ネオテニー (Neoteny)

[ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATIONの「ネオテニー」歌詞]

待ちわびた土曜日に
日めくりの数字たち
軽やかに脈打つハーモニー

古着屋　USアーミー
内ボタンの縫い目に
ささやかに芽生えるアイロニー

ゆらゆらと木漏れ日
ざわついた並木道
軽やかに脈打つハーモニー
見とれるくらいの空に轟音で鳴くジェット機
ささやかに芽生えるアイロニー

それは本当に必要？

時が経っても忘れないでよ
川沿いに揺れる風景

届かぬ想いだけ束ねる水辺の幼生
殻の中で願い続けて
水面を揺らす風
広がる波紋の様に
君の胸に優しく響いた音色

今日も何かを探すよ

本当に
本当に必要？

叶わぬ願いだけ束ねる水辺の幼生
殻が脱げて飛び立つ日まで
透き通る薄い羽
想いを運ぶ夜虫
君の胸で消えそうな心を優しく包んだ音色

To a long awaited Saturday
Lead the numbers on a daily calendar
A lightly pulsating harmony

A thrift store, US Army
In the stitching of the inner buttons
The slightest of ironies take root

Sunlight flickering through the leaves
A bustling tree lined street
A lightly pulsating harmony
A jet engine roaring loudly across a fascinatingly beautiful sky
The slightest of ironies take root

Is that really necessary?

Time may pass but don't you forget
The scenery that shimmers along the river

Neoteny in the waters collecting wishes that remain unheard
Praying continuously in their shells
A wind that caresses the water surface
Like the ripples that spread
A sound that gently echoes in your soul

My search continues today

Really
Is that really necessary?

Neoteny in the waters collecting unfulfilled wishes
Until the day comes when they cast off their shells and fly away
Thin transparent wings
Insects of the night, carriers of wishes
A sound that gently envelops
My heart on the verge of disappearing in your soul