1.Just what is “being yourself”? “Differentiate yourself by being different from others”
2.That’s what I saw written in bold letters on a magazine rack pamphlet
3.Just what is “being yourself”? I never worried about it when I was a kid
4.Getting mad when something bothered me, saying I liked the things I was fond of…5.
6.But we change. The things we want to protect change
7.From a treasure that needs no explanation, to social behaviors we do to be understood
8.The more adult we become, the more we turn into creatures of regret
9.But you know, even so, there’s surely something to be learned there10.
11.So I’ll be myself, and you’ll be yourself.
12.I really don’t think it’s something we have to start over from the beginning to find
13.I’m not you, and you’re not me.
14.That’s why we can disagree, or join hands. Even love can sometimes grow there
15.That’s just how it works. So what on Earth is “being yourself”?
16.There are precious things that never change, so a life full of change is the way to go17.
18.“You gotta find something that makes you original”. That popular, unoriginal phrase
19.Like a bystander who realizes something and takes a step back to remain anonymous
20.But wait just a second! This starry sky is no different than it was on that day
21.I’m sure such a treasure, even if never understood, is still precious now22.
23.Change is frightening to me, but I also hate these unchanging days
24.Wanting to change, not being able to, thinking here and there about my childhood
25.I feel like I’m losing sight of things, like what it means to be “me”
26.I think I was worried about those bold letters I’d seen on that magazine rack
27.But you know, even so, we have to realize what there is to be learned there28.
29.So I’ll be myself, and you’ll be yourself.
30.I really don’t think it’s something we have to start over from the beginning to find
31.I’m not you, and you’re not me.
32.That’s why we can disagree, or join hands. Even love can sometimes grow there
33.That’s just how it works. So what on Earth is “being yourself”?
34.There are precious things that never change, so a life full of change is the way to go
35.There are precious things that never change
Translated by:
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