Angela Aki/Moral no Soushiki

Moral no Soushiki
(A Funeral for My Morals)

Angela Aki

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Fukurou no nakigoe wa "Shi" no keihou de Yami ga kizuguchi wo hiraite Mangetsu wo dasu Shinja kara fushinjinsha Shinputachi made Mofuku wo kite kaze no koe ni Mimi wo sumashita Koyoi wa moraru no soushiki da Pater Noster Nagareboshi wa sora no namida Kigi no oetsu ga mori ni hibiku Mizuumi wa hiai wo Minamo wo wataru kaze ni tsutae Sono kaze ga mina wo Sougijou ni yonda Koyoi wa moraru no soushiki da Mae no hou ni ai ga suwari Sono tonari ni wa Tetsugaku ga tabako wo kuwae Omoi ni fukeru Puraido to kenshin wa Sono maushiro de Yake ni shinkoku na kao wo shite Hanashikonde iru Daremo ga douyou wo kakusenai Pater Noster Chie ni te wo hikareta Mada osanai muku ga Hitsugi no naka ni Shiroi bara wo nagekomu to Risei ga seki wo tatte Kuroi beeru wo makuri Shiki no saigo ni mina no mae de Yukkuri to katarihajimeta "Musuko to totsuzen no Wakare ni watashi wa ima Kokoro wo midashite iru Rin to shita kare no koe Massugu na manazashi wo Itsu mademo wasurenai Ima demo kitto toudai no you ni Watashitachi wo terashite iru Mayotta toki hagureta toki Michi ga mienai toki Zen to aku no setsume ni sotto Anata no kokoro ni Kare wa ikitsuzukeru" Pater Noster Doujou ga hageshiku unazuki Hakushu ga okori Shinjitsu ga risei no Mimimoto de itta "Watashi no musuko ga ita no Kibou ga inaku nattemo Kare wa ima demo Mina no naka de ikite iru" Fukurou ga nakiyande Tobitatta koro Asamoya wo kakiwakenagara Taiyou ga deta

The owl's cry Warns of "death" Darkness opens the wounds Letting out the full moon Believers and unbelievers And even the priests Are dressed in funeral clothes Listening to the wind Tonight is a funeral for my morals Pater Noster Shooting stars are the sky's tears The weeping of the trees echoes through the forest The lake tells of its sorrow By the wind blowing over its waters And that wind Calls everyone to the funeral home Tonight is a funeral for my morals Love sits in front And next to her Philosophy smokes a cigarette Lost in thought Pride and dedication Are right behind him Deep in conversation And looking very serious No one can hide their trembling Pater Noster Wisdom took Young purity's hand As she threw a white rose In the coffin Then reason stood up Wearing a black veil And at the end of the service She stood before everyone and began to speak "My heart is troubled Over my son's Sudden departure I'll never forget His gallant voice His straightforward gaze I know even now He shines on us like a lighthouse When we're lost, when we've gone astray When we can't see the road before us He lives on In your hearts In the knot of good and evil" Pater Noster Sympathy bows in assent There is applause Truth whispers In reason's ear "I had a son, too But even though hope is gone He still lives on In all of us" The owl's hooting ceased As it took flight And the sun pushed through The morning mist