Inconvenient Ideal (English) Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Shiboo 

Cover art for Inconvenient Ideal (English) lyrics by Dir En Grey

first comment. woot. So far this song(well the whole album)has been my favorite. Everything plays off eachother so well in this song. Kyo's singing also adds a haunting melody to the instruments, it's just so awesome. For what's it about, I can hazard a guess, but it's about trying to continually try to grasp something that's so far high above you, just to plummet bcak down to start over. Just a guess if anyone wants to build off of it ^^

What a beautiful song.

As for the meaning, I'm pretty sure it's yet another song about abortion, following wuit with 'Mazohyst of Decadence' and 'Obscure'.

"Even the love that is locked inside the shell is swallowed by the heartless beast"

The "love" being the product of sex, the baby, is "swallowed by the heartless beast", the mother who aborted it.

"What makes them do it? I put my hand on my heart The baby’s first cry disappears with yesterday"

Why do people abort their children? "The baby's first cry disappears with...

I think the "high & proud" line could mean he feels comfort knowing that if he were in the shoes of whoever he's singing of, he'd endure whatever he had to, no matter how inconvenient it was. I hope that makes sense. o.0