02. tazuna

Oh, when did we take a wrong turn?  To end up in such a place?
Every day we checked with tomorrow  So we make no mistake today

One night from a threaded hole
If all of me slipped through
Would you pick it up with me?
Would you laugh at all my shame?

No color in this world matches the color of your hair
The wind is sound asleep on your feather
I smile proudly to the distant stars in the sky


Oh, when did we take a wrong turn?  To end up in such a place?
I breathe not knowing where tomorrow is  Or where yesterday was
But it’s alright with me because you are here


Without a word
You pointed at the star
I will give a name
Let's nurture it together every night

Oh, when did we take a wrong turn?
 To end up in such a place?
Every day we checked with tomorrow
 So we make no mistake today
But it’s alright with me because you are here

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03. NEVER EVER ENDER

Take off all your yesterday's clothes  It’s time to set out to the sea
Forget my little big plan  Leave all your bags
Just grab one and run

I was never a good dreamer  Couldn't care less to what others say
"Is that it?  I can do much better than that!"
Always roaring in my head


Full of never ending stories in this never-ending universe
But I'm keeping pretty busy minding mine, and no time to care the others
Only if we unite our stories yours and mine
Why don't we make our own eternity?


My head full of noises  Someone preaching again
The world only listen to the words of the winners
No mic aimed to the losers


There' the world in that bright light
Almost touching the tip of my fingers spread wide
If I could be with you on the night like this
I feel like I can reach the light tonight

Full of never ending stories in this never-ending universe
But I'm keeping pretty busy minding mine, and no time to care the others
Only if we unite our stories yours and mine
Why don't we make our own eternity?

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04. IKIJIBIKI feat.Taka

That war between us was the signal to my sixth sense
To dream a dull dream

We're racing against the truth  Right lane for passing
Forget the rule and get things done right now


“At that point your game is up"  See the girls in smug faces
Listing examples of failure patterns  yoi yoi yoi

Banzai for winning by not losing  It's a crime to be politically correct
Mixed up Miscast and Genius all jumping around

My love in a clutter
Your foreplay in seventh heaven
Playing an inactive game of make-believe
Ei Ya So


I can’t see  Tomorrow’s scary
Cause my homework’s not done yet

No matter how hard I try I don’t understand
No matter how hard I push the world won’t move an inch


Parallel race with reality  0.1 sec win by a nose
A win is a win as long as the bravery wins

I read through my Textbook for the Succeeded
Now I'm heading off to the city dead beat


Make way for the ordinaries (oi, oi)  Come see for yourself (oi, oi)
Free-range terror and lament  It's for the fools to see

Kiss like that can’t make me wet
Suppose I get wet I can’t come
Suppose I come I can’t
...WHAT?


I can’t see  Tomorrow’s scary
Make me disappear  If it won’t hurt

I can’t see  Tomorrow’s scary
I won’t tell you  We’re no friends

It’s only a few decades  What do you think you know?
There’re million uncultivated, undeveloped ME existing, don’t you know?

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05. Catharsist

You say it’s not about winning or losing
And that lost game means as much as victory
Yeah, I kinda see your point, but
Unless you win nothing starts
Stop talking that blah blah  This is the time to win the game

Now is the time  Now is the right time
Now is the time  Now is the right time

Here we are now we came to take this game
No way, losing it's unacceptable
For every single fear we carry inside us
Let's break them into pieces and prove we are the Winners


I don’t wanna beat anyone
I just wanna aim high and see where I can be
Let’s take our hands now  Your strength
Makes me feel strong  More than you know
I wanna give the same to you


Whoever you're playing against always look stronger
But don’t be intimidated
To them, you are the wall that stands tall
Show them what you got  This is the time to show them all

Yea
Now is the time  Now is the right time
Now is the time  Now is the right time

Here we are now we came to take this game
No way, losing it's unacceptable
For every single fear we carry inside us
Let's break them into pieces and prove we are the Winners


I don’t wanna beat anyone
I just wanna aim high and see where I can be
Let’s take our hands now  Your smile
Makes me feel strong  More than you know
I wanna be the same to you

If we ride this wind we run through together
We can overcome any pain  Foolishly I believe

Though it makes no difference I’ll keep wishing
That this voice of my heart reaches you It won't stop

I keep wishing  Until your dream blossoms
I keep wishing  Because your dream is my dream

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06. Brain Washing(Anti Anti Mix)

Hey, what makes you so sure that I'm sick?
I wasn't born to please you

You swept all your troubles under the carpet
Only believed what you wanna believe

Misbelief, bias, skepticism nurtured during the school years
They’re hard to get rid of  Things you sought desperately
What am I to do from today?  Damn everything
I won't be deceived again

Where did you come from?  Grew up protected
You just lived life and ended up like this

Had no choice, uninspired, useless when push comes to shove
I wish "Freedom" patronizes me like it did you so naturally

There are more things you don't see
More thing you don't know
Than what you see and what you know
But what’s the point in getting good at doubting?

Why can't I believe?  Why can’t I be wrong?
Nothing good happens anyway
Let me at least decide if I'm happy or unhappy
Cause I let you decide everything else


Are you afraid of me?  Why do you cry?
You can't understand me?  Well, neither can I

“Wake yourself up"  What are you saying?
I feel exactly the same  Word for word

We're no different from each other, then why cry?
So mom, raise your head and smile

“I’m happy if you are happy” she said
Now I say from the bottom of my heart that I’m

Happy happy happy happy

I’m born again This is who I really am
My days up to now was the days to meet You
I know I know  Your greatness  Your bigness  I am forever grateful for giving me the intelligence to perceive that  I told my family about it  No luck  Mom said it was me that strayed away which made me lose control and hit her  Over and over  Until she stopped moving  Your enemy is my enemy  I won't forgive even my own blood relatives

You are always right  I am always wrong
You never listen to my side of the story
Sword of justice you raise is so thin and cold and sneering
It wasn't you who defined "your happiness"  No

There are more things you don't see
More thing you don't know
Than what you see and what you know
But what’s the point in getting good at doubting?

Why can't I believe?  Why can’t I be wrong?
Nothing good happens anyway
Let me at least decide if I'm happy or unhappy
Cause I let you decide everything else

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07. Sokkenai

Reachable yet unreachable
Likely and unlikely
My brain working full speed analyzing your every move

Maybe you’re testing me, if that’s what it is, I’m up for it
But if you want someone to just play around please go somewhere else

I’m not interested in being a part of your love’s thick history
Except for being your one-and-only


Why you’re so cold
You turned me on, and then, you turn away
Tell me if I’m not your man coz I haven’t got much time

It’s not right, the way you're treating me
Can’t get my head around love
Will you be my textbook?
If you say yes, I can make plenty of time


Too little to know, too much I don’t wanna know, but
There’s one thing I’m certain of in this complicated world

It must’ve been your magic that untangled this tangled earphone in a second
Will you laugh at me again if I say so?

The more I get to the core of your love so elusive
The more I’m perplexed, I have never felt this way
And still, I don’t know why


Why you’re so cold
You turned me on, and then, you turn away
Tell me if I’m not your man coz I haven’t got much time

It’s not right, the way you’re treating me
Can’t get my head around love
Will you be my textbook?
If you say yes, I can make plenty of time


Might as well get drunk to tell you?  Probably not
Is there courage left in me to gather up?

So please
Look at me, come to me
Get over it coz we can’t waste another second
You know our time is running out, baby

Get closer, by my side
So that all my eyes see
Are you to fill me up

Until you say yes
Until I kiss you today
I won’t move

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09. PAPARAZZI

Dad, I got homework to do
I must write about “My Father’s Job”
And read it for the class tomorrow, I hate it but I’ll do my best
Coz our teacher can’t wait to hear us brag

Alright, listen, my job is kind of special
You can say I provide everyone a little bit of entertainment
Actors, musicians, athletes, and celebrities
I wait in front of their houses, workplaces, everywhere they go

My job is to keep an eye on their daily life
Wait till something bad or interesting happens
Write about it and let the world know
It's a tough job, you gotta be strong inside out


STFU!  Voyeurism, bugging, tailing, surveillance
Getting away with murder, claiming to deliver justice
Look at that smug face, it’s all too obvious
Makes me feel so disgusted

What kind of respected life do you think that is?
What a nerve you’ve got!
Going against your own morality
To accuse someone’s infidelity and unchastity

You’re such a kiss ass, picking on the weak
You’re not living your childhood dream, are you?

Don’t wanna hear it, don’t tell me you’re proud
Why do you sneak out from the place where you came in so unashamed?
Words you speak are full of crap, so cheap, it’s pathetic


As soon as “Your Name.” became a hit, an asshole crawled out
But I didn’t just pop up, been signed to major label over 10 years
Playing for fans who wait for a weirdo like me to make music
Our connection is real, that’s why we can play arenas, you moron

But you know what you did?
Instead of coming to me, you went after my parents asking
“After 10 years of hard luck your son finally made it. How nice.”
”How does that make you feel?”  Let me ask your parent the same

How nice that your son has grown up to be
Someone who’d spy on an innocent civilian from inside the car from early morning
Force to speak against one’s will, take pictures without asking
So, to your son who makes living by all those photos he took

Do you have anything to say?  No?  No way you don’t
But your son is persistent in getting what he wants,
so like your son, squeeze out some excuse, would you please?


Dad, you’re amazing  So many people depend on you
You’re so cool, dad I’m forever proud of you, dad

But you know what, son?  Some people make fun of what I do
They look down on my job, but I won’t back down
I’m proud and I do it because people want me to
I’ll do my best to answer to those people


Yea yea, it’s nice that you are so sure about what you do
It’s nice you live another day full of pride for your job
But then, when you get caught for tailing, don’t flee, be proud
Don’t disguise as a couple next to us eavesdrop our conversation like a stalker

Distrust of people, distrust of information, I’m losing my mind
And still, you laugh?  Are you not listening?
Blame it on the TV that agitates, blame it on the public that jumps at it
“I do it because people want me to”?  What are you, a God?

For your petty income and their petty entertainment
Many were wiped from the face of the earth, but they have to live

I’m doing what I’m supposed to be doing
You’re doing what you’re supposed to be ashamed of

If you’re not ashamed, then don’t hide, don’t steal
Something’s really wrong when you can’t see people in their eyes when you talk

Dad, I finished writing, I can’t wait for tomorrow
I’ll be proud in front of the class, I’ll read it aloud

Well done, my boy, I’m so proud of you
But tomorrow, since we haven’t had much time together lately

Maybe we should plan a family trip
So you can skip class tomorrow, just don’t tell your teacher about it

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10. HOCUSPOCUS

I’m not interested in any betting like in pokers
What’s the point of guessing which is which of them’s the jokers
Plenty of guessing and cheating, already right preachers?
Some say it’s a microcosm of this world, but who cares?


I guess you’ve just chose the different planet all you haters
This one’s not created for men like you, only dreamers
I would kindly ask you not to bother me you creatures
I’ll be good and you go home we’ll meet you in next century


Ride on a bit longer
Pain pain go away
Let’s fall in love again
Don’t bother  Just leave that smart ass


I guess I’m not old enough to understand my grade card
First of all, how well you know about me Mr. Teacher
If I were you it’d take a couple of years to give me grades
Now, it’s my turn to give you one what can you do to cheer me


Am I the only one?
Number of times you felt that way
You can outshine more than anyone
Don’t bother  Just leave them


Pop your thick-head in microwave
Freeze it for 3 and a half hours
Let’s kiss while we wait
Don’t bother  Just leave our brains


Ride on a bit longer
Pain pain go away
Let’s fall in love again and again
Don’t bother  Just leave that smart ass

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11. BANZAI SENSHO

Why we aim for tomorrow with tears in our eyes?
I’m still searching for that meaning

Is this your goal in life?  Not be laughed at?
Weren’t you looking for what’s irrefutably solid?


How many dreams have I dreamt and littered on the back of the streets?
This city breaths in even that dreams to breath up a brand new day.

I’m tired of being afraid I might get cheated
My shattered umbrella of antenna no longer in use


What’s with you?  Satisfying your sorrow
Letting your pain to win over
Don’t you know that you’re the only one who’s able
To hold the smiling hand hiding behind the shadow?


Tears are food for your sorrow
Everyday it grows bigger and stronger
Whenever you make a big sigh it works up their appetites
They’ll eat you up drooling over you

But their worst enemy is your smile and voice
Blow them into pieces big and loud

He knows how you smile
Your smile is like a firework
The minute you forget to laugh you’ll fall into their trap
So let’s go pick it up


What’s with you?  Satisfying your sorrow
Letting your pain to win over  Hey what’s with you?
Shout BANZAI x 3 with a smile
BANZAI x 1000

Why we aim for tomorrow with tears in our eyes?
I’m still searching for that meaning
I’m still on my journey

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12. I I U

Sometimes I think of stupid things
Stupidest thing that you can think
How much will you be thinking of me? While I’m wasting
Almost everything of my life

I know that it’s so weird to ask you
To be more like me and not you
The reason that I loved you is cuz you were so far from
Who I was those days

Is it us who made it difficult??
But it was us who made it possible
A thousand words will never make things simple or clear
So why don’t we hold hands
If ever we meet again

People ask for purpose of life
Instead I ask for a life without one
I wish for life away from
Your skin your lips your attention
That is too stucked in my mind

Sometimes I think of stupid things
Stupidest thing that you can think
Hurry just to finish this life and just vanish
To meet you at the next
Tell me which ride should I get

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13. Nakidashisodayo feat.Aimyon

Is love still smiling by your side?
Are you still not able to drink coffee?
Oh baby, I almost called someone else by your name today again


Oh
I’m about to cry, my nerve gets washed down in the falling rain
Was it easier if I could pretend to cry out until my voice is gone?
The song I used to love is too sad to listen, it’s making me cry
I must sleep soon


Is love still shining you?
I’m a fool, that I know
Oh baby, it just doesn’t feel right when it’s not coming from you


Oh
I’m about to cry, my nerve is almost blown away in the wind
Was it easier if I could pretend to cry out until my voice is gone?
The song I used to love is too sad to listen, it’s making me cry
How was I supposed to sleep?

Whoever by your side, is he better at being spoiled?
Whoever by your side, is she better at making you laugh?

Oh
I’m about to cry, my nerve gets washed down in the falling rain
Was it easier to expose my awkwardness, love, lie, whatever?
The song I used to love is too sad to listen, it ’s making me cry
I must sleep soon

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14. TIE TONGUE feat.Miyachi, Tabu Zombie

You act cool but you know what?  The world doesn’t care that much about ya
Don't you worry  No one notices your brand new shirt

Hold on a sec  What’s that sulky face?
Sulking is for the third-grader or under
No one bothers  So don’t be bothered
Act up as you like

Life is piled on
Shamefulness, difficulty and absurdity

I wanna dream tongue-tied dream
Clumsier the better
One you get sneered at
That’s about right kinda dream

I wanna dream tongue-tied dream
Don't listen if it's annoying
One you get sneered at
We’ll make it real

Made it big like my mom always dreamt
Turned the corners I did as a kid
At last I revealed my pain concealed
The girl’s no good You broke up for good

I am the snow the rain the moon the day and the wind
Born on Feb. 12th, 5th year of Heisei
Up in the apartment I was dreaming as a youngin’ though
And as I write my thousandth song I’m finally coming up

It’s been a pleasant day, I bout to blow it down
I gave you pounds when you ain’t know the name you know me now
I came in dirty khaki and jeans and cap, I sold you loud
I took the trolley home and jotted down the coldest vows

Drawn to what's not easy to do
I’m gonna dig gold from the earth
Or aspire to be the God and write
Endure now  Then off we go

No need for expanded sensibility
No need to sing praises to the skies

I wanna fall for love tongue-tied
Clumsier the better
One you get laughed at
That's about right kinda dream

I wanna dream tongue-tied dream
Don't listen if it's annoying
One you get sneered at
We’ll make it real

I wanna dream tongue-tied dream
Clumsier the better
One you get mocked at
That's about right kinda dream

I wanna dream tongue-tied dream
Don't listen if it's annoying
One you get sneered at
We’ll make it real

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15. Mountain Top

‘Obey the way you truly believe’
‘Don’t let others rule over you’
Life will never be that easy with bag full of
All your Ancestor’s lessons

I’m alone on a mountaintop
Nobody can answer me or none of them can follow me
But you climbed up high to the sky above
How do I look from your place right now?


Some might compete their bravery
They carry around in nicest box
Be careful not to forget the right way to open it up
Or you’ll miss when you need it then
You should keep it next to your soul


I’m alone on a mountaintop
Nobody can answer me or none of them look straight at me
You climbed up high to the sky above
How am I supposed to hide my pride?

I’m a dreamer, I’m believer, no surrender
Don’t even know way turning back

Let’s go deeper, let’s go higher, show me your ego

‘Obey the way you truly believe’
‘Don’t let others rule over you’
Life will never be that easy but hey descendants
Guess that’s all I could say to you
All the rest is now up to you

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16. Saihate Aini

You are made of most things I don't have
I wanna have all of you  Is that wrong?

Let's talk love  Find out about love that's lying over there
Tiptoe  You reach your hands out

Your craving won't stop  Not sure if I should stop
The meaning of it that’s almost same as hurting

If love grabbed you by its arms
Don't try to fight it  Just open

You are made of most things I don't have
I wanna know all of you  Is that wrong?

I painted the sky using red yellow and purple
Like you and I  You know what I mean?
Because we have too many blues already

What's the best spice in the world?  Hunger
What's then, the best spice for love?  Thirsty heart
Nothing can top the love
Poured love over a thirsty heart  Hi Ho!

I'm made of half-shattered dreams and ragged memories
A patchwork of pieces  Does it embarrass you?
But it's one-of-a-kind me

Suppose you live 80 years the average life span and sleep 7 hours a day
How many more hours can I make out with you?

Suppose I work 10 hours a day, overwork 10 hours a month
It's not enough  Not enough  Darling give me love


You are made of most things I don't have
I wanna have all of you  Is that wrong?

I painted the ocean using red yellow and purple
Like you and I  You know what I mean?
Because we have too many blues already
We paint this burning flame with blue

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17. Seikai(18FES ver.)

So many secrets we have shared  Secrets we won’t share with any future friends
But simple words like “I’m sorry” were the hardest words to put

All night long we stayed awake talked about nothing  Though we knew we meet again tomorrow
The next day in the class we’d sit next to each other  Sleep at our desks busted out laughing as we both get caught

By pushing things that don’t make any sense
Maybe we thought we could prove our youth


Every question we’d been taught had an answer  Is that why?
Even in the galaxy there’s no right answer to what we really want to know

Like how to make up with someone you love the most
Like how to make that someone turn to you
Our future so unclear
There's no need for questions already answered


You were different from any friend I had before  You came along and found me
For the first time in life you made me like myself  Did you know that?  You probably had no idea

In my mind I always walked behind you even when you were by my side
But from tomorrow there's no one's back to follow


Every question we’d been taught had an answer  Is that why?
No grown-ups have the right answer to what we really want to know

Like how to sleep at night when you’re ecstatic
Like how to heal the wound welled up with regrets
Like how to comfort a friend whose heart is broken

The day we yelled at each other for the first time  Later I found out that you were smil-ing
You broke open this awkward heart of mine  Having hard times not knowing how to communicate


Every question we’d been taught had an answer but from tomorrow on
I must find the answer by myself until we meet again

Fill in the blank to complete the sentence
This is the last question

“My life from tomorrow without you
will be …………………………….

The amount of time left to answer is... all your life
The answer sheet is... all your life
But I won’t be around to check the answer for you
Use all your life to give yourself a score


"Are you ready?  Start!”

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All original lyrics and music by Yojiro Noda
English translation by Kyoko Maruyama

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