KARASU (Crow)
Live at Tokyo Shibuya TSUTAYA O-EAST April 22nd, 2021
All songs and lyrics by Mukai Shutoku
Movie director: Okubo Yoshiyuki
Live sound engineer: Itoga Takashi
Audio mixed by Mukai Shutoku
Lyrics translation: Leo Imai
KARASU (Crow)
On a motorway back home
I look out the car window
There’s Tokyo Tower, decrepit and old
Just standing there
Stained by sunsets
That red hue
So, so beautiful
I feel like I want to cry
A crow flies past
Over the skyscrapers
And disappears into an unfamiliar city
Jet black crow
Lying dead outside my door
Did you fall off the electric line
Or maybe have a fight with a sparrow?
Gazed at its dead body for ages
It was bigger than what you’d expect
Eyes still wide open
Staring blankly into the distance
I called the local council
Had a look two hours later
And saw a feather on the ground