pretentious song dump

[rewritethis]

Bratja (Brothers)

How can I repay you, brother mine?
How can I expect you to forgive?
Clinging to the past, I shed our blood
and shattered your chance to live.

Though I knew the laws, I paid no heed.
How can I return your wasted breath?
What I did not know has cost you dear,
for there is no cure for death.

Beautiful mother, soft and sweet!
Once you were gone, we were not complete.
Back through the years, we reached for you;
alas, 'twas not meant to be.

And how can I make amends
for all that I took from you?
I led you a hopeless trail.
My brother, I was a fool.

(Don't cry for the past now, brother mine.
Neither you nor I are free from blame.
Nothing can erase the things we did,
for the path we took was the same.

Beautiful mother, soft and sweet!
Once you were gone, we were not complete.
Back through the years, we reached for you;
alas, 'twas not meant to be.

My dreams made me blind and mute.
I long to return to that time.
I followed without a word.
My brother, the fault is mine.)

So where do we go from here?
And how to forget and forgive?
What's gone is forever lost.
Now all we can do is live.


Returnable Memories

The cold palm of my hand can't reach
your back, lit up by the sunset like it's on fire.
Scooping up and scattering these fragments of sand,
I can't even bring back the smile that connected us.

As much as sadness eats away at my heart,
my right hand can't even feel the pain.
But I won't forget the warmth I lost.
I'll show you that in these reaching hands, for sure,
there's something left behind.

I boarded this train shaking off my regrets.
For the sake of keeping my promise, I'll run.
If all our hardships can turn into happiness,
where do we face? What will we obtain?

Like a spiral continuing forever,
I'll walk this path I can't escape.
Though I'm trembling from my sins that know the truth,
I'll show you I can even turn my suffering into strength
wherever I go.


Let It Out

Let it all out, let it all out.
It's okay not to pretend you're strong.
The scribbled flower that someone drew on the wall is swaying.

Nobody understands what it means to be ourselves.
In the middle of a long, long road of loss and gain,
there are still days when we'll suddenly become lonely and cry, but

let's change both our tears and our pain into stars.
Let's light a light that will illuminate our tomorrow.
Even if we get a little lost,
together let's build stardust and find a brightly shining eternity.

Let it all out, let it all out.
All of it isn't enough,
and it's okay that it's not enough; that's how I met you.

What is it to be "right"? Wanting to know that,
I hid a little knife in my sock.
The lies I told while pretending to be strong always hurt more than that.

The truth is I'm scared, but I'll live on.
The wind caresses you as you smile.
Reaching out with our tiny hands,
together let's build stardust and find a brightly shining eternity.

What do we do if what we thought right was mistaken?
Do we just accept it if our sorrows were true?
I thought I'd lost those things, but you knew them.
I'm really glad you were there.

Let's change both our tears and our pain into stars.
Let's light a light that will illuminate our tomorrow.
Reaching out with our tiny hands,
together let's build stardust and a brightly shining eternity.

Maybe our farewells will come someday,
but even so, the seasons swirl around us.
Even if we get a little lost, we'll walk;
I'll walk with you, like that's the only thing that won't ever change.


Tobira no Mukou e (Past the Door)

We're crying out, even now.

Your right hand, tightly clenched as if you're making sure.
Smash apart the annoying rules.
If you're getting around to resting your hurting feet,
move forward from here instead, even by just a step.

Even cutting our way through the distorted winds
and overcoming the cold sky,
we still continue to wander.

We're crying out all the time.
Just continuing to believe isn't the answer.
If we don't expose our weaknesses and our wounds,
if we don't continue to struggle, nothing will begin.
Break through to the other side of the door.

Our society, entangled in complex problems.
Kick apart our vexing reality.
If you're getting to mope over stuff like abuse and slander,
admit your selfishness and desires instead.

Drowning out the confusing noise,
shaking free the apathetic glances,
we'll continue from here to the next stage.

We're searching all the time.
Our accelerated speed can't go home again.
If we don't bind our strength and resolve together,
if we don't continue to run, there'll be no future.
Advance through to the other side of the door.

Even if the pride we held aloft is a mistake,
even if the ideals we painted start to crumble,
even if everything that exists here was turned into a lie,
we'll definitely be here.


Rewrite

The reason I want to throw those creaking memories out
is because there's no other proof of my existence.
My future, that I should have grasped,
is a contradiction to dignity and freedom.

The reason I want to erase the distorted afterimage
is because I'll see my own limits there.
In the window of the overly self-conscious me
is last year's calendar without any dates.

Erase, rewrite
the great, worthless illusions
and your unforgotten presence.
Back from the brink, rewrite.
Even meaningless imagination
will become the driving force that makes you.
Give it your whole body and soul.

Cut down those sprouting feelings and cry.
Know that you're just a mediocrity after all, and cry.

Erase your rotted heart, the filthy lies.
Rewrite
the great, worthless illusions
and your unforgotten presence.
Back from the brink, rewrite.
Even meaningless imagination
will become the driving force that makes you.
Give it your whole body and soul.


Link

Do you remember, from when we were young,
there was a door we couldn't reach even on tiptoe?
Forgetting the time, we exhausted ourselves wandering,
always running up against the labyrinthine roads there.
I can't stop unconsciously searching for your smile.
Not a thing has changed; even now, I run.

However far apart we are, even if a trick of fate befalls us,
these memories that link us together won't break or anything.

Everyone should realise in the back of their minds
that the tomorrow they hoped for is just ahead.
Someday I want to show you a time when, in clearer days,
the instruments of conflict have all disappeared.
It's a hopeless world where we can't stop hurting each other,
but just from meeting you, I'm not afraid of anything.

However much this body burns up, it's okay if it's for you.
I'll soar up into the bright white open sky and protect you.

Someday I'd like you to see a world born anew.

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Omoide no Mukou (Beyond the Memories) - Miyazaki Ayumi
translation by onkeikun

Abruptly, I stop
A face that I’d half-forgotten had passed by me
In such a flash that I can’t catch up with it

I’ve grown tired of playing
I simply want to stay drowned in this bustling night
And be swept away like a lost child

Unable to take back what we’ve lost
What are we longing for as we stay here
And tire of waiting?

That’s why I want to return to that day today
Because on this cold night, a voice with no place to go
Will surely reverberate somewhere
Please, give me a dream for one night
Embracing the beautiful warmth I’d almost lost
I want to go beyond the memories

Within the blur of pain
Pile up your hopes one by one
Only vague wishes will heal a fresh wound

The scribbles of a dulled heart
Will remain there forever
In a way that they can never be erased

That’s why I want to return to that day today
Because on this cold night, a voice with no place to go
Will surely reverberate somewhere
Please, give me a dream for one night
Embracing the beautiful warmth I’d almost lost
I want to go beyond the memories

That’s why I want to return to that day today
On this painful night, it’s okay to yearn just a little
For the time when I fooled around too much
Because I’ll take back the wonderful nights
And that excitement that had made me feel so young
Towards the other side of these tears


Oreta Tsubasa de (With Broken Wings) - Suzumura Ken'ichi

Yeah, I've realised I can never fly again
I know I can't fly with broken wings
Someone cried, "a dream will change your form"
The love that someone gave up on has already disappeared somewhere

With broken wings
With broken wings

Just holding me close won't stop my trembling
The coldness of that surely wasn't anything like this

A stray dog with no collar laughs at me

Start to remember it before you realise, every day
Seek the light that struggles in the darkness
In changing scenery, I continue to wait for something
In a moving world, I search for the true answer

A bird inside a cage screams out, "let me outside!"
A stray dog with no collar laughs at me

Ah, I'll show you I can fly
Ah, with broken wings
With broken wings


Uninstall - Ishikawa Chiaki

That which at that time came to meet us from beyond the furthest reaches of reality
came to laugh at our existences being even this naive.
I'm puzzled by the truth that slips through my hands even as I cover my ears.
Where in my thin body can I find the strength to stand?

Uninstall. Uninstall.
At present, I can't understand
that I am one of countless specks of dust on this planet.
Uninstall. Uninstall.
I have no choice but to pretend
I am a warrior who knows no fear.
Uninstall.

It seems our subconscious sharpens us without us realising.
When I open my eyes to the shapeless presence underneath my bed,
I feel nothing, only an impulse to to destroy anything and everything,
if I can't even choose the season when I'll quietly disappear.

Uninstall. Uninstall.
If there's nobody to take my place,
I'll uninstall that regularly flowing daily life.
Uninstall.
There's nothing bad about
wanting to end it with these hands.
Uninstall.

Last Dinosaur - The Pillows




Don't Be Afraid - Uematsu Nobuo, Final Fantasy VIII

Tomorrow - DynamiteSHU