#matchagyudon

Lately, I’ve found a way to move ahead once more, Just through peering into the subtleties of my heart The words I tossed aside, now float on the wind, I want to bundle them up and offer it to you

No longer can I see any similar faces as I walk through the waves of people I just really wanted to be like everyone else

Paying my electricity bill, every day is like walking on a tightrope In a country where nothing is equal, there’s only so much you can do The sound I wish for won’t ring out, it’s pathetic Perhaps you can hear the breathing of this city in the blooming flower beds Someone’s humming cuts through the fleeting breath, and I ask, “What is Happiness?”

I forced a smile on my face in the mirror, to pretend to be happy, To see if I could hypnotize myself into calling it love I wanted to be equal to you If I don’t have to walk alone, I wouldn’t mind braving the crowds, even for just a moment

In the silence, we move forward, one by one, toward the path of survival, A skyscraper pierces through the clouds and lightning, to clear the skies of Shinjuku

Childish emotions and fragile bodies, social systems and borderline expectations, This is the reality of a still suit until the half-price sticker is pressed on The dissonant and disorderly soundscape feels like a song that lulls me to sleep The gears I oil nightly creak on, like a rondo playing towards tomorrow

I don’t need to scream out anymore, The sound I wanted to drown out was the sound of my heartbeat, beating away Tomorrow I will put on my suit once more, Tighten my necktie, lace up my shoes, and let the notes carry my words

I forced a smile on my face in the mirror, to pretend to be happy, To see if I could hypnotize myself into calling it love I wanted to be equal to you If I don’t have to walk alone, I wouldn’t mind braving the crowds, even for just a moment

Lately, I’ve found a way to move ahead once more, Just through peering into the subtleties of my heart The words I tossed aside, now float on the wind, I’ll bundle them, for you

I’ve never been all that careful I pushed through only to break it again In the salty sea breeze, I can’t stop Those days that shone bright blue

With nowhere to go Only using these moments to fill the void When did I lose sight Of what’s ahead of the headlights

I can’t turn back Burdened by my frustrations and karma

Through all the stumbling and doubts And if we drift apart We can’t just put it behind us Even when they become a thing of the past

Those slightly cold days With the sound of our laughter Where things like righteousness or logic didn’t exist Are crystal clear in my memories

No matter how much junk I scrape up We won’t ever get there, just stuck in a loop Of our twisted perceptions clashing

All I ever wanted was to see your smile Yet with the sins of that day I’m bound by chains as the tomorrows pass me

Where do I go Faced with the endless crossroads before me

Before I knew it, our tangled feelings Faded into the sky After all the stealing and hurting, Who can I entrust them to?

Even if I can’t become a hero In my castle of rubble Will a gentle night come That overlooks my wrongs?

Through all the stumbling and doubts And if we drift apart We can’t just put it behind us Even when they become a thing of the past

This time around, I subbed an event!

This is only Track One of the Ichiro hero event from Hypdori.

The clouds still hang heavy over the wet asphalt As we sit down with the moonlight peaking through Face-to-face with our swollen faces, we laugh Saying it still hurts; Can we run a little farther? Towards the sea, we ran

The wind carries away our doubts and pain Your words will always reach me Echoing endlessly

Ah, when I close my eyes, I can still vividly recall everything Yesterday’s sky and the shining morning sun No matter where I am, it won’t change a thing I can run without any hesitations

Even if I can’t reach the backs of those that stand ahead Of the dreams we once spoke of, that doesn’t mean I’ve forgotten

Rather than being stubborn and putting on a brave face I want to follow my heart and laugh as I please More freely than anyone in this world

The night is over, and the sea is stained red I’ll be going on ahead Just a little longer I still want to see this through

Ah, I still can’t reach no matter how hard I chase after you It’s not fair that you keep leaving me behind

Now, do you understand what karma is? The glory and errors of my past days have been piling up Was I trapped because I wanted to be at ease?

Remorse, my guilty conscience, and self-sacrifice This is the conclusion to taking the easy way out The challenges that have been lying about are still untouched

In this Labryinth Wall Time or patience, are they no longer necessary? Is it easy to break free from here? Are you saying that life itself has no pain?

Is our answer, even now, that suffering in agony is inevitable? Is it said that we humans have ended conflict? So then, what in the world have we learned from history?

Life is a game, this embellishment is a joke Just when you think that you can’t take it anymore, The true scenario of your fate can be rewritten Strike out your languidness, and remove the overbearing shackles With my mic and charts, all that’s left is the love in my heart It’s not that those who believe are saved, But rather whether you can keep believing until you are saved

Inside of strength is tenderness, and within tenderness you can find strength The taste of defeat, like biting on sand, is now the spice of life

With these hands, certainly, with these hands I will wake them up This country’s heart is coming to an end And the only power that can revive it Would be love That is the only way we can wake them up With pomp and circumstance, today, we will be gallant too

The commotion of Shinjuku, noises mingling together Dissonance reverberating within the spiral of reincarnation This city is still in deep turmoil Whispering sweet temptations, fleeting pleasures

Like a weed hidden in a back alley, this flower is nameless, yet noble It sways gently in the breeze today, once more There is no other flower as strong as concrete

It was sudden, my heart became soaked The shock hit me like lightning “Obligation and self-awareness”, I was prepared for those two words From tragedy to comedy, the reasoning is reversed

To live, in itself, is love Life isn’t about winning or losing It’s about everything Now is the time to accept one another’s differences Why don’t we accept each other? Or to love each other?

Let’s return, once more, to the beginning Be rid of any doubt’s on the meaning of Life Life and soul, the contrast of finite and infinite The land that rises with its bestowed role

The voices that cry out as we plunged into the battlefield Even if my throat were to be slit, I will keep shouting For the happiness of myself and others, my altruistic heart keeps going on The timbre of world peace now sounds nostalgic Let it ring out

From this one microphone, this song will connect once again I am not offering words such as ostentation, vanity, or greed But my very life in itself, I am selling piece by piece Relish yourself to your heart’s content on my flesh and body

The contradictions and absurdity of our murky, chaotic society Drink it all in one gulp This is the essence of the power of words, true vitality, meaning and significance of life, To be inherited with abundance and triumph

There’s no need to be frightened or worry anymore If you have already put together that death is certain That even then you cannot escape the 7 Deadly Sins Calmly hold it close, just as you are, all your worries The future is waiting for us to complete our unfinished work Lying in wait, clearing their throats Eagerly waiting for as long as it takes

We will set a firm foundation for the new century to come When that time comes, we shall make a sound that will shake the heavens and the earth The land will split and crawling out of it will be song and dance The voice that we shouted at the moon, and felt as if it were in vain Will reach the moon in 32 days Devote yourself to the one before your eyes From the bottom of one’s heart to another, the seed of peace Together, slowly, one step at a time, we will move forward

We are all God’s creatures!

From now on, let us all entrust our lives to another, together!

Track 2!

The feelings that connect us, the wishes we made certain, the miracle we reached for The hope you gave me on my way, you will always be my close friend Stand by me, stand by you, we swore-- over and over I’ll be by your side As long as it’s with you

I could feel it behind me, your shouts echoing a thousand times Kept believing and chasing after an ever-changing tomorrow

You & I, let’s go see the future we dreamed of, now

The feelings that connect us, the wishes we made certain, the miracle we reached for The hope you gave me on my way, you will always be my close friend Stand by me, stand by you, we swore-- over and over I’ll be by your side

Our story isn’t over yet, so keep fighting Tear it down, fix it up, do it all over again-- however many times it takes, so come on

Tears and pride overflow, together with the retries, we arrived at the end credits Searching for the future on my way, no matter what world we’re in, you’re my close friend I wished for you to stand by me, and I’ll stand by you-- no matter what, you’ll be by my side

Shout out, smile, and run-- we’re racing through time, aah yeah