In this country of false happiness, I found the place for which I had longed
And to keep it there within my grasp, I reached out my hand and chose

shiawase ni utsutta kono kuni de mato ni suru basho o mitsuketa
hazusanai you ni narai o sadamete_yubi o ateta

I saw the hazy gray sky and then…
So…suffer please…hurt a little more
Like so…bathe in the radiation of this never-ending blood

Hai iro ni nigotta kono sora o mite…
saa_kurushiminasai_motto itagarinasai
sou_owari no nai chi no houshasen o abinasai

Well…let us begin…in the center of this country
Now…in the radiation of the blood falling from the sky

[saa…hajimeyou…kono kuni no mato ni]
ima, sora kara furu chi no [houshasen]

Already too late, burned and blistered
Already, in the pit of my empty stomach

mou_teokure de yake-tadarete
mou_nani mo nai kuufuku no naka

The born bodies…the beautiful, burnt blackness of their skin
From the depths of my iron soul…I will scorch away the streets

umareta karada_yaketa kirei na kuro ni suhada
hitotsu no tetsu no tamashii de_michi o yaki-tsukushi

The struggling mother…crushed beneath the rubble
We should gather up her falling flesh

mogaita haha wa_gareki no shita de oshi-tsubusareta
tobi-chiru niku o kaki-atsumeyou

brain…regurgitating blood…I hear a child's first cry
amidst this burnt town…I hear a child's first cry

brain_gyakuryuu shite iru_kodomo no ubugoe
zenshou shite iru_kodomo no ubugoe

* aching voice

I have been trying to draw a parallel between Velvet Eden and Syndrome, as I did this translation. It reminds me very heavily of "Cold Sleep" in at least in the way it's written. And then there was "Sad Mask." So far as I can tell, Velvet Eden was the first band to ever title one of their songs that.

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