「I wanna be a girl」(English Cover) (まふまふ - 女の子になりたい / Mafumafu - Onnanoko ni Naritai)
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a song about gender feelings.
it's sulfur's second attempt at the whole english song cover thing!
i hope i learned at least a little since the last one ;;; this is a song sulfur's been wanting to cover since before sulfur started learning how to sing. i hope it'll connect with at least some of you.
(i feel like i should put a disclaimer that my gender feelings are not exactly the ones expressed in this song. that being said, i am amab, and any pronouns are fine really.)
vocals: sulfur
art/video: sulfur
eng lyrics: sulfur
mix/master: UniSukanku https://twitter.com/UniSukanku
original song: Mafumafu & Tanaka Hidekazu (MONACA)
- original music video: https://youtu.be/ucbx9we6EHk
- instrumentals: https://piapro.jp/t/yBS8
[notes]
the original jp lyrics in the boy voice section at 1:30 were about mafumafu's voice not deepening much in puberty and how his voice was 'weird' because of that. as i don't share this particular experience, i ended up changing the verse to something i could relate to a bit better, that was still connected to a theme of voice and feeling weird.
i had to make various other adjustments for rhyme, meter, and other considerations. but somehow i felt like this one in particular was worth calling out. i hope you'll forgive me for the creative liberties i took.
[lyrics]
Hey, I wanna be a girl, pretty please!
Oh, can I really be?
I wish that I'd get carried through the chocolate woods
Magically swept up by a pumpkin carriage
Oh take me aboard, oh take me towards
A shining white castle far away
Doesn't everybody always wanna be
The heroine starring in a fairy tale
I've always been seeing, asleep, in my dreams
A pair of glass high heeled shoes
My dark secret feelings, my real and true feelings
I'll be honest for today
1-2-3! cast a spell and believe
That maybe I could be a brand new me
Oh, can I please?
Don't know why, but I just can't help but wanna be cute
That girl is so cute, can I be someone like that too?
Wear frilly dresses, do a spin and a twirl
Like I'm the one Cinderella in this whole world
Gathering a little courage, taking a big step forward
I'm sure that I'll get scared, I'm sure that I'll stumble, even so
I wanna be a girl, pretty please!
Oh, can I really be, ah
The cute girl that I want to be
It always sounds weird when I listen to my voice
I'm never fitting in with the other boys
Whatever I do, whatever I try
None of it ever feels alright
In that case!
Even for just a moment inside of my dreams
I'll go looking, searching, try to find myself
Maybe just a bit, I feel just a bit
Like I might be able to change
My heart won't stop racing, my thoughts keep retracing
I can't seem to get to sleep
1-2-3! gotta be brave and believe
That the entrance to a fairy tale is
Waiting for me!
Just gotta look up and my smile turns the night into day
Just gotta wink once and the fight's now all over, hooray!
Tying a tiny ribbon into a bow
Princess Cinderella brings peace to the whole world
Someone that can even outshine flowers at their fairest
Someone that can maybe make you blush and get embarrassed, that's
The kind of girl that I wanna be!
Wanna scooch up close to me?
All the things I was thinking for certain were true
Are starting to take on new hues
1-2-3! cast a spell and believe
That maybe I could be a brand new me
Oh, can I please?
Don't know why but I just can't help but wanna be cute
That girl is so cute, can I be someone like that too?
Making a tiny little tilt of my head
Suddenly I've become Cinderella instead
Before midnight passes, before today's been squandered
On hiding in a closet, before I've forgotten how I feel
I wanna be a girl, pretty please!
Oh, can I really be, ah
The cute girl that I want to be
But it's a secret, ok?
it's sulfur's second attempt at the whole english song cover thing!
i hope i learned at least a little since the last one ;;; this is a song sulfur's been wanting to cover since before sulfur started learning how to sing. i hope it'll connect with at least some of you.
(i feel like i should put a disclaimer that my gender feelings are not exactly the ones expressed in this song. that being said, i am amab, and any pronouns are fine really.)
vocals: sulfur
art/video: sulfur
eng lyrics: sulfur
mix/master: UniSukanku https://twitter.com/UniSukanku
original song: Mafumafu & Tanaka Hidekazu (MONACA)
- original music video: https://youtu.be/ucbx9we6EHk
- instrumentals: https://piapro.jp/t/yBS8
[notes]
the original jp lyrics in the boy voice section at 1:30 were about mafumafu's voice not deepening much in puberty and how his voice was 'weird' because of that. as i don't share this particular experience, i ended up changing the verse to something i could relate to a bit better, that was still connected to a theme of voice and feeling weird.
i had to make various other adjustments for rhyme, meter, and other considerations. but somehow i felt like this one in particular was worth calling out. i hope you'll forgive me for the creative liberties i took.
[lyrics]
Hey, I wanna be a girl, pretty please!
Oh, can I really be?
I wish that I'd get carried through the chocolate woods
Magically swept up by a pumpkin carriage
Oh take me aboard, oh take me towards
A shining white castle far away
Doesn't everybody always wanna be
The heroine starring in a fairy tale
I've always been seeing, asleep, in my dreams
A pair of glass high heeled shoes
My dark secret feelings, my real and true feelings
I'll be honest for today
1-2-3! cast a spell and believe
That maybe I could be a brand new me
Oh, can I please?
Don't know why, but I just can't help but wanna be cute
That girl is so cute, can I be someone like that too?
Wear frilly dresses, do a spin and a twirl
Like I'm the one Cinderella in this whole world
Gathering a little courage, taking a big step forward
I'm sure that I'll get scared, I'm sure that I'll stumble, even so
I wanna be a girl, pretty please!
Oh, can I really be, ah
The cute girl that I want to be
It always sounds weird when I listen to my voice
I'm never fitting in with the other boys
Whatever I do, whatever I try
None of it ever feels alright
In that case!
Even for just a moment inside of my dreams
I'll go looking, searching, try to find myself
Maybe just a bit, I feel just a bit
Like I might be able to change
My heart won't stop racing, my thoughts keep retracing
I can't seem to get to sleep
1-2-3! gotta be brave and believe
That the entrance to a fairy tale is
Waiting for me!
Just gotta look up and my smile turns the night into day
Just gotta wink once and the fight's now all over, hooray!
Tying a tiny ribbon into a bow
Princess Cinderella brings peace to the whole world
Someone that can even outshine flowers at their fairest
Someone that can maybe make you blush and get embarrassed, that's
The kind of girl that I wanna be!
Wanna scooch up close to me?
All the things I was thinking for certain were true
Are starting to take on new hues
1-2-3! cast a spell and believe
That maybe I could be a brand new me
Oh, can I please?
Don't know why but I just can't help but wanna be cute
That girl is so cute, can I be someone like that too?
Making a tiny little tilt of my head
Suddenly I've become Cinderella instead
Before midnight passes, before today's been squandered
On hiding in a closet, before I've forgotten how I feel
I wanna be a girl, pretty please!
Oh, can I really be, ah
The cute girl that I want to be
But it's a secret, ok?
