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Old 12th May 2016, 06:14 PM
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Mad World (lyrics)

edit: Updated with the official lyrics.

[edit (2017/06) : Thanks to some Japanese fans, I finally figured out what ツケの神 is supposed to mean The "ツケ" is likely a reference to "ツケが回ってくる" (if you do something bad, retribution will come for you in the end). That's why I changed the translation to "god of retribution".]

Mad World

If trees could speak
what would they plead for?
Chopped down without mercy,
they lie at death’s door

The god of retribution laughs
at our endless foolishness

*
Please, tell me, if it's you,
what would you think at a time like this?
Please, tell me, if it’s me,
to whom should I confess
what I’m thinking at a time like this, in tears?

If the wind could speak
what would it plead for?
Its colours and scent
polluted beyond recognition

The god of retribution laughs
at our immense arrogance

**
Please, tell me, if it's you,
how would you live in this era?
Please, tell me, this era honestly makes me sick to my stomach
— where should I voice this opinion?

"It means nothing if I, just one person,
stands up" — thinking like that,
will you simply wait for a stranger
to stand up before you?

* repeat
** repeat


Japanese lyrics:
Spoiler:

もし木々が話せたら
何を訴えるだろう
無残に切り倒され
横たわる死の淵で

終わりなき愚かさに
ツケの神が笑ってる


教えてよねぇあなたなら
こんな時何を思う
教えてよねぇ私なら
こんな時何を思い涙して
いるのかなんて
本当誰に吐けばいい

もし風が話せたら
何を訴えるだろう
色だとか匂いとか
原形なく汚染され

肥大する傲慢さ
ツケの神が笑ってる

**
教えてよねぇあなたなら
この時代をどう生きる
教えてよねぇ私はもう
この時代に心から吐き気が
してるだとかって
本音はどこにやればいい

たった自分ひとりだけが
立ち上がったとこで
意味はない
そうやって知らぬ誰かが
先に立つのを待つの?


**

Last edited by tenshi no hane; 25th June 2017 at 10:56 AM. Reason: official lyrics
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