1LDK [English translation]

I've got my name as the newspaper's front page headline

Because I want to attract your attention

Today's the day, there'll be no other chances

I pace tight steps on the yellow line at the edge of the platform

Good things can't ever be tarnished, since we get docked for borrowed originality

Each day's frustrations knock me down, living alone is just exhausting

I go from Omotesando to Shoto dancing in the dark

My tiny paycheck's a heavyweight blow, and the construction's neverending

I love it and I hate it, this city

From my earphones comes a singing voice that makes me yearn

I wait for mornings in a hopeless, defeated mood

But even though I've known those feelings, sometimes above my eardrums you

brighten my shitty-ass reality; for those moments, I transcend

You know what, the surface is dangerous

All those superficial sensations can fuck right off

Your true greatness won't be measured in youth or wealth

And yet you keep begging for praise and showing off something that's not really yours

It's just a costume parade, this city

From my earphones comes a roaring voice that sets me straight

I hate myself for my repulsive, miserable mood

And once I get to those feelings, the vague "something" I can hold to

Is that I know you're there, somewhere in a nearly-fake ideal; so come on, transcend

My deepest thoughts burst up above the five-lined staff, and as I crumple I pray

To be honest I'm not really asking for anything (and my vices ain't gonna go anywhere)

But all that art, and all that music

All those songs, and all for what?

I could even take up drawing, and no one would care; why not just give up, huh?

All that art, all that music, all that music,

All that music, all that music, all that music, damn it all to hell!

All that art, all that music, all that's gone, and I am too

I couldn't get chosen, I was given no worth

Except for admiration

From my earphones comes a singing voice that makes me yearn

I waited for mornings in a hopeless, defeated mood

But even though I'd known those feelings, once above my eardrums you

brightened my reality, as shitty as it was

Through your earphones over a scant three minutes and a bit

I take you to an unstoppable, revolutionary mood

Yeah, with one fingertip you can always hit [play],

punch through this boring everyday routine,

and change our shitty-ass reality in one short bar

And now we've transcended our 1LDKs