Labyrinth Wall

***Labyrinth Wall*** (迷宮壁 / *Meikyuu Heki*) is a solo song by Jakurai Jinguji. It was released on December 6, 2017, as a part of the *Matenro -Aural Medicine-* maxi single.

## Track Info

* **Lyrics**: GADORO
* **Composition/Arrangement**: Masaru Yokoyama
* **Length**: 4:24
* **Tempo**: 83 BPM

## Game Info

* **Length**: 2:47 (Part A) / 2:26 (Part B)
* **Attribute**: DIAMOND
* **Note Count**:
	+ **Part A**: 253 (EASY) / 478 (NORMAL) / 736 (HARD) / 993 (EXPERT)
	+ **Part B**: 250 (EASY) / 391 (NORMAL) / 659 (HARD) / 944 (EXPERT)

## Lyrics

* English
* Romaji
* Kanji

My name is Jakurai Jinguji, representing Matenro

What a delightfully ominous stage we have here

Perfect for causing a sensation

And for artistic appreciation

The immeasurable blood and tears

I have shed have become a source of inspiration

For my very soul

And I find that as difficult to admit

As it is to count my nigh-infinite feelings

Upon my very finite digits

Unable to see even that which lay just before me

The chewed off slivers of my fingernails

Looked almost like tiny crescent moons

Lest my soul be chilled by tepid circumstance

I dared to walk the path of ice

Do we die that we might live?

Or do we live simply to die?

If there is an answer, it is the latter

That is the purpose we are given

However, I have seen with my own eyes

The bodies battered and broken of the countless souls

Who have mistaken that very purpose for mere suffering

Even cats and dogs experience pain, true

And on this Earth we, foolish humans, rule

The very freedom of our circumstance binds us

And compels us to seek happiness

Yet none of us is born with the power to thrive on our own

The expression of which is music

Whether we fear

The inevitable disappointment of tomorrow or long for it

The hands of the clock will never tick backward

Knowing this, the streets still bustle with life

Every soul in the crowd will pass on one day or another

Perhaps tomorrow, perhaps even this very moment

In which case, this is no time to laugh

No time to remain silent

There is no right answer

But I cannot help but seek one

One cannot help but sneer at the thought

But life is fleeting

Thus I hope that when my life draws to a close

I go out laughing

Tell me, where is it that we go when we die?

This place forever unknown to us, the living

How is it that our round world has such sharp edges?

Why is it that we continue to hate and fight?

Is life itself a reason for living? What is happiness?

Searching for it without even knowing the answer

It brings laughter to my lips

I see you looking on with scornful chuckles

As I’m sure you know

Once one person starts, the rest will follow in kind

The chains binding you will catch you unawares

And steal away your bodily autonomy

And even if you cover your ears

Reality continues to push through

There are myriad voices and expressions

For which twelve hues are insufficient to capture

Do you remember reaching out for that single ray of hope?

With the rampant absurdity of this world

Who wouldn’t want to laugh?

Who wouldn’t want to dream?

Surely you know that even those

Who laid down their lives desired to live

Tell me, where is it that we go when we die?

This place forever unknown to us, the living

How is it that our round world has such sharp edges?

Why is it that we continue to hate and fight?

No one has the answers to give

Lonely as you may be

You will endure the pain and force yourself through

Even if you must struggle, you must continue to live

Skepticism is a necessity as well––

Do not drown yourselves in sweet sympathy

Tend your own wounds

Even as the eras change, human nature never does

Even the most bitter of experiences

Inevitably become sweet as honey in time

My eyes can no longer bear the sight

Of people beaten and broken down

By envy, enmity, and abuse

Should your unsteady emotions steady themselves

Take to your feet

As a rain of tears flows heavily from your open eyes,

do not place your faith in honeyed words

Strive for higher truth

You don't need to worry

You surely have the eyes of the blind upon you

Do no harm by speaking not a single word

Do not lose sight of yourself

And become a prisoner to preconceived notions

In this very moment, you are dreaming with your eyes open wide

Look to now––no––look to me as I am now

The vast sky looking down

Upon our tiny blue marble with laughter

Look up from there to the heavens

And pray to find a place of solace

The walls of the labyrinth that surrounds us

It seems it will still take quite some time yet to escape them

Life itself is full of pain. And that answer pains me even now,

as we humans are doomed to continue fighting

Life is a constant battle

No words are pretty enough to erase that reality

Sink your teeth into the bitter tastes of failure and defeat

With the strength to take pride in your weakness

And the weakness to take pride in your strength

And continue to fight on today

Watakushi ga matenrou daihyou Jinguji Jakurai

Oatsuraemuki no jaakunaru suteiji

Kokode issekiwotoujiru

Soshite geijutsu wo omonjiru

Ikudotonaku nagashite kita chi ya namida

Sorera wa itsushika kate to nari chikara ni naru

To wa, kesshite ii gatai,

Yubiori kazoete mo mata kiriganai, omoi

Mesaki no koto ga miezu kami chigitta tsume no saki

Marude sore wa chiisana mikadzuki

Namanurui kankyou ni samenu you

Watakushi wa aete itetsuita michi wo erabu

Ikiru tame ni shinu ka moshikuwa shinu

Tame ni ikiru ka, kotaenaraba kousha,

Sora ga watashitachi no shukumeida

Daga, miwokezuru imi wo hakichigaete,

Kono miwohorobosu tami wo kono me de nanri mo mite kita

Inu ya neko ni datte mochiron itami wa sonzai suru

Orokana ningen ni yotteshihai sa reta kono chikyuu

Jiyuuna genjou ni koso ni shibararae,

Shiawase wo misadame, mizukara no chikarade

Wa ikiru koto wa touteifukanouda

Hyogen sura ongaku

Kawari hae no nai asu wo machinozomu ka osoreru ka

Dochira ni seyo tokei no hari wa hidari ni wa susumanai

Wakatteru, machinami wa sawai deru

Zatto ni magirekonda min tachi mo izure ikitaeru

Ashita kamo shirenai

Iya ima kamo shirenai

Dato surya waratte rarenai

Damatte wa i rarenai

Seikai wa nai, daga oimotome hashiritai

Azawarai mo shikatanai, seimei wa hakanai

Naraba kono mihitotsude

Shinu chokuzen ni wa waraitai

Naa? Shindara doko ni mukaun darou

Ikite iru watashi ra ni wakari wa shinai basho

Chikyuu wa naze marui no ni togatte irun darou

Nikushimi wo daki, igamiai wo kurikaesu no?

Ikiru koto ga ikigai ka?

Shiawase to wa nani ka?

Sagashite iru tsumorinanoni wakaranai mama nante

Warawa setekureru na

Wasawarau tte mi teru yatsu

Dareka ga ikeba mata sawagitaterun darou?

Itsushika, tsunaga reta cheen de miugoki mo torezu,

Fusaga reta komaku demo tsutaetai Riaru ga aru

Jyuu ni shoku no shikisai ja osamari kirenai

Hodo no nan shurui no koe ya hyoujou ga aru

Hitosuhi mo koumyou

Te wo nobasu, kioku ni mo nokoru no?

Ima mo nao, habikitteru yo no juhouri, daredatte waraitai

Dare datte yumemitai

Naa iki taeta aitsudatte ikirakatta hazudaro

Naa? Shindara doko ni mukaun darou

Ikite iru watashi ra ni wakari wa shinai basho

Chikyuu wa naze marui no ni togatte irun darou

Nikushimi wo daki, igamiai wo kurikaesu no?

Dare mo oshietekureru yaku nante naku

Kodoku demo mi wo kezuri oimotomeru sube wo shiru

Agaitemo ikite yare

Utagai mo hitsuyouda

Kizu no name ai wa sezu, mizukara de chi wo arae

Jidai ga kawarou to, hito no magokoro wa kawaranaikara

Nigai keiken mo amai mitsu ni kitto naru

Shitto ya netami hibou chuushou

Ni haiboku wo kissuru make zama nado

Watashi wa kore ijou wa mitakunai

Fuanteina joucho ga antei shite mo tachiagare

Kaigan suru mabuta kara tare ochiru namidaame, nariagare,

Kotesaki no kotoba ni wa shinrai wanai

Mienu mono ga kitto mi teru nani mo shinpai wana

Issai hakai sezu ni umu mo iwa senai

Kisei gainen ni torawarete jibun wo miushinau na

Doukou wo hira ta mama de ima mo yume wo miteru

Ima ni mi tokede wanaku ima no watashiwomite kure,

Semai kono chikyuu jou wo mioroshite warau na hiroi sora

Soko kara miagete tenni negai sagasu ikoinoba

“Meikyuuheki no raibirinsuury waru

Nukedasu tame ni madamada jikan wa kakari souda

Ikiutoiukoto wa itainda. Sono kotae ni ima mo nao modae,

Watashitachi ninga wa arasoi wo kurikaeshi teru

Jinsei wa kachimakenanda

Kireigoto wa tsuuyou shinai

Yowasa wo jifu suru koto no tsuyo sa

Tsuyo sa wo jifu suru koto no yowa sa

Zasetsu ya haiboku, no aji wo

Kamishime kui shibarinagara kyou mo tachimukau yo

「私が麻天狼代表神宮寺寂雷。御誂え向きの邪悪なるステージ。

ここで一石を投じる。そして芸術を重んじる。幾度となく流してきた血や涙、

それらはいつしか糧となり力になる。とは、決して言い難い、

指折り数えてもまたきりがない、思い。目先のことが見えず

噛みちぎった爪の先、まるでそれは小さな三日月。

生温い環境に冷めぬよう、私はあえて凍てついた道を選ぶ。」

生きる為に死ぬかもしくは死ぬ為に生きるか、答えならば後者、

それが私たちの宿命だ、だが、身を削る意味を履き違えて、

この身を滅ぼす民をこの目で何人も見てきた。

犬や猫にだって勿論痛みは存在する。

愚かな人間によって支配されたこの地球、自由な現状にこそに縛られ、

幸せを見定め、自らの力では生きることは到底不可能だ。

表現すら音楽。変わり映えのない明日を待ち望むか怖れるか

どちらにせよ時計の針は左には進まない。

分かってる、街並みは騒いでる。雑踏に紛れこんだ民達もいずれ息絶える。

明日かもしれない。いや今かもしれない。だとすりゃ笑ってられない。

黙ってはいられない。正解はない、だが追い求め走りたい。

嘲笑いも仕方ない、生命は儚い、ならばこの身一つで

死ぬ直前には笑いたい。

なあ？死んだら何処に向かうんだろう。

生きている私らに分かりはしない場所。

地球は何故丸いのに尖っているんだろう。

憎しみを抱き、啀み合いを繰り返すの？

生きることが生きがいか？幸せとは何か？

探しているつもりなのに分からないままなんて、笑わせてくれるな。

嘲笑って見てる奴。誰かが逝けばまた騒ぎ立てるんだろう？

いつしか、繋がれたチェーンで身動きも取れず、

塞がれた鼓膜でも伝えたいリアルがある。

12色の色彩じゃ収まりきれないほどの何種類の声や表情がある。

一筋の光明、手を伸ばす、記憶にも残るの？

今も尚、蔓延ってる世の不条理、誰だって笑いたい。誰だって夢見たい。

なあ息絶えたアイツだって生きたかったはずだろ。

なあ？死んだら何処に向かうんだろう。

生きている私らには分かりはしない場所。

地球は何故丸いのに尖っているんだろう。

憎しみを抱き、啀み合いを繰り返すの？

誰も教えてくれる訳なんてなく。

孤独でも身を削り追い求める術を知る。

足掻いても生きてやれ。疑いも必要だ、

傷の舐め合いはせず、自らで血を洗え。

時代が変わろうと、人の真心は変わらないから。

苦い経験も甘い蜜にきっとなる。

嫉妬や妬み誹謗中傷に敗北を喫する負けざまなど

私はこれ以上は見たくない。

不安定な情緒が安定しても立ち上がれ。

開眼する瞼から垂れ落ちる涙雨、成り上がれ、

小手先の言葉には信頼はない。

見えぬ者がきっと見てる何も心配はない。

一切破壊せずに有無も言わせない。

既成概念に囚われて自分を見失うな。

瞳孔を開いたままで今も夢を見てる。

今に見とけではなく今の私を見てくれ、

狭いこの地球上を見下ろして笑うな広い空。

そこから見上げて天に願い探す憩いの場。

「迷宮壁のラビリンスウォール。

抜け出すためにまだまだ時間はかかりそうだ。

生きるということは痛いんだ。その答えに今もなお悶え、

私達人間は争いを繰り返してる。

人生は勝ち負けなんだ。綺麗事は通用しない。

弱さを自負することの強さ、強さを自負することの弱さ、

挫折や敗北、の味を噛み締め食い縛りながら今日も立ち向かうよ。」