Self Revolution -2003-

jibun kakumei -2003-

music/lyrics: Miyavi
translation: Jessica Rains

release: jibun kakumei -2003- [2003.04.16]
track number: 01

Lyrics

(disappoint... resignation...
anxious... alienation...)
(desperate... isolation... envious)

Season's greetings
Amigo
Don't go overboard, okay
Let's take it easy.

("Re-la-pa-pa-re-lax lady")

Do not worry
Shed your extra strength, now see.

-you must be cold?

you must be shaking?-

Oh mirror oh mirror, please answer me
(「Well what is it?」 -What's a matter?-)
What should I do
For me to not be me?
(「It's a simple thing」) -It's so easy-

How's it going buddy
Making a glum face
is poison to "the body"

("Re-la-pa-pa-re-lax lady")

Take it easy And try taking
a big deep breath

-It must be painful?

You must be writhing?-

Oh mirror oh mirror, please tell me
(「What's it now?」 -What's a matter?-)
What should I do
For me to be me?
(「It's a simple thing」) -It's so easy-

「I envy dream I envy dream...」

-hahaan, "You must be scared?
It must be hard for you?
Then don't mumble, Don't
Why not say it clearly?-

"I want to beat you to be free to me"

「The other is outside, the inner in inside.」*
Just exactly as the words are.
If you give a closer look at the neighbor's lawn
it's kinda dim.

Oh mirror oh mirror, please disappear already
(「Huh what's up?」 -What's a matter?-)
I am me, you are you, that's it right?
(「It's a simple thing」) -It's so easy-

Notes:
1. Even though what's written and what he says differs slightly, the meaning is the same either way. I tried to translate this as best as I could. This is something that Japanese mothers often say to their children, kind of like "if someone else jumped off a bridge, would you do it too?" or "the neighbor's yard often appears greener" when actually, it may not be! It shouldn't matter anyway because what is yours is yours, and what is not yours is not yours, so worry about your own things, not about others.

Just to explain the song a little bit, imagine looking at yourself in the mirror. The first you see is "you". But you don't like your image, you don't like what others say about you, you want to be better! Take a deep breath and let go of those frustrations and hang ups, stop trying to be cool or trying to be something you're not. It might be hard but in the end you'll find that you knew all along who you were. Your likes and dislikes, what feels good and what doesn't, your self image, your goals and your dreams, your experiences, the things you learn... all of them are uniquely inside you, and no one else. Even the image in the mirror, is outside - it is like looking at someone else. "I want to beat you, to be free (as) me". You are inside you, always, and you will always be you.