Under the blue sky, I waited for you

青空の下、君を待った

On that breezy afternoon, my imagination escaped the confines of the day

風が吹いた正午、昼下がりを抜け出す想像

Hey, where do I go from here?

ねぇ、これからどうなるんだろうね

No one has told me how to proceed

進め方教わらないんだよ

I looked into your eyes and without a word I walked away

君の目を見た　何も言えず僕は歩いた

That's Why I Gave Up on Music - Yorushika

『だから僕は音楽を辞めた』 ヨルシカ

Music, Lyrics, Arrangement: n-buna Vocal: suis

Words & Music, Arrange：n-buna Vocal：suis

Music Video Created by Popurika and Magotsuki

Music Video Created by ぽぷりか, まごつき

Translation by EJ/bluepenguin

考えたってわからないし

I've thought about it, but I still don't understand

青春なんてつまらないし

Youth is so boring

辞めた筈のピアノ、机を弾く癖が抜けない

I tried to give up piano, but I can't break the habit of playing on my desk*

ねぇ、将来何してるだろうね

Hey, what will I do in the future?

音楽はしてないといいね

It shouldn't be music, right?

困らないでよ

Don't worry

心の中に一つ線を引いても

Even if I plucked a single string in my heart

どうしても消えなかった　今更なんだから

No matter what I did, it wouldn't disappear, even now, so

なぁ、もう思い出すな

Hey, I still remember

間違ってるんだよ

I'm mistaken

わかってないよ、あんたら人間も

I don't understand, I don't care

本当も愛も世界も苦しさも人生もどうでもいいよ

About all you humans or the truth or love or the world or pain or life

正しいかどうか知りたいのだって防衛本能だ

Wanting to know what's right or wrong is just a self-preservation instinct

考えたんだ　あんたのせいだ

It's your fault that I thought that

考えたってわからないが

* i.e. tapping his fingers on his desk as if playing piano

本当に年老いたくないんだ

I've thought about it, but I still don't understand why I truly don't want to get older

いつか死んだらって

Just thinking “Someday I'm going to die” makes my chest feel hollow

思うだけで胸が空っぽになるんだ

“What will I do in the future?”

将来何してるだろうって

When I grew up I understood That I'm not going to do anything at all

大人になったらわかったよ

How do I explain why I hate people who put on happy faces?

何もしてないさ

It's an inferiority complex haunting my unsatisfied mind like a ghost

幸せな顔した人が憎いのは

I'm not mistaken

どう割り切ったらいいんだ

Hey, with all your differences, you all are human

満たされない頭の奥の

When you don't have love or salvation or kindness or a foundation, it feels bad

化け物みたいな劣等感

Feeling pain at something like a love song is a self-preservation instinct

間違ってないよ

Do I really not care? It's your fault

なぁ、何だかんだあんたら人間だ

I've thought about it, but I still don't understand

愛も救いも優しさも根拠がないなんて気味が悪いよ

Why just living is painful

ラブソングなんかが痛いのだって防衛本能だ

Why you can't make a living from something like music

どうでもいいか　あんたのせいだ

I don't care if the lyrics or whatever are lazily done

考えたってわからないし

I don't care about anything

生きてるだけでも苦しいし

I'm probably not mistaken

音楽とか儲からないし

I'm sure I'm not mistaken

歌詞とか適当でもいいよ

I'm sure I'm not mistaken

どうでもいいんだ

I'm mistaken, I understand

間違ってないだろ

I don't care

間違ってないよな

About all you humans or the truth or love or salvation or kindness or life

間違ってないよな...

Not being able to give the right answer is a self-preservation instinct

間違ってるんだよ　わかってるんだ

I don't care, it's your fault

あんたら人間も

Even I had faith in something once

本当も愛も救いも優しさも人生もどうでもいいんだ

Now the feeling is nothing but garbage

正しい答えが言えないのだって防衛本能だ

I wrote to you so many times

どうでもいいや　あんたのせいだ

I didn't care about whether I'd be rich and famous

僕だって信念があった

It's true,

今じゃ塵みたいな想いだ

it's really true,

何度でも君を書いた

that's how it was back then

売れることこそがどうでもよかったんだ

That's why I

本当だ　本当なんだ

That's why I gave up on music

昔はそうだった