Flower Language, Sweet Talk (口咲きから花言葉) English Cover feat Kasane Teto

Decided to practice some lyric writing and mixing! Original : Hifumi ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PasCBupNmNQ / https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm33821447 ) illustration: Kkokeiko Translation Reference : MeaningfulUsername ( https://vocaloidlyrics.miraheze.org/wiki/%E5%8F%A3%E5%92%B2%E3%81%8D%E3%81%8B%E3%82%89%E8%8A%B1%E8%A8%80%E8%91%89_(Kuchisaki_Kara_Hanakotoba) ) & Hazuki no Yume English Lyrics / Tuning / Video Recreation: Minor TransMission (Me!) Worked on a Japanese cover of this while doing my Inumaru Shibaigoya homage song to get a handle on Teto (which you can check out here https://youtu.be/1a0sHfyNww8 ). Decided to clean it up a bit and write some lyrics since I want to get better at it ^^ Anyway you might be seeing a new arrangement very very soon If you're interested in the sheet music/MIDI it can be found here: https://sheeteringsheets.tumblr.com/post/774116449786773504/flower-language-sweet-talk-sheet-music Lyrics: Dear any dear, there’s a murk so severe That has sunk in its claws, tainted down to the root I’ve breathed it, choked it, thrown up, and wept But your words, so aloof, only further make me droop Stuck regret, always dogging my steps I grieve all the while and pretend to smile It always, always, all resounds in my chest These words I can’t erase, those messy "thoughts of you" “Please don’t leave my side.” “It’s you and me!” we swore “We can dry our tears and stay forever more!” “I’m so lonely!” “Call out, let your voice come through” These silent words I “hear” from you “Hold my hand and never let me go” “We can’t meet again? Was all this just for show?” The flowers flutter to the floor, so Quietly I'll learn to let it go All these words are strung, barely tethered, Ready to fall like a fragile flower Sweet as a petal, from my mouth, Convinced they would grow, yet they never sprout. And even those meanings we attached to fresh buds Can change in a flash with the shifting of seasons The difference clashes our interpretations And twist our stems until rot eats at our hearts “Please don’t leave my side.” “It’s you and me!” we swore “Let’s not cry, we’ll always be this way, for sure!” “Heal those ugly feelings, push them out of view" This “voice of mine” dies far from you “Hold my hand and never let me go.” “In the future, too, you’ll have me here you know? But hey my dear you’re just not here, so Feelings drift, amiss, into the air These feelings sewn into my chest where I can never excavate They’re burning, still burning, an ache just for its own sake The broken string of fate’s still caught, drawing blood from tangling up my heart And it trips me. Please keep talking. I can’t bear to hear your choking cries “Please don’t leave my side.” “It’s you and me!” we swore “Please don’t leave my side.” “It’s you and me!” we swore “We can dry our tears and stay forever more!” “I’m so lonely!” “Call out, let your voice come thorough” These silent words from me to you “Hold my hand and never let me go.” “We can’t meet again? Was all this just for show?” Because my dear you’re just not here, this feeling drifts, and wilts, until it falls That’s all All these words are strung, barely tethered, Ready to fall like a fragile flower Weak as a petal, from my mouth, Convinced they would grow, yet they never sprout