This song is, fittingly, straightforward. I didn’t need to read miko’s blog about it to understand anything about the song, though I did read it anyway and found it funny that she said the interlude sounded like something from an RPG, which made her envision a hero raising their sword. Personally, I get more Yugi-Oh “heart of the cards” vibes from the lyrics, and after reading miko’s blog, thought the interlude might sound like something from Chrono Trigger.

Anyway, another interesting bit from the November 11, 2016 post was that she referred to the five band members as making up a royal flush. Hence why I made the image in the post header from the publicity photos released at the time of Royal Straight Magic‘s release.

Lyrics in Japanese can be found here on Rock Lyric: https://rocklyric.jp/lyric.php?sid=169143

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ROYAL STRAIGHT MAGIC

GAME hibana chirase tobikiri no CRAZY NIGHT
LIFE yosoku dekinai jinsei’s GAME¹

GAME dare wo erabu? jookaa wa pookaa feisu
LIFE kimi mo pureiya boku ni kakete miru kai?
BET YOURSELF

buruu ni magireta kimi no namida
kowagaranaide to kisu wo suru
asu wo kutsugaesu yume no daisu
hitotsu nagetemite

tsuyoku tsuyoku motomete misete
kotoba yori mo fukaku
kimi ga kimi ga sou nozomu nara
hikiyoseru NEXT DAY

KING QUEEN JACK to narabe
WAITING FOR THE CHANCE
saa tsugi wa kimi da “BRAND NEW ACE”
IT’S YOUR TURN

guree wo sosoida yoru wa EVERYDAY
kiseki wo matte mo hajimaranai
mirai wo takushita yume no kaado
ima hikiatete

kakete misete kimi no subete wo
inoru yori mo hayaku
nan do nan do zero ni narou to
owarasenai YOUR DREAM

dare ni nan ni warawarete mo ii
sono kagi wa tebanasuna
kimi ga kimi ga omoi no mama ni
akehanatsu NEXT DAY

kakete misete kimi no subete wo
inoru yori mo hayaku
nan do nan do zero ni narou to
owarasenai YOUR DREAM

ROYAL STRAIGHT MAGIC

GAME Let the sparks fly on this wild crazy night
LIFE You can’t predict the game of life

GAME Who will you choose? The joker’s got a poker face
LIFE You’re a player too, how’s about you bet on me?
BET YOURSELF

Your tears, lost in blue
“Don’t be afraid,” I say as I kiss you
Try rolling one of the dream die that can change tomorrow

Show me how you strive with all your might
Deeper than words
If that’s how you want it
Draw the next day

Line up with the king, queen, and jack
WAITING FOR THE CHANCE
Hey, you’re next, “BRAND NEW ACE”
IT’S YOUR TURN

Every night you pour out grey²
Nothing will come of just waiting for a miracle
The dream card that holds the future
Draw it from the deck now

Try putting all of yourself on the line
It’s faster than praying
No matter how many times you nearly zero out
Don’t let your dream end

Who cares if someone laughs at you for whatever
Don’t let go of that key
Throw open the door to tomorrow
Exactly how you want to do it

Try putting all of yourself on the line
It’s faster than praying
No matter how many times you nearly zero out
Don’t let your dream end

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^1. Rock Lyric says 予想 (yosou), but I clearly hear Jyou singing 予測 (yosoku). Both can mean “prediction” but the former has a slight nuance of emphasizing that it’s your thoughts/predictions because of the character 想 (thoughts/feelings), whereas the 測 (measure) in the latter points to more of an educated guess. Since I don’t have the lyrics card, I don’t know if this was a typo on Rock Lyric’s part, but I’ve opted to write what I hear Jyou singing. ⤴

^2. At first I translated this line as “Nights of pouring grey are everyday,” but that sounded weird, and even changing “everyday” to “common” didn’t help. If I assume that what was actually intended was “every day” not the adjective “everyday,” the line flows better. So I went with that interpretation. (The “pouring grey” bit I’m taking as a poetic way of saying “being depressed.”) ⤴