The Pillows:Strange Chameleon

I wanna be your gentleman
Kawareru basho wo sagashi ni yukouka dareka mitai ni
I wanna be your gentleman
Kakureru mori wo mezashi ni yukouka itaku naiyouni

Yogoreta kawa wo yogoreta boku to oyogu
Kimi wa tottemo kirei data
Uki shizumi shinagara mukougishi e tadoritsuita ato wo
Kangaeteru ima demo zutto

Kimi to iruno ga suki de ato wa hotondo kirai de
Mawari no iro ni najimenai dekizokonai no kamereon
Yasashii uta wo utaitai hakushu wa hitoribun de iinosa
Sore wa kimi no koto dayo

I wanna be your gentleman
Umaku chigerete kurenai shippo wa togetoge de
I wanna be your gentleman
Hikkaki kizu wa ienai nosa naoranainda

"Tabun mousugu sa kitto" nante iki wo tometa mama
doudemo ii gyouretsu ni narandemo mita
owaranai pureryu-do kanadete ikite yuku mitai da ne tte
bokura warau shinderu youni

Tatoe sekai ga detarame de tane mo shikake mo atte
Umareta mama no iro jya mou dame datte kizuitemo
Sakadachi shitemo kawaranai horobiru kakugo wa dekiteru nosa
Boku wa sutorenji kamereon

Kanchigai shinaidene betsuni kanshiku wa nainosa
Dakiawase nandarou kodoku to jiyuu wa itsumo

Moshimo subete ga uso de tada tsujitsuma awase de
Itsuka natsuiteita neko wa onaka sukashite ita dakede
Suguni pachin to oto ga shite hajikete shimau maboroshi demo
Te no hira ga mada atatakai

Kowai mono shirazu de jidai wa hashagi mawari
Boku to kimi no sugoshita pe-ji wa yaburi sarare
Rekishi niwa kachino nai kaseki no hitsotsu ni naru nosa
Kimi to deaete yokattana
Bye Bye boku wa Strange Chameleon

I wanna be your gentleman
How about going to look for a place where we can change, just like someone else
I wanna be your gentleman
Let’s head for a forest we can hide in, so we won’t be hurt

You were so beautiful
Swimming with me tainted in the tainted river
As I float and sink, I’m thinking of the things after we make it to the other side
Even now

I like being with you, but mostly hate everything else
I’m just a failure of a chameleon, unable to blend with the surrounding colors
I want to sing a gentle song, I only want applause from one person
And that is you

I wanna be your gentleman
My tail that doesn’t tear too well is spiky
I wanna be your gentleman
Scratches can’t be soothed, it can never be healed

I even lined up in some line that I don’t care about
Telling myself “I’m probably almost there, I must be almost there” and holding my breath
“We live like we’re playing a never ending prelude,” we laugh
As if we’re dead

If the whole world’s a fake and there’s tricks and traps
Even if I realize it’s not alright with just the color you’re born with
Nothing changes no matter what I do, I’m prepared to die
I am a strange chameleon

Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not sad or anything
Probably solitude and freedom are always just part of the deal

If everything is a lie that’s made to look okay
And the cat that I tamed was just hungry for food
Even if it’s an illusion that bursts with the sound of a snap
The palm of my hand is still warm

We were fearless and our generation danced around
The page of us telling of our times together was ripped off
We’re going to be another fossil, worthless to history
I’m glad that I met you
Bye bye, I’m a strange chameleon