On the turning away

当時流れていたPVがあまりにかっこよくて、人生の教訓的に何度も何度も聴き続けているのだが、いまだに顔を背けているような自分が存在する。

"On The Turning Away"
On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we won't understand
"Don't accept that what's happening
Is just a case of others' suffering
Or you'll find that you're joining in
The turning away"
It's a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting it's shroud
Over all we have known
Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we're all alone
In the dream of the proud
On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord
Using words you will find are strange
And mesmerised as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night
No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside
Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?

 

顔を背けて
見えぬフリをしてる
虐げられた人々を
この痛みの理由を
今こそ見つけるんだ
それとも見えぬフリして
生きていくのか？

影が生まれて
光を隠し
僕らを見えなくさせてく
荒れてゆく世の中に
気づかないまま生きる
誇りなくしたままに
孤独の中で

夜の翼で
声を伝えよう
沈黙の人をつないで
聴きなれない言葉に
君の心は動き
変革の風を知る
夜の翼で

顔を背けず
現実を見つめよう
凍えた心解き放ち
この地球を分け合い
みんな生きているんだ
夢に過ぎないのか
みんなが気づくって･･･

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