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Drifter English Translation

Artist:	KIRINJI
Release:	2001.11.21
Lyricist:	Takaki Horigome
Composer:	Takaki Horigome
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Original Lyrics:	Drifter Lyrics (Romanized)

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1.I’m bound by a promise I’m sure I never made
2.So why do I feel so guilty
3.When I try to break free from it?
4.Eternity can’t be measured
5.With a wind-up wristwatch
6.But even feeling such futility
7.In my heart, there’s a reason I can’t let go8.
9.Even if depression were to wake in the night
10.Attacking me like a wild beast
11.Even if crows were to shred my prayers to pieces
12.With the rain shooting down like stray bullets
13.As long as you are here, beneath the skies of this city
14.I’ll never run away15.
16.Humans can’t live inside a dollhouse
17.In a city of drifting ice
18.I’ve been chasing mirages in the runoff
19.There are many people
20.They say many things
21.Like, “Money is everything”
22.Anyone who believes that has no room for doubt23.

24.Everyone’s being pushed along by love
25.Taking much more than they give
26.So when a parched wind blows through violently
27.Turning the countryside into a desert…
28.When the sun beats down from the sky above
29.Will you still
30.Be by my side?31.
32.Even if depression were to wake in the night
33.Attacking me like a wild beast
34.Even if crows were to shred my prayers to pieces
35.With the rain shooting down like stray bullets
36.As long as you are here
37.Beneath the skies of this city38.
39.I’m sure that I…
40.I want to stay sober
41.On nights the crying voices of children echo through the stairwells
42.Opening up the door to my fridge
43.I’ll drink a bottle of water and take an oath
44.This ocean is filled with whirlpools of desire
45.But my steps will glide
46.As if crossing the Moon River
47.I’ll walk across, with you48.
49.You’ll be by my side, won’t you?

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Romaji:	Drifter Lyrics (Romanized)
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Artist:	KIRINJI

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KIRINJI - Drifter English Translation

1.交わしたはずのない約束に縛られ
2.破り棄てようとすれば
3.うしろめたくなるのは何故だ
4.手巻きの腕時計で
5.永遠は計れない
6.虚しさを感じても
7.手放せない理由がこの胸にある8.
9.たとえ鬱が夜更けに目覚めて
10.獣のように襲いかかろうとも
11.祈りをカラスが引き裂いて
12.流れ弾の雨が降り注ごうとも
13.この街の空の下
14.あなたがいるかぎり僕は逃げない15.
16.人形の家には人間は棲めない
17.流氷のような街で
18.追いかけてたのは逃げ水
19.いろんな人がいて
20.いろんなことを言うよ
21.「お金がすべてだぜ」と
22.言い切れたならきっと迷いも失せる23.
24.みんな愛の歌に背突かれて
25.与えるより多く奪ってしまうのだ
26.乾いた風が吹き荒れて
27.田園の風景を砂漠にしたなら
28.照りつける空の下
29.あなたはこの僕の
30.傍にいるだろうか？31.
32.たとえ鬱が夜更けに目覚めて
33.獣のように襲いかかろうとも
34.祈りをカラスが引き裂いて
35.流れ弾の雨が降り注ごうとも
36.この街の空の下
37.あなたがいるかぎり38.
39.僕はきっと
40.シラフな奴でいたいのだ
41.子供の泣く声が踊り場に響く夜
42.冷蔵庫のドアを開いて
43.ボトルの水飲んで誓いをたてるよ
44.欲望が渦を巻く海原さえ
45.ムーン・リヴァーを
46.渡るようなステップで
47.踏み越えて行こう　あなたと48.
49.この僕の傍にいるだろう？

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