this is long overdue.
the story
ラフメイカー
作詞：藤原基央
涙で濡れた部屋にノックの音が転がった
誰にも会えない顔なのにもうなんだよどちら様？
「名乗る程 たいした名じゃないが 誰かがこう呼ぶ ”ラフ・メイカー”
アンタに笑顔を持って来た 寒いから入れてくれ」
ラフ・メイカー？
冗談じゃない！ そんなモン呼んだ覚えはない
構わず消えてくれ そこに居られたら泣けないだろう
大洪水の部屋にノックの音が飛び込んだ
あの野郎まだ居やがったのか消えてくれって言ったろう
「そんな言葉を言われたのは生まれこの方初めてだ
非常に哀しくなってきたどうしよう泣きそうだ」
ラフ・メイカー？
冗談じゃない！アンタが泣いてちゃ仕様がない
泣きたいのは俺の方さこんなモン呼んだ覚えはない
二人分の泣き声 遠く・・・・・・
ドアを挟んで背中合わせしゃっくり混じりの泣き声
膝を抱えて背中合わせすっかり疲れた泣き声
今でもしっかり俺を笑わせるつもりかラフ・メイカー
「それだけが生き甲斐なんだ 笑わせないと帰れない」
今ではアンタを部屋に入れてもいいと思えたが
困った事にドアが開かない溜まった涙の水圧だ
そっちでドアを押してくれ鍵なら既に開けたから
ウンとかスンとか言ってくれ
どうした？
おい、まさか
ラフ・メイカー？
冗談じゃない！今更 俺一人置いて
構わず消えやがった信じた瞬間裏切った
ラフ・メイカー？
冗談じゃない！逆側の窓の割れる音
鉄パイプ持って泣き顔で「アンタに笑顔を持って来た」
小さな鏡を取り出して俺に突き付けてこう言った 「アンタの泣き顔笑えるぞ」
呆れたが、なるほど笑えた
laughmaker
written and composed by: motoo fujiwara
performed by: bump of chicken
as i was sitting in a room drenched with tears, a stranger came knocking at my door.
being in no state to answer the door, i yelped “who’s there?”
the stranger replied: “I’m just a nobody, passing through.
but some people call me the ‘laughmaker’;
i’ve come to put a smile on your face,
now please hurry and open the door if you will,
it’s getting rather cold outside…”
what on earth is this guy talking about?
i don’t recall asking for a laughmaker!
“why don’t you bugger off so i can cry in peace”
the room, now flooded with tears, was interrupted by a familiar knock;
“i thought i told you to go away! why the hell are you still here”
“oh wow, no one’s ever told me that before”
said the laughmaker, as he became deeply saddened.
“what should i do, i think i’m going to cry…”
what on earth is up with this guy?
he’s not supposed to cry,
i’m supposed to be the victim here!
only a door stood in between our turned backs,
as crying, accompanied by occasional wheezing filled the room.
we both hugged our knees and shed tears as our crying eventually became weaker.
and at that moment, i asked;
“are you still thinking about making me laugh, stranger”
the laughmaker replied:
“i’m not going back until you laugh, and you can bet my life on it!”
having heard him say that, i felt it was now safe to let him in;
but no matter how hard i pulled, the door wouldn’t budge.
“the door’s jammed shut because of all the pressure from the tears,
so push the door from your side, stranger.”
but my plea for help was returned to sender;
laughmaker left me no reply.
just as i was starting to trust him,
he abandoned me to cry in solitude once more…
as i was vainly cursing his name,
i suddenly heard a noise coming from the back window.
out of nowhere i saw a hand holding a steel pipe crash through the window,
with laughmaker crying at the other end, wailing:
“i’m going to make you laugh, no matter what it takes”
safely back in the room,
he took out a small mirror from his inside pocket:
“take a peek, and it will turn your frown upside down”
and as i gazed into the mirror i saw an ugly, puffy face staring back;
although i was taken by surprise, but it sure did make me laugh.
