Glay: Father & Son

04.04.06
Artist: Glay
Title: Father & Son
Words: Takuro
Music: Takuro

a new family, when I get the little shoes on
we can go.

not too long ago we were madly in love, playing around
naively thinking that it would always be just the two of us.

I kind of understand what my parents went through now,
I'm like my father whose merit was his seriousness
the life you held, must have been so heavy.
the age may change, but that meaning never does.

to be honest I'm so worried I could burst
at a place without purpose, a treasure I must protect

now this country of ours is sick with the flu
a little weary of living under such high expectations
what color will it paint the future you make?
what can you grab with clenched hands?

Fly away...
was it a dream that you cradled me
in that broken down bus in the back of that parking lot... ?

If one day I can say 'thank you' without diffidence
Will I be able to understand,
what it was like growing up as a teen? *1
It must've been hard having to cut back your goals.
My mother, the woman you loved is doing just fine.

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: I'm informed by a reader that Takuro wrote this song about his father who died when he was young (T T)

* 1 - We had a trouble coming up with how to read this line, but most likely, Takuro uses koudoseichouki as a way to talk about the "teeange years".

Romaji

atrashii kazoku chiisa na kutsu
umaku haketara dekakeyou

sukoshi mae ga hashaide koi ni muchuu de
itsumademo futari da to tanjyun ni omotteta

kono goro oya no kuurou ga sukoshi wakaru ki ga shite
majimesa ga torigara datta chichi no shisei ni nite
anata ga daita inochi ha sazo omokatta darou
jidai ha megurimeguredo sono imi ha kawaranai

honto iu to fuan de hachikiresou de
ate mo nai basho de mamoru beki takaramono

ima bokura no kono kuni ha kaze wo hiiteiru kara
takasugiru risou no shita de sukoshi ha tsukareta you
anata ga kizuku mirai ha nani iro ni somaru darou?
nigirishimeru te no hira de nani wo tsukameru darou?

Fly away...
ano teishaba no ura no mou ugokanai basu de
boku wo ayashitekureta no ha yume datta no ka na.,.. ?

itsunohika warubirezu ni 'arigatou' wo ietara
kakenuketa hibi no sugata rikai dekiru no darou
kokorozashi nakaba ni shite sazo kuyashikatta darou
anata ga aishita hito ha ima mo genki de iru

Romaji By: Brian Stewart