Original Japanese text by ちょいまって from https://suno.com/s/b0PUGdjQIm6kgXJN It's better song, really, listen to it. Notes as far I can remember: 広辞苑 (kojien) is very Japanese thing, replaced with more vague "the big book" (which sort of maybe gets point across) 辞書 (dictionary) went the same way, just turning to book 逃げ場 (exit / escape route) became escape plan (just felt "funnier" to me) Couldn't get any こい / ごい bits in. Thought while about about law / love but decided not to mess this too much. Rest of it pretty much straightforward translation with minor stylistic adjustments (ね (right) cut from some places etc) [Intro] When I told you, "I just can’t put my feelings into words," You quietly handed me the big book Indeed, it really was the big book (It was the big book) Yup The big book, okay? (The big book, what?) Seriously? ...No, wait, don’t just nod in silence at me... And it was so overwhelmingly thick, As if it were saying, "All your escape plans are printed right here." [Verse 1] As I turn the page, My fingertips recall the texture of the paper. On every single sheet, Are someone’s leftover fragments of emotion, So deeply seeped inside, And I feel myself getting colored by them all. [Prechorus 1] Love, affection, passion, heart, From the sweet words to the bitter words, They’re lined up in perfect order - it’s so funny to see. Because I feel that none of them Can match up to the way I feel about you now, It's like the world of words is looking down on me, And yeah, maybe that stung... just a bit. [Chorus] This is... a song... about lacking words. "Sorry my vocab’s a mess." If saying "Sorry" was enough to forgive, We wouldn’t need the big book at all. [Verse 2] You watched me silently turning pages, gaze fixed on me, And that quiet gaze alone, Spoke louder than any word found in the text, And gentler than any book could be, And once again I was beaten, Broken down by you all over again. [Prechorus 2] I think you knew it all along. Every time I try to line up my words for you, They collide deep in my chest and shatter apart, I know that I turn gracefully awkward. That’s why you gave me the big book I hold, As if to say, "See? 'Love' is written right here." But if you still can't find the right one inside, We can just make a new word, together, us two. [Chorus] This is... a song... about lacking words. "Sorry my vocab’s a mess." If saying "Sorry" was enough to forgive, We wouldn’t need the big book at all. [Chorus] This is... a song... about lacking words. "Sorry my vocab’s a mess." If saying "Sorry" was enough to forgive, We wouldn’t need the big book at all. [Bridge] Somewhere beyond the book you closed, I thought I saw you smile just a bit. But the page number of that smile isn't found In any book in this world. [Chorus] This is... a song... about lacking words. "Sorry my vocab’s a mess." If saying "Sorry" was enough to forgive, We wouldn’t need the big book at all.
