Concept- “calm seas”
The theme is “waves of the era”. I wrote about a system created in the "Heisei" era and the hidden thoughts of people living in that era. Due to national policies, the burden on average people living in Japan is difficult to see, but has definitely increased. Paradoxically, in an era when there are few difficulties in daily life, there also seems to be no great hope. I lived in the “Heisei” era and felt this way. What do you, the listeners think?
We are at the end of the “Heisei” era. “A sea without waves” is the word for this era. It's like an era when I'm floating on the surface of the ocean, without the violence of a typhoon or by being dragged into the ocean floor. This is a calm era. Until I know that the sea temperature is slowly rising and quietly threatening our lives... The stage is 2019(it is the end of the “Heisei” era). As with everyone, I took the center exam, entered university and I got a job after graduation. I am one of many standard working people. In the same workplace, there are seniors who have graduated from universities that are much better than me and are said to be safe in the future. I thought that such excellent seniors would have a happy life. However, they don’t feel happy at the workplace and lament their situation. Why did this happen? The consumption tax introduced from 1989 was increased from 3% to 10% in 2019 when Heisei ended. But our wages haven't changed much, so we can't afford to live. I wasn't in trouble with tomorrow's life, but when I realized I had lost my money and time to dream about my future. I suddenly felt something like a ghost in my shadow. I fall into the illusion that I am alive and dead at the same time. I feel despair, but I have given up that this situation will continue. Will the next era be an era of hope?
-Ichigo Ichiei-
lyrics
◉Lyrics ・Centuries 平成の夢・
センター試験勝ち抜き人が 隣の席で嘆いている
重い税金知らず知らずに そなたの首に絡みつく
嗚呼 明るい絶望
嗚呼 あきらめの凪
舞う「二人静」
「平成」ゆめしずか
Through the light/Every night
When the darkness comes
You can’t escape/The current state
(Now)It’s too late to run
From this haunted place
Where your dreams must wait
Is it cruel fate?
To sleep for centuries
Heisei...Yume...Slips apart
Heisei...Yume...Shizuka
credits
from Waves,
released December 22, 2019
Artist-Ichigo Ichiei (Additional Vocals-PNTKS & ADVerse)
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