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eastern youth
Soko kara Nani ga Mieru ka/ What Can You See From Your Place
9th Album - Released in 2003 by King Records (Japan) / Five One, Inc. (USA)
< Hisashi Yoshino - Guitar, Voice > < Tomokazu Ninomiya - Bass > < Atsuya Tamori - Drums > Lyrics translated into English by: Unknown
1. JIYUU/ FREEDOM What can you see from your place The west wind is wide open to the world Can you see what's going on far beyond the roofs You see sparrows and crows in the sky above You hear children playing on the way home from school nothing unusual, nothing unusual... A gust of wind could blow them away, out of memory, out of sight Where does it come from? Where do they lead? The next moment I lose track of them and give still birth to my embryonic thought How sad is this evening view You see sparrows and crows in the sky above You hear children playing on the way home from school nothing unusual, nothing unusual... A ray of the sun could flash them away, out of sight, out of memory Am I free in this lightened place? What can I do in this lightened place? I am free, I am free, I am free. But am I? What can I do, what can I do, what can I do at all? 2. SEKAI-WA WAREHIBIKU MIMINARI-NO YOUDA/ THE WORLD SHATTERS AND RESONATES IN MY EARS With each step forward I take The world shatters and resonates in my ears In an office block frantically I wave as the sun colors the panes in vermilion I see the scarlet winds as they resonate in my ears crack, creak, crash and vanish It will vanish As the wind turns into a song I start singing in the middle of a footbridge, when suddenly raindrops fall from a sunny sky Hallelujah, let more fall on me, fall on the world, resonate in my ears Pigeons flock from the station square and rise to follow the evening sun I see joy and sorrow as they resonate in my ears crack, creak, crash and vanish It will vanish Face up, eyes straight on the world, as it is Let the world shatter and resonate as we go through the days Shatter and resonate in the ears Resonate! 3. HASHIRU JIGAZOU/ A RUNNER'S SELF-PORTRAIT Running on a long downhill road with almost dancing steps Whose voice is this? Who is calling me? The smell of snow, a row of birch trees Joined by my footsteps I run after a mirage It'll be my voice calling me Calls dull in my hears yet never to stop A fragile being, flames are to pass ready to take flight into the crowds, saying it's not only me? Midnight rain with its depressing sound dampens the sparks and the flames in my heart Yet imprinted on my eyes and on the skin Stubborn aspirations keep me reminded A trivial being, resignations rooted ready to give away both ears, saying it's not only me? Kindle up those images Run throughout your body's heat Remain in isolation Remain human 4. POKETTE-KARA TE-WO DASENAIDE IRU/ HANDS TUCKED AWAY IN MY POCKETS A kite hanging from a wire, torn and broken flapping mournfully in the winter air My hands tucked away in my pockets A soul in a standstill, admiring the clouds in the sky My breath forms a cloud, which the setting sun pierces with its rays My breath forms a cloud, which colors pierce with all their tints Is everything transient in this world? Will the testaments hold good for good? My hands tucked away in my pockets A soul, mute and silent, expecting a snowfall Sentiments fall on the ground, violet-tinged Realities fall on the ground, violet-tinged Those recurring flashes and blackouts They appear without notice and then disappear without a trace Sentiments fall on the ground, violet-tinged Realities fall on the ground, violet-tinged My hands tucked away in my pockets Glimpse of reflections on glass panes My hands tucked away in my pockets Just keeping my pace steady 5. TOKYO KAISEI SESSHI REIDO/ TOKYO CLEAR ZERO DEGREES CELSIUS Spread over the sky. the white sculpture afloat cruises slowly and magnificently Down on earth, my footsteps sound Down on earth, my humming sounds Tough to laugh right now But I'll see you off with a bitter smile See you, bye, so long We are alike in that we both have no destination Yes Moments pass in that way At a dizzying speed, probably at the pace of my heartbeat Colors burst at the freezing point An Up-train tears through the town In the serene winter winds Silhouettes rush to and fro See you, bye, so long We are alike in the way we drift Blue and white, red and yellow Green and gray Ordinary colors are just as good Only wish I felt them at the bottom of my hearts See you, bye, so long We are alike in that we both have no destination	6. HAKAI MUZAN HACHIGATSU/ BREAKING THE VOW ON A DARE, AUGUST By clapping hands I call it, Gotcha! and then throw it away into the dark night No use crying, no way out! Good-for-nothing flipping flopping August Don't leave me, don't disappear The wave surges and breaks, then it recedes Starry nights, lush green leaves Teary-eyed idiot in August Dream in one hand, darkness in the other, whirling them in the air at a midsummer intersection I am blood, I am a flower I am as I am, an inexhaustible heat generator One step forward, tumble on the ground Right Here Feel your way toward the handclapping With its scorching heat reflecting toward us The energy in frenzy, the energy in fury Sets fire to the world and burns us The energy in frenzy, the energy in fury Dream in one hand, darkness in the other, whirling them in the air at a midsummer intersection I am blood, I am a flower I am as I am Breaking the vow on a dare, August 7. KOE/ VOICE Cherry Blossom under a cloudy sky How can I find my lost soul? Running around this way and that Calling out in the crowd? "God is dead" Obviously I am not "Blossom is over" But my toiling days are not Striking the bell with the hammer, again and again Hammer apart the rain clouds, Hammer myself into pieces Rising from deep inside the throat My voice sounds like a wind The wind will crash away my April Let it crash as it crashes Let me drift as I drift Drift off into a slumber Until slapped on the cheeks by a ghost, jump up Let it open the windows wide Open wide the soul Open wide the past Open wide the future a voice that would thunder and break the horizon a scorching voice a tearing voice a sanguineous voice voice, voice 8. AKIKAZE-TO YAROU-TACHI/ AUTUMN WINDS AND THE GUYS Tearing the winds, An open D chord burns down the backstreets in the autumn chill I know how wonderful those shining eyes are and the single-minded views, like those of dolphins restless, yearning We are, at any time Thunder storms are calling you from far away Fill the glass with gunpowder and madness Empty it and laugh again And resume your run Never to look back and think twice Who am I? Where am I? Who is it up to? Where to go? What to do? Who is it up to? See off the figure moving away under the streetlights blessed by the moonlight We are, at any time Empty it and laugh again Never to look back and think twice 9. ZIGZAG, ZIGZAG, TICKTOCK, TICKTOCK Rain has started Speech in siege Shut in behind the windows Distention and Bondage Rain falling like arrows ZigzagZigzag TickTockTickTock Pricking my back Rain has started Dealing blows to ideology A god has descended Idolatry and Attachment Rain reads out the verdict ZigzagZigzag TickTockTickTock You shall learn Distention, Bondage, Idolatry, Attachment Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Rain falls equally on everybody ZigzagZigzag TickTockTickTock Pricking my back 10. DOA-WO AKERU ORE/ I OPEN THE DOOR Sunk in gloom and sullen I open the door and go out Any destination is OK With a gentle push from behind by the midday breeze No way, sweetie-pie, pouty sulky baby This town after rain shone by the setting sun Mt. Fuji rises again on the skyline, calm and glowing What a sunset... isn't it a luxury? It is. Certainly, it is. Experience makes you clever, mature and thoughtful content and tame on a chain Yet craving for dawn No way, sweetie-pie, fussy cranky baby This town in small hours on my way back home Another day will dawn with renewed rage an life what a morning glow... isn't it luxury? It is. Certainly, it is. Vibrancy, stagnancy, the sun rises again Placidity, insanity, the sun sets again

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