[Verse 1]
After that, I commuted to the office by bicycle.
The restroom was spacious, like a regular room.
I ate lunch in the company cafeteria.
For about five hundred yen, I got meatballs and jam.
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I drank hot chocolate during my break.
I realized I didn’t need any money.
[Chorus 1]
The experiments didn’t go as planned.
In this unfamiliar foreign land,
I couldn’t get the things I needed.
It was a shame, but it couldn’t be helped.
[Verse 2]
A man who seemed to be a superior there
Scolded me severely in English,
But I hadn’t a clue what he was angry about;
Even if he said things like that
[Pre-Chorus 2]
It turned out there was no time limit,
And I was free to stay as long as I liked.
[Chorus 2]
The experiments didn’t go as planned.
In this unfamiliar foreign land,
I couldn’t get the things I needed.
It was a shame, but it couldn’t be helped.
[Verse 3]
That night, I met up with three other Japanese people in the city;
A writer, a doctor, and a researcher.
The writer talked about Yukio Mishima, while the doctor complained about the three-month wait for a dental appointment.
[Pre-Chorus 3]
The conversation was all over the place.
Still, it was fun speaking Japanese after so long.
[Chorus 3]
The experiments didn’t go as planned.
In this unfamiliar foreign land,
I couldn’t get the things I needed.
It was a shame, but it couldn’t be helped.
[Bridge]
In the end, I returned home after ten days.
The hotel staff recommended the bus because it was cheap,
But I took a Mercedes-Benz taxi to the airport instead,
After buying a silver necklace as a gift for my wife.
[Final Chorus]
The experiments didn’t go as planned.
In this unfamiliar foreign land,
I couldn’t get the things I needed.
It was a shame, but it couldn’t be helped.
[Outro]
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