Doukoku to Sarinu (English)

I think this song is about how our generation has been raised.

"Colorless and transparent Limitless recklessness How will you fit in? Forcing M Compensation for those you can't see"

Parents being apathetic and indifferent to their kids, the youth is instead influenced by their peers. Instead of thinkign for themselves, they conform to each other, focused on fitting in. They have a general attitude of rebellion and recklessness.

"Cries In Vain Go Mad The vague rebellion Cries In Vain Ways To Destroy Your Ambition Reborn"

Our generation has an attitude of rebellion against everything in general. Nothing specific, they just want to rebel and cry. They destroy their future by making bad choices in the name of rebelling and fitting in with the crowd.

"Whose fault is it that I can't trust anymore? The Sun talks skillfully, bringing in choices that look good on the outside but are just dead ends The body absorbs it all Even mercy stains the unspoken skin and keeps a secret of those pains that overflow Rot away Without you"

Our generation is encouraged by the media and each other to have promiscuous sex, abuse drugs, and steal. These actions seem fun on the outside, but when all is said and done, they are devoid of any real meaning. We carry these actions and their consequences inside us always, rotting.

"Without not having anyone to blame I start to go crazy"

As we get older, our apathetic lifestyle catches up with us, but it's too late.

"So what if it's fate, destroy it"

I think this is a message of encouragement to destroy the ill-fated future we've set up for ourselves.

I'm surprised no one comment on this song yet I don't really how to describe this song though but its awesome

I believe this song is about getting back at someone, this is all I could gather from that, but whoever Kyo-san pissed off is in a world of hurt. o.o;

Whose fault is it that I can't trust anymore? The Sun talks skillfully, bringing in choices that look good on the outside but are just dead ends The body absorbs it all Even mercy stains the unspoken skin and keeps a secret of those pains that overflow Rot away Without you

+++

I believe this stanza may have something to do with Stockholm syndrome - whether it would relate to the rest of the song, I've no idea!

But the loss of trust in the first line, and the sweet words of the sun that only appear good? Perhaps this is the sunlight this captive finally sees after being set free.... But only the words of his/her captor are trustworthy or sweet?

I believe the "mercy [which] stains the unspoken skin" is the mercy given the captive from the captor; either through letting this captive go and/or not raping him/her. Perhaps the "unspoken skin" refers to the captive being a virgin? "Unspoken" as a metaphor for skin that cannot speak of having had sex, or "unspoken [for]" skin meaning that no other can say that they have had sex with this captive.

And then of course, this captive rots without the perceived love of his/her captor.

Looking at the song again, maybe the meaning I get from it does apply to the rest of it.

Hopefully I even have the Stockholm Syndrome correct, but I don't know all the details.

And wow I've written a lot, but I love these guys, and their songs are cryptic as hell but have all sorts of bits of meaning all over the place.