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a子 – Beige and Pink English Translation (ベージュと桃色)

I started to translate this before the MV came out and was wracking my brain about the meaning. Like a few other songs from GENE, there is a sense of the bittersweet feelings that come from being in a relationship. Love, hate, loneliness, scornfulness, feeling OK and not really feeling OK. There’s a thin borderline between it all, if you catch my drift. I wanted to know what the colors beige and pink signified in love.

Light pink is the color of blossoms and often signifies youth and femininity in Japan, whereas beige tends to invoke thoughts of being calm, stable, classy, and au naturale. While it is also a feminine color, its not as explosive as pink.

Personally, with the themes of “hazy dreams” and fleeting feelings, I think it has something to do with an irrational, passionate love cooling off. Did it even really happen?

Then the MV comes out… ako kicks everyone’s ass in Wong Kar-wai style and finally reaches the (beige colored!!) milk tea at the end. So, who really knows what it means. Enjoy londog’s wonderful project!!

In this sweet, sweet dream
I’ll cut the red, red, strings
I will put an end to it, my love

I said “it’s fine”
Those words of Deja Vu, used over and over

Someone was just here,
 It was you, with a frozen stare

Bright daylight was just shining through the cracks,
but now the sun has set

I want to take back saying “it’s fine”
Or this darkness will stay

I wish I could make you see
that it’s only you and me 
But that means we yearn for more,
So why don’t you hold me?

In this sweet, sweet dream
I’ll cut the red, red, strings
I will put an end to it, my love
In this hazy, hazy dream
Bitter, bitter feelings are taking over,
That’s right, I’ll become light pink 

I was the one to show you
All of your favorite songs
The thought of it,
spirals me out of control

I wish I could make you see
that it’s only you and me
But that means we yearn for more,
So why don’t you hold me?

It’s a sweet, sweet dream
so ill cut the red, red, string
I will end it, along with my love
In this hazy, hazy dream
Bitter, bitter feelings are taking over, 
That’s right, I’ll become light pink 

Even with those sweet, sugar-coated words
This red, red heart 
was too small for the both of us
In this hazy, hazy dream
Bitter, bitter feeling are taking over, 
That’s right, now I can be beige 

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