- Lyrics & Music: Kazuya Yoshii
- Arrangement: The Yellow Monkey
Original Lyrics
イメージとダメージを重ね すてゼリフは君を悩まし
カリスマは指をねじられ ゲームは結末を迎える
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
クリエーターの頭蓋骨は砕け
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
ラストステージにほとばしる
無責任なドラマのあらすじ 君はそれにすがりながら
紙ふぶき投げキッスの嵐 キングとクィーンのパレード
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
時は盗めずに 疲れ果て
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
インタビューも 答えられず
羊の皮をひきちぎり 押さえる欲望を殺す
ウソをついたカメレオンの涙をかきあつめて
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
クリエーターはひざまずき うなだれ
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
声援は君の亡霊をつつみこみ……
Romanized Lyrics
image to damage wo kasane sute zerifu wa kimi wo nayamashi
charisma wa yubi wo nejirare game wa ketsumatsu wo mukaeru
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
creator no tougaikotsu wa kudake
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
last stage ni hotobashiru
musekinin na drama no arasuji kimi wa sore ni sugarinagara
kami fubuki nage kiss no arashi king to queen no parade
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
toki wa nusumezu ni tsukarehate
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
interview mo kotaerarezu
hitsuji no kawa wo hikichigiri osaeru yokubou wo korosu
uso wo tsuita chameleon no namida wo kakiatsumete
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
creator wa hizamazuki unadare
Oh My Oh My Mr. Paper Moon
seien wa kimi no bourei wo tsutsumikomi……
Translated Lyrics
Piling on the imagination and damage, you’re tormented by sharp parting words
Charisma twists your fingers, and this game goes out to greet the end of it all
Oh my, oh my Mr. Paper Moon
The creator’s skull is fractured
Oh my, oh my Mr. Paper Moon
Surging up onto his last stage
As you cling to the outline of an irresponsible drama
You throw confetti in a storm of kisses; The King and Queen’s parade
Oh my, oh my Mr. Paper Moon
Time is exhausted, not having stolen anything away
Oh my, oh my Mr. Paper Moon
And it can’t take any interviews
Skinning a sheep, you kill off your suppressed desires
Gathering up the tears of a lying chameleon
Oh my, oh my Mr. Paper Moon
The creator kneels down and hangs his head
Oh my, oh my Mr. Paper Moon
Support envelops your ghost……
Notes
This is one of the few songs on Bunched Birth that doesn’t have much of a complete meaning, but rather exemplifies what would become one of the greatest strengths of Yoshii’s writing: Not always using lyrics to tell a story, but rather using interesting phrases that have individual meanings, and leaving determination of the overall meaning to the listener. It’s also almost completely acoustic and very reliant on a piano, more qualities which make it distinct from the other album tracks.
We also see the first instance of what would become a semi regular issue with Yoshii’s song writing: The “Hey Jude” ending (ending a song with some variation of “La la la la”, repeatedly). It doesn’t seem very egregious here not only because this is the first time we’ve heard him do it, but also because the tone of the song kind of supports it.
I was only able to find one time that this song was performed live: at the Natsukagawa Folk Jamboree in 1992, along with an acoustic version of Sleepless Imagination at the very least. Since the song is so dependent on having a piano, Yemon had to have someone play it. They managed to talk their own Production Director, Hiroyuki Munekiyo, into coming out to play it, and also convinced him that he needed to fit in with the band…
Yoshii said “We should put some makeup on you”, and I said “No, I don’t really want any”. And he said “Huh? You’re a part of our show, so it’ll throw off the balance if you don’t have at least a little bit of makeup on!”. So he sat me down in front of the mirror and put some makeup on me. It ended up looking just like Ziggy Stardust makeup! And just as I was asking him what he was doing, he pulled out clothes as well: Boots, silver chaps…And that’s when I realized that I’d fallen for it.