The Cat's Whiskers - Life is Beautiful

Translation by Carpfish; reprinted with permission.

Time and trial won't dull our starting intentions
We're weaving together history's collective fragments
Words filled with soul hold a power near permanence
Trends that flicker out in moments are nothing but nonsense
We'll achieve the greatest labors rising up and above
Even all your disses we'll fight back with love
The boughs that bear heaviest bend lowest with humility
The wind will blow again cross the surface of the sea

Just have fun no matter what, ain't that alright?
Ryuu-kun on the stage, give me the light!
All your style doesn't have an ounce of class
If you've got no substance then where's the meaning in that? (Ha ha)
Keep it real, no matter when I'm ready
Anything you want from me I'll do it perfectly
I live outside the lines, I might be crazy too
But if there's a single thing that I know is true, it's--

(Hey!)
Life is beautiful (Hey!)
Life is beautiful (Hey!)
Even through all the dirt in the world, the truth will always shine through
(Hey!)
Life is beautiful (Hey!)
Life is beautiful (Hey!)
Don't keep your head down, it's our moment now

Make it clap
Make it clap
Everybody just make it, make it clap
Make it clap
Make it clap
Everybody just make it, make it clap

Make it clap
Make it clap
Everybody just make it, make it clap
Make it clap
Make it clap
TCW in da building, take it back!

Not like other people who lose will instantly
Not just looking for ass-pats half-assedly
TCW can't stop, there's no rain that won't stop
My life is two strikes out with bases loaded to the top
Hitting on that home run, knock it out the park
These vows once made are never broken, no diggity
We'll just keep pushing on
Passing on what's real till moss overgrows the stone[1]

I can imagine a future now
I finally know I can just be myself
Instead of just wringing my hands
This time spent together with people I love
Is what makes me strong
So to protect what's worth protecting
I will do whatever I can
With a heart so endlessly full it overflows

(Hey!)
Life is beautiful (Hey!)
Life is beautiful (Hey!)
Even through all the dirt in the world, the truth will always shine through
(Hey!)
Life is beautiful (Hey!)
Life is beautiful (Hey!)
Don't keep your head down, it's our moment now

Make it clap
Make it clap
Everybody just make it, make it clap
Make it clap
Make it clap
Everybody just make it, make it clap

Make it clap
Make it clap
Everybody just make it, make it clap
Make it clap
Make it clap
TCW in da building, take it back!

[1] This is a reference to the Japanese national anthem. No comment.

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