CRAZY YOU

CRAZY YOU

Vocals: ランコ (Ranko)
Lyrics: peЯoco.
Arranged by: DJ Command
Album: RAVER’S NEST 5 TOHO RAVE PARTY [Official site]
Circle: DiGiTAL WiNG
Event: C89
Original theme: The Pierrot of the Star-Spangled Banner [星条旗のピエロ]

Requested by: Jousuke

We’ve got a couple of references to historical figures here. Some, like Christopher Columbus and Abraham Lincoln, are easy to spot. Others are a bit more obscure.

歌詞

キラキラ星に宿った正義のもと
ひらひらはためかせて闇へ誘うの
キラキラ光る真実はどこへ向かうの
ひらひらはためかせて闇へ誘うの

DIVE TO RED
コロンブスのコンパスの指す先
もう DIVE TO BLUE
パイプ咥えたガンジーが核兵器で戦線に発つ夜

逃げられないこの世は泣き笑いの地獄だ
避けられない狂気は私か？君か？ CRAZY YOU

縞々色に宿った勇気のもと
ひらひらはためかせて光誘うの
縞々模様悪意と心裏腹に
ひらひらはためかせて光誘うの

DIVE TO RED
リンカーンの采配の指す先
もう DIVE TO BLUE
ラッセンの描いた海埋め立て軍事島を築く夜

逃げられないこの世は泣き笑いの地獄だ
避けられない狂気は私か？君か？ CRAZY ME

DIVE TO RED
コロンブスのコンパスの指す先
もう DIVE TO BLUE
パイプ咥えたガンジーが核兵器で戦線に発つ夜

逃げられないこの世は泣き笑いの地獄だ
避けられない狂気は私か？君か？ CRAZY YOU

Romanisation

kira kira boshi ni yadotta seigi no moto
hita hira hatamekasete yami e izanau no
kira kira hikaru shinjitsu wa doko e mukau no
hira hira hatamekasete yami e izanau no

DIVE TO RED
koronbusu no konpasu no sasu saki
mou DIVE TO BLUE
paipu kuwaeta ganjii ga kakuheiki de sensen ni tatsu yoru

nigerarenai kono yo wa nakiwarai no jigoku da
sakerarenai kyouki wa watashi ka? kimi ka? CRAZY YOU

shima shima iro ni yadotta yuuki no moto
hira hira hatamekasete hikari izanau no
shima shima moyou akui to kokoro urahara ni
hira hira hatamekasete hikari izanau no

DIVE TO RED
rinkaan no saihai no sasu saki
mou DIVE TO BLUE
rassen no egaita umi umetate gunjitou o kizuku yoru

nigerarenai kono yo wa naki warai no jigoku da
sakerarenai kyouki wa watashi ka? kimi ka? CRAZY ME

DIVE TO RED
koronbusu no konpasu no sasu saki
mou DIVE TO BLUE
paipu kuwaeta ganjii ga kakuheiki de sensen ni tatsu yoru

nigerarenai kono yo wa naki warai no jigoku da
sakerarenai kyouki wa watashi ka? kimi ka? CRAZY YOU

Translation

In the name of the justice that rests in this shining star,
I wave my flag and invite you into the darkness.
Where did shining truth go?
I wave my flag and invite you into the darkness.

Dive to red.
I head to where Columbus’ compass points.
Now, dive to blue.
On this night, pipe-smoking Gandhi fires nuclear weapons on the front lines. (1)

This inescapable world is a hell where you smile while crying.
Is this unavoidable madness me? Or is it you? Crazy you.

In the name of the courage that rests in these stripes,
I wave my flag and invite the light.
These stripes are contrary to malice and my heart.
I wave my flag and invite the light.

Dive to red.
I head to where Lincoln’s baton points.
Now, dive to blue.
On this night, we build a military island, reclaiming the sea Lassen painted. (2)

This inescapable world is a hell where you smile while crying.
Is this unavoidable madness me? Or is it you? Crazy me.

Dive to red.
I head to where Columbus’ compass points.
Now, dive to blue.
On this night, pipe-smoking Gandhi fires nuclear weapons on the front lines.

This inescapable world is a hell where you smile while crying.
Is this unavoidable madness me? Or is it you? Crazy you.

Translator’s note

(1) This is a reference to a well-known bug in Sid Meier’s Civilization series, in which Gandhi becomes the most hostile leader in the game. This reference explains the bug in more detail.

(2) Christian Riese Lassen is an American self-taught painter known for his paintings of the ocean.