"Paint It Black" lyrics

Written by Mizutani Keiji
Music by Shimaba Takayuki
Arranged by Kamibayashi Hayato
Sung by Koyasu Takehito

Japanese lyrics

English translation

Yami no naka obiete dare ga sou itta
Kage wa toki no uragawa

Yo no naka no subete ga ura to omote nara
Ore ga hitotsu ni shite yaru

Hito ga hikari o nozomu nara taiyou mo ore sa
Hiru to yoru ayatsuru mono futari wa iranari

Hikari to kage mo ura to omote mo
Ore no kono te de nuritsubusu dake Paint it black

Ore wa ore dake ore hitori dake
Mebiusu no wa o ayatsuru

Umareochita toki ni ore ga ura naraba
Itsuka omote ni shite yaru

Tadashii mono ga hitotsu nara sabaku no wa ore sa
Shiro to kuro utsukushii no wa muku na kurayami

Tsuki to taiyou kako to mirai mo
Ore no kono te ni ubaitoru dake Paint it black

Ore wa ore dake ore hitori dake
Toki no rinne o ayatsuru
Someone scared in the dark once said
Are the shadows the undeside of time?

This world has both a front and a reverse
I will make them one

People all want light, and I too want to sun
The one who controls light and shadow needs no one

Light and shadow, front and reverse
I will paint over them with my own hands, paint it black

I am myself, I am only me
Controlling the mobius strip

I was born on the reverse side
But I will make it the front

If there is only one truth, I will decided what it is
White and black, Beauty is pure darkness

Moon and sun, past and future
I will steal them back with my own hand, paint it black

I am myself, I am only me
I control the wheel of time

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