anybody a B'z fan in here? just wondering what they're up to nowadays, can;t find much about them on the net, can't read japanese

do you know this song:

Love Phantom
Performed by: B'z
Lyrics by: Inaba Kohshi
Music by: Matsumoto Tak
Translated by: Mina-P (Email: Minako@senshigakuen.com)
Version 2.00



Note: If I pointed out every instance of amazing literary technique used in this song, you'd never see anything but notes. Technically speaking, it's probably some of the most skillful lyric writing I've ever seen. Well, that's AP English for you. But seriously, Inaba-san's lyrics are brilliant, making amazing use of internal and external rhyme, alliteration, repetition, and more terms than I can remember. See if you can pick them all out for yourselves!!! (Oh, the fun!)


iranai nanimo suteteshimaou
kimi o sagashisamayou MY SOUL
STOP THE TIME, SHOUT IT OUT
gaman dekinai boku o zenbu ageyou

Throw out Anything you don't need
I wander looking for you MY SOUL
STOP THE TIME, SHOUT IT OUT
I can't be patient You give me everything


sewashii machi no kanji ga iya da yo kimi wa inai kara
yume ni mukai kousaten o wataru "tochuu no hito" wa ii ne

I hate the feeling of the restless city 'Cause you're not here
Pass through the crossroads on the opposite side of dreams Wish I were "Someone halfway there"


futari hitotsu ni narechau koto o
kimochi ii to omou uchi ni
sukoshi no zure mo yurusenai
sekoi ningen ni natteta yo

I think it feels good to be
Two completely becoming one
I can't even forgive a small gap
I've become a stingy human


kimi ga inai to ikirarenai
atsui houyou nashi ja imi ga nai
nee, futari de hitoshi deshou
yin & yan
kimi ga boku o sasaetekureru
kimi ga boku o jiyuu ni $hitekureru
tsuki no hikaru ga sousuru you ni
kimi no senaka ni suberiochiyou
(so$hite watashi wa tsubusareru)

I can't live with you not here
There's no meaning Without hot embraces
Hey, it's two in one, right
ying & yang
You support me
You set me free
Like the light of the moon does
I slip off your back
(And then I'm ruined)


choudo kaze no nai umi no you ni taikutsu na hibi datta
omoeba hana mo iroaseteita yo kimi ni au made wa

Just like A windless sea Every day was boring
If you can imagine the flowers' colors had been fading Until I met you


nureru karada toketeshimau hodo
hiru mo yoru mo hanarezu ni
sugo$hita toki wa hontou na no
kimi wa ima nani omou
hara no soko kara kimi no namae o
sakende tobida$hita It's my soul
kara no karada ga tobotoboto
hashagu machi o aruku

Until my wet body Completely melts away
I won't leave you day or night
What do you really think now
About the time we passed
From the bottom of my heart, your name's
Cried out It's my soul
My empty shell trudges (1)
Along the merry city


hoshii kimochi ga seichou shisugite
aisuru koto o wasurete
bannou no kimi no maboroshi o
boku no naka ni tsukutteta
iranai nanimo suteteshimaou
kimi o sagashisamayou MY SOUL
STOP THE TIME, SHOUT IT OUT
gaman dekinai boku o zenbu ageyou

My want grew up too much
I forgot the thing I love
I was creating an almighty phantom of you
Inside of me
Throw out Anything you don't need
I wander looking for you MY SOUL
STOP THE TIME, SHOUT IT OUT
I can't be patient You give me everything


maboroshi o itsumo ai$hiteiru
nanimo wakarazu ni
Can you hear the sound
牋牋牋牋牋?it's my soul
I will give you
anything, anything you want......

I'm always loving phantoms (2)
I don't understand anything
Can you hear the sound
牋牋牋牋牋牋牋?it's my soul
I will give you
anything, anything you want......



(1) Sorry for the random comment but don't you LOVE this line in Japanese?



(2) Here's a fun fact for the song: The opera singer here, Mori Akemi, also sang the theme song for the Pokemon movie released in 2000. Oh the things you learn while staying in Japan with a 6-year old.



Lyrics belong to B'z and Rooms Records, taken from the Love Phantom single, BMDR-2001 (track 1). Not like the words make any sense if you haven't heard the song, anyway. Romanized and translated into English very badly by Mina-P, with desperately needed help, as always, by Mako-chan. Any comments or corrections can be mailed to Mina-P at Minako@senshigakuen.com.

yeah Zeizei, i know this song. my favorites are May, Itsuka no Merry Christmas, and Ultra Soul. Have you heard those? Oh, and thanks for the site. I was trying to find news about them but i keep running into websites written in hiragana and katakana and kanji, i can't read any of those! i heard that they're releasing a cd of their hit singles, but i could be wrong, so i just wanted to make sure.

I love 'Itsuka no', it's a very pretty song.

first time I heard it, was performed by Gackt and Namie Amuro on a musicshow.

I thought it sounded great, great vocals, especially Gackt's, and then I searched for the song. I like both versions.
But I don't bother listening to the one sung by Gackt and Ayumi Hamasaki. Gackt's voice makes it tolerable though.

B'z