The Back Horn: Akame no Rojyou

03.12.25
Artist: The Back Horn
Title: Akame no Rojyou (On the Road to Bloodshot Eyes)
Words: The Back Horn
Music: The Back Horn

Don't need the answer
That's a lie ain't it
Everyone wants purpose in their lives
With both hands jammed in my pockets
the wintery sky, the cigarette in my mouth burns out

my shadow growing longer speaks despair
you gonna let this life bury you?

feel the wind, and stand tall again
the 'frigidness' of the full moon blooming on the water's surface
the voice screaming 'here I am'
melts away in the night sky

on the road to impotence
pretending to understand
"something's amiss" says the spirit out of place.

My very existence pushes back the air of the city
glaring, standing around

go through that ring I drew alone
eat up the world
the road will be lit by only that passion which burns blue

despair, loneliness, moonlight
there's no such thing as the courage to die
if that's true, there's no choice but to live.
hold your breath and run through

feel the wind, and stand tall again
the 'frigidness' of the full moon blooming on the water's surface
the voice screaming 'here I am'
melts in the night sky

go through that ring I drew alone
eat up the world
the road will be lit by only that passion which burns blue

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: None

Romaji

kotae ha iranai sonna no uso darou
daremo ga ikiteku riyuu ga hoshii darou
ryoute ha poketto ni tsukkonda mama de
samuzora kuwaeta tabako ga moetsukiru

zetsubou wo kuchi ni suru nobiteyuku kage
umoretetamaru ka konna hibi ni

kaze wo ukete mata tachiagare
minamo ni saku mangetsu no 'rin' yo
'ore ha koko da' sakenda koe ha
yozora ni tokete kieta

wakatta kao shita inpo no rojyou yo
'nanika ga chigau' to iwakan no tamashii

ore to iu sonzai ga machi no kuuki wo
oshikaeshi giratsuki tsuttateiru

hitori egaku sono wa wo koete
sekai sae mo kuitsukushite yare
aoku moeru netsujyou dake ga
michi wo terashiteyuku

zetsubou kodoku tsukiakari
shi ni yuku yuuki nante nai
sore nara ikiru shika nee daro
iki wo tsumete kakenukero

kaze wo ukete mata tachiagare
minamo ni saku mangetsu no 'rin' yo
'ore ha koko da' sakenda koe ha
yozora ni tokete

hitori egaku sono wa wo koete
sekai sae mo kuitsukushite yare
aoku moeru netsujyou dake ga
michi wo terashiteyuku

Romaji By: Brian Stewart