Steam Powered Giraffe (Reprise)

Steam Powered Giraffe (Reprise) is the fourteenth track on MK III, written by David Michael Bennett. It is a Japanese translation of Steam Powered Giraffe (song). It is often played during live performances after a glitch causes the robots to enter Japanese Language Mode.

Background
The song is a tribute to anime intro/outro songs. According to David Bennett, Carolina Gumbayan’s husband did the translations for the original Pokémon series run when it came to the U.S., and the band asked him to translate a song for them.

Musical information
The melody borrows heavily from the original Steam Powered Giraffe song, but is played significantly faster.

Lyrics
Rabbit ウォルター大佐は賢明で u~orutā taisa wa kenmeide 機会を手で造って kikai o te de tsukutte

The Spine キリンを金属で大佐が造って ロボットの操縦で大地踊らせた kirin o kinzoku de taisa ga tsukutte

Hatchworth ロボットの操縦で大地踊らせた robotto no sōjū de daichi odora seta

All キリンは上がり kirin wa agari 故国へと連れ去り kokoku e to tsuresari 子供達たちは喜び kodomodachi-tachi wa yorokobi ドロップを舐めて doroppu o namete

スチーム・パワード・ジラフ Suchīmu pawādo jirafu The Spine 発射準備よし hassha junbi yoshi All スチーム・パワード・ジラフ Suchīmu pawādo jirafu The Spine 宇宙を目指そう uchū o mezasou

All (throughout) 汽力　汽力 kiryoku kiryoku 汽力　汽力 kiryoku kiryoku 汽力　汽力 kiryoku kiryoku 汽力　汽力 kiryoku kiryoku

キリンは上がり kirin wa agari 故国へと連れ去り kokoku e to tsuresari 子供達たちは喜び kodomodachi-tachi wa yorokobi ドロップを舐めて doroppu o namete


 * はい！
 * hai!

最高アルチメイト力を持ち saikō aruchimeito-ryoku o mochi 戦いに行こう tatakai ni ikou

Trivia

 * Apparently after hearing the album release of this song, the translator commented “it’s not insulting”.