English and Romaji subs for Machine Gun Kiss, Kiryu's karaoke song from Yakuza 5.

This video been a long time in the making! I've written my own singable English lyrics for Machine Gun Kiss, with my goal being to hopefully create something more satisfying to sing than the official ones. There were some interesting challenges, especially matching syllables between versions and trying to keep the lyrics flowing, hopefully you all enjoy, I'm quite happy with them!!

===SINGABLE ENGLISH LYRICS===

Midnight shadows sliced through by lights
shrill squealing wheels, tear through this highway city
Seat next to me, unable to hold your head high
nervously blushing so
I’d be your
razor-edged knife, yet you'd hold me
forever dulled in your warm embrace
My sweet babe
So disregard your bleak past, a new future
is ours to tear down and rebuild once again
We'll find ourselves
a paradise made for you and I
hundreds of millions or maybe ten billion more
kisses aplenty for you to count
Baby
Holding you close with my arms wrapped around you so tightly
I could never let you go
Machine gun kiss, let's just fall in love

I can foresee, losing it all
shackled and bound, stripped of our freedom to love
For all the time I've spent on fool's money, renown
I'd throw it all aside
"Romantic" these damn "last slow dance" affairs
would never suit an old dog like me anyway
So load a clip into your automatic please
stamp out this unforgiving world which we’re bound
to rid us all of these tumultuous night time terrors
Here by your side, so I won't let you lose hope, no
kisses to cover each battle scar
Lady
No single soul, be it prophets or demons around us
will condemn my love for you
I need you baby, tonight, hold me tight

No destiny will hold us to the whims of gods
Nothing we can't overcome ourselves
Come on
Keep smiling bright, never to dim again Venus, you
My beloved Maria
Carve out our own invaluable memories
hundreds of millions or maybe ten billion more
kisses aplenty for you to count
Baby
Holding you close with my arms wrapped around you so tightly
I could never let you go
Machine gun kiss, let's just fall in love

===ROMAJI LYRICS===

MIDNIGHT SHADOW kirisaku
akuseru kishimu HIGHWAY CITY
joshuseki utsumuku omae no
ruuju iro no urei
toida naifu no you na
ore wo tsutsumikonda
MY SWEET BABE
hedo deru you na
pasuto ya fyuuchaa
ore ga nurikaete yarusa
ikou ze
futari kiri no eden
ichi-oku ni-oku hyaku-oku no
kisu wo abisete yaru
BABY
kono ude daite omae wo nido to
hanashi wa shinai
MACHINE GUN KISS de JUST FALL IN LOVE

kusari ni tsunagare
jiyuu wo ushinau no nara
kudaranai meiyo mo MONEY mo
inu ni yaru sa
romanchikku na rasuto dansu wa
kono ore ni wa niawanai ze
tama wo komete uchinukeba ii
konna bakageta sekai mo
omae wo kurushimeru akumu no
tomaranai kanashimi no rasen
kisu de hikichigiru sa
LADY
akuma mo kami mo oretachi no ai wo
sabake wa shinai
I NEED YOU BABY TONIGHT HOLD ME TIGHT

unmei da no teisetsu da no
jama wa kechirashita ze
saa
waratte okure ore no viinasu
itoshiki Maria
kizamou futari no MEMORIES
ichi-oku ni-oku hyaku-oku no
kisu wo abisete yaru
BABY
kono ude daite omae wo nido to
hanashi wa shinai
MACHINE GUN KISS de JUST FALL IN LOVE

===LITERAL ENGLISH LYRICS===

Cutting through the Midnight shadow
accelerator squealing through this highway city
In the passenger seat, you hang your head
rouge-tinted fear
I was like a sharpened knife
you wrapped me up in your arms
My sweet babe
Throw out that unsavory past and future
we'll rewrite it all
Let's go
a paradise just for the two of us
100 million, 200 million, 10 billion
I'll shower you with kisses
Baby
These arms will hold you
and won't let you go a second time
Just fall in love with my machine gun kiss

If I'm to lose my freedom, bound up in chains
I'll throw all this worthless money and status straight to the dogs
This whole "romantic last dance" thing just doesn't suit a guy like me
So load your gun and pull the trigger to end this stupid world
and rid us of the nightmares that haunt us
Your unrelenting spiral of sorrow will be obliterated by our kisses
Lady
Neither the devil nor god can pass judgement on the love between us
I need you baby, tonight, hold me tight

Should destiny or reason intrude on our love, we’ll fight them off together
Come on, smile for me, my Venus
my beloved Maria
Remember fondly, our precious memories
100 million, 200 million, 10 billion
I'll shower you with kisses
Baby
These arms will hold you
and won't let you go a second time
Just fall in love with my machine gun kiss

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