1996.01.26 | JIK Records
Children
Lyrics & Music By Tatsuya Mizunaga
Translated by Lynne Hobday
Japanese
Romaji
English
It’s a dark and lonely night and there’s nothing
that seems to be going right,
I hear the sound of explosions ringing out far away.
I hear the roar of a satellite in orbit, as it soars above me,
I hear the screams reach out from the other side of the world.
Please tell me now,
You know I’ve never ever held a gun in my hand.
Please tell me now,
I’ve never held a flag that I wanted to defend.
As another tall building goes up in sheer flame,
There’s a boy by the window and he’s taking aim.
And with all of the pleasure to be found in this town,
Tell me what does he dream, tell me what does he dream?
As I’m walking on the sidewalk,
I pass another everyday accident,
I am staring at the black stain of the blood drying on the road.
Absent-mindedly I watch the news shown over and over,
I can imagine a bullet’s heat, passing through my chest.
Please tell me now,
You know I’ve never ever tried to kill anyone.
Please tell me now,
I’m not living to curse fate, you know.
Gazing up at the sky, which is a blazing red.
There’s a young girl who’s lost one of her arms.
Tell me, is her desire for a beautiful dress,
Which the men will see and then make her undress.
As another tall building goes up in sheer flame,
There’s a boy by the window and he’s taking aim.
And with all of the pleasure to be found in this town,
Tell me what does he dream, tell me what does he dream?
Gazing up at the sky, which is a blazing red.
There’s a young girl who’s lost one of her arms.
Tell me, is her desire for a beautiful dress,
Which the men will see and then make her undress.