(released 10/17/99, ********* records)
| nanimo kamo ga umaku ikisona ichinichi kyo wa kisetsu no kawarime no hi moshi anata ni denwa wo kaketara kyo wa hitokoto love tte itte kureru atarashii asa no oboegaki sono ichi perfect na ichinichi wa mezamete sugu wakaru atarashii asa no oboetate no melody kuchizusande iru koi wa itsumo wake mo naku fui ni hajimaru toku ni hareta asa hayaku nanimo kamo ga hidoku kagayaite mieru hi hitokoto love tte tsubuyaita hi atarashii asa no oboegaki no sono ni perfect na sekai wa ai ni afureteru atarashii asa no pancake no nioi onaka ga suiteru atarashii asa no oboegaki no tsuzuki perfect na ichinichi wa dare ni mo yatte kuru atarashii asa no shiboritate no juice nanimo kamo ga umaku ikisugiru ichinichi kyo wa sekai no kawarime no hi nanimo kamo ga umaku ikanai toki ni wa hitokoto love tte dakishimete ne atarashii asa no oboegaki no matome perfect na sekai ga itsuka wa yatte kuru atarashikute soshite perfect na sekai no asa no hitotoki peace na hitotoki | i feel like today everything will be alright today is the day for a change of season if i call you today will you please say this one word 'love' this new morning's memorandum number one: you know it's a perfect morning right from the start when you wake up i'm humming a song i just learned in this new morning love is always like this it begins suddenly for no apparent reason especially in the morning a clear early morning on a day when everything looks shining bright on a day when you whispered one word: 'love' this new morning's memorandum number two: the perfect world will simmer with love in the new morning the smell of pancakes i'm hungry the follow up for this morning's memorandum: everybody is entitled to a perfect day in the new morning fresh juice everything is going too well today it's as if the world was going to change today when everything goes wrong please just say this one word: 'love' and hug me the summarised version of this morning's memorandum: one day there will be a perfect world a moment in the morning a peaceful moment in this new world in this perfect world |
| denwa no bell no oto nariyamu no wo kiite me wo samashita gogo niji sugi ame ga futteru kusha-kusha no kami to kusha-kusha no tegami yuube kaite yaburisuteta yuube nonda wine to whisky no glass suigara ga afureta haizara no soba wo neko ga aruku senso wa doshite owaranai no kana senso wa doshite nakunaranai no kana futsuka-yoi no hi ni wa ongaku wa iranai nani wo kiitemo kirai ni naru yubin-butsu no taba fu wo akete sutete o-cha wo nonde gogo wa owaru yuube denwa wo kaketa atarashii koibito anata no koto wo kangaete yoru ga kuru no wo tada jitto matteta senso wa kyo mo owaranai no kana senso wa tabun nakunaranai no kamo senso wa doshite owaranai no kana senso wa doshite nakunaranai no kana o-kanemochi bakari ga atsumaru o-mise de ban-gohan wo sasowareta no yuube kite ita fuku wa tabun mo kinai atarashii fuku ni kigaete dekakeru o-kanemochi ni naru no wa nee donna kibun na no o-kanemochi no tomodachi ni kiite miyo senso wa tabun owaranai no kana senso wa tabun nakunaranai no kamo (repeat) | i heard the phone ring then it stopped it woke me up it's past two in the afternoon it's raining my hair is a mess a crumpled letter on the floor a letter i wrote and threw away last night glasses with wine and the whisky i drank last night the cat is walking around the ashtray full of cigarette ends i wonder why the war is not over i wonder why there's still war when i have a hang-over i don't need any music i can't stand any music i went through my mail threw a lot of letters away had some tea and the afternoon was over i just stayed home waiting for my new lover whom i called last night but thinking of you isn't war over today? i don't think war will end why isn't war over yet? why isn't war over? i was invited for dinner to an expensive restaurant where only rich people go i don't think i'll be wearing the clothes i was wearing last night i'll put on new clothes and go out i'll ask my rich friends 'what does it feel like to be rich?' i wonder if war will be over i don't think war will ever be over (repeat) |
Translator's note: As usual this is a 'concept' single. it draws some of its metaphors from the sixties communist hype (chairman mao and fidel castro: the 'perfect world', the military look, a future when there will be no war...) but of course everything was filtered through john lennon's lenses: 'war is over', 'imagine' and the beatle's 'revolution' must be the most important references here. all konishi's political ideas are a recycled version of another pop singer's. THANK GOD.
The other brilliant idea is the very effective use konishi makes in this single of one of his favourite metaphors: the awakening. there are two different kinds of awakenings in konishi's poetic universe:
(1) positive, beautiful mornings: konishi wakes up and has breakfast and the sun is shining and everything is perfect and beautiful. he already feels the anticipation of great things to come.
eg the awakening
it's a beautiful day
concerto
sweet soul revue
perfect world
(2) depressive, awful mornings (generally hung-over): he wakes up and everything feels awful, he's depressed, he doesn't even want to listen to music.
eg rolls royce
ma vie, l'ete de vie
triste
la guerre est finie
In this single, the perfect morning when everything seems bright and positive is opposed to an awful 'morning' (not even a morning, because he wakes up at two...) when everything seems awful and dark. the contrast he makes us feel by opposing these two ways of perceiving 'the awakening' is very powerful. (A.C.)