human capacity
human capacity
(Direction EP /OTOR-002/2007)
Sakura Nozaki - Voice
Eric Jonson - Drums
Ben Hoffstein -Keys
Sam McIlvain – Guitar
DJ A1_Scratch(SPIN SCAANLOUS )
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I’ve been uncomfortable since my birth
I’ve got only five fingers and two legs
But one piano has no limits
If I had had another finger, I could have played differently
It’s too late for regret
Such a sad thing, I was born as a human being
Human capacity constricts me
My “Brother Lee” weeps listening to “Citizen Cope”
I’m just skin, flesh, nerves, blood vessels and bones
I remembered that moment
A beautiful mountain was rising before my eyes
I was just trying to realize my ideals
So I tried to climb up all by myself
It was the middle of a winter
At 5,800m above sea-level, my body was broken
I was worn out, almost frozen to death
In my head, only wanting my daily bread
I didn’t care where I would live, as long as I could.
The desert or Sendai, doesn’t even matter
I’m only mammal, Homo sapien on Planet Earth
Because my body can’t fly so my thoughts don’t go over stars
No, my thoughts never have gone over the starts, which must be why my body can’t fly
Feeling like I’ve been trapped in transparent cage
Feeling like I’ve been controlled by transparent oppression
Now I think I’ve only been trained
Succession
Inside experimental devices
In the corner of prison city
First, clear up the brainwashing of Do-Re-Mi, instruments, voice, and music theory
Battle of music simulation
Delete decorated elements meticulously
I’m certain I don’t need things I don’t need
What would you buy with this \10,000
I wonder what I can create with this \10,000
I’m sorry but I don’t need what you just said
Want more books, more words and more new sounds
I’d been looking for the reason for the tears I shed when I picked up customer’s leftovers
It’s not the word “dignity”
The capacity of human words is limited
My body, brain, and voice want to jump out of the tube of toothpaste
Human capacity constricts me
My “Brother Lee” weeps listening to “Citizen Cope”
I was born here in Sendai City
I’ve been living here in prison city without warning
Ichi(one)-Ni(two)-San(three)-Shi(four=death), my enemy
Aren’t you an outsider just like me?
Anywhere we go, human capacity will be constricting us
But my thoughts, anyway, haven’t gone beyond the sky
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Translation by Andrew Lawrence and Sakura Nozaki