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Paper Cup Parade

紙コップのパレード

The shortest, straightest track — carrying every worthless treasure out into a one-person parade.

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Original

予定を 床にこぼした

拾っても まだ足りない

親指に 青いインク

「変でいい」 ほどけた

 

靴の中に 小さい町

歩いて 確かめる

排水口の コイン

裏返して 名前をつけた

 

地図が 嘘でも

それでも 行く

時計が 止まっても

それでも いい

 

Paper cup parade

自分の道を いく

Paper cup parade

曲がれ 揺れろ (hey, hey)

Paper cup parade

今日も ここにいる

 

店の前を 遠回り

パンと モップの棚

日陰で寝てる 老犬

通る私を 見てた

 

曲がるため 転ぶため

通路で 笑うため

歪んだ笑顔の歌のため

ほつれた糸で 生きる

 

地図が 嘘でも

それでも 行く

時計が 止まっても

それでも いい

 

Paper cup parade

自分の道を いく

Paper cup parade

曲がれ 揺れろ (hey, hey)

Paper cup parade

今日も ここにいる

 

へこんだ王冠を

お下がりを

瓶に入れた空を

遠くまで 持っていく

 

Paper cup parade

自分の道を いく

Paper cup parade

曲がれ 揺れろ (hey, hey)

Paper cup parade

今日も ここにいる

English translation

Spilled my plans across the floor

picked them up, still not enough

blue ink on my thumb

"weird is fine" — it all came loose

 

A little town inside my shoes

I walk it to make sure

the coin from the drain

flipped it over, gave it a name

 

Even if the map is lying

I'm going anyway

even if the clock has stopped

that's fine by me

 

Paper cup parade

walking my own road

Paper cup parade

bend it, shake it (hey, hey)

Paper cup parade

still here today

 

The long way past the store

shelves of bread and mops

an old dog asleep in the shade

watched me passing by

 

To turn, to fall

to laugh in the aisle

for a crooked-smile song

living on a frayed thread

 

Even if the map is lying

I'm going anyway

even if the clock has stopped

that's fine by me

 

Paper cup parade

walking my own road

Paper cup parade

bend it, shake it (hey, hey)

Paper cup parade

still here today

 

A dented crown

a hand-me-down

a sky I bottled up

I'm taking them all the way

 

Paper cup parade

walking my own road

Paper cup parade

bend it, shake it (hey, hey)

Paper cup parade

still here today