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The Narrow Way

この世は無常皆んな分かつてゐるのさ
誰もが移ろふさう絶え間ない流れに
ただ右往左往してゐる

いつも通りお決まりの道に潜むでゐるあきのよる
着脹れして生き乍ら死んぢやあゐまいかとふと訝る

飼馴らしてゐるやうで 飼殺してゐるんぢやあないか
自分自身の才能をあたまとからだ 丸で食い違ふ
人間たる前の単に率直な感度を頼つてゐたいと思ふ
さう本性は獣 丸腰の命をいま野放しに突走らうぜ
行く先はこと切れる場所大自然としていざ行かう

そつと立ち入るはじめての道に震へてふゆを覚える
紛れたくて足並揃へて安心してゐた昨日に恥ぢ入る

気遣つてゐるやうで気遣わせてゐるんぢやあ厭だ
自己犠牲の振りして 御為倒しか とんだかまとゝ
謙遜する前の単に率直な態度を誇つてゐたいと思ふ
さう正体は獣 悴むだ命でこそ 成遂げた結果が全て
孤独とは言ひ換へりやあ自由 黙つて遠くへ行かう

本物か贋物かなんて無意味
能書きはまう結構です
幸か不幸かさへも 勝敗さへも 当人だけに意味が有る

無けなしの命がひとつ だうせなら使ひ果たさうぜ
かなしみが覆ひ被さらうと 抱きかゝへて行くまでさ
借りものの命がひとつ 厚かましく使ひ込むで返せ
さあ貪れ 笑ひ飛ばすのさ 誰も通れぬ程 狭き道をゆけ

The Narrow Way

This world is impermanent, we all know it
Everyone changes, it is said, in the ceaseless flow
Only drifting right and left

The usual fall night lurking in the usual path
Growing fat and bloated, I wonder if I'm already living dead

It seems like we're taming it, but aren't we actually killing it?
My own talent, my mind and body, completely at odds
I want to rely on the simple sensitivity of being human
Yes, we are animals, lives on the line, let's run wild now
Our destination is the place where we die, let's go as nature intended

Trembling as I gently step onto the unfamiliar path
I was ashamed of yesterday, trying to fit in, marching in line

It seems like we're being considerate, but aren't we actually making others considerate?
Pretending to be selfless, self-righteous hypocrites
I want to be proud of my straightforward attitude, before humility
Yes, we are animals, results achieved only through our vulnerable lives
Loneliness is just another word for freedom, let's go far away in silence

Genuine or fake, it doesn't matter
Enough with the rhetoric
Happiness or unhappiness, victory or defeat, it only has meaning for the individual

We only have one life, so let's use it up
Even if sorrow overwhelms us, let's carry it with us until the end
We only have one borrowed life, let's use it shamelessly and return it
Come on, let's devour it, laugh it off, walk the narrow path where no one else can follow