T1 PHOENIX
もう38だけど、もう一度不死鳥のように。
人は毎日、生まれ変われる。
ソロとして新しい音楽人生を生きてみたい。
自宅録音した『at the BLACK HOLE』を作っていたときからあった曲。
エマのギターだけ後から入れた。
『at the BLACE HOLE』はあまりに内省的で大丈夫かと心配されたけど、
こういう曲も作っていたので、大丈夫です。
T2 CALL ME
歌わせてください。
俺の曲でよければ、呼んでいただければ、いつでも歌います。
このとき、みんなが好きなバンドを解散させてしまったりと、
自分自身がヘコミつづけていたし、世の中の状況もあって。
後になってこの曲に教えてもらっていることがある。
T3 欲望
欲望があるから人間は駄目なんだ。
最近、ジムに行っていて思うんだけど、
気持ちのいいもの=脂質の多いケーキとかばっかり摂っていると、
コレステロールばっかりみたいになってしまう。
T6 JUST A LITTLE DAY
昔だったらこういう曲調にはならなかったと思う。
曲が先に出来て、歌詞をどうしようかと思っていたとき、
ちょうど、引越ししていて、
そのとき20歳の頃亡くなってしなった友達の絵が出てきた。
で、その場で書いてしまった。
T7 FINAL COUNTDOWN
これも『at the BLACK HOLE』 のときからあった曲。
タイトルは最初からあったんだけど、
何をもってファイナルカウントダウンするのかわからなくて、
曲にならなかった。
このアルバムを作っていて、
あ、これに向けてのファイナル・カウントダウンなんだってね。
Jesse, come home, there's a hole in the bed
Where we slept, now it's growing cold
Jesse, your face and the place where we lay
By the hearth, all apart, it hangs on my heart
And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
No, I'm not scared -- I wait for you
Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
Jesse, the stairs and the halls, recalling
Your step, and I remember too
All the pictures are shaded and fading in gray
And I still set a place at the table at noon
And I'm leaving the light on the stairs
No, I'm not scared -- I wait for you
Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
Jesse, the spread on the bed, it's like
When you left, I kept it for you
All the blues and the greens have been recently cleaned
And are seemingly new -- Hey Jess, me and you
Will swallow the light on the stairs
I'll fix up my hair, we'll sleep unaware
Hey Jesse, it's lonely, come home
Here in some stranger’s room
Late in the afternoon
What am I doing here at all?
Ain’t no doubt about it
I’m losing you
I’m losing you
Somehow the wires got crossed
Communication’s lost
Can’t even get you on the telephone
Just got to shout about it
I’m losing you
I’m losing you
Well, here in the valley of indecision
I don’t know what to do
I feel you slipping away
I feel you slipping away
I’m losing you
I’m losing you
Well now, you say you’re not getting enough
But I remind you of all that bad, bad, bad stuff
So what the hell am I supposed to do?
Just put a bandaid on it?
And stop the bleeding now
Stop the bleeding now
I’m losing you
I’m losing you
Well, well, well
I know I hurt you then
But hell, that was way back when
Well, do you still have to carry that cross? (drop it)
Don’t want to hear about it
I’m losing you
I’m losing you
Don’t want to lose you now
Welllllllll!
So long ago
In your twinkling eyes,
an exciting afternoon,
just as if it were testing
my body, which is all stiff and nervous.
Your aloofness and the atmosphere
chilled our love.
This night's going to be
like chewing on rough sand.
Isn't about time that I got you to
drink the wine with those proud lips?
If they make love on a moonlit night,
the man and woman will be [together] forever.
Fiercely, Lady -- Ah, gimme your love!
Suspiciously, Lady -- I need your love!
Are those lonely eyes that you show me once in a while
lying or honest? I don't know.
Candidly, Lady -- Ah, gimme your love!
Try to feel it, Lady -- I need your love!
Tossed around by the way you act towards me,
rapturous love dances inside me
When you comb your rustling hair,
and it falls against your lustrous skin...
You play around with me
just as if you were playing a word-game.
The tactics in you make you strong;
the faults in me make me weak.
You should enjoy it as much as you like.
Man and woman [We?] are [together] forever.
Fiercely, Lady -- Ah, gimme your love!
Suspiciously, Lady -- I need your love!
Is that gentle smile you show me once in a while
a lie or the truth? I don't know.
Candidly, Lady -- Ah, gimme your love!
Try to feel it, Lady -- I need your love!
Killing me with your actions -
That moment is the happiest!
In the darkness, dancing
Holding you, dancing
Again and again, dancing
Forever, dancing
Forever, dancing
Forever, dancing......