arekara

Title: あれから (Since Then)

My relatives' kids came over and played
They're growing up, and they're playing with Bikkura*
I thought reflexively,
Am I growing up?
My relatives' children, on their smartphones
Were watching anime from long ago
Ah, time has passed since then
Have I become an adult?

My relative old man came over
And together, we sang anime songs
To the tune of "Hito Toshite Jiku ga Bureteiru"
We danced shakily
But, is that really something from long ago?
Now, you're being digillent, aren't you?
You seriously haven't become twisted, have you?
Why, why, why aren't you saying anything?

Just like having beasts baring their fangs in my heart,
(Hatred for the world)
Surely the days I've spent in despair,
(Is what I think of now)
Aren't the reason I became well-rounded**
(I want to love, too)**
Even "goodbye",
I don't know if I did it properly, but

Since then, even to us
A lot of things have happened
A lot of things have happened, but
If you're living, good job
Since then, even to everyone
A lot of things have happened
If you're doing well, good job

A job where all you have to do is live
Is that a cult? Some kind of invitation?
I've said that I even have experience
Is that what's called senior dominance?**
A job where all you have to do is live
Is that just so that if you die, you can be high until then? **
If I can live inside a memory,
Good job, strange vases like that won't sell***
Stop it, I'll put it down***
Try singing

Aiming for the far-off paradise of Shangri-la,
(The password)
Surely the times I've fallen into despair
(I understand it now)
Is why I haven't given up
Time passes,
I understand, ah
They're the same, too

Since then, even to us
A lot of things have happened
A lot of things have happened, but
If you're living, good job
Since then, even to everyone
A lot of things have happened
If you're doing well, good job

Don't worry, be happy, come on
Love's job is
To teach us
How important
These casual days are
That is,
Ah,
Rather than since then, from now

It's only despair
That taught us
That days of happiness
Are here, right now
It's surely despair
That taught you
That if you're alive, good job

Since then, even to us
A lot of things have happened
A lot of things have happened, but
If you're living, good job
Since then, even to everyone
A lot of things have happened
If you're doing well, that's good!

Even if you have regrets, what if (Even if)
It isn't just that whatever happens, happens? (Isn't it)**
Since then, from the past, more importantly than those
From now, how should we live? (From now)
From how, how should we enjoy ourselves? (From now)
If you've been born, just that alone,
If you can do just that alone, good job!

Ah, the days that have passed,
Ah, into the future
Ah, the dream I saw
Ah, the dream I see



* Not sure what a Bikkura is, searching it results in a bunch of plastic dinosaur toys
** I'm really unsure on the translation of these parts
*** No fucking clue what this means