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Don't Return to the Water Corpse (水死体にもどらないで) is a song released on December 14, 2018, featuring vflower and Hatsune Miku.
Background[]
Don't Return to the Water Corpse (水死体にもどらないで) is Iyowa's 6th song. The song is track no. 11 in Sleeping Pink Noise.
The girl's name is Suishitai-chan (水死体ちゃん) which was confirmed in iyowa's twitter post about #いよわガールズグッズ化選挙
Meaning[]
The song is about a man who, after failing to save his partner from drowning in the ocean, begins hallucinating her as a siren. Although he knows she is not real, he is eventually so overcome by guilt and grief that he throws himself into the ocean to be with her.
Lyrics[]
※ Translation by Spicy Sweets, with edits by Bedrose
| Japanese | English |
| きみは現れた | You appeared |
| それは突然だった | That was unexpected |
| 悲しいくらいよく知ってる顔だったから | It was a face I was sadly familiar with |
| こっちを見るなよ | Don't look at me |
| こんなのは呪いだ | This is a curse |
| きみはただあるはずのない尾びれを揺らした | You swung the tail fin that shouldn't have been there |
| きみと泳ぎに行ったあの日を覚えてる | I remember the day we went swimming together |
| 太陽が西に |
I felt like the sun was |
| すぐに掴んだ手にその先は無くて | when I grabbed for your hand, it slipped from my hold |
| 青い闇に沈んでくきみの姿さえ見逃した | You sunk into the blue depths when I looked away from your silhouette |
| 全部ぼくの責任だから | It was all my responsibility |
| 呪われても文句は言えないが | so I won't complain even if I'm cursed, but |
| こんな仕打ちあんまりじゃない？ | will doing this really be enough? |
| セイレーンがこちらを見つめてくる | A siren is looking over here |
| いつか | Someday, |
| きみがただの水死体に戻ってしまえば | when you return to being a drowned corpse, |
| 二人で撮った写真も紙になって濡れてくけど | the picture we took together will get soaked |
| きみがぼくの脳みその味に興味をもつ迄 | Let's stay here, until you have the desire |
| ここで暮らしていよう | to taste my brain |
| まだ今は | just for now |
| きみが動かなくなったあの日を覚えてる | I remember the day you stopped moving |
| 太陽が二度と登らないような心地がしてさ | I felt like the sun would never rise again, |
| だけど物も言わず佇む人魚は | but no matter how many times I rubbed my eyes, |
| 何度目をこすっても間違いなくあなたでした | I couldn't deny that you and that silent, still mermaid were one in the same |
| 全部せめて忘れられたら | If only I could forget everything |
| 体に染み付いた潮の香りも | even the smell of the waves clinging to my body |
| 流し切ってしまえるのにな | I'd wash it all away, but |
| セイレーンは離してくれないみたい | it doesn't look like the siren will let me go |
| いつかきみはぼくの | Someday you will |
| つまさきをつかんで | grab my toes, and |
| そのままちからまかせに | using all your might, |
| ゆかにたたきつけて | thrash me against the floor; |
| しょくよくのままに | with a yet unsated appetite, |
| なすがままにしてよ | do as you please |
| 罪ごと 噛み切って さあ | Rip me apart for my sins |
| なにかいってくれ | Say something, please |
| ぼくをののしることばでもいい | You can curse at me if you'd like |
| ゆるさなくてもいい | You don't have to forgive me |
| こんなのはのろいだ | This is a curse |
| なにもいわないにんぎょが | Even now, a mermaid |
| いまもぼくをずっとみつめている | is always silently watching me |
| いつか | Someday |
| 鏡の中水死体が写ってしまえば | when a drowned corpse is reflected in the mirror |
| 二人の恋は泡になって | our love will be reduced to bubbles |
| 深海で漂うけど | drifting in the deep sea |
| きみがこの部屋を赤く染める時まで | but let's stay here, until this room |
| ここで暮らしていよう | is dyed crimson by your hands |
| まだ今は | just for now |
| そうやっていつまで | How much longer |
| ごまかすつもりなんだ | will you so deceive yourself? |
| げんじつをみろ | Face reality— |
| もういないんだ | you're already gone |
| きみがただの水死体に戻ってしまえば | When you return to being a drowned corpse |
| きみがただの水死体に戻ってしまえば | When you return to being a drowned corpse |
| なんて強がりだな | I'm just bluffing |
| 本当はずっと一緒にいたいんだよ | The truth is I want to be with you forever |
| そうだよ 恋したんだ おいていかないで | That's right, I loved you, so please don't leave |
| 二人で撮った写真は紙になって濡れてくけど | The picture we took together would get soaked |
| きみとぼくの水死体がうかんでくるまで | Let's stay here, until our drowned corpses |
| ここで暮らしていよう | rise to the surface |
| きみは現れた | You appeared |
| きみは初めから現れてなんかいなかった | You were never there to begin with |
| それは突然だった | That was unexpected |
| ずっと前からそうだった | It's been that way from the very start |
| 悲しいくらい よく知ってる 顔だったから | It was a face I was sadly familiar with |
| 悲しいくらい よく知ってる 顔の遺影が まだ笑っている | A face I was sadly familiar with smiled in the memorial photo |
| こっちを見るなよ | Don't look at me |
| このまま 幻に吞まれさせてくれよ | At this rate, I'll be swallowed up by delusions |
| こんなのは呪いだ | This is a curse |
| これだけが 救いだ | This is my only way of salvation |
| きみはただ泡になって消えた | You vanished into a sea of bubbles |
| 呟いて 海にとびこんだ | I mumbled, then leapt into the sea |
Trivia[]
- Most of the unsung, onscreen text in the MV is encoded as 文字化け (mojibake), or garbled text, which can be deciphered as follows:
- 1:52 - 繧?ａ縺ｦ縺上ｌ = やめてくれ (stop it)
- 2:00 - 貎ｮ = 潮 (tide)
- 2:10 - (hiragana and translation shown in lyrics)
- 2:13 - (hiragana and translation shown in lyrics)
- 2:17 - (hiragana and translation shown in lyrics)
- 2:25 - (hiragana and translation shown in lyrics)
- 2:35 - 縺上■縺九ｉ縺励◆縺溘ｋ = くちからしたたる (dripping from [your] mouth)
- 2:44 - (hiragana and translation shown in lyrics)
- 3:16 - 縺翫＞縺ｦ縺?°縺ｪ縺?〒 = おいていかないで (please don't leave)
- 3:23 - 繧?ａ縺ｮ縺ゅ→繧偵♀縺?°縺代※縺?∩縺ｫ繧ゅ＄繧 = ゆめのあとをおいかけてうみにもぐる (I'm gonna dive into the ocean to chase after the rest of my dream)
- 3:26 - 縺薙％縺ｧ縺上ｉ縺励※縺?ｈ縺 = ここでくらしていよう (let's stay here)
Gallery[]
Don't Return to the Water Corpse in Sleeping Pink Noise
Suishitai-chan featured in the "やべえやつしかいねえ" drawing
Suishitai-chan featured in the "おつかれ 平成!!" drawing
School parody Suishitai-chan
Suishitai-chan with a ballon
Suishitai-chan getting the most votes for "いよわガールズグッズ化選挙"
Suishitai-chan's ‘興味/interested’ line sticker from iyowa girls collection 2
Suishitai-chan's ‘推したい.../I want to recommend...’ line sticker from iyowa girls collection 2
Suishitai-chan's ‘OK’ line sticker from iyowa girls collection 2