OOPARTS

by Hitsuji Bungaku / 羊文学

雄弁な言説にのせられて

勝利の確信に騙されて

僕らのエンパイア終焉の道をゆく

際限ない欲望の果ての果て

飛び出せヒーロー、ブラウン管の外

地球はオーパーツ　100億年の夢

ねえ、今ならばまだ間に合うのに

誰か聞いて、ただ、生きたいだけ

青年はビル街で風を切る

コンピューター、蛍光灯、25時

彼らはパラノイア　声は届かないまま

ねえ、今ならばまだ間に合うのに

誰か聞いて、ただ、生きたいの

時計はチクタクとチクタクと進む

僕たちはあの星へ逃げる？

時計はチクタクとチクタクと進む

僕たちはあの星へ逃げる？

チクタクとチクタクと進む

僕たちはこの星を捨てる？

沢山の円盤に囲まれて

最高の瞬間を記録した

僕のエンパイア　100年弱の夢

全部初めから決まっているのに

誰か聞いて、いま、見えるの

時計はチクタクとチクタクと進む

僕たちはあの星へ逃げる？

今ならばまだ間に合うのに

誰か聞いて、ただ、生きたいの

未来はチクタクとチクタクと迫る

僕たちはあの星へ逃げる？

Influenced by eloquent discourse,

deceived by the certainty of victory,

we walk the path to our empire's demise.

The ultimate end to endless desire.

A hero jumps out, out of the CRT.

Earth is an artifact, out of place in time, a ten billion year dream.*

Hey, it's still not too late.

Someone listen to me, all I want is to live.

Young men, swept up, surrounded by skyscrapers.

Computers, fluorescent lights, 1 in the morning.

They’re all paranoid, their voices left unheard.

Hey, it's not too late.

Someone listen to me, all I want is to live.

The clock keeps ticking, ticking…

Are we going to escape to some other planet?

The clock keeps ticking, ticking…

Are we going to escape to some other planet?

Tick-tock, tick-tock,

Are we abandoning this planet?

Surrounded by so many disks,

I recorded the best moments of my life.

My own empire, a dream of less than a hundred years.

And even though everything's been decided from the start,

someone, listen. I can see it now.

The clock keeps ticking, ticking…

Are we going to escape to some other planet?

Hey, it's not too late.

Someone listen to me, all I want is to live

The future ticks, ticks closer…

Will we run away to some other planet?

*T/N: The original Japanese says: “The Earth is an Out-of-place artifact”.

But, since I figured no one would know what that is, I spruced it up a bit.

For further reading, see the Wikipedia page for Out-of-place artifacts.

Translation by Colby Androus

Consulting, suggestions, and moral support by Chie Inamoto