The Back Horn: Seimeisen

03.12.25
Artist: The Back Horn
Title: Seimeisen (Life Line)
Words: The Back Horn
Music: The Back Horn

'to hell with this world'
the last train approaches
the grinding of the trains wheels, someone's scream
the storm is still building momentum

time is a merry-go-round
at a speed which threatens to throw you from it
there's no time for tears

I first felt my own 'warmth'
touching the cold rails
And my life, desperately burning red hot
told me in no uncertain terms
that it 'wanted to live'

A wonderful new day is spreading through the dawn
if only you can love the very worst days of your life

if this sky and this darkness are a window on your heart
when you need to, you can change
your heart is the world

The wind blows away the reasons, the convictions
you'll die never understanding why
still, let's live in harmony, my boiling blood
There's a connection, I'd stake my life on it

time is a merry-go-round
at a speed which threatens to throw you from it
open your eyes shut tight

A wonderful new day is spreading through the dawn
if only you can love the very worst days of your life

Translated By: Brian Stewart & Takako Sakuma

Translator's Notes: None

Romaji

'dou ni demo nareba ii konna sekai ha'
saishuu no ressha ga chikazuku
kishimu sharin no oto dareka no himei
arashi ha sara ni ikioi wo masu

jidai ha meri-go-rando
furiotosaresou na supi-do no naka
naiteiru hima ha nai

senro no tsumetasa ni furete hajimete
jibun no 'taion' wo kanjita
hisshi de moeteiru akai inochi ga
'ikiteitai' to tashika ni tsugeta

subarashii ashita ga hirogatteyuku yoake
saiaku no nichijyou wo aiseru no nara

kono sora mo kurayami mo kokoro utsusu kagami nara
kaeteyukeru itsudatte
sono kokoro ga sekai darou

riyuu mo kakushin mo fukitobasu kaze
wake mo wakaranu mama shindeku
sore demo tagiru chi yo tomo ni ikiyou
kankei suru no sa inochi kakete

jidai ha meri-go-rando
furiotosaresou na supi-do no naka
tojita sono me wo hirake

Romaji By: Brian Stewart