The nightjar flying through the darkness became a star, unbeknownst to anyone.
Across the illuminated ground below, the people travel.
This world stands upon myriad sorrows—
Flowers bloom from despair and people call that beautiful.

A wilting sunflower sits in its vase.
Will the expression on your face wilt away too?
Petals plucked at a whim
Now dance into the sandstorm

A voice rings out, saying,
“Take back everything stolen from you that day!”
In return for our acceptance of this loneliness,
The fires of our lives burn bright:
A luminous red, threatening to scorch us.

Happiness becomes something undesirable, fleeing first from those who believed.
This world is built upon their corpses.
We lie, saying, “Hurting someone is a sign of kindness”.
We declare that it’s a badge of honor. But are we seriously saying that?

The fish stranded on land drowned in oxygen.
The birds underwater choked, unable to fly…
Never knowing where they belonged.
In this moment, we stand dead still.

Somebody yells out,
“Regain the version of yourself that was wounded that day!”
Someday we’ll stand at the end of all this sorrow,
Laughing lonesomely:
A luminous red resembling the color of blood.

Fragments of writhing cells, squirming within the sea, develop.
They grow arms and legs, crawling onto land. They become monkeys, then humans.
Gods are born who watch over us all, the way people do ants.
Please, save our souls. If not, strike us with lightning!
If only those who are loved will be allowed to smile…
If we must steal before we can bestow…
Then we’ll ruthlessly trample the corpses below!
Come, laugh without a care in the world!

A voice rings out, saying,
“Take back everything stolen from you that day!”
In return for our acceptance of this loneliness,
The fires of our lives burn bright:
A luminous red, threatening to scorch us.

闇を飛んだ夜鷹が　人知れず星となり
照らされた大地で　人々は行き交う
この世界は幾多の　悲しみの上にある
絶望によって花が咲き　それを綺麗と人は言う

花瓶の中の　萎れた向日葵
あなたの笑う顔も　枯れてしまうかな
気紛れに摘まれた　花弁が今
砂嵐に舞い上がる

あの日　奪われた全てを
取り戻せと　声が響く
孤独を受け入れた代償で
命の灯は　赤く燃える
それは焼け付くような赫色

幸せは仇となり　信じた奴から終わってく
この世界は彼等の　死体の上に築かれる
傷付くのは優しさの　証だと嘯いて
勲章だなんて宣う　本気で言ってんのかよそれ

陸の魚が　酸素に溺れて
鳥は水の中で　飛べずに息絶える
相応しい場所を知らないまま
僕らは皆立ち尽くす

あの日　傷付けた自分を
取り返せと　誰か叫ぶ
いつか全ての悲しみの
果てに立って　寂しく笑う
それは血の色に似た赫色

海の中で蠢いた細胞の欠片が育ち
手足が生え陸に登り猿の果てにヒトとなり
蟻を見る人の如く我等を見る神が生まれ
どうか我等を救い給え　さもなくば雷を撃て
愛された人間しか　笑えないのなら
与える為にまず　奪うというなら
屍　容赦無く踏みつけてさ
さぁ無邪気に笑えや

あの日　奪われた全てを
取り戻せと　声が響く
孤独を受け入れた代償で
命の灯は　赤く燃える
それは焼け付くような赫色