“Silent Majority”, by Keyakizaka46 (2017)
translations (sung in Japanese)
At the overflowing intersection
Where do all those people go? (Pushed by the flow)
Wearing similar clothes
With similar expressions…
As if hoping to get lost in the flock
They walk (without doubt)
Just what makes them so hesitant
To be different from someone else?
The people ahead turn around and say
“Don’t break the line”
They preach of rules, but
Their eyes are dead
You have the freedom to live as you are
Don’t be controlled by the adults
If from the start, yes, we’ve already given up
Then what’s the point of us being born?
Dreaming will sometimes make you lonely
As you progress down an empty road
This world won’t begin by behaving like a flock
Is “Yes” really ok?
Silent Majority
The president of some country
Said this (a miscontruction)
“Those who don’t raise their voices
Are in favor of me…”
It’s important to be able to choose
Don’t rely on others
If you don’t take action
You can’t deliver that “No”
Just do the things you want to do
Don’t degrade yourself to become “one of them”
There are as many roads as there are people here
So just walk towards your own dream
Those boring adults, locked down by chains
Of vanity and pride, leave them
Come, the future exists for you
Just say “No!”
Silent Majority
If you follow
Behind someone
You won’t get hurt, but
Your flock
Will be summarized
As consensus
You have the freedom to live as you are
Don’t be controlled by the adults
If from the start, yes, we’ve already given up
Then what’s the point of us being born?
Dreaming will sometimes make you lonely
As you progress down an empty road
This world won’t begin by behaving like a flock
Is “Yes” really ok?
Silent Majority