STRAIGHT UP

I wanna be in the spotlight
Let it come to me
The playing around I used to do without knowing why
Stopped being playing and turned into a job
It’s not just something low key
Higher than the soaring birds I fly
Until this dream I’m dreaming is no longer a dream
Late at night I still stay up
Straight up

I hated hearing it when they said “You’re gonna get your big break”
My granddad said it too when he said “I’m praying for your success”
When I was running out of time stuck in that small town
The one chance that would change my life finally came around
All around me teenagers living beautiful lives
But ever since I was a little brat with a backpack
I spent every playday going to my job
I could have chose different but I chose this

Not everyone could keep their heads afloat
For all those who have fallen to my side
I wouldn’t be able to keep my head up on this dark stage
I don’t know how I can stop
Nagano, Saitama, scenes of the country fields
Throwing love out to my city
They laughed at me when I said I could make it in Tokyo by myself on the fly so I just ran away
More and more I feel like we don’t need to meet again
And yet I still wanna see the day I get to send my parents money
No “welcome home” waiting for me
That’s the decision I went with so fine with me

I wanna be in the spotlight
Let it come to me
The playing around I used to do without knowing why
Stopped being playing and turned into a job
It’s not just something low key
Higher than the soaring birds I fly
Until this dream I’m dreaming is no longer a dream
Late at night I still stay up
Straight up

I love my days
I love my pains
Until the day I get everything I need
I’ll keep moving both body and pen
Until the day they lower me into the ground
This four and a half tatami mat kid’s room
Becomes a rehearsal studio for the arena tour
I’m out of my bird cage now
They gathered around so close it looks like a gallery
Even if it’s set up for us to lose everything
We’ve always been hoping for victory
I’m not alone but I’ve always been feeling lonely
The way I live is pretty far from honoring my parents, but it’s the way it is
There was talk about 1 million yen
People I should owe my respect to tried to beckon me
But sorry, man
I’m taking this way in order to make my living most satisfying
Winter in sophomore year
Grandpa’s passing
Open casket service
Standing up on stage
The garnet he gave me when he was still around is still protecting me to this day
There’s views I want to see with my own eyes
I make my own decisions on everything
In one single verse I write
There’s more going on in my life than what’s in an entire novel
If I was afraid to be embarrassed I’d already be gone by now
A bond deeper than blood ties
You’re gonna have to come along with me

I wanna be in the spotlight
Let it come to me
The playing around I used to do without knowing why
Stopped being playing and turned into a job
It’s not just something low key
Higher than the soaring birds I fly
Until this dream I’m dreaming is no longer a dream
Late at night I still stay up
Straight up

I wanna be in the spotlight
Ore ni atete kure yo
Nan no tame ka wakarana ku naru made yatteta asobiga
Asobi jyanaku natte job ni
Low key wo nuke dasu
Tobu tori ga naku hodo ni fly
Kono yume ga yume jyanaku naru made wa
Mada nerenai late at night
Straight up

Kikakitanda “machgainai break”
Jiichan mo itteta ne “seikou wo inotteru”
Shizukana machi de machiwabita ore ni
Yatto mawattekita kuso dekai chance
Tonari mireba Hikaru teenager
Randoseru seotteta gaki no koro kara
Mawari asondeta hi mo hataraiteta
Erabeta kara koso erabanakatta

Ukabarenakatta
Mawari shizundeitta yatsura no bun
Kono kurai suteeji dattara mune harenai kara
Tomaru koto wo shiranai
Nagano, Saitama, Inaka no shiin
Ore no machi mitsumasateru
Tokyo kurashi mukeikakusugie warawareta yonige
Naka naka au ki ni narenai
Oya ni itsuka okuru money
Mou kaettekonai okaeri
Sore mo jibun de eranda kekka dashi maa ii

I wanna be in the spotlight
Ore ni atete kure yo
Nan no tame ka wakarana ku naru made yatteta asobiga
Asobi jyanaku natte job ni
Low key wo nuke dasu
Tobu tori ga naku hodo ni fly
Kono yume ga yume jyanaku naru made wa
Mada nerenai late at night
Straight up

I love my days
I love my pains
Subete te ni irereru made
Ashi to fude wa tomaraneesa
Hakaba ni hairu made
Yojyouhan hitoma no kodomobeya ga
Ari-na tsua- no riha sutajio
Torikago kara tobidasu ima
Tori kakomeyo gyarari-
Douse saigo ni wa subete nakunacchimau noni
Oretachi wa zutto hoshigatteru shouri
Hitori jyanai noni zutto kanjiru lonely
Oyakoukou towa hodotooi kedo orewa ikiteru kono toori
Hyaku man no hanashi
Sewa ni natta hito ga temaneku
Dakedo gomen
Ore no ichiban umai meshi no  kui kata wa kore
Ano fuyu wa kouni
Jiichan no shi
Kao dasu sougi
Sugu tatsu sute-ji
Seizen kureta ga-netto wa imam o ore wo mamoteru
Kono me de mitai koukei
Zenbu jibun de kimeru
Shousetsu umeteru dake demo
Shousetsu yori ki nari ore no jinsei
Haji ga kowakereba tokkuni shinderu
Chi yori koi tsunagari ni shibarareta
Omae mo michitzure

I wanna be in the spotlight
Ore ni atete kure yo
Nan no tame ka wakarana ku naru made yatteta asobiga
Asobi jyanaku natte job ni
Low key wo nuke dasu
Tobu tori ga naku hodo ni fly
Kono yume ga yume jyanaku naru made wa
Mada nerenai late at night
Straight up