Can You Decipher These Translated Song Lyrics? Tune Twist Quiz #57

It’s time to play Tune Twist, where we translate the lyrics of popular songs into multiple languages and then back into English.
See if you can decipher this twisted tune.
See if you can decipher this twisted tune. | Roman Samborskyi/Shutterstock (Dancing Man on Disco Ball), Sunward Art/Shutterstock (Musical Notes)

In Tune Twist, we run the lyrics of a hit song through multiple languages, then translate them back into English. Here’s a hint: This song comes from a 2004 concept album that was also turned into a Broadway musical.

The song itself was inspired by the death of the lead singer’s father back in 1982. “I think it’s something that just stayed with me ... that anniversary that always is just, I don’t know, kind of a bummer,” he once said.  “I think about him every day, really. I kinda avoided writing about him for many years, and then finally having a breakthrough like that felt good. It wasn’t like a negative emotion so much, but it was just kind of like honoring him.”

Can you figure out what the song is, or who performed it? Test your deciphering skills and your musical knowledge below.

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