Mr Children: Tenohira (Palm of My Hand)

Tenohira (Palm of My Hand)

      03.11.20
      Artist: Mr Children
      Title: Tenohira (Palm of my Hand)
      Words: Sakurai Kazutoshi
      Music: Sakurai Kazutoshi

      The warped curves cut into the palm of my hand
      proof that I was born for some greater purpose

      You and me, we’re lonely animals that need each other
      singing love like they’re leaning into one another

      I meant to hold you but blew you away
      meant to wrap around you, but cut you to pieces
      meant to caress you but scratched you up
      and again, I seek love
      We pretended to understand one another
      but were different seperate entities
      We wanted to be one so badly
      writhing around in the darkness

      It bears the sticker, proof that it’s the real thing
      but, it’s the one insisting that seems fake

      You and me, we’re stuck,
      lost at this sort of dead end, unable to escape.

      It’s because we dream it’s fleeting
      because we search we don’t find
      because we want we don’t get.
      We’re at a loss
      There’s no time to think
      that we might’ve made a mistake somewhere
      but we can’t relax without the answer

      you are you, I am me, how is it we keep losing sight
      of such an obvious, such a simple truth?

      ALL FOR ONE FOR ALL
      BUT I AM ONE
      ALL FOR ONE FOR ALL
      BUT YOU ARE ONE

      We don’t need to be one
      if we can accept this
      Of course, not calluously if we can accept this
      we won’t need to be one
      our viewpoints, our philosophies, our religions
      don’t need to be one
      if we can accept one another
      that would be grand

      Spit while kissing
      meant to lick but bit
      meant to put it on you but tore it up
      and again, seek love
      we don’t need to be one
      if we accept one another that’s enough
      That will give us the light that will rain down
      gently, and scatter the darkness before us.

      Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

      Translator’s Notes: None

      Romaji

      tenohira ni kizamareta ibitsu na kyokusen
      nanraka no imi wo motte umaretekita akashi

      bokura nara motomeau sabishii doubutsu
      kata wo yoseru you ni shite ai wo utatteiru

      daita hazu ga tsukitobashite
      tsutsumu hazu ga kirikizande
      naderu tsumori ga hikkaite
      mata ai motomeru
      wakariaeta furi shita tte
      bokura nara chigatta kotai de
      dakedo hitotsu ni naritakute
      kurayami de mogaite mogaiteiru

      sutekka- ni shite harareta honmono no shirushi
      dakedo sou shuchou shiteiru hou ga
      nisemono ni mieru

      bokura nara konna fuu na fukurokouji ni
      ima mo mayoikonda mama nukedasezu ni

      yume miteru kara hakanakute
      sagasu kara mitsukanakute
      hoshigaru kara te ni hainnakute
      tohou ni kureru
      doko de machigatta ka nante
      kangaeteru hima mo nakute
      demo kotae ga nakya fuan de

      kimi ha kimi boku ha boku sonna atarimae no koto
      nande konna ni mo kantan ni bokura
      miushinatteshimaerun darou?

      ALL FOR ONE FOR ALL
      BUT I AM ONE
      ALL FOR ONE FOR ALL
      BUT YOU ARE ONE

      hitotsu ni narankute ii yo
      mitomeau koto ga dekireba
      mochiron nageyari jyanakute
      mitomeau koto ga dekiru kara
      hitotsu ni narankute ii yo
      kachikan mo rinen mo shuukyou mo sa
      hitotsu ni naranakute ii yo
      mitomeau koto ga dekiru kara
      sore de subarashii

      kisu shinagara tsuba wo haite
      nameru tsumori ga kamitsuite
      kiseta tsumori ga hikisaite
      mata ai motomeru
      hitotsu ni naranakute ii yo
      mitomeaeba sore de ii yo
      sore dake ga bokura no mae no
      kurayami wo yasashiku chirashite
      hikari wo furashite ataetekureru

      Romaji By: Brian Stewart