ey_lyrics (english)

eastern youth
365-step blues (365 Ho-no Blues)
11th Album - Released in 2006 by King Records (Japan) / Five One, Inc. (USA)
< Hisashi Yoshino - electric guitars, voices > < Tomokazu Ninomiya - bass > < Atsuya Tamori - drums > Lyrics translated into English by: Shinkansen (Thanks, Caleb, for showing me the English translated lyrics for 365-Step Blues to help me type and put them in this page. )
1. Make for the waste land/Arano-ni shinro-wo tore no way of knowing the reasons you were born then you stare, from where you stand, into the present which is wounded and worn-out, though keeping the starting posture of a runner immense blue sky, as far as the eye can see a good day to start a journey the reflection of the town on a pool resembled the landscape of your mind �gmake up your mind for the worst by dawn�h the nocturnal formula for thousands of nights only in the imminent dark could you find what you were after leaning out of a window waving yet another farewell one keeps on their journey jumping across the border stepping into the stormy wasteland one keeps on their journey no way of knowing what tomorrow will bring you stare into the today that you live through sorrow may surge and overflow at any moment you cannot be drowned and running with wind above head letting out songs instead of tears one keeps on their journey in slightly longer strides with eyes wide open, gallantly windward one keeps on their journey 2. One-way ticket song/ Katamichi kippu-no uta as I stepped down on the platform there was a lukewarm wind blowing determined never to return I came over to this city the landscape almost unreal, yet nothing but real the sky would crack and fall apart my shadow on the asphalt a shadow of an exhausted walker motionless, baked onto the pavement things everybody knows things anybody knows still remain a mystery to me a whole day of seeking a whole day of missing repeated yet again today the evening sky beyond the horizon jeering at my tiny self those days have long since passed they are water under the bridge "wake up, rise and get out of the house set off on foot and where shall I go set off on foot and I'll go there platform no. 4, colors are peeling off and fading all right once you get used to it all right whatever happens" things obvious to everyone things obvious to every way still I would keep them as a challenge a whole day of seeking a whole day of missing repeated again even today the morning glow beyond the horizon as if getting on my tiny back the ticket is one-way, crumpled in hand with a passenger in the dark the train goes on keep astray, go ahead 3. Lone path, wind's path/ Hitori michi, kaze-no michi "so none of you have objections?" on a street "how about you?" at the forks your back is almost gone from sight as birds in the sky fly out of sight it's always like this at my feet it was always like this a long shadow you are the only one who never left me the wind raises a cloud of dust "give me a break for a while I can't laugh right now." the sky was all that I looked up to my shadow is the only follower on the path it's good because they say nothing it's good being with the sky and your shadow and nothing else friendship is akin to business passion is aking to apathy "it's about time we parted again see you again, somewhere, sometime" breathing out, feet side by side one step forward to know the wind the sky is all that I look up to my shadow is the only follower on the path it's good because they say nothing it's good being with the sky and your shadow and nothing else 4. The hill of hope/ Kibou-no oka "today would be your day at last" a voice comes from behind yet the rain cloud remains hanging over my head a song by some unknown fighter rings today again through the street at dawn echoing shaky and fragile dreams sung and turned into a sky footsteps sound as if only proof that i'm alive the sudden urge to start running barefoot fades into the morning haze over the lane "today would be your day at last" a voice comes from behind yet the rain cloud remains hanging over me footsteps sound as if only proof that i'm alive the sudden urge to start running barefoot fades into the morning haze over the lane I came over here today again to hear the voice of whoever was there but there is no voice at all I see a black bird flying above in the sky 5. The overpowered/ Hiriki naru mono life is full of dooms 3 p.m., deep in defeat are you kidding me? I am alive. I defy! from one through ten! (from one through ten: with everything, completely) resignations and subjections territories and unspoken norms death threat? so what? I defy! from one through ten! oh sun! like a huge fire ball burn my anger and grief! at daybreak, at midday, and night those will burst, soundless and shapeless "zip your mouth, big-headed bastard stick to the norm, foolhardy dumbass" who are you to tell me what to do? I defy! from one through ten! one stumble and tomorrow unknown a total defeat and whereabouts unknown hold on! no backing off! I defy! from one through ten! oh moonshine! like a midwinter snowstorm polish the solitude and bleakness at daybreak, at midday and night those will burst, soundless and shapeless life is full of dooms I am nose deep in the mud don't piss me off, don't piss me off I defy! from one through ten! I defy and fight to be defeated yet I continue to defy my life is mine and mine alone I defy! from one through ten! oh pity, pity the ignorant and incompetent oh pity, pity the innocent and overpowered at daybreak, at midday and night those will burst, soundless and shapeless	6. Summer shine/ Natsu-no hikari with his back slightly hunched, near a commuter station he melts into the suburban scene on the weekend there are so many things out of his reach the sweet dream escapes and flies away his face left gaping in disappointment like flowers men and women passing by in their best clothes now, fetched too far away from those his mind succumbed, barely hears the wind which is stating the fact that he is alive as if it's singing, as if it's smiling the summer shine is freezing quietly the look of the clouds anticipates an intro starting the evening bell sounds like a long-drawn sob he finds tears and smiles blended on his face on old, familiar street corners he begins to feel like an utter stranger as if to mark the beginning of the end yellow-tinged clouds are gleaming like elaborate blessings like satanic whispers 7. A moonlit lamb/ Kohitsuji to tsuki akari on the rooftop of a building, before dusk I was gazing up at running clouds every sound retreated in my ears heard some kid's voice from somewhere "conclusion yet to come" (before one of those suburban railway stations: with shopping malls and maybe a bus terminal nearby, the busiest parts in residential areas of Tokyo.) about the time human shadows pale out about the time I abandon language there's a faceless person by the ticket gate picking up someone's face "conclusion postponed" trotting down the dark street with a smile on your face when really there's nothing to be cheerful about beneath an awkward fake smile lurks a loneliness that will drive you to tears moonlight on a big city at midnight I saw a star dropping from the sky and caught it in my hands after gawking at it for a while I threw it away on the road "conclusion too early" silence blots out my tomorrow a sigh rips off my face slowly it lands by the ticket gate where someone picks it up "conclusion anywhere?" trotting down the dark street with a frown on your face when really there's nothing to be serious about beneath a crude fake theory lurks an emptiness that will drive you insane moonlight on a big city at midnight tearing the air before daybreak the first morning train again heralds the new day rising as I watch it there "no conclusion wanted no conclusion wanted no conclusion wanted" good-bye to the moonlight on a big city good-bye to the moonlight on a big city 8. The reddened back/ Akai senaka everything I know will be no better than a castle in the sand it will wash out in a moment assaulted by the tide what will remain of it? who is the wreck that I am? the huge cloud is fleeing away is the color of the evening glow borne red on my back a blister with a dark ache or the proof of a burning life? afterthoughts and regrets are always flushed to drain on a day I am at a loss where to go, I walk barefoot to know the position where I am made to stand and know the limit so that I transcend it thus is today the color of the evening glow borne red on my back blazing redder, redder and yet redder to the point it's sad what should heal these burns? I am waiting for a rain just waiting for a rain is the color of the evening glow borne red on my back a blister with a dark ache or the proof of a burning life? it's still as it was on that day it's all as it was on that day it's still the color of the evening glow I have borne on my back 9. It snows on the tiled roofs/ Kawara-no yane-ni yuki ga furu it snows on the tiled roofs as if to lull us all to sleep it snows on the high rises as if to numb our nerves to sleep snow in the city melts quickly to form ugly, muddy slush snow falls onto the dirty snow keeps on falling as it gets defiled off from the main road, escape into an alley off from the main road, escape into the snow ah, is it tears or dreams that are falling? those soundless sounds make my eardrums quiver Tokyo in the snow tonight tiled roofs and high rises alike in the snow 10. 365-step blues/ 365 ho-no blues will this journey terminate here? or is this where all trains originate from? the spring wind should finally get me airborne but the realities remain as surly as a wall my tomorrows fall away with each halt my heart thins with each rain yet I never leave behind the color the sky that day which I hold fast and clinch tight inside the pocket my clenched teeth strangle my yawn as I stand marooned on a city street in the early hours wave after wave tripping my feet tumbling and stumbling I run, run, run for whom does the sun blaze and flare as it does for what do we repeat our songs of tears as we do my clenched teeth strangle my yawn as I stand marooned on a city street in the early hours

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