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Japanese
Original lyrics
小市民イーア
すっかり萎びてしまった 死なばもろともがそっぽ向いた
才能不在が前提 天才より働く常人
けど誰にもある限界が その結果、頭がいかれた
この調子で上げろゲインを 膨大なボイスメモとテキスト
世も末だと殺気だった言葉は動脈を切った
十年前に終わったんだ ポストアポカリプスの最中
主役になれない NPC 生き残り笑うセレブリティー
革命家は今日も寝坊だ 急上昇に夜明けの歌
絶望込めるシリンダー 汗して暮らす小市民だ
たった一つでいいんだ 冴えたやり方をしてイーア
守るために切り捨てたんだ その結果に胸は痛むか
次はきっと僕らの番だ 絞首台で笑って待つか
暗い時代には 明るい歌が流行するんだって
それは遠い星での話 音楽がそれじゃ耐え難い
恋焦がれて夢を見たんだ 救ってくれたのはロックスター
胡散臭い成功者が 作る日陰は焼け野原
冷笑が飽和した街で はみ出したものをリンチして
速度違反の倫理観で 轢き殺された交差点で
焚き付けた自称モラリスト 花を供えてるのうのうと
南無阿弥陀仏この世界 南無阿弥陀仏この時代
絶望込めるシリンダー 払うの払う小市民だ
たった一つでいいんだ 冴えたやり方をしてイーア
挫くために排除したんだ その結果にせいせいしたか
次はきっと僕らの番だ 絞首台で泣きわめくか
持たざる者から始まって 貧しくても支えてくれた
手を取り合って歩いたんだ 山あり谷ありをひたすら
守るべきものを授かって その為なら死ねるんだって
よく見てみろよこいつは 僕らが消したがってる奴だ
絶望込めるシリンダー 命を担う小市民だ
たった一つでいいんだ 冴えたやり方をしてイーア
守るために撃ち抜いたんだその相手と何が違うか
次はきっと僕らの番だ 絞首台は大行列だ
Submitted by 
Metztli_Chavez on 2025-04-02
Metztli_Chavez on 2025-04-02English
Translation
Low class citizen, y'all
I've completely withered, and when I die, everyone will turn their backs on me.
The absence of talent is the premise. Ordinary people who work hard are more valuable than geniuses.
But everyone has their limits, and as a result, I lost my mind.
Keeping up the pace, increasing gains, among the abundance of voice memos and texts.
The words of blood thirst and world ending cut my arteries.
It ended ten years ago, in the middle of the post-apocalypse.
NPCs1 who can't be the main characters; celebrities who laugh because they survived.
The revolution overslept again today and the song of dawn suddenly rises.
A cylinder that puts you into despair, a low class citizen who lives all sweaty.
Just one thing is enough, done in a smart way, y'all2.
Discarded it for my own protection. Will my chest hurt at the outcome?
Surely it will be our turn next. Shall we wait, smiling, at the gallows?
In dark times, cheerful songs are popular.
That's a story from a distant star. Music like that is unbearable.
I dreamed of falling in love and was saved by a rock star.
The shadow cast by shady successful people is a burnt field.
In a city filled with cynicism, those who stand out get lynched.
At an intersection, someone was run over and killed due to speeding ethics.
A self-proclaimed moralist who instigated, offering flowers.
Namu Amida Butsu3, save this world. Namu Amida Butsu, save this era.
A cylinder that puts you into despair, a low class citizen who just pays and pays.
Just one thing is enough, done in a smart way, y'all.
Removed it to give up. Were you satisfied with the result?
Surely it will be our turn next. Will we cry at the gallows?
Starting like "The Have-Nots" novel4. Even though we were poor, we kept up.
We walked hand in hand, through ups and downs.
We were given something to protect, and we said we could die for it.
Look closely, this is the guy we want to erase.
A cylinder that puts you into despair, a low class citizen carrying the burden of life.
Just one thing is enough, done in a smart way, y'all.
We shot it out to protect ourselves. What's the difference between us and the others?
Surely it will be our turn next, the gallows are a long procession.
- 1. In the context of video games, "NPC" stands for "non-player character," referring to characters that are part of the game world but not controlled by the player.
- 2. イーア comes From German "ihr" that can mean (hers / theirs / Yours [formal, singular & plural]) unser- (ours) euer- / eur- (y'all [you, informal, plural])
- 3. This means "I take refuge in Amida Tathagata" or "I pray for salvation to Amida Buddha. It is chanted in Jodo, Jodo Shinshu, Tendai, and other sects."
- 4. By Hitomi Kanehara, 2015.
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Comments
Metztli_Chavez
Thu, 10/04/2025 - 00:06
Thank you so much! It's so interesting.
I went along with the German reference beacuse, as you may know, japanese use some German words regularly like baito (part time job) that comes from German 'Arbeit' in normal everyday conversation and a lot more in manga and anime.
RigThie Metztli_Chavez
Fri, 16/05/2025 - 17:56
Thank you!
I know and for some reason forgot to update here...
Even though it may be a character's name, I belirve it does not change the meaning of the general idea of the song. :D
Russia is waging a disgraceful war on Ukraine. Stand With Ukraine!
About translator
Hey, thanks for your translation! Just wanted to say though, I was thoroughly confused by the "イーア" featured in this song, so I went on a bit of a research trip and found out that it is actually a reference to the "Eea", a parasitic species in the 1986 James Tiptree Jr. short story "The Only Neat Thing to Do". Apparently, this has quite a presence in Japanese pop culture. Just letting you know!
https://dalek-amz.hatenablog.com/entry/2025/04/08/044039
https://gwern.net/doc/fiction/science-fiction/1986-tiptree-theonlyneatth...