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Here I am with the final part of August’s themed week in “Lyrical Love”! Today’s subject is a song by the Japanese pop artist Kenshi Yonezu, precisely one of his most famous hits, Peace Sign, released as lead song of the single with the same name on 21th June 2017. Being known as the second opening theme of the anime Boku no Hero Academia, this song combines the catchiness and the energy of Kenshi’s music with a subject related to his personality as artist, in a more compelling work than expected.

THE MUSIC

The song starts with Kenshi’s clear vocals, leading up to a positive melody, kept up by an energetic rhythm; Kenshi’s interpretation moves on clear and decise notes, increasing even more the energy brought up by the song and showing his incredible talent as singer; the track results being catchy and passionate, with a really good pop-rock vibe which makes in a good mood.

Lyrics (Romaji)

Itsuka bokura no ue o suresure ni toorisugiteitta ano hikouki o
Fushigi na kurai ni oboeteru imi mo nai no ni naze ka
Fugainakute naita hi no yoru ni tada tsuyokunaritai to negatteta
Sono tame ni hitsuyou na yuuki o sagashimotometeita

Zankoku na unmei ga sadamatteru to shite
Sore ga itsu no hi ka boku no mae ni arawareru to shite
Tada isshun kono isshun iki ga dekiru nara
Dou demo ii to omoeta sono kokoro o

Mou ichido tooku e ike tooku e ike to boku no naka de dare ka ga utau
Dou shiyou mo nai hodo netsuretsu ni
Itsudatte me o harashita kimi ga nido to kanashimanai you ni waraeru
Sonna hiiroo ni naru tame no uta

Saraba kakagero piisu sain korogatteiku sutoorii o

Mamoritai da nante ieru hodo kimi ga yowaku wa nai no wakatteta
Sore ijou ni boku wa yowakute sa kimi ga daiji dattanda
“Hitori de ikiteikunda” nante sa kuchi o tsuite sakenda ano hi kara
Kawatteiku boku o waraeba ii hitori ga kowai boku o

Ketobashite kamitsuite iki mo dekinakute
Sawagu atama to hara no oku ga kushakusha ni nattatte
Tearai mo keiren mo kieteshimau kurai ni
Ima wa sawatteitainda kimi no kokoro ni

Bokutachi wa kitto itsuka tooku hanareta taiyou ni sura te ga todoite
Yoake mae o te ni irete waraou
Sou yatte aoku moeru iro ni somari oboroge na machi no mukou e
Te o tsunaide hashitteyukeru hazu da

Kimi to mirai o nusumiegaku hineri no nai sutoorii o

Kasabuta darake arakureta hibi ga kezuri kezurare surikireta ima ga
Kimi no kotoba de yomigaeru azayaka ni mo arawareteiku
Sanagi no mama de nemuru tamashii o tabekake no mama suteta ano yume o
Mou ichido torimodose

Mou ichido tooku e ike tooku e ike to boku no naka de dare ka ga utau
Dou shiyou mo nai hodo netsuretsu ni
Itsudatte me o harashita kimi ga nido to kanashimanai you ni waraeru
Sonna hiiroo ni naru tame no uta

Saraba kakagero piisu sain korogatteiku sutoorii o

Kimi to mirai o nusumi egaku hineri no nai sotorii o

Lyrics (Translation)

When we were up there
A plane was passing by
Strangely I remember that
It doesn’t have sense, why?

In the night, after having cried for all the day
I hoped to be strong
The needed courage
I was looking for it

A cruel fate, defined
One day it appeared next to me
If I would have a moment, this moment, for breathing
It wouldn’t matter to me. (I)

Once again
“Go far away!”
Someone is singing it to me
With so much passion
Your eyes, always swollen with tears
I laugh for not being sad
A song for becoming an hero
Goodbye, peace sign
A rolling story (II)

I can’t say that I want to protect you
Realizing that you weren’t weak
I am weaker than this
You were important

“I’ll live by myself”
I screamed that day
You laugh of me, that I have changed
I am scared to be alone

Even if I would breathe, bite or kick
My head becomes noisy and inside the stomach, all crushed
The pretense of showing myself off vanishes
I want to touch your heart

We
Surely are very distant
With the hands reaching for the sun
They arrive before the day, while we laugh
Dyed of a burning blue
From the other side of a dim city
We should run, while you take my hand
Stealing the future with you
Writing a story without twists

Rough and encrusted days
Now scratched and consumed
They revive in your words, appearing vivid
A soul sleeping like a chrysalis
A dream thrown away like if is half-eaten
I will take everything back again

Once again
“Go far away!”
Someone is singing it to me
With so much passion
Your eyes, always swollen with tears
I laugh for not being sad
A song for becoming an hero
Goodbye, peace sign
A rolling story 

I will steal the future with you, writing a story without twists.

THE WORDS

Written by Kenshi himself, the song features a long text, with a plain structure and made by long but simple lines, easy to get when connected one to another, since the order of words is not what we would expect (because of this, the translation will stick to the literal order of the words, compared to the ones you can find on the web, which are more free). The single where it is featured deals, such in a way, with the concept of the past, present in this song and also in other two ones,Neighbourhood, which is about sad memories as part for forming ourselves, considered a conceptual opposite of the lead-song, and Yumekui shoujyo(Dreameater girl), self-cover of one of his Vocaloid songs, which is about a love which destroys dreams. The song covered here is a personal perspective about Kenshi’s life, focusing in particular about his childhood, a time when his passion for anime and manga came out and he experienced hard moments; the text is a conversation between Kenshi’s grown self, represented by the figure of hero(explaining the song’s presence in an anime like Boku no Hero Academia) and his past one, a frail being and victim of the events, where the two parts get together and go on towards the future, made of hopes and uncertainities. And now… let’s analyze the song!

I) The text starts with the image of one of the memories coming from the protagonist, when he was over the sky with his “hero”, watching a plane passing by and not understanding why he would remind such thing (Itsuka bokura no ue o suresure ni toorisugiteitta ano hikouki o/Fushigi na kurai ni oboeteru imi mo nai no ni naze ka); during the night, after he has cried for all the day, he hoped to be stronger and so he tries to look for the needed courage, in order to go on (/Fugainakute naita hi no yoru ni tada tsuyokunaritai to negatteta/Sono tame ni hitsuyou na yuuki o sagashimotometeita); a cruel and definite fate appears next to him, a thing he wouldn’t consider important, if he had a moment for breathe (Zankoku na unmei ga sadamatteru to shite/Sore ga itsu no hi ka boku no mae ni arawareru to shite/Tada isshun kono isshun iki ga dekiru nara/Dou demo ii to omoeta sono kokoro o,the cruel fate is the time which goes by too fast, not giving the time for living own life day per day).

II) His “hero” sings with passion to the protagonist, asking him to go far and far, so that he won’t have swollen eyes for his sadness, which he tries to hide with his laughter; the song that he is singing to him is an invitation for becoming stronger, like the hero is (this makes thinking that the hero could represent also a role model for the protagonist, a former mentor, maybe a member of his family or a best friend); finally the protagonist says goodbye to his old self, exchanging a peace sign and goes to continue his rolling story (Mou ichido tooku e ike tooku e ike to boku no naka de dare ka ga utau/Dou shiyou mo nai hodo netsuretsu ni/Itsudatte me o harashita kimi ga nido to kanashimanai you ni waraeru/Sonna hiiroo ni naru tame no uta/Saraba kakagero piisu sain korogatteiku sutoorii o, the image of peace sign indicates that he made peace with himself and his inner pain, needed for growing up and becoming adult).

III) The protagonist knows that he can’t protect his mate, because he is strong, while he realizes that is weak, the reason why his mate is the most important person for him (Mamoritai da nante ieru hodo kimi ga yowaku wa nai no wakatteta/Sore ijou ni boku wa yowakute sa kimi ga daiji dattanda); since they separated, the protagonist screamed that he wants to live by himself, even if he is scared to be like that, bringing his mate to laugh of his change (“Hitori de ikiteikunda” nante sa kuchi o tsuite sakenda ano hi kara/Kawatteiku boku o waraeba ii hitori ga kowai boku o); he wants to touch his heart, even if it breathes, bites or kicks, even if his head is noisy and his stomach is upside down and even if his desire of showing off to other people disappears (Ketobashite kamitsuite iki mo dekinakute/Sawagu atama to hara no oku ga kushakusha ni nattatte/Tearai mo keiren mo kieteshimau kurai ni/Ima wa sawatteitainda kimi no kokoro ni).

IV)They are so much distant, but their hands are reaching the sun (symbol of life), trying to catch it before the dawn, smiling together (Bokutachi wa kitto itsuka tooku hanareta taiyou ni sura te ga todoite/Yoake mae o te ni irete waraou); the sun is dyed of a burning blue (blue is symbol of youth and linked to burning, it hints to a intense and blazing phase of the protagonist’s life), in the opposite side of a dim town (the town, and in general, the urban world, are one of the most common themes in Kenshi’s songsand it may be a synonym of uncertainity), and the protagonist would like to run with his hero, hand by hand, while stealing the future and building a story without twists (Sou yatte aoku moeru iro ni somari oboroge na machi no mukou e/Te o tsunaide hashitteyukeru hazu da/Kimi to mirai o nusumiegaku hineri no nai sutoorii o).

V) The rough and encrusted days, now scratched and consumed by time, are brought up again by the hero’s words, making them more vivid (Kasabuta darake arakureta hibi ga kezuri kezurare surikireta ima ga/Kimi no kotoba de yomigaeru azayaka ni mo arawareteiku); the protagonist wants to get back every thing he has been taken off, such his soul, sleeping like in a chrysalis, and his dream, thrown away like if half-eaten (Sanagi no mama de nemuru tamashii o tabekake no mama suteta ano yume o/Mou ichido torimodose). The text ends with a repetition of the whole second sequence and the last lines of the fourth, emphasizing the concept of the whole song.

A confrontation between the past and the present, the mistakes and the experience, the pain and the hope of being happy; Kenshi Yonezu focuses on this dialogue in one of his most renowned songs, not only because of its presence in a popular anime, but also for the efficient mix between an energetic pop-melody and a compelling theme, made by motivation and hope for the future.

That’s all folks! See you next Wednesday for a new review in “Let’s Listen to”!

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