Last bouquet

Romaji and English translation of the song Last bouquet from the EP Gama by the GazettE.

Lyrics originally sung in English are in italics , and words or phrases I felt were implied are in [brackets] in the translation.

I also (usually) put repeats of chorus/verses/stanzas in [brackets] if they’re not written that way in the original lyrics for ease of singing along.

If he writes a word in the lyrics but doesn’t sing it, I put it in light grey to make it easier to skip when singing along.

I usually romajize katakana characters in CAPITALS, and keep punctuation and line spacing as close to the original booklet as possible. If you see me putting spaces before punctuation at the end of a sentence or writing things in mixed-case capitals, that’s because it’s how it was in the booklet.

Any comments I had during the romajization/translation process will be included as footnotes so as not to disturb the flow of the song. They’re not required reading, but Ruki does some pretty nifty things with his lyrics/kanji choices, or sometimes there’s further explanations about words or phrases in there.

Last bouquet: Romaji

Nee mata sou yatte boku no kao iro ukagatte
Kizutsukenai you nitte kotoba sagashiteru desho

“Shinji aenai no wa…?” kimi no sei?
“Shinjirare na katta…?” boku no sei.

Boku ga warau tabi ni kimi wa sabishi sou na kao shiteru
Boku ga tsurai toki kimi wa waraete iru kai?     [ya sou…]
Sou     mata boku wa kimi no kotoba kara nigete
Kimi no kizu wo fukamete kimi no ibasho     ubatteta

“Kidzuite yare nakatta?” sou janai
“Kidzukanai furishite” nigeteru dake…

Nandomo kikoeta boku wo yobu kimi no koe
Boku wa mata mimi wo fusagi mugon no kotoba wo… “[gomen ne¹]”

Kimi ga boku wo motomeru tabi     [Last bouquet]     kono kokoro wa hagareteiku
Kimi wa hisshi ni kotoba wo sagasu     [Last bouquet]     tatta hitotsu no ibasho datta kara
Kimi ga boku wo aisuru tabi     [Last bouquet]     kono kimochi wa hagareteiku
Kimi no ikiru sasae to natta     [Last bouquet]     ibasho ni wa mou modorenai     [aa]

[Aa] tomadou mama no kimi e mou ito wa kirete iru no ni

[Boku ga warau tabi ni kimi wa sabishi sou na kao shiteru
Boku ga tsurai toki kimi wa waraete iru kai?]

[Kimi ga boku wo motomeru tabi     [Last bouquet]     kono kokoro wa hagareteiku
Kimi wa hisshi ni kotoba wo sagasu     [Last bouquet]     tatta hitotsu no ibasho datta kara
Kimi ga boku wo aisuru tabi     kono kimochi wa hagareteiku]

Nandomo nandomo boku wo yobu     tsunaide to naku kimi no oto²
Nandomo nandomo omoidasu     hikyou na boku wo yurusanai de
Nandomo nandomo nakanai de     boku ja kimi wo aisenai kara
Nandomo nandomo negau no wa     kore ijou aisanai de
Konna boku wo urande hoshii     omoide ni nante shinai de
Konna boku wo wasurete hoshii

³Kono uta wa kimi e no saigo no hana de ari saigo no ai demo aru
Nani yori hikyou na jibun ni kidzuita shunkan de aru

Last bouquet: Translation

Hey, you’re watching my expressions like that
So you can find words that won’t hurt my feelings, right?

“That we couldn’t believe in each other is…?” Your fault?
“That I couldn’t believe in you is…?” My fault.

Every time I laugh, your face looks so desolate
Is it because I laugh when you’re heartbroken?     [And so…]
So     because of that, I’m running from your words again
I made your wounds deeper when I deprived you     of your place

“You didn’t notice?” That’s not it
“You pretended not to notice” I was just trying to avoid you

I heard your voice calling out my name over and over again
But I just covered my ears and repeated those silent words… “[I’m sorry]”¹

Every time you yearn for me     [Last bouquet]     my heart is stripped away
You desperately try to find the right words     [Last bouquet]     because [you think] this is the only place for you
Every time you [say you] love me     [Last bouquet]     my feelings are stripped away
You can no longer go back to that place     [Last bouquet] that had become your reason for living

[Ah] You’re still confused, but the string [tying us together] has already been severed

[Every time I laugh, your face looks so desolate
Is it because I laugh when you’re heartbroken?]

[Every time you yearn for me     [Last bouquet]     my heart is stripped away
You desperately try to find the right words     [Last bouquet]     because [you think] this is the only place for you
Every time you [say you] love me     my feelings are stripped away]

You keep calling me, again and again;     your ringtone² wails for me to take your call
Over and over, again and again, I recall     how so unforgivably cruel I was to you
Please don’t keep sobbing over and over again     just because I couldn’t love you
Over and over, again and again, I find myself wishing     that you didn’t love me anymore
I want you to resent me     to just wipe me from your memories
I want you to forget about me

³This song is the last flower I’ll give you, as well as the last love
More than anything, at this moment, I realize how cruel I really am

There is a blank space printed in the booklet for the “silent words” – however, he whispers gomen ne, or “I’m sorry:” the words he couldn’t say to her.
The kanji 着信音 (chakushin on – mobile phone ringtone) is written, while 音 (oto – sound) is sung, presumably because the shorter word fit better with the flow of the song. I just translated it as “ringtone.”
These last two lines are printed in the lyric booklet, but are not sung.