Prism

Lyrics: Lida
Music: Lida

Kanji

明日がどこにあるかなんて 知るはずもない世の中
力もなく生きてきた こぶしをにらみつけた
そう、転がりもせず 一心不乱に泳ぎ
苦しまぎれ いつの日も サヨナラを探した

春を急ぐ 風の色は いつも僕を悩ませる

迷わずに ひたすらに この人生を行きたい
人は皆 叫ぶけど 闘いはやめない
明日を見たいから

憧れは強く高く 夢見る事は忘れず
君は君であればいい 信じ抜いてほしい

愛を語る 花の彩は いつも僕をなごませる

迷わずに ひたすらに この人生を行きたい
人は皆 叫ぶけど 闘いはやめない
明日を見たいから

星が描く 未来地図は いつも僕をまどわせる

戻れずに 泣いたなら 風上に立てばいい
歩きだす 足元は きらめきに満ちてる

迷わずに ひたすらに この人生を行きたい
人は皆 叫ぶけど 闘いはやめない
勇ましく 哀しげに この街も流れる
明日を見たいから

Romaji

Asu ga doko ni aru kanante shiru hazu mo nai se no naka
Chikara mo naku ikitekita kobushi o nira mitsuketa
Sou, korogari mo sezu isshin furan ni oyogi
Kurushi makire itsumo hi mo SAYONARA wo sagashita

Haru o isogu kaze no iro wa itsumo boku o nayamaseru

Mayowazu ni hitasuru ni kono michi o yukitai
Hito wa minna sakebu kedo tatakai wa yamenai
Asu o mitai kara

Akogare wa tsuyoku takaku yume miru koto wa wasurezu
Kimi wa kimi de areba ii shinji nuite hoshii

Ai o kataru hana no iro wa itsumo boku o nagomaseru

Mayowazu ni hitasuru ni kono michi o yukitai
Hito wa minna sakebu kedo tatakai wa yamenai
Asu o mitai kara

Hoshi ga egaku mirai chizu wa itsumo boku o madowaseru

Modorezu ni naita nara kazakami ni tateba ii
Arukidasu ashimoto wa kirameki ni michiteru

Mayowazu ni hitasuru ni kono michi o yukitai
Hito wa minna sakebu kedo tatakai wa yamenai
Isamashiku kanashige ni kono machi mo nagareru
Asu o mitai kara

Translation

How am I supposed to know where the world of tomorrow is?
I lived without power, glaring at the fist
So, without stumbling, swimming intently,
Every day I searched desperately for a goodbye.

Hasten spring, the wind’s colors can always torment me.

Without being misled, I want nothing more than to walk this road*
The people are all crying out, but the fight won’t stop,
Because they want to see tomorrow.

Longing for the thing I dreamed is so strong that it won’t be forgotten
If it’s in you, I want you to surpass good faith.**

Speak of love, the flower’s colors always disarm me.

Without being misled, I want nothing more than to walk this road
The people are all crying out, but the fight won’t stop,
Because they want to see tomorrow.

The map of the future that the stars draw can always lead me astray.

Without going back, I stood facing the wind and cried.
I begin to walk and my steps glimmer and shine.***

Without being misled, I want nothing more than to walk this road
The people are all crying out, but the fight won’t stop,
Bravely, sadly, this town is also washed away
Because they want to see tomorrow.

TRANSLATION NOTES:

*This is strange. There’s kanji here that translates as ‘life’ but is pronounced as ‘michi’ (road). I think it’s a sort of pun or wordplay. It could be translated as ‘to be bound for this life’ but ‘to walk this road’ sounds better in English.
**Pretty sure I have this line wrong. I have only a vague idea of what he’s trying to say.
***Because it sounds better than the literal translation, which would be ‘my steps are full of sparkles’.