ディストピア・ジパング (Dystopia Zipangu)

Song title
"ディストピア・ジパング" English: Dystopia Zipangu
Original Upload Date
September 14, 2011
Singer
GUMI
Producer(s)
CosMo (music, lyrics, illustration)
Views
900,000+
Links
Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast (reprint)
Description "We still live but die but I survive this era."

Lyrics

Japanese	Romaji	English
生まれたときからボクらの未来はすべて	umareta toki kara bokura no mirai wa subete	Since the time we had been born, our future
喰らい尽くされ何も残っていなかった	kurai tsukusare nani mo nokotte inakatta	being eaten away of everything, there wasn't anything left of it.
ぶらさげられた刹那の夢に縋すがれば	burasage rareta setsuna no yume ni sugareba	If we rely on our momentary dreams that were being suspended,
たどる道は破滅と後悔	tadoru michi wa hametsu to koukai	the road we follow will be ruin and regret.
息が詰まりそうなほどの閉塞感に	iki ga tsumari souna hodo no heisokukan ni	We halt thinking of how we're in such a bind that our breaths
思考停止して倒れこみたくなる	shikou teishi shite taorekomi taku naru	could be blocked, and we come to want to keep falling.
二度と晴れることの無い空と　二度と訪れない繁栄と……	nido to hareru koto no nai sora to nido to otozurenai han'ei to・・・・・・	The sky that will never be clear again and the prosperity that won't arrive ever again......
過去を知らないだけマシだとでもいうのか	kako o shiranai dake mashi da to demo iu no ka	Is it said to even be better just not knowing of the past?
夢も希望も取り上げられたボクらの	yume mo kibou mo toriage rareta bokura no	Our voices that had been taken up by dreams
声は響かずポトリ地に落ちた	koe wa hibikazu potori chi ni ochita	and hope too fell in drops to the earth without echoing.
こんな時代に生まれた意味は何だろう	konna jidai ni umareta imi wa nandarou	What's the meaning for us being born in this kind of an era, you think?
行き場の無い問いが蟠まる	yukiba no nai toi ga wadakamaru	Questions that have nowhere to go lurk.
過去の栄華の残骸と代償だけが	kako no eiga no zangai to daishou dake ga	Only the ruins and compensation of the splendor of the past
今のボクらの目に映るモノのすべて	ima no bokura no me ni utsuru mono no subete	are every one of the things that reflect in our current eyes.
かつてを知り得る者は皆老いて	katsute o shiri eru mono wa minna oite	Those who gain knowledge of the once-upon-a-time all age
今を嘆き悲しむことに明け暮れる	ima o nageki kanashimu koto ni akekureru	and do nothing but grieve and moan about now.
口を開けば　懐古する　賛美する	kuchi o hirakeba kaiko suru sanbi suru	When they open their mouths, they talk about the good ol' days. They admire them.
昔はよかったとまだ夢を見たがる	mukashi wa yokatta to mada yume o mitagaru	They're wanting to still dream, saying it was good long ago.
無責任にボクらより先に　死に逝く彼らの言葉に	musekinin ni bokura yori saki ni shiniyuku karera no kotoba ni	How much freakin' value is there to the words of they who are going
一体どれほどの価値があるのだろうか	ittai dorehodo no kachi ga aru no darou ka	To die irresponsibly before us, you think?
夢も希望も取り上げられたボクらは	yume mo kibou mo toriage rareta bokura wa	We who had been taken up by dreams and hope too
自己を欺き　今日を生きるのみ	jiko o azamuki kyou o ikiru nomi	live through today, fooling ourselves only.
こんな時代に何を為せばいいんだろう	konna jidai ni nani o naseba iindarou	What should we do in this kind of an era, you think?
行き場の無い問いが蟠まる	yukiba no nai toi ga wadakamaru	Questions that have nowhere to go lurk.
深刻な"未来"不足で　心があまり　稼動いてくれない	shinkoku na ”mirai” fusoku de kokoro ga amari ugoite kurenai	The severe "future" is insufficient, and our hearts won't operate for us much.
乾ききった感情だけれど　もうかなりガタがキてるけど	kawakikitta kanjou dakeredo mou kanari gata ga kiteru kedo	Although they're dried-out emotions, and though we're already fairly showing our age,
まだきっとできることが　あるはずなんだ	mada kitto dekiru koto ga aru hazu nanda	There should be something that we can still surely do.
誰かを励ますことを躊躇ためらうくらいに　明日に希望は抱けないけれど	dareka o hagemasu koto o tamerau kurai ni asu ni kibou wa idakenai keredo	Although we can't embrace hope tomorrow so much that we hesitate to cheer someone on,
同じ時代生き　共有した運命を　解かり合って寄り添うくらいならできる	onaji jidai iki kyouyuu shita unnmei o wakariatte yorisou kurai nara dekiru	Living in the same era, we can if we so much as understand each other's shared destiny and stick together.
何かが変わるとは思えないけど　それでも……	nanika ga kawaru to wa omoenai kedo soredemo……	Though I can't think that something'll change, even so……

English translation by BerrySubs

Discography

This song was featured on the following albums:

• Vocalocluster
• GUMI✝ROCK
• BPM200以上はおやつに含まれますか? (BPM 200ijou wa Oyatsu ni Fukumaremasu ka?)

External Links

• Pixiv - Illustration

Unofficial

• VocaDB
• Vocaloid Wiki
• Hatsune Miku Wiki
• voiceofvocaloid - Romaji lyrics source
• berrysubs - Translation source