Takada Kozue

It's a sunny day, and I should have been gently laughing in this town today too
I went out to buy milk and bread for breakfast
It came at the same time that my shoes kicked up a cloud of dust
Everyone's faces who looked at me were frozen, so time wasn't needed

"Your acting is pretty good. Stop it with the bad jokes."

My laughter is like a knife, that vanished in the screams
I'm having some kind of a nightmare, the pain from pinching my cheek is the real thing

Up until yesterday, you needed me so much

Black clouds covered the sky, rain the melted everything poured down
When I reached my hand out to a fallen friend, they convulsed, saying they didn't want to die
And ran away

In this city that has no one in it, I'm floating on waves of sadness
The face of a flattered friend was blurred by my tears

I'm asking what it is that I've done; Ahh god, why?

And in the puddles beneath my feet, I finally looked in and saw it
It was a monster with white eyes strangely shining, covered in a black flame

In a dream that's fallen from exhaustion
I'm thinking that I'm saving someone with makeshift words
Calmly betraying people's kindness, I pretend not to see another person that I envy
It's a lie that I tell in order to fix myself, an insult that I use in order to not make enemies
I've seen everything, everything, everything, everything

And my ugly flame erases trees, flowers, and cities alike
Please, erase me; I don't want to break this city that I love, any more than this
I screamed out

It's a sunny day, and I should have been gently laughing in this town today too
I went out to buy milk and bread for breakfast
Sweat, the sun, and my tired body; Everyone's faces look at me
Holding all of that in a strong embrace, I quietly wept