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The Sweet Smile of Vortex

from Island by Asunojokei

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    9. Tidal Lullaby
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lyrics

甘き渦の微笑

湖面に散らばる手向けを
君は喜んでくれるだろうか
もう起きることも眠ることもない水の上の君
今日私の手にかけられる定めだった愛し子
昨日も死んだはずで
明日もまた死ぬはずだ

これまでの私も同じようにしたことだろう
これからの私も同じようにすることだろう
親と認められた瞬間が終わりなく折り重なるエコーとなり
恐怖のあまり君の白い肌に爪を立てる

偉大なる敗北者が啓示を受けた場所と似た
風の行方を告げる湖畔にて
小さなコテージから浮かぶボートを望みつつ
再び戸が叩かれる日を待ち望む

あの空のように物語はどこから始めてどこで終わらせてもいい
かく語られし永劫よ
巧妙に隠された存在の無意味さに打ちひしがれた諸人へ
どうか微笑を向けて
渦よ

湖面に散らばる手向けを君は喜んでくれるだろうか
もう起きることも眠ることもない君
今日私の手にかけられる定めだった君
昨日も死んだはずで
明日も

耐えられるだろうか
おびただしい幸いに

こじつけてみせよう
塵芥に意味と名を
先へと願うその思いだけが
他人と同じ幸せを願う弱さを打ち砕く

どうか微笑んでおくれ
二度と恐れはしないから
飽きもせず狂いもせず
その瞬間の永遠の訪れを受け入れよう
君の首に手をかける姿で幕を切って落とし
父と呼ぶ笑顔で幕を下ろしてみせよう

僕らは夢を見るのに目蓋を使わず
まばたきに肩をすくめさせては幸せな夢を見る
エントロピーさえも命乞いをするその先で
渦が微笑むその先で



The Sweet Smile of Vortex

Would you be pleased to see the flowers scattered across the lake?
You on the water who no longer wakes or sleeps.
My beloved child, who was destined to be killed by me today.
You must have died yesterday,
and you’ll die again tomorrow.

I would have done the same in the past,
and I will do the same in the future.
The moment I am certified as a parent becomes the sound that echoes forever.
I claw at your white skin in fear.

By the lakeside which tells where the wind is going,
similar to the place where the great loser had his revelation,
I see the floating boats from a small cottage and long for the day when the door knocks again.

Like the sky, the story can start anywhere and end anywhere.
Thus spoken of, Eternity.
Please smile, vortex,
to those who have been struck by the cleverly concealed meaninglessness of existence.

Would you be pleased to see the flowers scattered across the lake?
You who no longer wakes or sleeps.
You who was destined to be killed by me today.
You must have died yesterday,
and again tomorrow.

Will I be able to withstand the great fortune?

Let me give meaning and name to the dust.
Only the desire to go further shatters our weakness that makes us wish for the same happiness as others.

Please smile at me.
I'll never be afraid again.
No fatigue, no madness.
I'll accept the eternity of the moment.
Start the story with my hand on your neck.
Finish the story with your smile while you call me father.

We won’t use our eyelids to dream.
We ignore our God-given instinct and have a sweet dream.
Beyond which even entropy begs for its life.
Beyond where the vortex smiles at us.

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from Island, released August 17, 2022

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