Trapped in the Past by TUYU
Italics - JAP
Brackets/Underlined - ENG

Ima, watashi wa iki wo sutteiru

(And now, I breathe in the sweet air)

Ima, futsuu no seikatsu okutte

(Yes now, I live an ordinary life)

Ima, watashi wa ue wo muiteiru

(And now, I look up towards the sky)

Ima, hikou ki ga tonderu wa

(Oh now, there seems to be a plane passing)

Ima, ano kumo wo oikaketakute

(And now, I yearn to chase that cloud)

Ima, hashirou ni mo ugokanakute

(Yes now, I cannot run it seems)

Ima, tachidomatte, nan ni narun da?

(So now, what will occur, as I am frozen?)

Datte "ima" wa, karappo dakara,

(Because 'today' is empty, simply empty,)

Karappo dakara...!

(Absolutely empty...!)

Ame ga futta ato no kaori,

(The bitter smell, after a pour of rain,)

Nanka omoidashisou de

(Brings back, a whiff of a memory)

Sore wa jikan no rouhi tte;

(But I know, it's a waste of my time;)

Nan de wakaranai ka ne?

(Why can't I simply accept that?)

Ima ni shika irarenakute,

(The present is all that I can live in,)

Touzen, mae dake ga hirakete;

(Of course, the future is still ahead;)

Soko ni sotte susumeba ii,

(I must continue and walk along the same path,)

Sou omou koto ni shita, kedo...

(That is what I say and do so, and yet...)

Kuro! Kuro! Kuro! Kuro! Kuro da!

(The blackness! The darkness! The stillness! The emptiness!)

Kuro kuro ga osotte...

(The loneliness engulfs me...)

Ano toki wa,

(Back in the past,)

Tooi ano toki wa, yokatta naa

(Oh back in the sweet past, memories were bright)

Kako ni torawareteiru...?

(Am I still trapped within the past...?)

Jinsei! Jinsei! Jinsei toka!

(Oh life! My life! The life I lived!)

Tounomukashi ni kansei shiten da yo!

(It was a perfect fairy-tale like life!)

Furikaeru koto de shika shoumei shiyou ga nai yo

(I am sure as I look back and memories flood my mind)

Kimi mo, chii mo, subete ushinatta ima da...

(What I once was, my status gone, everything I loved was ripped away...)

Ima, watashi wa akubi wo shiteiru

(And now, I yawn as sleepiness stifles)

Ima, neboketa mama junbi wo shite

(Yes now, I am still half-asleep)

Ima, watashi wa shita wo muiteiru

(Oh now, I look down to my feet)

Ima, mizutamari ni utsutte

(So now, my reflection stares back at me)

Ima, sono mama suikomaretakute

(And now, I wish I could simply drown)

Ima, mawari no me mo ki ni shinakute

(Yes now, I don't care what they all think)

Ima, tachidomatte, nan ni narun da?

(So now, what will occur, as I am frozen?)

datte "ima" wa, karappo dakara,

(Because 'today' is empty, simply empty,)

karappo dakara...!

(Absolutely empty...!)

Kuro! Kuro! Kuro! Kuro! Kuro da!

(The blackness! The darkness! The stillness! The emptiness)

Kuro kuro ga osotte...

(The loneliness engulfs me...)

Ano toki wa,

(Back in the past,)

Tooi ano toki wa, yokatta naa

(Oh back in the sweet past, memories were bright)

Kako ni torawareteiru...?

(Am I still trapped within the past...?)

Jinbou! Jinbou! Jinbou toka!

(Admired! Admired! Admired I was!)

Ima ja sudeni tebanashiten da yo

(The favour and acclaim I have already let it go)

Nakijakuru koto de shika uttae you ga nai yo

(I can only be appealing to them if I sob and cry, submitting to them)

Kimi mo, yume mo, subete ushinatta ima da...

(What I once was, my dreams now gone, everything I loved was ripped away...)

Ima, watashi wa iki wo sutteiru

(And now, I breathe in the sweet air)

Ima, futsuu no seikatsu okutte

(Yes now, I live an ordinary life)

Ima, watashi wa ue wo muiteiru

(And now, I look up towards the sky)

Ima, yuuyake kirei ne?

(Oh now, isn't that sunset a sight?)

Ima, ano kumo wo oikaketakute

(And now, I yearn to chase that cloud)

Ima, hashirou ni mo ugokanakute

(Yes now, I cannot run it seems)

Ima, tachidomatte, nan ni narun da?

(So now, what will occur, as I am frozen?)

Datte "ima" wa, karappo dakara,

(Because 'today' is empty, simply empty,)

Karappo dakara...!

(Absolutely empty...!)

Ato wa shinu dake...

(I'll pass on regardless...)

Jinsei! Jinsei! Jinsei toka!

(Oh life! My life! The life I lived!)

Tounomukashi ni kansei shiten da yo!

(It was a perfect fairy-tale like life!)

Furikaeru koto de shika shoumei shiyou ga nai yo

(I am sure as I look back and memories flood my mind)

Saitei, shippai shitan da ne;

(And now, oh now I've done it all;)

Ato no matsuri da mou sugisatte...

(Everything I have ever enjoyed is gone...)

Kareta konoha mitai ni chuu wo matteru yo

(Just like those withered leaves dancing within the bitter breeze)

Kimi mo, kibou mo, subete ushinatta ima da...

(What I once was, all hope is lost, everything I loved was ripped away...)

Ima, watashi wa fusagi kondeiru

(And now, I am in low spirits)

Ima, watashi wa iki wo sutteiru

(Yes now, I breathe in the sweet air)

Ima, watashi wa fusagi kondeiru

(And now, I am in low spirits)

Ima, sunahama ni tatteiru

(Oh now, I stand upon a shore of sand)

Ima, ano kumo wo oikaketakute

(And now, I yearn to chase that cloud)

Ima, hiroi unabara wo hashitte

(Oh now, I run towards the great sea)

Ima, tachidomaranai watashi ni deaeta ne...

(So now, you have met the me that no one could save...)