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Japanese Modernist Lyrics

Naze ano kuni dake ga tsuyoi?
Naze ano kuni dake?

Ano hi tonda GAREKI no ue eikyuu fumetsu no HEDONISUTO
SUITCHI ON de kyou mo tobimasu
Yowaki jibun ni SAYONARA BAIBAI
Shounen yo ima, mae ni susume!
Shounen yo ima, taishi o dake!
Shikkari to mae dake o mitsumete
Minna SUKAIHAI de ima oyukinasai

GO MAD JAPANIIZU MODANISUTO
GO MAD JAPANIIZU HEDONISUTO

Umi yo, taiyou yo, chi no hate yo, ano sora yo
Kikoeru ka? Koe ga

Chichi yo, haha yo, imouto yo, otouto yo
Kikoeru ka? Koe ga...

Umi yo, taiyou yo, chi no hate yo, ano sora yo
Kikoeru ka?
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Japanese Modernist

GO MAD Japanese modernist

Why is only that country so powerful?
Why only that country?

On that day they flew above the debris the immortal and invincible hedonists
Switch ON and they are flying again today
With a "sayonara" it's bye-bye to their weak selves
Boys, move forward now!
Boys, be ambitious now!
Look steadily only forward
Please die up in the sky, everyone
GO MAD Japanese modernists
GO MAD Japanese hedonists

The sea! The sun! The end of the world! That sky!
Can you hear it? The voice

Father! Mother! Little sister! Little brother!
Can you hear it? The voice...

The sea! The sun! The end of the world! That sky!
Can you hear it?

Lyrics: Gara

Modern Japan, patriotism and war, especially World War II, are some of the main topics on this album (Modern-garde). You might have guessed by now that this particular song is about the people who died in WWII, especially the young kamikaze pilots. That's why I've used the plural forms when referring to them (i.e. "modernists" instead of "modernist" and so on).
Really impressive lyrics and truly powerful imagery, especially in the chorus.
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