neruke doodles/shitposts as an apology for being really dead on this app. some of them are kinda old but whatever!!!!!! i still don't know how to post on tumblr
i have a lot of others but tumblr only lets me upload 10 images per post so i'm probably gonna make another one someday (if i get the motivation to)
Referenced English translation: vocaloidlyrics.fandom.com
Note: I also translated and interpreted some lines again myself with my Japanese skills
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Content Note
main theme contains suicide / suicidal thoughts
mentions blood, violence, gambling
Author’s Comment
I started drafting the 1st verse some time ago so I picked it up recently and finished the rest of it within a few days!
“Re-education” was one of the first Neru MVs I watched when I first got into his songs years ago. After first listening to “Lost One’s Weeping” I stumbled upon “Re-education” and fell in love with the visuals (thanks sidu) and song. So this time, I’ve taken a close look at the lyrics and themes, and wrote English translyrics for it.
I also wrote the bridge mostly in rap (because I was having trouble writing singable lyrics, haha)! Please check it out and sing & rap along!
[1st verse]
One last meeting with tomorrow,
Then upon that fast-paced highway I’ll go
If I jump off and bid goodbye,
Surely nobody will heed to my cries?
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Morals can go die, left untold
Like a can that’s kicked. A sight to behold
And teens say “Well, guess that is life”
Yet again these words, for how many nights?
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[1st pre-chorus]
Grew sick of life, the girl snuck away
And reached a warehouse just yesterday, then
Sought for release, sought for relief
She wrapped tape ‘round her neck
And took a final breath
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[chorus]
At the end of that blade
there stand our dreams, nowhere to hide
Yet it’s our tomorrow who’s screaming from the inside
“Someone help me! Don’t just leave me here!”
For the loneliness is far too great to bear
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At the end of that justice,
there lies our dreams, cold and dead
Yet it’s our tomorrow who’s got no blood left to shed
Strike a match. Light it up. Had enough
Return to ash, those days I threw out with the trash
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[2nd verse]
Oh, that’s right
No goals, no hope, constant replays
Ain’t that how you felt then, back in the days?
Should our past selves see us right now,
Surely they will laugh, “You’re way beyond help!”
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[2nd pre-chorus]
The living, breathing scumbag burned all his cash
To try his hand yet again at Blackjack, but
If you rewind time you will find
A loving daughter and wife
Despite his loser’s life
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[chorus]
At the end of that blade
there stand our dreams, nowhere to hide
Yet it’s our tomorrow who’s screaming from the inside
“Someone help me! Don’t just leave me here!”
For the loneliness is far too great to bear
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At the end of that justice,
there lies our dreams, cold and dead
Yet it’s our tomorrow who’s got no blood left to shed
Strike a match. Light it up. Had enough
Return to ash, those days I threw out with the trash
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[bridge: rap]
Never gonna heal. Never gonna prevail
Loneliness is a sickness with no pill
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“Don’t you kill yourself. Don’t you give up on help.”
Help me? Really? Does it ever go well?!
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Happiness? Never seen. So just tell me
What it’s like with a life with no worries
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[bridge: sing]
I say to you with a sigh, “I just wanna go die”
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[bridge: rap]
God, I hate this life. Gonna say a “bye-bye”
Feeling sad. Off the map with no “next time”
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Kinda tellin’ lies. Gonna stay a while, guys
But the voice. Can’t avoid. It’s so HiFi
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[bridge: sing]
“You never listen to what you’re told,” sensei says
It’s better if you’re dead
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[chorus]
At the end of that blade
there stand our dreams, nowhere to hide
Yet it’s our tomorrow who’s screaming from the inside
“Someone help me! Don’t just leave me here!”
For the loneliness is far too great to bear
.
At the end of that justice,
there lies our dreams, cold and dead
Yet it’s our tomorrow who’s got no blood left to shed
Strike a match. Light it up. Had enough
Return to ash, those days I threw out with the trash
