Japanese Version
Angela Aki
Angela Aki
This is the Japanese rendition from Seal’s most famous version! I find the Japanese version really appealing so check it out. It was performed by Angela Aki, who also popularize This Love (theme song for Blood+ anime) and my favorite song Sakurairo.
Japanese lyrics
Honoo no naka de anata wo mita
Ai ga koge tsuku senjou de
Kin no jishin no ken wo te ni
Toki wo saite
Watashi no hou he to chikaduite kita
Baby jihi wo negau watshi no sakebi
Shiroi hata wa sude ni ageta ga
Ai de shinu nara KISU de koroshite
Tabibito no you ki ikite kita
Yado no nai kono kokoro ga Baby
Samayoi tadori tsuita tokoro wa
Anata to iu daichi
Akai jounetsu no new o hari
Bara no hana ga saita
Baby tsui ni anata ni kousan suru
Shiroi hata wa sude ni ageta ga
Ai de shinu nara KISU de koroshite
Anata no kuchiduke de
Anata no manazashi de
Hi ga tsuita karada ga
Hai ni naru yo
There is so much a man can
tell you, so much he can say
You remain my power,
my pleasure, my pain
To me you’re like a growing
addiction that I can’t deny
Won’t you tell me is that healthy, babe
But did you know, that when it
snows, my eyes become enlarged
and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss
from a rose on the grave
The more I get of you
the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
a light hits the gloom on the grave.
Ai de shinu nara KISU de koroshite.
English Translation
I saw you within the flames
of the battlefield that burned me with love
Tearing apart time, holding
a golden sword of confidence
coming closer and closer to me
Baby, I cried out for mercy
but it was too late to wave the white flag
If this love is dead, kill me with a kiss
I was born as a wandered
Baby, my heart knows no home
I wandered around till I arrived
at the world called you
planting a red seed of passion
which bloomed into a rose
Baby, I’m finally giving in to you
but it’s too late to wave the white flag
If this love is dead, kill me with a kiss
Your kiss
Your look
are like a flame
turning my body to ashes
There is so much a man can
tell you, so much he can say
You remain my power,
my pleasure, my pain
To me you’re like a growing
addiction that I can’t deny
Won’t you tell me is that healthy, babe
But did you know, that when it
snows, my eyes become enlarged
and the light that you shine can be seen?
Baby, I compare you to a kiss
from a rose on the grave
The more I get of you
the stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom
a light hits the gloom on the grave.
If this love is dead, kill me with a kiss.
