Not even going to try to describe this. I promise — and this is necessary when pointing at anything from Japan — this is in fact work safe, even child safe.
If you recognize any of the characters here, you are helplessly geeky.
Update:
Side-by-side Nipponese/English lyrics
English:
An 85 cm radius is as far as my hands can reach
I’m going to show you now, so please stand back
It was fun just to spin, and I wanted to stay that way
When I just kept spinning I forgot how to stop
My pals around me spun much better than me
So I muttered, “Oh well,” and pretended to give up
A 250 cm radius is as far as my hands can reach
I’m going to start moving around now, so please stand back
It was fun to spin aimlessly, and I wanted to stay that way
If I kept on spinning aimlessly, I believed something could come of it
My pals around me could spin so much higher than me
So I pretended to sulk when my neck grew sore from watching from below
A 5200 cm radius is as far as my hands can reach
I’m going to start flying around now, so please stand back
What do you think? If my former self could see me now, would she be proud?
Though I’m growing dizzy and losing my balance
The streets of the town, observed from a 23.4 degree tilt [1]
Suddenly became a color I’d never seen before
A 6300 km radius is as far as my hands can reach
I’ve realized that I can do it now, so please stand back
An 85 cm radius is as far as my hands can reach
When I someday grow tired of spinning, please stay by me
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[1] The tilt of the Earth’s axis. She’s flying up and viewing everything from above.
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Ya know, I’ve seen a couple of other translations, and they don’t anymore sense than this one does.