AA= - SAW (romaji only)

SAW

Lyrics: Takeshi Ueda, Takayoshi Shirakawa
Music: Takeshi Ueda

“Kurutte ita” tte itta ne, maru de DEEP SAW
Kanashikatta n da, muri sa,
Maru de GREED…, DESTROY, kuroi, CRY

“Kurutte itai” tte itta ne, maru de SHIISOO
Kurushikatta n da, muri sa,
Maru de GREED…, DESTROY, kuroi, kurai

Machinami no kensou wa, itsunomanika, ano hi no gensou sa
COME OVER HERE AND JOIN US, sono mama ikou ze,
OREra no kotoba,

OREtachi no tousou wa mada tsuzuku
OREtachi no kensou wa hateshinaku
OREtachi no tousou wa mada tsuzuku
OREtachi no gensou wa

IT MAY BE A POWER FOR GOOD OR A POWER FOR EVIL
WE KNOW WHERE WE GO
Sono mama ikou ze, OREra no kotoba
OREtachi no tousou wa mada tsuzuku
OREtachi no kensou wa hateshinaku
OREtachi no tousou wa mada tsuzuku
OREtachi no gensou wa

“Kurutte ita” tte itta ne, maru de DEEP SAW
Kanashikatta n da, muri sa,
Maru de GREED…, DESTROY, kuroi, CRY

IT MAY BE A POWER FOR GOOD OR A POWER FOR EVIL, AS YOU KNOW
WE KNOW WHERE WE GO
Sono mama ikou ze, OREra no kotoba
OREtachi no tousou wa mada tsuzuku
OREtachi no kensou wa hateshinaku
OREtachi no tousou wa mada tsuzuku
OREtachi no gensou wa

“Kurutte itai” tte itta ne, maru de SHIISOO
Kurushikatta n da, muri sa,
Maru de GREED…, DESTROY, kuroi, kurai

Machinami no kensou wa, itsunomanika, ano hi no gensou da
COME OVER HERE AND JOIN US, sono mama ikou ze,
OREra no kotoba,

OREtachi no tousou wa mada tsuzuku
OREtachi no kensou wa hateshinaku
OREtachi no tousou wa mada tsuzuku
OREtachi no gensou wa

Kurutte ita tte ii sa, maru de SHIISOO
Kurutte ita tte ii sa, maru de SHIISOO

SAW, SAW, SAW

Kanji:
https://lyricsnana.com/kasi/saw-aa/

AA= - Such a beautiful plastic world!!! (romaji only)

The lines in [ ] are what Takeshi is saying in the background.



Such a beautiful plastic world!!!

Lyrics: Takeshi Ueda, Takayoshi Shirakawa
Additional English Lyrics: Yasuaki “Nave” Watanabe
Music: Takeshi Ueda

“THE WORLD OVERFLOWS WITH A LOT OF THINGS”
“THE WORLD OVERFLOWS WITH A LOT OF LIES”
“THE WORLD OVERFLOWS WITH A LOT OF HOPE”

THEN I LOST IT ALL
Maru de USO nante nai n da

CAUSE I LOST IT ALL
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLASTIC WORLD!!!

THEN I LOST IT ALL
Koko ni USO nante nai n da

THERE IS ONE WORLD?
Owaranai ENDLESS GAME

THEN I LOST IT ALL
I’M TELLING NO LIE
[SAID, WE ARE CREATED EQUAL]
[WHAT DO YOU MEAN?]

CAUSE I LOST IT ALL
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLASTIC WORLD!!!
[SAID, WE ARE CREATED EQUAL]
[WHAT DO YOU MEAN?]

THEN I LOST IT ALL
WHAT A STROKE OF LUCK
[SAID, WE ARE CREATED EQUAL]
[WHAT DO YOU MEAN?]

THERE IS ONE WORLD?
TILL THE END? IT’S THE ENDLESS GAME
[SAID, WE ARE CREATED EQUAL]
[WHAT DO YOU MEAN?]

SAD, GLAD, soshite kieru
SAD, GLAD, hikaru

SAD, GLAD, soshite hikaru
SAD, GLAD, kieru

WE KNOW YOU! WE FIND YOU!
WE KNOW YOU! WE FIND YOU!

THEN I LOST IT ALL
Maru de USO nante nai n da

CAUSE I LOST IT ALL
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLASTIC WORLD!!!

THEN I LOST IT ALL
Koko ni USO nante nai n da

THERE IS ONE WORLD?
Owaranai ENDLESS GAME

THEN I LOST IT ALL
I’M TELLING NO LIE
[SAID, WE ARE CREATED EQUAL]
[WHAT DO YOU MEAN?]

CAUSE I LOST IT ALL
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLASTIC WORLD!!!
[SAID, WE ARE CREATED EQUAL]
[WHAT DO YOU MEAN?]

THEN I LOST IT ALL
WHAT A STROKE OF LUCK
[SAID, WE ARE CREATED EQUAL]
[WHAT DO YOU MEAN?]

THERE IS ONE WORLD?
TILL THE END? IT’S THE ENDLESS GAME
[SAID, WE ARE CREATED EQUAL]
[WHAT DO YOU MEAN?]

SAD, GLAD, soshite kieru
SAD, GLAD, hikaru

SAD, GLAD, soshite hikaru
SAD, GLAD, kieru

SAD, GLAD, soshite hikaru
SAD, GLAD, hikaru

SAD, GLAD, soshite hikare…
GLAD, hikare

WE KNOW YOU! WE FIND YOU!
WE KNOW YOU! WE FIND YOU!

“IF ONE MAN CAN DESTROY EVERYTHING,
WHY CAN’T ONE GIRL CHANGE IT?”

Kanji:
http://j-lyric.net/artist/a04fbbd/l03a9e8.html

AA= - coLors (english translation)

I really like the simplicity of Takeshi's lyrics.



coLors

Music and Lyrics: Takeshi Ueda

Friends, let's start a riot
This is the color we want to show in the future:
No violence, no dictatorship, no lies and no nuclear
Let's go and change it; futuristic color
It's action for change, headed towards the future
A revolution, let me hear your voice
Stand up and let's advance!

Change the world!!!

Friends, let's gather our colors
They're the power we need to repaint our future
White, black, red, blue, yellow, green and more
Let's go and change it; futuristic color
It's action for change, headed towards the future
Stand up and let me hear your voice
Are you ready? Let's advance!

Change the world!!!

The world is colorful.
The future is colorful.
It must be colorful.

1, 2, 3, 4 Let me hear your voice, brother
It's your life, don't give up, and don't throw it away
We're waiting for you here
Together, let's go and change the color
What's your color?
No violence? No dictatorship? No lies? No nuclear?

What's your color?

coLors

Tomo yo hajimaruzo RIOT
Kore zo mirai ni tsutaeru COLOR da
NO VIOLENCE, NO DICTATORSHIP, NO LIE AND NO NUCLEAR.
Kaete ikouze FUTURISTIC COLOR
CHANGE ACTION da mirai e
REVOLUTION koe o dase
Tachiagare zenshin da ikuzo

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

Tomo yo atsumeruzo COLORS
Sono mirai nurikaeru POWER da
WHITE, BLACK,
RED, BLUE,
YELLOW, GREEN,
AND MORE.
Kaete ikouze FUTURISTIC COLOR
CHANGE ACTION da mirai e
Tachiagare koe o dase
ARE YOU READY?
Zenshin da ikuzo

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

WORLD IS COLORFUL.
FUTURE IS COLORFUL.
IT MUST BE COLORFUL.
IT MUST BE COLORFUL.

WORLD IS COLORFUL.
FUTURE IS COLORFUL.
IT MUST BE COLORFUL.
IT MUST BE COLORFUL.

1, 2, 3, 4 koe o dase BROTHER
Omae no jinsei da
Akiramena suteruna
Orera wa koko de omae o matsu
Tomo ni iro o kaete ikouze WHAT'S YOUR COLOR?
NO VIOLENCE? NO DICTATORSHIP? NO LIE? NO NUCLEAR?

WHAT'S YOUR COLOR?
WHAT'S YOUR COLOR?

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

Tomo yo hajimaruzo RIOT
Kore zo mirai ni tsutaeru COLOR da
NO VIOLENCE, NO DICTATORSHIP, NO LIE AND NO NUCLEAR.
Kaete ikouze FUTURISTIC COLOR
CHANGE ACTION da mirai e
REVOLUTION koe o dase
Tachiagare zenshin da ikuzo

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

WORLD IS COLORFUL.
FUTURE IS COLORFUL.
IT MUST BE COLORFUL.
IT MUST BE COLORFUL.

WORLD IS COLORFUL.
FUTURE IS COLORFUL.
IT MUST BE COLORFUL.
IT MUST BE COLORFUL.

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE
CHANGE THE WORLD!!!

Kanji:
http://j-lyric.net/artist/a04fbbd/l02735d.html

AA= - HUMANITY2 (english translation)

I'm not too sure about how this one turned out. Most of the song is pretty direct, but there are a few lines that might be off. 



The spoken and written bits from the PV are in [].

HUMANITY2

Music and Lyrics: Takeshi Ueda

[Hey, the dream we had at that time,
Do you remember it?]

And so, someone was knocking at the door*
I said, it's okay if the answer is always "yes"**
I felt like I could see your tears
Forget about it, shall we lick each others' wounds?

It's stupid, really, isn't it?

And so, we knocked on the door
And we thought our rivals were endless
We believed that the most important thing was ourselves
Before we knew it, we weren't able to see each other anymore

It was stupid, really, wasn't it?

We were dreaming
We were dreaming different dreams

Goodbye

"Bye-bye"

It's stupid, really, isn't it?
It's stupid, really, isn't it?
I ended up laughing, honestly
It's stupid, really, isn't it?

[Still, the dream is continuing,
And I get to keep dreaming it.]***

Notes:
*The door is metaphorical (just in case that's not clear)
**I'm not sure about this line
***I'm not sure about the last part

HUMANITY2

[Naa, ano toki ni mita yume,
Omae oboete iru ka?]

Soshite dareka ga DOA tataita
Kotae wa itsumo YES de ii tte
Kimi no namida o mita ki ga shita n da
Wasuresatte, KIZU nameaou ka?

Kudaranee na, hontou
Kudaranee na, hontou

Soshite orera, DOA tataita
Teki wa mugen ni iru to omotta
Daiji na no wa jibunra to shinjita n da
Itsunomanika mienakunatta

Kudaranee na, hontou
Kudaranee na, hontou

Ore-tachi wa yume mita n da
Betsu no yume mite ita n da

SA YO NA RA

"BAIBAI"

Kudaranee na, hontou
Kudaranee na, hontou
Waracchau na, hontou
Kudaranee na

[Soredemo mada yume no tsuzuki,
Ore wa misasete morau yo.]

Kanji:
http://j-lyric.net/artist/a04fbbd/l02f616.html

AA=AiD - We're not alone (english translation)

AA=AiD was a charity project formed by Takeshi Ueda to raise funds for the reconstruction of areas affected by the 2011 Tohoku earthquake.

Contributing artists included the members of Ueda's band AA= (Takayoshi Shirakawa, Minoru Kojima and Nobuaki Kaneko), guitarist Shinichi Ubukata from Nothing's Carved In Stone and the following guest vocalists:
Akihiro Namba （Hi-STANDARD）,
Hayashi （POLYSICS）,
HIROSUKE （BALZAC),
K （Pay money To my Pain）,
Kj （Dragon Ash）,
Masato （coldrain),
SUGA （dustbox）

More info on AA=AiD: http://www.jvcmusic.co.jp/aaequal/aid/index_eng.html



We’re not alone

Lyrics: Takeshi Ueda, Takayoshi Shirakawa
Music: Takeshi Ueda

(Takayoshi Shirakawa)
Now, let’s go to the future
Let’s go towards that future
Towards that light
We’re in the dark, but we’re heading forward
We haven’t given up yet

(Kj)
Now, let’s go to the future
Let’s go towards that future
After looking up at the sky,
Let's start walking, knowing that we’re not alone
Let’s make our voices resound

(ALL)
We’re not alone

(AKIHIRO NAMBA)
Now, let’s go to the future
Let’s go towards that future
Towards that light
We’re in the dark, but we’re heading forward
We haven’t given up yet

(SUGA)
Now, let’s go to the future
Let’s go towards that future
After looking up at the sky,
Let's start walking, knowing that we’re not alone
Let’s make our voices resound

(ALL)
We’re not alone

(K)
We can prove that we rise to our feet again
We can prove that we will ride again

(Masato)
We can prove that we rise to our feet again
We can prove that we will ride again

(HAYASHI)
Now, let’s go to the future
Let’s go towards that future
Towards that light
We’re in the dark, but we’re heading forward
We haven’t given up yet

(HIROSUKE)
Now, let’s go to the future
Let’s go towards that future
After looking up at the sky,
Let's start walking, knowing that we’re not alone
Let’s make our voices resound

(ALL)
We’re not alone

(Takeshi Ueda + guest vocalists)
Now, let’s go to the future
Let’s go towards that future

(ALL)
We’re not alone

We’re not alone

(Takayoshi Shirakawa)
Ima, mirai e GO*
Sono mirai e GO
Sono hikari
Kuragari no naka mae ni susumu n da
Ore-tachi wa mada akiramenai

(Kj)
Ima, mirai e GO
Sono mirai e GO
Sora o miageta
Arukidasou ze hitori ja nai sa
ORE-tachi no koe o hibikasete ikou ze

(ALL)
WE’RE NOT ALONE

(AKIHIRO NAMBA)
Ima, mirai e GO
Sono mirai e GO
Sono hikari
Kuragari no naka mae ni susumu n da
Ore-tachi wa mada akiramenai

(SUGA)
Ima mirai e GO
Sono mirai e GO
Sora o miageta
Arukidasou ze hitori ja nai sa
ORE-tachi no koe o hibikasete ikou ze

(ALL)
WE’RE NOT ALONE

(K)
WE CAN PROVE THAT WE RISE TO OUR FEET AGAIN
WE CAN PROVE THAT WE WILL RIDE AGAIN

(Masato)
WE CAN PROVE THAT WE RISE TO OUR FEET AGAIN
WE CAN PROVE THAT WE WILL RIDE AGAIN

(HAYASHI)
Ima, mirai e GO
Sono mirai e GO
Sono hikari
Kuragari no naka mae ni susumu n da
Ore-tachi wa mada akiramenai

(HIROSUKE)
Ima mirai e GO
Sono mirai e GO
Sora o miageta
Arukidasou ze hitori ja nai sa
ORE-tachi no koe o hibikasete ikou ze

(ALL)
WE’RE NOT ALONE

(Takeshi Ueda + guest vocalists)
Ima mirai e GO
Sono mirai e GO

(ALL)
WE’RE NOT ALONE

Note: This is written as "ikou" in the kanji lyrics, but I saw it written on the AA=AiD site as "GO" and I think it sounds more like that in the song. It doesn't really make a difference, because ikou = "let's go" in Japanese.

Kanji:
http://www16.plala.or.jp/caincat/lyric.html

AA= - The Klock (english translation)

The Klock

Lyrics: Takeshi Ueda, Takayoshi Shirakawa
Music: Takeshi Ueda

A chapter of reminiscing
A person not in this world
That memory is becoming rigid, therefore there’s no order*
Now, the world I’m living in has been flipped upside-down

Our positions were reversed at that time
And now, they’re inverting again
3, 2, 1

Turn over this mad maze
The reverse is the case
Turn over the mad face
The reverse is the case

The reverse in this case, re:birth…
Now, it’s reversing again
3, 2, 1

Everyday reflection
A person that’s not in this world
The memory is becoming rigid, therefore there’s no order
Her world is inverting

Turn the facts over in my mind
Now, they’re reversing again
3, 2, 1

Turn over this mad maze
The reverse is the case
Turn over the mad face
The reverse is the case

The reverse in this case, re:birth…
Now, it’s reversing again
3, 2, 1

Inverted the klock

Go back in time
Turn the facts over…

I realized, I hurt you

I was dreaming, I was passing through
I was dreaming, and I hurt you

Inverted the klock

Go back in time
Go back the way we came
Turn the facts over

I realized, I hurt you

I was dreaming, I ended up passing by
I was dreaming, and I hurt you

I realized, I hurt you

You hurt
The scars hurt
My heart hurts
I lost you

Notes:
* Not sure about this one

The Klock

Kaisou suru shou
Kono sekai de wa nai mono
Sono kioku wa kouchoku shi, yue ni chitsujo wa nashi
Ima, ita sekai wa hanten suru

THE POSITION HAVE BEEN REVERSED AT THE TIME
Ima mata hanten suru
3, 2, 1

TURN OVER THIS MAD MAZE
THE REVERSE IS THE CASE
TURN OVER THE MAD FACE
THE REVERSE IS THE CASE

THE REVERSE IN THIS CASE, RE:BIRTH…
Ima mata hanten suru
3, 2, 1

Kaisou suru nichijou
Kono sekai de wa nai mono
Sono kioku wa kouchoku shi, yue ni chitsujo wa nai
Kanojo no sekai wa hanten suru

TURN THE FACTS OVER IN MY MIND
Ima mata hanten suru
3, 2, 1

TURN OVER THIS MAD MAZE
THE REVERSE IS THE CASE
TURN OVER THE MAD FACE
THE REVERSE IS THE CASE

THE REVERSE IN THIS CASE, RE:BIRTH…
Ima mata hanten suru
3, 2, 1

INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK

GO BACK IN TIME
TURN THE FACTS OVER…

Ki ga tsuita HURT YOU

Yume o mita n da sugite ita n da
Yume o mita n da HURT YOU

INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK
INVERTED THE KLOCK

GO BACK IN TIME
GO BACK THE WAY WE CAME
TURN THE FACTS OVER

Ki ga tsuita HURT YOU

Yume o mita n da sugichatta n da
Yume o mita n da HURT YOU

Ki ga tsuita HURT YOU

Kimi wa itai n da
Kizu ga itai n da
Mune ga itai n da
LOST YOU

Kanji:
http://j-lyric.net/artist/a04fbbd/l029527.html