Translation: myself
Lyrics & music: Sakai Mitsuki
化猫 [Bakeneko]
Bakeneko / Monster cat
The karma of a person who wields the powers of life and death Countless heartburn episodes
Blearing disguise (1) reflects in the eyes of a decapitated head
The thirst for your privation suffering... Soundly rings inside the throat (2)
Shaking from fear is but pathetic
The panic is kind of laughable
Screaming from grief is but pathetic
Shall be severely punished by the sharpened claws
If I was able to love...
If I were loved...
A silent cadaver would suffice...
Put into a cage The experienced warmth is painful
Stolen words...
Broken heart...
Fall into the hell...
"Complete (3) darkness"
Regret of grudges is left behind... As I greedily devour
A request that leaked out of the mouth, spreaded the odor of rot around
The end of being dragged around Revolving crimson lantern
The thirst for your privation suffering... Soundly rings inside the throat
Footnotes:
- As in 化けの皮を剥ぐ [bake no kawa wo hagu] - to unmask one's true nature / intentions; lit. to rip off one's disguise / face's skin
- Fun thing to notice: it is written 咽喉 [inkou] - throat, but sung as 喉 [nodo] - throat; 咽 in and of itself may stand for simply throat or choked
- 丸い [marui] actually means round, spherical, but for me round darkness sounds, well, anile so I went a bit deeper; 丸 alone can mean inter alia round or perfection
Discussion:
Almost everyone I know loves kitties (including myself). Fluffy and warm, cute balls of fur. But if you are Japanese and your lovely feline companion manages to live over whopping 10-13 (some legends say it's 40) years, is a bit too fluffy and/or has an extraordinarily long tail (there's a reason why bobtail cats are a thing in Japan; safety first), it may transform into a mythical creature, known as bakeneko (lit. monster cat). Essentially, bakeneko are shapeshifters, much like their fox counterparts kitsune (I have already talked a bit about kitsune in Kyuubi [R]), they also possess a unique ability of making puppets out of fresh dead bodies - necromancy. They jump a couple times over a corpse in order to revive and control it.
With this brief explanation in mind, one might figure the reason behind the title Bakeneko out. I reckon, it is about a demon cat disguised as a human that wanted to be loved, but it turned out that their beloved one broke her (yup, I think it is feminine narration) heart in some way, hence our bakeneko kills her lover and since she still harbors some feelings for them, she performs necromancy on him.
Wow, Mitsuki and your love stories.
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