Youth without a Promised Future (feat. Stellar Duality)

約束はあった。yakusoku wa atta
地図もあった。chizu mo atta
でも、たどり着ける場所は消えていた。demo, tadori tsukeru basho wa kiete ita

安定って言葉は教科書だけantei tte kotoba wa kyōkasho dake
現実は短期、契約、派遣genjitsu wa tanki, keiyaku, haken
努力すれば報われるってdoryoku sureba mukuwareru tte
誰の時代の話だ?dare no jidai no hanashi da?

履歴書は空白を嫌うrirekisho wa kuuhaku wo kirau
でも未来も空白だdemo mirai mo kuuhaku da
不安は異常じゃないfuan wa ijou janai
この世界じゃ標準装備だkono sekai ja hyōjun sōbi da

親の世代の成功論oya no sedai no seikōron
もう再生できないmou saisei dekinai
同じ道を歩けってonaji michi wo aruke tte
道自体が壊れてない?michi jitai ga kowarenai?

夢は高い、現実は安いyume wa takai, genjitsu wa yasui
希望に値段がつけられるkibō ni nedan ga tsukeraru
夢は高い、現実は安いyume wa takai, genjitsu wa yasui
生きるだけで赤字になるikiru dake de akaji ni naru

They sold us stability in clean brochuresThey sold us stability in clean brochures
Said: Work hard, you'll be secureSaid: Work hard, you'll be secure
But all we got was fragile payBut all we got was fragile pay
And contracts that expire with our faithAnd contracts that expire with our faith

Degrees collecting dust on shelvesDegrees collecting dust on shelves
Mental health labelled help yourselfMental health labelled help yourself
Anxiety's not a phase, it's a skillAnxiety's not a phase, it's a skill
You need just to survive the billsYou need just to survive the bills

They call us lazy, say we complainThey call us lazy, say we complain
But they changed the game mid-playBut they changed the game mid-play
Same rules, different stakesSame rules, different stakes
Same effort, half the breakSame effort, half the break

不安に慣れることがfuan ni nareru koto ga
Becomes the qualificationBecomes the qualification
壊れないことだけがkowarenai koto dake ga
The new definition of successThe new definition of success

未来を信じるには高すぎるmirai wo shinjiru ni wa takasugiru
今を生きるだけで精一杯ima wo ikiru dake de seiippai
夢を見る余裕がないyume wo miru yoyū ga nai
それが一番の現実だsore ga ichiban no genjitsu da

「若いから大丈夫」ってwakai kara daijoubu tte
何を根拠に言える?nani wo konkyo ni ieru?
回復する時間さえkaifuku suru jikan sae
最初から与えられてないsaisho kara ataerarete nai

夢は高い、現実は安いyume wa takai, genjitsu wa yasui
Dreams overpriced, life on discountDreams overpriced, life on discount
夢は高い、現実は安いyume wa takai, genjitsu wa yasui
We pay with time we don't have nowWe pay with time we don't have now

They didn't steal our futureThey didn't steal our future
They just raised the priceThey just raised the price
Until we couldn't affordUntil we couldn't afford
To believe in it anymoreto believe in it anymore