English Lyrics:
I put down the monster grown large
with a bullet to his head
from the concealed handgun I carry
next time, I won’t take so long
to pull the trigger
Is his true form vanity?
Or the fear of failure?
caught up in the shower of praise,
is he my burgeoning conceit?
Calm my panicked breathing,
and focus my energies on my trigger finger.
In a world only I can go to, a gunshot roars out
followed by the flash of the barrel
dazzlingly gorgeous and short-lived.
“When one thing ends, another begins”
I believe that light is shouting this to me.
I found loneliness and innocence,
deep in the eyes of the cornered monster.
like an abandoned kitten,
he curled up and trembled with fear
If only I could tie him up like this,
and tame him so.
Faced with so many different choices and possibilities
I lose sight of what I was searching for, what I desired.
“When one thing is born, another dies.”
I believe there’s no escaping this fact.
An evening twilight that’s too calm
in the stillness of the midnight hour
the monster starts acting up again
I catch my breath and load a bullet into the chamber
so the monster doesn’t suspect my quiet intention to kill him.
and again now, in a world only I can go to, a gunshot roars out
followed by the flash of the barrel
dazzlingly gorgeous and short-lived.
“When one thing ends, another begins”
and the world keeps on turning.
“When one thing ends, another begins”
I have to believe. I have to.
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Japanese Lyrics:
肥大したモンスターの頭を
隠し持った散弾銃で仕留める
今度こそ 躊躇などせずに
その引き金を引きたい
あいつの正体は虚栄心?
失敗を恐れる恐怖心?
持ち上げられ 浮き足立って
膨れ上がった自尊心?
さぁ 乱れた呼吸を整え
指先に意識を集めていく
僕だけが行ける世界で銃声が轟く
眩い 儚い 閃光が駆けていった
「何かが終わり また何かが始まるんだ」
そう きっとその光は僕にそう叫んでる
追い詰めたモンスターの目の奥に
孤独と純粋さを見付ける
捨てられた子猫みたいに
身体を丸め怯えてる
あぁ このままロープで繋いで
飼い慣らしてくことが出来たなら
いくつもの選択肢と可能性に囲まれ
探してた 望んでた ものがぼやけていく
「何かが生まれ また何かが死んでいくんだ」
そう きっとそこからは逃げられはしないだろう
穏やか過ぎる夕暮れ
真夜中の静寂
またモンスターが暴れだす
僕はそうっと息を殺し
弾倉に弾を込める
この静かな殺気を
感づかれちまわぬように
今日も 僕だけが行ける世界で銃声が轟く
眩い 儚い 閃光が駆けていった
「何かが終わり また何かが始まるんだ」
こうしてずっと この世界は廻ってる
「何かが終わり また何かが始まるんだ」
きっと きっと
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I do not own any of the music in this video, all rights reserved by Toho Co., Ltd. (東宝株式会社)
All music composed by Sakurai Kazutoshi and Lyrics by Mr. Children
WACOCA: People, Life, Style.