Second Class Citizen
Second Class Citizen
(NIHILIST EP /OTOR-003/2009)
Sakura Nozaki - Voice
Eric Jonson - Drums
Chris Rob-Keys
Hideshi ‘heedey’ Omachi_Bass
Sam McIlvain – Guitar
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Tired of hearing that old man saying “despair is hope”,
Tired of the system of hard workers never rewarded,
Tired of the people, who are cling to their nothing status,
Tired of myself, being working poor.
From this building, I see the bird flying below.
Knowing it’s not because I fly above it, but because I stand at the top of this skyscraper.
The blue sky, my wish to be a good person,
I don’t think these are just a fantasy.
Hey you, can I stay alive?
I don’t ache for event or the reason, but for thinking myself uncool.
Not only that, I can’t believe I still worry about where I stand.
Maybe it’s human nature? But still it’s lame.
If the word “despair” has color, it should be the color of the sea on a nice day.
I’ll get swallowed no matter how stiffly I stand.
Not a blue, but more a yellow sea.
Holding the pain in my fist, grasping the ground in the arch of my feet,
Straighten my back and stand vertically with the sky.
Reject the label of second class citizen with single-minded humility.
Yeah I just remembered I have a place to go back to.
Let’s sing this pain at the studio, everyone should be there now.
Turn the negative into positive, turn the pain into tenderness.
It must be tenderness. It must be.
I can give my all to it.
I can smile as long as music exists.
Yesterday was the worst.
I realized not only did the gears not fit, but sharpened each other, but I was hurt.
Alright I’ll stop.
Thanks, now I’ll decide.
Four measures from now, I’ll fake it as usual.
Don’t need to change the chord for a while.
We don’t need to decide details,
Play as you feel. The way we always do.
I gotta find peace of mind.
I gotta find peace of mind.
I gotta find peace of mind.
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Translation by Courtney Fitzgerald and Sakura Nozaki