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Centuries (​平​成​の​凪​)

from Waves by Kyōsei Shinsei

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コンセプト「凪」
「時代の波」をテーマとしています。「平成」の時代に作られた制度とその時代を生きる人々の隠された想いを書きました。国の政策によって、日本に住む人々の負担が見えにくい形で、しかし確実に増えています。日々の暮らしに困ることは少ないけれど、大きな希望が持てない時代。私は「平成」の時代を生き、そう感じました。皆様はどう思いますか?

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?

ストーリー
私は今、「平成」最後の年にいます。この時代を一言で表すなら「凪」。台風で海が荒れることもなく、海底に引きずり込まれることなく、ただプカプカと自分が海面に浮いているような時代。穏やかな時代です。ゆっくりと海の温度が上昇し、静かに私たちの生活を脅かしていることを知るまでは。  舞台は平成31年。私はみんなと同じようにセンター試験を受けて、大学に入学し、卒業後、就職しました。どこにでもいる社会人です。同じ職場には、私よりもずっと優秀な大学を卒業し将来安泰と言われた先輩が働いています。私はそんな優秀な先輩達はさぞ、幸せな生活を送っているだろうなと思っていました。でも、職場で見る彼らは生き生きしておらず、自分の不遇を嘆いています。なぜこんなことになってしまったのでしょうか? 平成元年から導入された消費税は平成が終わる年には3%から10%に増税されました。でも、私たちの賃金はあまり変わらないので、暮らしに余裕がありません。明日の生活にはなんとか困らないけれど、気がつくと将来の夢を見るお金も時間も失われていました。 ふと私の影に幽霊のようなものを感じました。生きている自分と死んでいる自分が共存しているような錯覚に陥ります。私は絶望を感じながらも、この状態がこれからも続いていくのだろうという諦めの気持ちに浸っています。次の時代は、希望を持てる時代になるのでしょうか?

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

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from Waves, released December 22, 2019
Artist-Ichigo Ichiei (Additional Vocals-PNTKS & ADVerse)

Produced by Kyōsei Shinsei

Executive Production by PNTKS

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