Spreading before my eyes is a diorama of days
That seem the way the world believes them to be, but are not
In the moment that I began to doubt, I felt myself stand up on my own two legs
I have no reason to keep pushing forward, but right now, I just have to
Oh, lost and wavering, the dream I embraced is only half-finished yet
In what way is this cruel, accelerating reality
Planning to break me-
This single, little body that's cast off the anxiety of not knowing its own measure?
Only the flickering afterimages of daylight remain in my mind
What sort of smile am I smiling now?
At the least, I will live so that love will reach the people I must protect
I place myself in this listlessly peaceful happiness
And fear the loneliness of finding there is no place to wake to reality within it
Oh, I trace my way through a lifetime's worth of memories that can never be changed
In the moment when I, who'd always lived enslaved to my emotions,
Became an adult
And discovered a warmth I knew I never wanted to lose,
I wanted to be stronger than anyone else
Now, I make this oath to that serene, truest of blue skies
At the least, I will live so that love will reach the people I must protect
Even if I vanish utterly, even if I'm smashed to pieces,
If I will remain hereafter as a memory,
I will think, I will run,
Connected by an unseen thread to those who will take over the safeguarding of love
Unto eternity
In what way is this cruel, accelerating reality
Planning to break me-
This single, little body that's cast off the anxiety of not knowing its own measure?
Only the flickering afterimages of daylight remain in my mind
What sort of smile am I smiling now?
At the least, I will live so that love will reach the people I must protect