My Second Instinct
In my near-empty concerts and this tepid society, people always ask me who I’m supposed to be.On the radio, in magazines, even on the internet. Who are you supposed to be? Who even am I really?My first instinct failed me a long time ago. I promised I would make it soon, but soon’s already gone.Just saying you will doesn’t create momentum, and yet here I am, still compelled to say it.
I was plagued by horrible gossip at my workplace. It made my hands sweat and I felt my knees shake.I know you have to get a running start before you jump, but the dark abyss looks like it’d swallow me up.I want to hear you say that you’re gonna go for it. I’ve been talking to myself so much more lately.It feels like I’m living in my house with myself. And soon I asked him, “Who are you supposed to be?”
Who gives a damn about money and livelihood? Show me something that’s actually worth looking at!Like the twilight in Asamushi after a concert. That’s the kind of beauty I want you to show me!I heard somebody say that words are powerless. But if that’s true, then powerless means nothing too!I’ve enough hate, envy, and obsession to load a gun. I could fill up a wasp’s nest with this pessimism!
To hell with speaking the words of somebody else! To hell with speaking for the sake of someone else!I don’t want to talk about quotas, figures, or data! I want to talk to you with words from the heart!To hell with you who mock people for their ideals! What sort of singer wouldn’t sing about their desires?!How about you actually give singing a shot yourself?! Just who in the hell are you supposed to be?!