[ASONDE CLASS HITO] Lyrics(Free translation in English)

The new album "ASONDE CLASS HITO" by Clark Naito was available at bandcamp on June 4.
https://clarknaito.bandcamp.com

It was also be available on Apple Music, Spotify and other subscription services on the same day.
https://linkco.re/TXzfbzVC

Trackslist:
01. Asonde Class
02. Happy End
03. Emergency Drill
04. Pen Ken Pan
05. Away
06. Fire or Rainbow
07. Talking Dentaku
08. I Hate Rock'n'Roll
09. Desert Island
10. I Wanna Be Fooled
11. Nen Nen
12. Bye-bye

Japanese lyrics
https://note.com/clarknaito/n/n30f6895f81f3

『ASONDE CLASS HITO』の歌詞を意訳気味に英訳した事についての解説。
https://note.com/clarknaito/n/ne988a51faccd

01. Asonde Class
I'm a Homo Ludens.(★１)

(★１)Homo Ludens: It is a book originally published in 1938 by Dutch historian Johan Huizinga.
It discusses the importance of the play element of culture and society.

02. Happy End
I was a fool teenager in the 1990s
I devoured something that bad taste and nonsense in high School days
I adored heroes, but my turn didn't come(★2)
I adored heel, but I was stolen my thunder

Now, I'm trash without young blood and Yukichi(★3)
High degree, high height, low income
I can't keep up with the young generation
Someday I will got lectured by young girl in Mcdonald's

Let's get happy end 
Let's get happy end 
Let's get happy end 

When I was young, I was flying my kites, but The string of the kite has broken
As my memories faded, I even forgot of my parents' faces
I was daydream believer like a Kyusaku Yumeno(★4)
I didn't go through the gate of Youth, I am THE mistake(★5)

I wanna be canary in a coal mine,
but Cuckoo is singing around me, and nobody follow me
Now, I raise the white flag,
but black flag is flying in the sky above Onga river still now

Let's get happy end 
Let's get happy end 
Let's get happy end 

I am a Homo Ludens everyday
Play, Pray, The root of both is Imagine
Repetition of a moment, comeback as a superhuman,
NoT future, Never mind the surplus-value

There's no working class hero, now everybody is only product
Fame means the same thing that on the wanted list, and consumers are lynch each other
Thou shalt not go viral(★6)
Never mind the bollocks
So long

Let's get happy end 
Let's get happy end 
Let's get happy end 

Bada bing bada boom
Bada bing bada boom
Bada bing bada boom
Bada bing bada boom

(★2)I adored heroes: This song is from the album "YOUNG AND PRETTY" released by The Blue Hearts in 1987.
Song title is "Eiyuu ni akogarete" in Japanese.

(★3)young blood and Yukichi: Yukichi Fukuzawa is on one of the Japanese 10,000 yen bill.
"Young Blood" is one of the school songs of Keio University, which he founded.

(★4)Kyusaku Yumeno: He is a novelist from Fukuoka Prefecture who wrote "Dogura Magura".

(★5)The gate of Youth: It is a novel written by Hiroyuki Itsuki, a native of Fukuoka Prefecture.
This novel is set in Chikuho area, where the Onga River flows.
Book title is "Seishun no Mon" in Japanese.

(★6)Thou shalt not go viral: The title of the poem published by Akiko Yosano in 1904 is "Thou Shalt Not Die".

03. Emergency Drill
Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Let's dance on the no electric

See, I told you
A huge typhoon hit Japan
Japanese government could have predicted it,
yet they were slow to take action

They're all airheads, (★7)
They don't care about disaster area
They're all airheads,
They bought weapons from other countries and watched sports games

They're Useless
They're Shitness
Our tax payments are meaningless
Why did they decide to tax hike?

All right, I'm not imprudence, but insensitive
I wanna drink and dance with my friends even in an emergency
I also wanna eat sushi and take a nap
I'll have to handle it myself, cause there's no help

Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Let's dance on the no electric

person to person to person to person
person to person to person to person
fool to fool. place to place
This is fuckin' Telephone Game

Once upon a time Neoliberalism was born,
and we lost freedom
Thank you, government!
Thank you, Privatization!
Yes sir, master!
Yes sir, Prime Minister!

If you drop out of "Society of the Spectacle",
You will be pretended not to exist like a forged document
Even if you believe "Gaseneta", you can't "Syakai Fukki"　(★8)
"Oishii Seikatsu" is over, Self-responsibility-man did it(★9)

We'll be homeless in time
No one is allowed in the shelter
Anarchism without mutual aid?
Are they insane?
I hate to say this now,
but Why would you believe a fucking candidate's speech like that?

Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Let's dance on the no electric

Folk songs is 'minyo' in Japanese
Rock'n'Roll, Hip-Hop,
These are linked
They are all street music
The common people always need A cool beat to get out of boredoms
Guitar, CDJ, Hand clapping
Who cares? Anyway, party must go on

Woody Guthrie, come on
Charley Patton, come on
Kenshi Endo, come on
Come on, everybody
Pete Seeger, come on
Hatsu Okuyama, come on
Hiromi and Fumiya also came, and made noise until morning
Chuck Berry, Lead Belly, Johnny Cash, Link Wray,
Azenbo Soeda, Michiro Endo, Ecd, come on
It doesn't matter the country or the era
'Four Joe Half room is connected to the universe(★10)
Come on, everybody

Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Emergency Emergency Emergency Drill
Let's dance on the no electric

(★7)They're all airheads: In Japanese, it is vocalized as "HAHA NONKI DANE".
This is a verse of the lyrics "Nonki Bushi" made by Soeda Azenbo(1872-1944).

(★8)"Gaseneta""Syakai Fukki": Gasseneta is a Japanese band that means fake news.
"Syakai Fukki" is a song by Gasseneta that means socially rehabilitated.

(★9)"Oishii Seikatsu": It is a catchphrase created by Shigesato Itoi in the 1980s.
Oishii means good taste in Japanese.
Seikatsu means life in Japanese.

(★10)Four Joe Half room: In the 1970s, a genre of music called Four Joe Half folk became popular in Japan.
Four Joe Half is a room about 8.1 square meters in size.

04. Pen Ken Pan
Pen Blade Bread Blade Bread Pen Blade Bread 
Pen Blade Bread Blade Bread Blade Pen Bread
Pen Blade Pen Blade Pen Blade
Bread Bread Bread Bread Bread Bread

05. Away
"Where are you from?"
I always have a hard time answering the question
I was born in Fukuoka, but I have never lived in
When I was a child I lived in Kanagawa, no, I mean Yokohama City
However, I haven't been back to my parents' house for a long time
I learned from Google Maps that they had changed the color of the exterior walls of their house

Now, I'm live in Tokyo with my wife and child
I get up when they are asleep, and I come home when they are asleep
Yet, I have no money
Politicians, don’t be silly
That's how I feel, so I don't really know what hometown is

I don't know what is home
I don't know what is home
I don't know what is home
I'm balla balla, I'm in limbo

I don't know what is home
I don't know what is home
I don't know what is home
I'm balla balla, I'm in limbo

I was hooked on music when I was a teenager,
and that's when my life started to go haywire
I wanted to listen to rock and roll,
so I dared to spend time alone after school

Originally, I was a shy little boy
I spent most of my time trying not to get angry or laugh at anyone
However, then I started jumping up and down,
making strange noises, and strumming my guitar like crazy

I was excited and relieved at the same time,
because I no longer cared about what others thought
It's different from those who play music to be famous
As a result, I've become an strange musician
I still listen to music alone in the night time
I put on my headphones with a can of beer in my hand in back street
My home is in music

I don't know what is home
I don't know what is home
I don't know what is home
I'm balla balla, I'm in limbo

I don't know what is home
I don't know what is home
I don't know what is home
I'm balla balla, I'm in limbo



06. Fire or Rainbow(★11)
(★11)Fire or Rainbow： In the poem "Report(Houkoku)" by Kenji Miyazawa, there is a line that says, "I made a fuss earlier about a fire, but it was a rainbow".

07. Talking Dentaku
I'm a Dentaku
I'm always calculating
I'm a Dentaku
I'm always calculating
I can't see the zero, so that doesn't count

If I push this button, it makes butterfly effect
If I push this button, I get an incentive
To keep the economy going, let's make some fake

It's down, bring it up
If you can't increase it, we'll decrease that
Small government with a big mouth

Dear mother earth, Abyssal Sea,
Dear all living creatures,
Dear god, universe,
Gimme some money

Number, number, number, that's fine
Number, number, number, that's fine
Counting, counting, counting, happy
Number, number, number, that's fine
I will give everyone assign a number

I'm a Dentaku
I'm always calculating
I'm a Dentaku
I'm always calculating
Party is over, get back to work

08. I Hate Rock'n'Roll
I hate Rock'n'Roll
I danced with a beer in my hand
I hate Rock'n'Roll
It all spilled out onto the floor

I hate Rock'n'Roll
I sing a song about that girl
I hate Rock'n'Roll
I don't know about that girl

"Come on", "let's go",
which?
"All right", "No no no",
which?

I hate Rock'n'Roll
Rebel music, Rock'n'Roll
I hate Rock'n'Roll
Mom and Dad Rock'n'Roll too

I hate Rock'n'Roll
Is it passport to heaven?(★12)
I hate Rock'n'Roll
No, it's a pastime to laugh in hell

"Come on", "let's go",
which?
"All right", "No no no",
"No future", "Forever",
"Only you", "Everybody",
Anything

(★12)passport to heaven： In the song "Blue Sky" by the Blue Hearts, there is a line that says, "Are you serious about bribing God and asking for a passport to heaven?"

09. Desert Island
Blah blah blah blah blah blah, flat
Blah blah blah blah blah blah, flat
Blah blah, flat
Blah blah, flat
Blah blah blah blah blah , flat

Gyoza, Cola, hikikomori, cheers
Your company, our company, no schedule, easy
Whether I die or live, It's at my own risk, That's great
Leader, Jesus, none

Desert Island, Desert Island, Desert Island, Desert Island
It's absurd like a Franz Kafka
Desert Island, Desert Island, Desert Island, Desert Island
Alone even when I cough　(★13)

Blah blah blah blah blah blah, flat
Blah blah blah blah blah blah, flat
Blah blah, flat
Blah blah, flat
Blah blah blah blah blah , flat

The plan, redo
Culture ruined
No parliament
No bailout
Greetings, conversation, tension, club
Generous, measures, none

Desert Island, Desert Island, Desert Island, Desert Island
It's absurd like a Franz Kafka
Desert Island, Desert Island, Desert Island, Desert Island
Alone even when I cough

I go to bed looking at such a good moon all by myself.(★14)

(★13)Alone even when I cough： It is Haiku by Hosai Ozaki(1885-1926).
In Japanese, "Seki wo sitemo hitori".　　

(★14)I go to bed looking at such a good moon all by myself: It is Haiku by Hosai Ozaki(1885-1926).
In Japanese, "Konna yoi tuki wo hitori de mite neru".　

10. I Wanna Be Fooled
Well, I wanna be fooled
I wanna be fooled forever
I'm an idiot, I wanna eat pie in the sky
Beh, I'm not fooled by that

It's okay to be killing time or misunderstanding,
although lame joke is pee-pee
Pee-pee

Hey, come play, I wanna be fooled forever
If you stop later, I won't forgive you.
On and on and on and on, no end
After unmasked, I still wanna be fooled.

It's okay to be a childish trick,
although bullshit shameless joke is a goner.
That's a goner.

I wanna be fooled
I wanna be fooled

11. Nen Nen
(Scat)


12. Bye-bye
Bye-bye　Bye-bye　Bye-bye　Bye-bye
Bye-bye　Bye-bye　Bye-bye　Bye-bye
Stay Sick!

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Stay Sick!

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Stay Sick!

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Stay Sick!