Lyrics - 真夜中の電波 (Mayonaka no Denpa) by まにきゅあ団

This peculiar song was included as an unnamed extra song in the same album as the last lyrics post, ラジヲまにきゅあ1374KHz released in 1994. It was remastered in the 2000 album どきどき♥メモリアル as 真夜中の電波, or "Midnight Radio Waves".  I was originally interested in the portrayal of "denpa" from before the term was popularized by the visual novel Shizuku, and certainly long before it was used to describe music. Later on I was also drawn by the excerpts of speech scattered throughout the song. Unfortunately, as there are no official lyrics, I transcribed the words from sound (with a fair bit of help since my Japanese isn't that good), so there might be mistakes in the transcription itself regardless of the translation. I hope that despite that, the radio waves of old will still reach out to you.

真夜中一人眠れぬ夜に
全身に駆け抜けるノイズ
それは突然、僕の中に
入り込んできた騒音

「ね、聞こえる? あたしの声。」
脳の中響く
「あたしの声が届いたの。
答えてほしい。」
僕を呼ぶ声

明滅してる液晶盤
分離始めてるラジカセ
動かぬ体
冷たい汗
暗闇が僕に囁く

「ようやく気づいてくれたの。」
ウサギ耳振りに
「これからあなたを支配させていただくわ。」
めり込む呪文

「あなたは私の声が聞こえてしまった。
だから、だからもう、仕方がないわ。
あなたはすでに支配されている。
そう、これから、ずっと。。。」

「あのよる彼女は確かにそう言った。
だが、今のところ僕の生活には何の変化もないし、
支配されている実感もない。
平凡な日常繰り返しているだけだ。
夢だったのかと思う。でも、僕の中の何かが受けた。
この拭いきれないリアルの衝撃、そして彼女の声。
声。。。あれは、声だったのか。。。？」


思い出せない意味不明の
膨大な電波飛び交い
限界点の時計の針
狂い始めてる布団

「あなたはもうあたしのもの。
あたしだけのもの。」
真夜中の電波
「誰にも渡さないわ。
あたしだけ。。。あなた。」
掴まぬ危険

忘れられない
操られて
分離しているガイガン
理解不能の噂中に
破裂寸前の魂

真夜中一人眠れぬ夜に
全身に駆け抜けるノイズ
それは突然、僕の中で
芽生え始めた騒音


Alone at midnight, a sleepless night
A noise running through my entire body
Then suddenly, through myself
A penetrating noise

"Hey, can you hear? My voice."
Reverberating within my mind
"My voice reached you.

I want you to answer it."
A voice that calls to me

A flickering liquid crystal display
A falling apart radio-cassette player
An immobile body
Cold sweat
The dark whispers to me

"At last you've noticed me."
In a rabbit ears pose
"From now on I'll have you be under my control."
A spell sinking in

"You've already heard my voice.
So, there's nothing you can do anymore.
You are already under my control.
Yes, from now on..."

"That night she definitely said that.
But, so far nothing has changed about my life,
and I never really felt like I was under control.
My ordinary daily life was just going on.
I wonder if it was a dream. However, I felt something inside me.
This real shock that you can't shake off, then her voice.
Voice... that thing, that was her voice?"

Nonsensical and hard to remember
Vast radio waves flying around
The clock hand's breaking point
A futon going mad

"You are already mine.
And mine alone."
Radio waves at midnight
"I won't hand you over to anyone.
You... Only mine."
Danger that can't be grasped

Haunting
Manipulated
Gigan splitting apart
Within incomprehensible rumors
A soul on the verge of bursting

Alone at midnight, a sleepless night
A noise running through my entire body
Then suddenly, within myself
An emerging noise