Victims of Love 
Lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi
Music: Imai Hisashi

Kooritsuku you ni ima mo hohoemu toorisugite yuku hada no nukumori
Mune no kodou ga toki wo [bad word] tameiki majiri kuchizuke segamu

Togire togire kasuka ni aegu koe wo kiku
“…Hanarenaide…” hanabira atsuku [bad word] 
Shinitaku [bad word] you na kegarenu yume

Karameau yubi to yubi no saki ni aoku tsuyameita kizuato
Motsureau [bad word] wo [bad word] uzume AH-[bad word] hodo amaku

Dakishime aeba mune wa yurameku nagusame aeba sore wa hakanaku
Sotto mayoikonda toki no hazama de omoi wa umi wo akaku [bad word] 
Togire togire kasuka ni aegu koe wo kiku
“…Hanarenaide…” hanabira atsuku [bad word] 
Karameau yubi to yubi no saki ni aoku tsuyameita kizuato
Motsureau [bad word] wo [bad word] uzume AH-[bad word] hodo amaku

Karameau yubi to yubi no saki ni aoku tsuyameita kizuato
Motsureau [bad word] wo [bad word] uzume AH-[bad word] hodo amaku

Dare nanda [bad word] sa doko ni ittemo shibararete
Dare nanda [bad word] sa doko ni ittemo tsubusarete
Dare nanda [bad word] sa doko ni ittemo shibararete
Tsubusarete nagurarete itaku ite

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Victims of Love
Lyrics: Sakurai Atsushi
Music: Imai Hisashi

Still smiling like I'm frozen
The warmth of your skin passing me by
The beating of our hearts marks the hours
Sighs mingling, kisses tormenting

Over and over
Your voice, faintly panting
"..don't let me go..." 
Petals, hot and trembling
dream so pure it makes me want to die

At the tips of our tangled fingers
Lie greenly glistening scars1
Tongues entwined, sliding in deep
Ah, so sweet I could melt

When we hold each other, my heart falters
When [bad word] each other, it doesn’t last
Quietly vanishing, lost down a hole in time
My desire coloring the ocean red2

Over and over
Your voice, faintly panting
"..don't let me go..." 
Petals, hot and trembling

At the tips of our tangled fingers
Lie greenly glistening scars
Tongues entwined, sliding in deep
Ah, so sweet I could melt

At the tips of our tangled fingers
Lie greenly glistening scars
Tongues entwined, sliding in deep
Ah, so sweet I could melt

Who are you? Why is it? No matter where I go, I’m bound and tied
Who are you? Why is it? No matter where I go, I'm broken down
Who are you? Why is it? No matter where I go, I’m bound and tied
I'm broken down
I’m beaten
I’m in pain

Note: The lines in italics appear only in the rearranged version the band performed at their Climax Together concert in 1991.

The title of this song may be a reference to the refrain of "Cascade" by Siouxsie and the Banshees, which goes, "love-lorn victims/love me in cascades." The song deals with similar themes of ual ecstasy and despair.

When asked in the August 1988 issue of Fool’s Mate about this song, Sakurai said that what he wanted to convey was the emptiness he felt after . He said, “It’s kind of empty, even though it’s fun of course, but afterward, or when you remember it, it seems so futile. That feeling of nothing after you’ve finished up is what I wanted to express in ‘Victims of Love.’ Of course, I wanted to express the feelings of  itself, but also the feeling after it’s done…I really wanted to, um, let that out, I could say.”

1) This is “green” as in young, or freshly inflicted. The first meaning of this word, “ao,” is “blue,” but it can also mean “green,” “fresh” or “inexperienced.”

2) The word “omoi,” which I translated here as “desire,” normally means “thoughts" or "feelings." However, in classical Japanese literature the word “omoi” referred to obsessive romantic love, and I think that’s the meaning Sakurai intended it to have in this context, especially spelled with this kanji.