Only Human

i LOVE this song. the music is a bit depressing but the lyrics paint a poignant picture. learning on the wards at the hospital has been both physically and mentally draining, but i really enjoy it. as a student, i am constantly reminded of the beauty of one’s humanity: truth is found in the courage to push forward despite all our shortcomings. we have hope in knowing that there is always ONE whom we can always depend upon to make us complete.

Only Human

Artist: K
Original Language: Japanese
Translation: Jonathan Wu

On the opposite coast of sadness
is something called a smile

On the opposite coast of sadness
is something called a smile
But before we can go there,
is there something we’re waiting for?

In order to chase our dreams, we can’t have a reason to run away
We’ve got to go, to that far away summer’s day

If we find it tomorrow, we can’t sigh
Because like a boat that opposes the stream
we have to walk straight on

In a place worn down by sadness
something called a miracle, is waiting
Yet we are still searching
for the sunflower that grows at the end of spring

The warrior who awaits the morning light
before he can clasp it with red nails, his tears glitter and fall

Even if we’ve grown used to loneliness
only relying on the light of the moon
We have to fly away with featherless wing
just go foward, just a little further

As the rainclouds break
the wet streets sparkling
Although it brings only darkness
A powerful, powerful light
helps push us to walk on

p.s. i am still waiting for my friend to finish finalizing the translation for the song that i mentioned earlier HERE.

~ by ゼラ on August 16, 2008.