World of the Upper Arm v.3
Round three and I think I just hit the mat. I found a fun little website where people are posting their guesses about what in the world the Spitz's songs even mean. I guess, judging from the range of answers and the retardation that is readily apparent that I don't really stand a chance of piecing this one together.
The most compelling suggestion was that the song was about a mosquito. Tiny, cold, soft world being its egg. And the 'taken for a ride' being an imaginative appreciation of it's first flight. Doesn't really catch everything though.
The others were pretty bizarre. One guy was talking about machine guns in his heart... Then the standard it's about a broken relationship stuff, but not enough direct explanation to bring me on board.
I also talked to one of my teacher friends and she told me that 'ninoude' besides being upper arm can be used like 'right hand' as someone who supports. I get the feeling that a 'ninoude' is not nearly so important as a 'right hand', just sort of someone who's always there helping with little things, but doing it well. That would make sense with the random blog entry I found titled 'Ninoude no Sekai' as she? was talking about having difficulty closing shop because the alarm wouldn't activate.
But, with that meaning for ninoude and the photo of the buried clay statues pictured in the second half of the YouTube song I have my own bizarre theory. What if the song is about the burial chamber (and before) of Emperor Quinn? It would fit some things, but it's begging to be about someone (or someones) in particular and I really don't know enough about it.
I suppose I'm not completely given up, someone might get it, or I might find the place where Spitz spill all their secrets. What good is a band if you can't understand their work eh?
Anyways, here's my translation to help me remember. You can follow this link to hear the song:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=c1PhZ7EDzio
～ニノウデの世界～
冷たくって柔らかな
二人でカギかけた小さな世界
かすかに伝わってきて
縮んで伸びてフワリ飛んでった
タンタンタンタン
それは僕を乗せて飛んでった
タンタンタンタン
それは僕を乗せて飛んでった
ああ君のそのニノウデに
寂しく意地悪なきのうを見てた
窓から顔出して
笑ってばかりいたらこうなった
タンタンタンタン
そして僕はすぐに落っこちた
タンタンタンタン
そして僕はすぐに落っこちた
しがみついてただけの あの日
おなかのうぶ毛に口づけたのも
思い出してはここでひとり
煙の声だけ吸い込みながら
なんにもないよ 見わたして
ボーッとしてたら何故固まった
タンタンタンタン
石の僕は空を切り取った
タンタンタンタン
石の僕は空を切り取った～World of Ninoude～
Cold to touch and supple
A tiny world made by the two of us
Vaguely passed down to this day
It contracts, grows, and softly takes flight.
Tan tan-tan tan
It took me for a ride, soaring
Tan tan-tan tan
It took me for a ride, soaring
Ah. In that follower of yours
I saw a lonely and mean yesterday
Just sticking your face out a window
and laughing, you'd become red
Tan tan-tan tan
And then I fell instantly
Tan tan-tan tan
And then I fell instantly
Just clinging and clinging. That day
Also kissing the infant belly hair
I recall that I am alone here
Just inhaling a smokey voice
It's nothing. I was looking out
I did nothing so why have I become hard?
Tan tan-tan tan
I am stone. I cut off the sky
Tan tan-tan tan
I am stone. I cut off the sky
Doot-de-do. I feel a little closer this round. Next time I'll try to find some Japanese blogger than thinks he knows what it's saying. Then I'll try my friend Natsuka.
The most compelling suggestion was that the song was about a mosquito. Tiny, cold, soft world being its egg. And the 'taken for a ride' being an imaginative appreciation of it's first flight. Doesn't really catch everything though.
The others were pretty bizarre. One guy was talking about machine guns in his heart... Then the standard it's about a broken relationship stuff, but not enough direct explanation to bring me on board.
I also talked to one of my teacher friends and she told me that 'ninoude' besides being upper arm can be used like 'right hand' as someone who supports. I get the feeling that a 'ninoude' is not nearly so important as a 'right hand', just sort of someone who's always there helping with little things, but doing it well. That would make sense with the random blog entry I found titled 'Ninoude no Sekai' as she? was talking about having difficulty closing shop because the alarm wouldn't activate.
But, with that meaning for ninoude and the photo of the buried clay statues pictured in the second half of the YouTube song I have my own bizarre theory. What if the song is about the burial chamber (and before) of Emperor Quinn? It would fit some things, but it's begging to be about someone (or someones) in particular and I really don't know enough about it.
I suppose I'm not completely given up, someone might get it, or I might find the place where Spitz spill all their secrets. What good is a band if you can't understand their work eh?
Anyways, here's my translation to help me remember. You can follow this link to hear the song:
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=c1PhZ7EDzio
～ニノウデの世界～
冷たくって柔らかな
二人でカギかけた小さな世界
かすかに伝わってきて
縮んで伸びてフワリ飛んでった
タンタンタンタン
それは僕を乗せて飛んでった
タンタンタンタン
それは僕を乗せて飛んでった
ああ君のそのニノウデに
寂しく意地悪なきのうを見てた
窓から顔出して
笑ってばかりいたらこうなった
タンタンタンタン
そして僕はすぐに落っこちた
タンタンタンタン
そして僕はすぐに落っこちた
しがみついてただけの あの日
おなかのうぶ毛に口づけたのも
思い出してはここでひとり
煙の声だけ吸い込みながら
なんにもないよ 見わたして
ボーッとしてたら何故固まった
タンタンタンタン
石の僕は空を切り取った
タンタンタンタン
石の僕は空を切り取った～World of Ninoude～
Cold to touch and supple
A tiny world made by the two of us
Vaguely passed down to this day
It contracts, grows, and softly takes flight.
Tan tan-tan tan
It took me for a ride, soaring
Tan tan-tan tan
It took me for a ride, soaring
Ah. In that follower of yours
I saw a lonely and mean yesterday
Just sticking your face out a window
and laughing, you'd become red
Tan tan-tan tan
And then I fell instantly
Tan tan-tan tan
And then I fell instantly
Just clinging and clinging. That day
Also kissing the infant belly hair
I recall that I am alone here
Just inhaling a smokey voice
It's nothing. I was looking out
I did nothing so why have I become hard?
Tan tan-tan tan
I am stone. I cut off the sky
Tan tan-tan tan
I am stone. I cut off the sky
Doot-de-do. I feel a little closer this round. Next time I'll try to find some Japanese blogger than thinks he knows what it's saying. Then I'll try my friend Natsuka.