A GREAT FOOL (Song)

## A GREAT FOOL

* Cover

A GREAT FOOL album cover

## Audio

**A GREAT FOOL** is a song by Novel Core. It is the second and title track of his first major album A GREAT FOOL.

## Background

As the title track of the album, **A GREAT FOOL** carries the theme being yourself, even if it means looking like a fool.

Novel Core has said the lyrics "I can't be obedient no matter what" symbolize the album. They represent the abstract feeling of wanting to live well, but still having a part of him that doesn't want to be well-behaved.

## Credits

* Lyrics: Novel Core
* Music: Novel Core, Takuya Yamanaka from THE ORAL CIGARETTES
* Producer: Takuya Yamanaka from THE ORAL CIGARETTES
* Guitar & Bass: Takuya Yamanaka from THE ORAL CIGARETTES
* Recording Engineer: Youoh Oki (SCRAMBLES STUDIO)
* Additional Arrange, Recording & Mixing Engineer: SHIMI from BUZZER BEATS (D.O.C. / NEW WORLD STUDIO shibuya)

## Performances

* [2022.01.22] Novel Core "A GREAT FOOL" BIRTHDAY LIVE
* [2022.03.04] JFL presents LIVE FOR THE NEXT 2022
* [2022.04.07] BMSG Artist Showcase 2022
* [2022.04-2022.05] Novel Core A GREAT FOOL TOUR 2022
* [2022.05.29] MTV LIVE MATCH 2022.05.29
* [2022.06.03] Novel Core 1st ONEMAN LIVE "I AM THE TROUBLE"
* [2022.06.05] Munakata Fes THINK ECO KITAKYU
* [2022.07.16] Date fm Fantastic Forty RAD DAY 1.5
* [2022.07.16-17] BLACK SUMMER WEEKEND 2022
* [2022.08.17] Coca-Cola SUMMER STATION Ongaku LIVE
* [2022.10.10] FM802 MINAMI WHEEL 2022
* [2022.10.21] MUSIC FUN! LIVE
* [2022.11-12] No Pressure TOUR 2022
* [2022.11.20] Amafes “ARTIST EDITION” 2022
* [2023.01.21] Novel Core ONEMAN LIVE -Untitled-
* [2023.02.12] SOUND CONNECTION - NO LIMIT -
* [2023.03.11] Chou Onpa VIVIVI SONIC
* [2023.04.15] KOBE COLLECTION 2023
* [2023.04.30] Novel Core × OWV
* [2023.05.03] VIVA LA ROCK 2023
* [2023.06.18] MTV PRIDE LIVE 2023
* [2023.07.17] LuckyFes'23
* [2023.07.28] Date fm Fantastic Forty RAD DAY 2.5
* [2023.09.03] Rolling Stone Japan LIVE 2023
* [2023.10.21] DR. MARTENS MADE STRONG TOKYO
* [2023.10.28] SPOOKY PUMPKIN 2023 ~PURO ALL NIGHT HALLOWEEN PARTY~
* [2023.12.26] Juice
* [2024.01.17] ONEMAN LIVE -I AM THE HERO- at BUDOKAN

## Lyrics

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**Featured Members**Novel Core

**Lyrics**
* Side-by-Side View
* Japanese
* Romaji
* English

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Nan kai mo ittatte yume ja meshi wa kuenai

Mou ippen kagami mite toshi wo kangaete (no matter what...)

Fukanzenna mondaiji shakaijin ni mo natte hankouki?

Imada chou ibitsuna rokkakkei (no matter what...)

Aa gochagocha urusaiwa mou ii? Aa heiki?

Sawaccha dame nuritate no penki nibe chin

Esoragoto de hara kakaete waraeta kdomo no koro no mama de

Mikiri hassha konkyo nado iranee

Ishibashi wa tobikoeru mono desu

Crazy! Crazy! Umaretsuki Crazy!

Nasu ga mama kaze makase

Gachigachi no kanpeki shugi

Dari i dari i hontouni dari i

Migihidari mo wakaranai oretachi no ikikata de

Chacha irenna Ma story

Baka wo mite mo mou ii

Doushitemo kashikoku narenai

Haa... tokorode anta wa dare?

Doko no oerai san yakeni koe ga dekai ne

Soro ban katate fukanshou mukanjouna zeni kanjou

Kanousei wa desu ka? Risouron wa gomi desu ka?

Zenrei no nai mono wa zenbu botsu desu ka?

Make it! Make it! We're gonna make it!

Aruga mama sakihokore

Gachigachi no kanpeki shugi

Dari i dari i hontouni dari i

Mighihidari mo wakaranai oretachi no ikikata de

Chacha irenna Ma story

Baka wo mite mo mou ii

Doushitemo doushitemo

Yume naki busshitsu shugi

Iki dekinai kono machi

Jouzu ni ikirarenai oretachi no shiisougeemu

Chacha irenna Ma story

Baka wo mite mo mou ii

Doushitemo kashikoku narenai

**English Translation**
They say it over and over that I can't live off dreams alone

to look in the mirror again and think about my age (no matter what...)

A perfect problem child, a working adult in a rebellious phase?

Still a super-distorted hexagon (no matter what...)

Oh, just shut up about the mess, are we done? Ah, we good?

Don't touch it, you'll smudge the fresh paint

Like a pipe dream, holding my stomach, staying the laughing kid I was

Departing at the last minute, I don't need any proof

Stone bridges are meant to be jumped over

Crazy! Crazy! I'm Crazy by nature!

I'm just going where the wind takes me

Your stiff, stiff perfectionism

Is dull, dull, seriously dull

Right or left, they don't understand

The way we live

My story doesn't stop

I don't care if I look like a fool

I just can't be obedient, no matter what

Ugh — and who are you supposed to be, anyway?

A big guy, huh? Your voice is loud, isn't it?

Abacus in one hand, frigid, unsympathetic money-grubber

Are my possibilities zero? Is my idealism trash?

Is everything unprecedented just scrapped?

Make it! Make it! We are gonna make it!

We're gonna bloom, just the way we are

Your stiff, stiff perfectionism

Is dull, dull, seriously dull

Right or left, they don't understand

The way we live

My story doesn't stop

I don't care if I look like a fool

No matter what, no matter what —

This dreamless materialism

This town where I can't breathe

I can't live well in this seesaw game of ours

My story doesn't stop

I don't care if I look like a fool

I just can't be obedient, no matter what

**Japanese Lyrics**
何回も言ったって　夢じゃ飯は食えない

もういっぺん　鏡見て　歳を考えて (no matter what…)

不完全な問題児　社会人にもなって反抗期？

未だ超歪な六角形 (no matter what…)

あぁ　ごちゃごちゃうるさいわ　もう良い？　あっ　平気？

触っちゃダメ　塗りたてのペンキにべチンッ

絵空事で腹抱えて笑えた子供の頃のままで

見切り発車　根拠などいらねぇ

石橋は飛び越えるものです

Crazy！ Crazy！　生まれつきCrazy！

なすがまま　風任せ

ガチガチの完璧主義

だりぃ　だりぃ　本当にだりぃ

右左も分からない　俺達の生き方で

茶々入れんな Ma story

馬鹿を見てももう良い

どうしても賢くなれない

はぁ…ところであんたは誰？

どこのお偉いさん　やけに声がでかいね

そろばん片手　不感症　無感情な銭勘定

可能性は0ですか？理想論はゴミですか？

前例のないものは全部ボツですか？

Make it！ Make it！ We're gonna make it！

あるがまま　咲き誇れ

ガチガチの完璧主義

だりぃ　だりぃ　本当にだりぃ

右左も分からない　俺達の生き方で

茶々入れんな Ma story

馬鹿を見てももう良い

どうしても　どうしても

夢なき物質主義

息出来ないこの街

上手に生きられない俺達のシーソーゲーム

茶々入れんな Ma story

馬鹿を見てももう良い

どうしても賢くなれない

**Romaji Lyrics + Color Code**
Nan kai mo ittatte yume ja meshi wa kuenai

Mou ippen kagami mite toshi wo kangaete (no matter what...)

Fukanzenna mondaiji shakaijin ni mo natte hankouki?

Imada chou ibitsuna rokkakkei (no matter what...)

Aa gochagocha urusaiwa mou ii? Aa heiki?

Sawaccha dame nuritate no penki nibe chin

Esoragoto de hara kakaete waraeta kdomo no koro no mama de

Mikiri hassha konkyo nado iranee

Ishibashi wa tobikoeru mono desu

Crazy! Crazy! Umaretsuki Crazy!

Nasu ga mama kaze makase

Gachigachi no kanpeki shugi

Dari i dari i hontouni dari i

Migihidari mo wakaranai oretachi no ikikata de

Chacha irenna Ma story

Baka wo mite mo mou ii

Doushitemo kashikoku narenai

Haa... tokorode anta wa dare?

Doko no oerai san yakeni koe ga dekai ne

Soro ban katate fukanshou mukanjouna zeni kanjou

Kanousei wa desu ka? Risouron wa gomi desu ka?

Zenrei no nai mono wa zenbu botsu desu ka?

Make it! Make it! We're gonna make it!

Aruga mama sakihokore

Gachigachi no kanpeki shugi

Dari i dari i hontouni dari i

Mighihidari mo wakaranai oretachi no ikikata de

Chacha irenna Ma story

Baka wo mite mo mou ii

Doushitemo doushitemo

Yume naki busshitsu shugi

Iki dekinai kono machi

Jouzu ni ikirarenai oretachi no shiisougeemu

Chacha irenna Ma story

Baka wo mite mo mou ii

Doushitemo kashikoku narenai

**English Translation**
They say it over and over that I can't live off dreams alone

to look in the mirror again and think about my age (no matter what...)

A perfect problem child, a working adult in a rebellious phase?

Still a super-distorted hexagon (no matter what...)

Oh, just shut up about the mess, are we done? Ah, we good?

Don't touch it, you'll smudge the fresh paint

Like a pipe dream, holding my stomach, staying the laughing kid I was

Departing at the last minute, I don't need any proof

Stone bridges are meant to be jumped over

Crazy! Crazy! I'm Crazy by nature!

I'm just going where the wind takes me

Your stiff, stiff perfectionism

Is dull, dull, seriously dull

Right or left, they don't understand

The way we live

My story doesn't stop

I don't care if I look like a fool

I just can't be obedient, no matter what

Ugh — and who are you supposed to be, anyway?

A big guy, huh? Your voice is loud, isn't it?

Abacus in one hand, frigid, unsympathetic money-grubber

Are my possibilities zero? Is my idealism trash?

Is everything unprecedented just scrapped?

Make it! Make it! We are gonna make it!

We're gonna bloom, just the way we are

Your stiff, stiff perfectionism

Is dull, dull, seriously dull

Right or left, they don't understand

The way we live

My story doesn't stop

I don't care if I look like a fool

No matter what, no matter what —

This dreamless materialism

This town where I can't breathe

I can't live well in this seesaw game of ours

My story doesn't stop

I don't care if I look like a fool

I just can't be obedient, no matter what

**Credits**
**Japanese:** Official
**Romaji:** Chanting

**English:** Shoceted

## References

1. ↑ *encore - Novel Core『A GREAT FOOL』インタビュー――恐れを知らない大馬鹿者であれ, 2021/12/17*