[INTRO — drum and piano] [Core Motif Setup — establishes MELODY A on piano] [VERSE 1 — Lead A] [Minimal Dropback Verse / Sparse Bed: expansive space, low-density pulse, distant sustained pad] [Melody A — primary contour, returns whenever this pattern appears] ジユウのダイショウはタエマナイケイカイ。 The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. ボウリョクのセイジとダンアツは、「テキとタタカウ」というメイモクでアラワレル。 If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy. ミンシュシュギは、ヤミのなかでシヌ。 Democracy dies in darkness. [PRE-CHORUS — Lead B] [Stripped Build / Tension Hold: bass reduced, delicate stacked harmonies sustaining tension] [Melody B — contrasting contour, used only in all Pre-Chorus sections] ダレであれ、ホウのウエにはタテない。 No one is above the law. イッピョウはジュウダンよりもツヨい。 The ballot is stronger than the bullet. ムチなトウヒョウは、ジユウをミズカらコロすコウイだ。 You vote for the lightning, then wonder why the house is burning. Each ballot is a brick in the wall we swear we’re tearing down. The throne is empty until we fill it with the ghosts of our votes. We are the masters,and our vote is the proof. イナズマにトウヒョウしておいて、イエがモえるとオドロく。 トウヒョウは、コワすとチカったカベに、ジブンでレンガをツむことでもある。 ギョクザはアイている。ワタシたちのトウヒョウをコめたユウレイがスワるまで。 ワタシたちこそがシュジンだ。トウヒョウが、そのアカシだ。 [VERSE 2 — Lead A] [Ostinato Vocal Ground: steady low rhythmic loop anchored beneath the vocal] [Melody A — same as Verse 1, slight ornamentation allowed] セイフとは、ホンライ、ヒトビトのためにツカえるソンザイだ。 Government is nothing more than the servant of the people. トウヒョウは、ワタシたちがモつモットもツヨいヒボウリョクのチカラ。 Voting is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have. カナしいシンジツだが、アクのオオくはゼンかアクかをキめないヒトビトによってなされる。 The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. [PRE-CHORUS 2 — Lead C] [Blend Build: gradual increase in harmonic density leading into the pause] [Melody B — same contour as Pre-Chorus 1] ヨクアツは、テをクダすモノだけでなく、それをダマってユルすモノによってもヒロがる。 Oppression is not only inflicted by those who do it,but also by those who tolerate it. [BRIDGE — Lead B] [Breath-Before-Return: one full bar of silence, then unaccompanied re-entry] [Melody B — stripped-down solo variation] チンモクは、あなたをマモらない。 Your silence will not protect you. You vote for the lightning, then wonder why the house is burning. Each ballot is a brick in the wall we swear we’re tearing down. The throne is empty until we fill it with the ghosts of our votes. s. We are the masters,and our vote is the proof. [short interlude] Vote as if your life depended on it. イノチがかかっているとオモって、トウヒョウせよ。 [outro] イノチがかっているとオモって、トウヒョウせよ。 [outro]