TOKIO/Taiyou to Sabaku no Bara

Taiyou to Sabaku no Bara
(The Sun and the Desert Rose)

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Ano hi egaita sabaku no bara wa Mada mune no oku ni saiteru Itsuka arehatete yuku kono sekai ni Inochi no ame wo furisosoide miro Nodo ni tsumaru Nigai doku wo hakisutete wa Karappo na hitomi ni utsusu Kigakari na mirai wo Kawakikitta kokoro to Mukiau sono tabi Moetsukisou na jibun no naka ni "Nanika" wo sagashiteta Aa...kyou mo mata sabitsuite Tokihanatenu kase Kubi ni makitsuketa mama Haizurimawatte iru Ano hi egaita sabaku no bara wo Ima mune no oku ni sakaseru Kureru machinami to kakenuketa hibi wo Kioku ni umekonde Maketsuzuketeku yume bakari dewa Ai suru hito sae mamorenai Sasatta mama no toge mada aru nara Inochi no ase wo furisosoide miro Deguchi no nai kotae Bakari ni ikitsuite Kore made nandomo tsubuyaita "Fuzakenna" wo wasurenai Aa...tomo sureba iki no ne ga Tomarisou na kusabi Kanpu naku utaretemo Tachiagari susunde yuku Dareka wo mamoru dareka no uso ga Gouman na yaiba sashimukeru Kakinagutta seigi de tate wo kizuki Ikari no kane narase Hagane no you na chikara nakutemo Sono te de kusari wo hikichigiri Uragiri no yami wo sasu yuuki aru nara Katameta kobushi furikazashite miro Machi no akari ga nijinde iku hodo Nigotta mizu wo kakkuratte Subete wo wasure samayottemo Genjitsu wa kiba wo muku Ukeiregatai kono mainichi wo Kirihiraku tame ni tatakaitsuzukero Korekara mo zutto Ano hi egaita sabaku no bara wa Mada mune no oku ni saiteru Hatasenu mama no yashin wo kakaete Tobira wo kojiakero Nigirishimeteru sabaku no bara wo Itsu mademo karasanai you ni Asu mo tsuzuku darou ibara no sekai ni Inochi no ase wo furisosoide miro Shiren no you na taiyou no shita de...

The desert rose you imagined that day Still blooms within your heart Someday let life's rain pour down On this ruined world When you spit out The bitter poison stuck in your throat A future of worry Is reflected in your empty eyes Whenever you faced Your parched heart You searched for "something" inside you As you nearly burnt up Ah...today once more You crawl around With those rusty shackles Still around your neck Within your heart you're still growing The desert rose you imagined that day Bury in your memories The twilight streets and the days you ran through With only dreams of losing You'll never protect the one you love If you still have the thorns that pricked you Let life's sweat rain down You run into nothing but Questions without exits Don't forget all the times You muttered "gimme a break" Ah...a wedge prone To ending life Even when thoroughly beaten down You get up and keep going Someone's lie told to protect someone else Turns a prideful blade towards you Build a shield from scrawled out justice And ring the bell of anger Even if your strength isn't like steel Use your hands to break the chains If you have the courage to shine in the darkness of betrayal Raise your fists in the air Gulping muddy water As the city lights blur Even if you wander, forgetting everything Reality bares its fangs Though these days are hard to accept Keep fighting your way through them Now and forever The desert rose you imagined that day Still blooms within your heart Holding on to unfulfilled ambitions Yank open the door Let life's sweat rain down On the thorny world that will still be the same tomorrow So the desert rose you clutch tight Will never wither and die Under the sun that tests you...