I’ve become a ghost, and tomorrow I’ll go to see you, far away where you are And then what shall I do? I definitely can’t tell you that 『The Clouds and the Ghost』 Yorushika Lyrics, Composition, Arrangement: n-buna Vocal: suis Music Video Directed by Paprika I’ve become a ghost, and I’m going to see the way the summer ends On this studio-apartment-sized* earth, at a bus stop in the pale shadows of the trees You kicked pebbles alongside the light trap** with your hands growing cold in the night air The faint lights of the town waver Because even without seeing anything, Even without saying anything, Even without anyone noticing, I still know I only know that at the bus stop where I was sitting with you, the sky I looked up at was blue The clouds are far away, see? See? It really is unbelievable that the clouds at night are so high So you see, it’s all right now * Literally “six-tatami-mat-sized earth”– the number of tatami mats it takes or would take to cover the floor is an alternate measure of room/apartment size in Japan, used in apartment listings and such in place of the area in meters. Six tatami mats is not terribly large. I’ve become a ghost, and I’m going to see places from my past The beach in a distant town, the shopping stalls I saw as a child With feet tired from walking, I’ll sit on a bench nearby to wait for the bus And then what shall I do? Why was I walking? Even if someday you forget Without knowing anything Without hearing anything Even so, I’ll be watching you Just sitting in the summer shadows, staring at the storm clouds, is somehow painful The sky is so high I wish I could go far away just like this Now at night I only sleep ** A light that attracts nocturnal bugs and, in commercial uses, generally kills them. Where I grew up we called these “bug zappers,” but that’s not terribly poetic, is it? I only know that at the bus stop where I was sitting with you, the sky I looked up at was blue The clouds are far away, see? See? It really is unbelievable that the clouds at night are so high So you see, so you see Even for you, it’s all right now I’ve become a ghost, and tomorrow I’ll go to see you, far away where you are And then I wonder what I’ll do You definitely won’t be able to see me Translation by EJ/bluepenguin