Comments: 68
CastleOfWonders [2016-12-19 15:55:14 +0000 UTC]
''Like picking up the petals of a flower past its prime'' resonated so strongly, the sentence is a gem on it's own.
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CattTea [2015-07-25 03:29:40 +0000 UTC]
xD Its really cool! Thx!!!
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LurpTheDuck [2015-01-24 14:23:56 +0000 UTC]
That awkward moment when this song fits your life.
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KuchkiFan101 [2014-02-09 22:30:57 +0000 UTC]
These lyrics are the best that I have found for this song! I was wondering if I would be allowed to use these in a cover of the song I am doing? Of course I will credit you and I'll even send a link to my finished product!
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imyoungsoo919 In reply to KuchkiFan101 [2014-05-04 01:25:45 +0000 UTC]
i needa introduce u to rockleetist man. unless you've already found her.
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KuchkiFan101 In reply to imyoungsoo919 [2014-05-18 05:50:15 +0000 UTC]
I have already found her, and I like the majority of her stuff, but I was not a big fan of her version of Just Be Friends.
But thank you for the need to tell me about her :3 I kinda forgot she was still around... ^^'
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kitster900 In reply to KuchkiFan101 [2016-09-22 01:05:08 +0000 UTC]
Same!!! I love a lot of rockleetist but this translation is so much cleaner and just reads better!
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Ninjacat1196 [2014-02-08 21:13:27 +0000 UTC]
These lyrics are awesome! You did an awesome job translating the song! Would it be alright if I used these lyrics to do a cover? :3
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lavygirl [2013-10-20 00:15:41 +0000 UTC]
If so may i use this for my fandub on tumblr and youtube? I will send you the link if i get the guts to do it.
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3RINFACE [2013-08-30 00:10:16 +0000 UTC]
Dear ironia-vitae; your lyrics are absolutely amazing! I used them in my recent fandub of this song. I gave you full credit, and I'll it down if you wish. Here's the link to the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHimjL…
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roxy98aphfreak [2013-03-16 19:14:38 +0000 UTC]
So sad song, and these lyrics are just..amazing, beautiful!
By the way, if you don't mind, can I please use them to do a cover?
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decgirl555 [2013-01-20 01:03:40 +0000 UTC]
I love these lyrics, so awesome ^_^
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BubblyBunnyBash [2012-12-29 04:16:11 +0000 UTC]
i absolutely love these lyrics~
now if only my dog would stop growling... *shot*
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SojiroArt [2012-10-11 03:06:23 +0000 UTC]
is it fine if I use this for the base of my wrap? U'll just change some words around to fit the rythm
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catherryne [2012-09-27 21:48:04 +0000 UTC]
The ones I've heard are different but these are better :3
The ones I know are "Now all I hear are scresms between us
Resounding and bouncing the echoes throughout my mind
Nothing remains nothing is left at the end of the line
Something blah blah we've both run out of time ET CETERA"
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Hydine [2012-09-07 14:11:32 +0000 UTC]
Omgomgomg! O_O These lyrics are...AMAZING *-* May I use them?
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ironia-vitae In reply to TeacupGrenades [2012-07-23 05:54:37 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much!
Dude, I wish I had some magic advice to give, other than the old "practice, and then practice some more" spiel, but that's really where you struggle it out. And every undertaking is a struggle, really; you've got to wrestle with the timing and the rhymes and the meaning and try to get it all to BEHAVE in an ORDERLY MANNER.
Probably more than literal meaning, it's the mood of a song that sets the pace for everything else in my lyrics. How does the song want its audience to feel, what idea should they take away from it after its played out its three-and-a-half minutes of life. And then I try to construct the words and pretty phrases around that central theme and tone.
As for the actual technicalities of lyrics, knowing poetry and literary conventions and some linguistics helps a ton. Poems are essentially boiling down an idea or a mood to their barest of words, and setting those words in a constrained formula (i.e. sonnet, or using iambic pentameter). I think a bunch of people have said that lyrics are poems set to music, and I completely agree.
Words are your arsenal, so knowing them intimately is a really good idea. Consonance and assonance and alliteration are all really good tools, as are varying rhyme schemes and internal rhymes and stuff. They'll give you more ways to shape the flow of words. Know why a phrase or a repetition of words sounds good, and you'll be able to scout out new phrases and words that'll sound beautiful together. Understand how a word is constructed, and you'll be able to link them to other words using those literary conventions effectively.
And practice all of these, go have fun with it, push your limits! Do slow songs, fast songs, happy and sad songs. Write your own lyrics to existing songs, make up lyrics to instrumental tracks. Work and work with lyrics until you've explored every turn of every phrase, and you're satisfied. Also, don't be afraid to walk away from them for a while, because sometimes sticking with it just to get it done excludes you from the freedom of ideas you can have when you aren't straining for it to breaking point.
So, this is my advice manifesto, and I hope it helps you!
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ironia-vitae In reply to TeacupGrenades [2012-07-24 03:31:28 +0000 UTC]
I'm happy to help! Good luck to you in all your endeavors. <3
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OniMau619 [2012-07-10 19:00:58 +0000 UTC]
So painful to read....
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blackshock [2012-07-08 15:09:38 +0000 UTC]
You just beautifully summarized the course of what happened to my first love. XD Thank you for making such a wonderful translation and dub of such a wonderful song ^_^
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Shelby966 [2012-05-25 14:58:38 +0000 UTC]
*use
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Shelby966 [2012-05-25 14:58:33 +0000 UTC]
Can I uste this?
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Aerodiety [2012-04-01 00:09:14 +0000 UTC]
Mind if I use these lyrics for a cover :3
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lazycookies [2011-12-26 22:38:52 +0000 UTC]
This is one of the best english dub lyrics I've ever seen for a vocaloid song.
Very nice.
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Canada-chii [2011-09-16 19:43:17 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for writing this!! This is the first JBF translyrics that I read that actually fits XD <3
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raishielee [2011-05-18 08:11:35 +0000 UTC]
i'm gonna cry....
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Kirbychuchu [2011-04-29 14:01:23 +0000 UTC]
thank you so much for the lyrics<3 they mean so much to me
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