[Spoken] [Female] The Geisha’s forbidden dream… Cause the golden bird in the cage won’t fly… Bound to a song under painted skies… [spoken] [Female] Geisha no kinjirareta yume Kin’iro no tori wa… Kago no naka de wa tobenai… Hitotsu no uta ni shibararete… Egakareta sora no shita de… [Short Shakuhachi flute solo] [Verse 1] [female soprano vocals] Mysterious, silent, a spirit in white… Porcelain skin in the dimming night… She bows so deeply, so gentle and wise… While he loses himself in her almond-brown eyes… A soul adrift in a love that can’t be drowned in dreams… He will never see… The Geisha’s forbidden dream… [Chorus 1] [Female] Kin’iro no tori wa kago no naka de wa tobenai… Hitotsu no uta ni shibararete, egakareta sora no shita… Shiruku no oku de amai kage ga kagayaku… Kanojo wa kinjirareta yume no kaori o matou… A dream that keeps her wanting more... Geisha no kinjirareta yume… [Verse 2] [Male] So many years seem trapped in his gaze… Etched in the lines of his weary face… He knows in his heart what the quiet hours bring… That the caged golden bird will never sing… No, she’ll never sing the song in his heart… Kept in a world that holds them apart… The Geisha’s forbidden dream… [Song Break] [Tempo Slowdown] [Instrumental Transition: Koto and Shakuhachi Flute] [Chorus 2] [Female] Kin’iro no tori wa kago no naka de wa tobenai… Hitotsu no uta ni shibararete, egakareta sora no shita… Shiruku no oku de amai kage ga kagayaku… Kanojo wa kinjirareta yume no kaori o matou… A dream that keeps her wanting more... Geisha no kinjirareta yume… [Bridge] [Male] Hidden away behind curtains of silk, In a world made of satin and ivory milk… He yearns for her voice, he reaches in vain… Bound by tradition, wrapped up in pain… So close to his touch, yet so far away… Far away… [Verse 3] [Female] Cause the golden bird in the cage won’t fly… Bound to a song under painted skies… Behind the silk where the sweet shadows gleam… She carries the scent of a forbidden dream… The Geisha’s forbidden dream… [Chorus 3] [Female] Kin’iro no tori wa kago no naka de wa tobenai… Hitotsu no uta ni shibararete, egakareta sora no shita… Shiruku no oku de amai kage ga kagayaku… Kanojo wa kinjirareta yume no kaori o matou… A dream that keeps her wanting more... Geisha no kinjirareta yume… [Bridge] [Male] Hidden away behind curtains of silk… In a world made of satin and ivory milk… He yearns for her voice, he reaches in vain… Bound by tradition, wrapped up in pain… So close to his touch, yet so far away… So far away… From the Geisha’s forbidden dream… [Outro] [Male] Behind the silk curtains… (Behind the silk…) Only the scent remains… (Scent remains…) The Geisha’s forbidden dream… The scent of you on my pillows...! [whisper] [Female] Kinjirareta yume… A forbidden dream… Lost in the rain… in the rain… The Geisha’s forbidden dream… Dream…kinjirareta yume... Geisha no kinjirareta yume… [Instrumental Fade Out] [Ends]
