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生きるよすが Ikiru Yosuga

Reason for Existence

song by Tsukuyomi

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Lyrics: 夜の藍に咲いて満ちていけ　生きるよすが 傷も嘘も痛みも詩になれ 夢を、愛を書いて何を救えますか 憂う空を染める光になれ Bloom all over the indigo night, my reason for existence Let my scars, lies and pain turn into a song What can I save by writing about dreams, about love? Be the shining light that bleeds into the sorrowful skies この世にありふれた幸福の形 それじゃ空いた穴は埋められない This world’s conventional forms of happiness Aren’t enough to fill the void inside me 嘘つきなんだ僕は　生きているだとか この機械みたいな心でさ 出来ない　解らない　変わらない 言葉達は無価値な音色と化す 満たされない　叶わない こんな歌じゃ ああ　だれの心も照らせない I’m a liar, claiming to be alive With this machine-like heart I can’t do it, I don’t get it, I can’t change Those words become meaningless tones I’m not satisfied, it’s not enough A song like this Ah, it won’t illuminate anyone’s heart 夜の哀を裂いて薙いでいけ　生きるよすが 間違いも答えも今日も未来も詩になれ 奏でたこの声が　いま聴こえますか 愚かな僕の馬鹿げた叫びを Tear up and slash through the sorrow of the night, my reason for existence Let mistakes, answers, today and the future turn into a song Can you hear my voice as it carries on this melody now? It’s a laughable cry from a foolish me どうか　こんな命に 明日を生きる理由をくれよ どうか　僕を見つけて 慥かに在る真昼の月を Please, give this life A reason to continue another day Please, come and find me The moonlight at midday that’s certainly here 言葉を飲み込んだ喉が疼いた 胸に痞える　これは何か I swallowed down my words, my throat ached Weighing down on my chest, what is this? 心を呑み込んだ闇を仰いだ 差した茜に　手を伸ばす I looked up at the darkness as it swallowed my heart Reaching out my hand towards that glowing madder red 全てがそりゃ報われるものじゃない 時間も金も無駄になるかもな いつかは過去に消えていく それでも僕が歌うのはここに生まれたから Not everything will pay off Even time and money might be for nothing It will all fade into the past someday Even then, I sing because this is all I’ve ever known 正しいだけじゃ救えないものもある 泣かないことが強さだってんなら 僕は弱いままでいい Some things can’t be saved just by doing what’s right If being strong means not shedding tears Then I’m fine just staying weak 夜の哀を裂いて薙いでいけ　生きるよすが 間違いも答えも今日も未来も詩になれ Tear up and slash through the sorrow of the night, my reason for existence Let mistakes, answers, today and the future turn into a song わからない 才も人生もわかるものか 嘘だらけでも それでも、 I don’t know Of talent or life, they’re things I can’t understand Even if they’re no more than a lie Even then, 生きろ I’ll keep living 愛も何も無くたって明ける夜だ 生まれた理由なんて後付けだっていい It’s a night that dawns without love or anything else I don’t care if the reason I was born is just an afterthought 死にゆく様を　それを美と呼ぶな 散る為に咲く花なんて無いだろ How death always comes for you, don’t ever call that beauty There’s no flower that blooms just to fall 醜い程に美しいものを 欠けた心を埋めてくれよ Fill up the void of something so beautiful it’s ugly And the missing space where my heart used to be どんな歌で　どんな言葉で 昏い夜のよすがになれる？ With what kind of song, with what words Could I become the resolve of the darkest night? 神様に願うのは　ただ一つだけ I ask God for just a single wish