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Song: Wakamono X Artist: Aliza Marie Lyrics: Kichiku Music: Aliza Marie Let's throw away the things we don't need garbage and people are tossed out The coin locker baby never asked to be born If I'm in a group, the red traffic lights don't scare me "miserable youth" The people who ever day don't complete things have roads to escape Even if you're not smart you can still have a lot to say I despise painful things but I'll only make the best out of it I'm caught up in status and honor and lose sight of the important things Beautiful clothes big jewels dirty heart "Isn't it lovely?" At the time everyone is born they're very gentle, right? Why at this age does everything flow by, polluting and crying? Repetition, relapse the same mistake is made "I'll start tomorrow, tomorrow I swear!" I grumbled With the sunset, morning will come again But I didn't change a thing from yesterday And tomorrow, and the next and the next... Translation notes: Where should I start? Well, first of all, Kichiku's writing style in general is very intelligent and linguistic, which is unusual for visual kei lyrics. He uses many idioms and expressions that were rather difficult. I had a lot of help from a native Japanese speaker with this. So, if you're looking at the Japanese lyrics and think "That's not what it means!", I assure you, it does. "Wakamono X" itself is something like "Generation X"... as in, it generalizes the youth of this era. "Coin locker baby" is a phrase becoming more popular in visual kei lyrics. The phrase comes from the novel of the same name written by Ryu Murakami, which tells the story of two infants abandoned by their mothers in a train station coin locker. The phrase used in the "dirty heart" part is "makkuro na onaka", which literally translates to "deep black stomach", but it used when someone looks good but is very impure. The line starting with "Why at this age.." is difficult to translate into English well. The general idea is time is flowing fast around the speaker, and everyone is polluting the world and is never happy. Overall, the song talks about the typical misguided, superficial youth who will never change his ways. Kichiku is awesome :D |