February 6, 2003

Aburadako

Proposal

From their 1996 album

"Proposal"
"Teigen"
提言

Is God paper?
Is God a realistic development of thought
And is God a condition ending in believing in things that don't exist?
Is paper God?
With the boundaries coming together in copulation,
Is the universe within, paper?
Is the future the path?
Is the sentiment that changes phenomenally the future?
Is the path the future?
Is the path loving passionately, or loving oneself?
Is oneself manslaughter?
Remove your meat and
Is oneself the instant between life and death?
Is the accident oneself?
Disaster.

Japanese Lyrics:

Kami wa kami na no ka
神は紙なのか
Kami wa kannen no jitsuzaiteki genzou de
神は観念の実在的現像で
Meimou ni kisuru jyoutai ga kami na no ka
迷妄に帰する状態が神なのか
Kyoukaisen wa koubi shi uru ue ni
境界線は交尾しうるうえに
Naiuchuu wa kami na no ka
内宇宙は神なのか
Michi wa michi na no ka
未知は道なのか
Genzouki kasuru rusanchiman ga
現像気化するルサンチマンが
Michi na no ka
未知なのか
Michi wa michi na no ka
道は未知なのか
Michi wa aiyoku suru ga yue ni
道は愛欲するが故に
Jiko o ai suru no ka
自己を愛するのか
Jiko wa kosatsu na no ka
自己は事故なのか
Nikutai o haijo shi
肉体を排除し
Sei to shi no shunji ga jiko na no ka
生と死の瞬時が自己なのか
Jiko wa jiko na no ka
事故は自己なのか
Tensai
天災

Posted by Rob Ketcherside at February 6, 2003
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