS (yes, I still have to use a dictionary for almost everything. I'm not a REAL translator), it means "a lot" or something of the sort. But none of the pronunciations of the characters are matching up with what Kyrie appears to be singing. It kinda sounds like she's saying "anata" but until I get solid confirmation, I'm not putting any romaji down.
2* : KARASU tari - Okay, it probably makes the most sense for the first word to be CRASH because it's written in katakana and western words do that. But "karasu" is also the word for crow in Japanese and that sounds symbolic. "Tari" also seems to (judging by my two dictionaries) have different meanings depending on the situation. So I THINK that this line could be a pun and either mean "CRASH and scatter out" or "Lined with CROWS".
3* : Just thought that I'd point out that (it SEEMS) the word for "hinge" is written with the kanji for "butterfly" and "turn." Not sure if it's the same "turn" as in the phrase "turn the chessboard over," but... I thought it was interesting...
Okay, this song just might be the hardest song to translate out of Teardrop Theater, and next to DEUS EX MACHINA, that's saying something. There is no romaji for now because I think Kyrie pronounces one of the words/kanji differently than it is written and might be playing around with the meanings of kanji (see green notes below). Or maybe I'm reading too far into this.
1* : Okay, this is the kanji that is giving me trouble. According to ATLAS (yes, I still have to use a dictionary for almost everything. I'm not a REAL translator), it means "a lot" or something of the sort. But none of the pronunciations of the characters are matching up with what Kyrie appears to be singing. It kinda sounds like she's saying "anata" but until I get solid confirmation, I'm not putting any romaji down.
2* : KARASU tari - Okay, it probably makes the most sense for the first word to be CRASH because it's written in katakana and western words do that. But "karasu" is also the word for crow in Japanese and that sounds symbolic. "Tari" also seems to (judging by my two dictionaries) have different meanings depending on the situation. So I THINK that this line could be a pun and either mean "CRASH and scatter out" or "Lined with CROWS".
3* : Just thought that I'd point out that (it SEEMS) the word for "hinge" is written with the kanji for "butterfly" and "turn." Not sure if it's the same "turn" as in the phrase "turn the chessboard over," but... I thought it was interesting...
