1.Gradated Grey
My car radio's playing a song
That makes me feel very strange
It's taken so long
Through the gradation of the grey scale
A landscape like I've never seen
As far as my eyes can see
Out on the road
I've seen so many shades, shades of grey
Now I'm back in the tunnel again
Every minute, every second
I can feel it getting closer
Speeding ahead
To where grey meets white
2.Key
I feel so bad, my spirit's weak
Somebody please, what's wrong with me?
What do you see? I see a forest
What kind? There's a light in the darkness
Whatcha gonna do? I wanna walk in it
What you say??
I feel so bad, my body's weak
Somebody please, what's wrong with me?
What do you see? I see a moth
What kind? It looks like my lover
Whatcha gonna do? I wanna chase it
Nani ittenno?
I feel so bad, my mind is weak
Somebody please, what's wrong with me?
What do you see? I see a key on the ground
What kind? Just a key, but it's shining
Whatcha gonna do? I wanna pick it up
What you say??
I've got a feeling something's happening
It gives me a thrill but it's also very frightening
I feel so bad, my spirit's weak
Somebody plese, what's wrong with me?
What do you see? I see a long wall
What kind? It has no end
Whatcha gonna do? Use the key to open it
What you say???
I've got a feeling something's happening
It gives me a thrill but it's also very frightening
3.Pure Jam
Lyricist:Barakan Peter, Yukihiro Takahashi
This must be the ugliest piece of bread
I've ever eaten
Wrapped in a foil-like substance
It's an unidentified object
Shapelessly square
God, it's so ugly
(Jam desho)
I wonder why
Maybe the answer lies
(Sore jam desho, dozo)
In the thickness or the size
4.Seoul Music
Lyricist:Barakan Peter, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Yukihiro Takahashi
An example of life in old Korea
The girl wouldn't let me take her picture
Dong daemon
Kimpo Airport
An old man with a stick in white baji chogori
With a black katsu on his head
The taxi driver kept asking if I wanted a woman
Highway wa kassoro
Myongdong St. has no neon signs
Roadside pillboxes with armed police in front
Kuni no hana wa mukuge
There is a curfew from midnight till 4
Haikara na Myongdong musume
From Busan you can see Tsushima
The speed limit for passenger
Cars is thirty-seven miles per hour
Yakan no dorojo de no chusha wa
Chushato o tento suru koto
Korea has air raid drill once a month
Tokyo-Seoul kan wa yaku nijikan
People over fourty-six speak Japanese
5.Stairs
Lyricist:Barakan Peter, Yukihiro Takahashi
In the shadows by the wall
The stairs go on forever
They could be steel
They could be stone
They could even be paper
Are they leading up or down?
The stairs go on forever
Crowds of people in confusion
Are they moving in or out?
Are they moving, are they still?
The stairs go on forever
People going up stairs
People going down stairs
Ascending people
Descending people
6.Taiso
Mae e narae, migi muke migi
Hidari muke hidari, yasume
Ki o tsuke, maware migi, buruma
Torepan, toreshatsu, hachimaki
Ude o mune no mae ni agete
Keiren no undo
Raise your arms up above your head
Bring them down to shoulder height
Keep them straight and bend your elbows
Let your arms hang loosely down
With your back turned to the sunshine
Bend your body from the waist
Swing your arms right and left
And before you know it you'll be twitching
Ryote o agete, sono te o yoko ni
Daiichi kansetsu chikara o nuite
Karada o taoshite, sayu ni futte
Mo hitotsu omake ni mata futte
Keiren no undo, taiso, taiso minna genki ni
Keiren, keiren, keiren, keiren
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