1.The way we live “as we are” – just that simple thing
2.We can’t seem to do, so we laugh when we want to cry3.
4.To drown out the stench of guilt,
5.I sprayed on that citrus scent again
6.The half-transparent figure reflected in the shop window,
7.Surely more honest than what the mirror shows8.
9.No one knows the hidden face of the moon,
10.Only looking at the surface, saying “It’s beautiful,”
11.Judging it as so—if we saw it from the other side,
12.We’d hear the real, ugly voice quietly holding its breath13.
14.The way we live “as we are” – just that simple thing
15.We can’t seem to do, so we laugh when we want to cry
16.This heart, long since torn apart, someone, please numb it17.
18.Deceiving to live, spreading lies
19.I feel like someday I’ll forget even my real self
20.If all these lies evaporated, whose scent would remain?21.
22.Even the smell of the last train, I’ve gotten used to
23.The memory of scrunching up my face long ago
24.I can’t live through life so pure and white
25.Without getting dirty, I’m not that strong26.
27.So that no one will take it from me,
28.The inside of this heart was built up
29.Like a loudspeaker shouting only pretty things,
30.A twisted voice passes through the skin, oppressing me31.
32.On top of the happiness someone else defined,
33.We can’t seem to walk skillfully
34.This heart, long since covered in scars, where is it headed?35.
36.Covered in dust, turning my eyes away,
37.I must be chasing after that prayer from long ago
38.If I can reach it with these stumbling steps, whose wish will be granted in the end?39.
40.The breakdown of sorrow isn’t jealousy or envy
41.Tears that won’t fall when I’m truly sad
42.I exchange ease of living for the ability to forget emotions43.
44.The way we live ‘as we are’ – just that simple thing
45.We can’t seem to do, so we laugh when we want to cry
46.Can this heart, long since torn apart, ever be whole again?47.
48.Everyone has their own kind of sorrow
49.Hiding it with beautiful scents
50.When everything eventually evaporates, please don’t let my wish be the one that disappears last
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