Repeating nonsensical dramas
The script always forced and contrived
Life, pieced together haphazardly
At the maze’s end, always back at square one
Crossing the suspension bridge, exposed
Wavering, staggering like a drunken walk
A game of life and death,
Once dead, it’s over
The dead tell no tales
A farcical drama of predator and prey
A transient prosperity, just for one night
Life, cheaply sold,
The curtain falls, ending the current era
At the end of a muddy struggle, there’s comedy
Surpassing catastrophe, a craft to master
Tonight’s thousand-ryo* actor
Dancing in madness, please grant me this
When the firewood is spent, and the fire dies,
The scenes that raced by, a life’s slideshow,
Are they worth a fortune, or priceless?
To these eyes, a magnificent view
A once-in-a-lifetime grand stage
Fame or obscurity, it doesn’t matter
Just grant me exhilaration
I want to be in mutual love with you
A business of doing as one pleases
Regrets? Too troublesome
A life, green and unsophisticated
Just to live,
Grant me immunity
Interjecting like a chorus
If it gets tough, “I’ll go first”
Impaled unconsciously,
The fools are unaware
Who do you think you are?
Just like that
DA DA DA
Full on mama’s food
A head full of nonsense,
Remaining a fool
Finding meaning in meaninglessness
From death, viewing the vibrancy of life
It’s like
A festival, a downpour
To these eyes, a magnificent view
A once-in-a-lifetime grand stage
Fame or obscurity, it doesn’t matter
Just grant me exhilaration
I want to be in mutual love with you
A business of doing as one pleases
Not interested in wins or losses
A life, green and unsophisticated
DA DA DA DA DA
Just to live,
Grant me immunity
Repeating nonsensical dramas
The script always forced and contrived
Life, pieced together haphazardly
At the maze’s end, always back at square one
Crossing the suspension bridge, exposed
Wavering, staggering like a drunken walk
A game of life and death
Once dead, it’s over
The dead tell no tales
A farcical drama of predator and prey
A transient prosperity, just for one night
Life, cheaply sold
The curtain falls, ending the current era
At the end of a muddy struggle, there’s comedy
Surpassing catastrophe, a craft to master
Tonight’s thousand-ryo* actor
Dancing in madness, please grant me this