BUMP OF CHICKEN - Hammer Song
текст песни

Hammer Song and The Tower of Pain.

Harder and harder, still harder now, the singing reverberates through the tower of pain
Who is that trembling up there, clinging to the top?

All these little pains I wanted to get rid of but couldn’t bring myself to, build up
I’ve kept them for so long, and now filled up my first full box of them.

You know it doesn’t really hurt anymore, but when someone sees me
If I have this pain, maybe it allows them to show me a little tenderness.

I gather up that which I threw away and pile the full boxes one atop the other
Watching others pass by out of the corner of my eye, I pile the tenth box on top.

Hmm, still not enough, huh? Doesn’t look like anyone can see it yet.
So I’ll just have to keep building it up, until the whole world can see it.

Higher and higher, still higher now a tower of pain to reach the birds in the sky
Look at him scrambling to the top, pretending to be king, who does he think he is?

I looked down on the onlookers, their mouths agape wondering what was going on
From here they look like ants, and so I piled on the hundredth box.

Those of you who have gathered below, this, is my pain.
And here I am, so high above you that your consoling cannot even reach me.

Surely I am special. Someone that everyone must look up to.
It was because I was chosen by the god of loneliness, that I have come to this view

Higher and higher, still higher now a tower of pain to reach the clouds above
Seated on the top, a king pretending to be god.

All I hear is the sound of the wind, as I pile on the thousandth box
When I looked down I got dizzy, and the seat I had been in was blown off.

And that’s when I felt truly alone. It doesn’t seem like anyone can see me.
I was scared speechless, and suddenly I heard the hammer song.

From the bottom, each box was knocked out in order, the singing of someone’s hammer song.
"We all want to talk to you, so come down to our level."

Harder and harder, still harder now, the singing reverberates through the tower of pain
Clinging to the top, is a god with a runny nose.

Me, pretending to be god, I’m the opposite of who I was pretending to be,
This is who I am, who are you?

Dondon tsuyoku motto tsuyoku utagoe hibiku itami no tou
Sono teppen ni shigamitsuite furueteru no wa dochirasama

Sutetakute mo suterarenakute chiisana itami tamatteta
soitsu wo zutto shimatte kita ikkome no hako mitasareta

Betsu ni imasara tsuraku mo nai kedo dareka ga mite kuretara na
kore dake areba yurusarenai kana sukoshi yasashiku sareru kurai

Suteta mono mo hirotte tsumete mantan no hako tsumiageta
toorisugari wo yokome ni mite jukkome no hako tsumiageta

Sou ka kore demo mada tarinai no ka dareka ni mietenai you da
sore ja dondon takaku shinakucha sekaijuu ni mo mieru kurai

Dondon takaku motto takaku tori ni mo todoku itami no tou
sono teppen ni yojinobotte ousama kibun no nanisama

Nanigoto to ka ookuchi aketa yajiuma tomo wo mioroshita
koko kara mitara ari no you da hyakkome no hako tsumiageta

Oatsumari no minasamakata kore wa watashi no itami desu
anatagata no nagusame nado todokanu hodo no takasa ni imasu

Kitto watashi wa tokubetsu nan da dare mo ga miageru kurai ni
Kodoku no kami ni erabareta kara konna keshiki no naka ni kita

Dondon takaku motto takaku kumo ni mo todoke itami no tou
Sono teppen ni agura kaite kamisama kibun no ousama

Kikoeru no wa kaze no oto dake senkome no hako tsumiageta
Shita wo mitara memai ga shita kaketa hashi wo tobasareta

Soshite hontou ni samishiku natta dare ni mo mietenai you da
Koe mo denai hodo kowaku natta fui ni kikoeta hanmaa songu

Shita kara jun ni daruma otoshi dareka ga utau hanmaa songu
minna anta to hanashitain da onaji takasa made orite kite

Dondon tsuyoku motto tsuyoku utagoe hibiku itami no tou
sono teppen ni shigamitsuite hana wo tarashiteru kamisama