Crazy Sunshine

The Pillows

Note: Words in capital letters are sung in English, I don't know why.

Zensekai no koshinuke MONKEY
mikansei no GAME ni muchû
shinu made hansanai BANANA no ROULETTE
nui awaseta mabuta hodoite
koboreru namida ga utsusu no wa
jidai ga nakushite shimatta kanjô nanda yo ... My Friend

(All the world's cowardly monkeys
Are caught up in a game they'll never finish
Banana roulette won't let them go til they die
We'll pry open our sewn-up eyelids
And the feelings this generation has lost
Will be reflected in the tears that fall)

Itami no nai taikutsu ni
obore sô da

(It's like we're drowning
In numb boredom)

Crazy Sunshine
fukigen na bokura no mirai o terashiteru
Tightrope Dancing
kataashi demo toberu
aoi yokubô ni kimi to hi o tsukete
nani mo fuan janai

(Crazy sunshine
Shine on the future of our sullen group!
Tightrope dancing
I can jump even with one leg
We'll set this blue desire on fire
I've got no worries)

Nige ashi o kitaeteru DONKEY
fusenshô no PRIDE to odoru
itsudatte GOAL wa dareka no mono datta
machi awase no yoru ni kitzuita
hashaideru jibun o miteta no wa
jidai ga yugamete shimatta zanzô nandarô

(Donkeys good at running away
Dancing proudly over a default win
The goal always belongs to somebody
I realized, the night of our rendezvous
To have been seen in high spirits
Was just an afterimage completely warped by this generation)

Namae mo nai kaibutsu ni
nomare sô da

(A nameless monster
Is going to consume me)

Crazy Sunshine
fukigen na bokura no mirai o terashiteru
Tightrope Dancing
kataashi demo toberu
aoi yokubô ni kimi to hi o tsukete
nani mo fuan janai
(x2)

(Crazy sunshine
Shine on the future of our sullen group!
Tightrope dancing
I can jump even with one leg
We'll set this blue desire on fire
I've got no worries)



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    to add to the above: It's also about conquering boredom and the sense of depression that comes from that "afterimage" of not having everything good.

    Pandoruson August 04, 2007   Link

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