Bonnie Pink Lyrics & Translation
Passive-Progressivism
Present

okoranai kyoushi
owanai raion
kataranai seijika
utawanu tori

samete tada ugokazu
himete tada tatakazu
sore ga tsuyosa da to shinjiteiru
tooku kara ikaku shite
chikashii mono nejifusete
sore ga atarashii to shinjiteiru
Who taught you so?

hikikomotta otona
oyoganu kumo
souji shinai kodomo
akenai sora

samete tada ugokazu
himete tada tatakazu
sore ga tsuyosa da to shinjiteiru
tooku kara ikaku shite
chikashii mono neji fusete
sore ga atarashii to shinjiteiru
Who taught you so?
It won’t change anything.
It doesn’t matter how old you are.
It’s about your insecurity.

aisatsu o shinai asa
yogoreta mado
totetsu mo nai
kentai to iu na no izon

sore ga tsuyosa da to shinjiteiru
sore ga atarashii to shinjiteiru
Who taught you so?
Who taught you so?
A teacher that doesn’t get mad
A lion that doesn’t chase
A politician that doesn’t orate
A bird that doesn’t sing

Cooled, wholly unmoving;
Suppressed, wholly unfighting--
I’ve believed that was strength
Threatening from a distance;
pinning down those close to you--
I’ve believed that was new
Who taught you so?


A shut-in adult
A cloud that doesn’t drift about
A child that doesn’t clean
A sky that doesn’t dawn


Cooled, wholly unmoving;
Suppressed, wholly unfighting--
I’ve believed that was strength
Threatening from a distance;
pinning down those close to you--
I’ve believed that was new
Who taught you so?
It won’t change anything.
It doesn’t matter how old you are.
It’s about your insecurity.


A morning that doesn’t greet you
A dirtied window
Dependence named
tremendous fatigue


I’ve believed that was strength
I’ve believed that was new
Who taught you so?
Who taught you so?


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