鶏と蛇と豚

• By: 椎名林檎
• Album: 三毒史

Lyrics:

[日本語]

[English]

Thinking of sweetness, stuffed myself even more

Thinking about sweetness, I kept stuffing myself even more

Afraid it'd run out, had to get even more

Afraid it would run out, I had to get even more

Dripping with honey, bound to distort even more

Dripping with honey, it's bound to distort even further

Gorging, got nauseous, vomited everywhere

Feasting happily, I got nauseous and vomited everywhere

I thought that full was something better

I thought fullness was something better

Detestable is how it feels

But it feels so detestable

Why must this be? The honey used to taste delightful

Why does this happen? The honey used to taste so sweet

Was it a poison actually there to trap me?

Was it actually poison meant to trap me?

Am I cursed? I've slighted no one

Am I cursed? I didn't offend anyone

And I'm sure I know myself the best

And I'm pretty sure I know myself best

So, something's not right

So something's wrong

Ah, this self is the only thing I love

Ah, this self is the only thing I love

To hear, to smell, to see, to touch

To hear, to smell, to see, to touch

To taste is irreplaceable, no less

To taste—it’s irreplaceable, no less

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
sweetness /ˈswiːtnəs/ B2	noun - the quality of being sweet
honey /ˈhʌni/ A2	noun - a sweet, sticky substance made by bees
vomited /ˈvɒmɪtɪd/ B1	verb - to expel matter from the stomach through the mouth
delightful /dɪˈlaɪtfl/ B2	adjective - causing great pleasure or joy
poison /ˈpɔɪzən/ B1	noun - a substance that is capable of causing illness or death
cursed /kɜːrst/ B2	adjective - under a curse; doomed
self /sɛlf/ A2	noun - a person's essential being that distinguishes them from others
right /raɪt/ A2	adjective - morally good, justified, or acceptable
love /lʌv/ A1	verb - to have a deep affection for someone or something
taste /teɪst/ A2	verb - to perceive the flavor of something

Grammar:

• Afraid it'd run out, had to get even more

  ➔ Second conditional with 'if' omitted; 'had to' expressing obligation

  ➔ 'Afraid it'd run out' uses a contraction of 'it would run out', expressing a future possibility in the past.

• Gorging, got nauseous, vomited everywhere

  ➔ Series of simple past tense verbs describing sequential actions

  ➔ The verbs 'gorging', 'got nauseous', 'vomited' are in past tense, narrating a sequence of personal reactions.

• Was it a poison actually there to trap me?

  ➔ Interrogative structure with inversion for emphasis and 'actually' as an adverb of certainty

  ➔ 'Was it a poison actually there' uses inversion of the subject and auxiliary verb for emphasis, with 'actually' emphasizing certainty.

• I'm sure I know myself the best

  ➔ Use of 'be sure' as a fixed expression meaning 'to be confident', followed by a clause

  ➔ 'I'm sure I know myself the best' uses the phrase 'be sure' to express strong confidence in one's self-knowledge.

• To hear, to smell, to see, to touch

  ➔ Parallel infinitive structures used for listing sensory actions

  ➔ 'To hear, to smell, to see, to touch' employs parallel infinitive phrases to emphasize different sensory experiences.