ƒtƒFƒCƒN
( feiku )
    Fake
lyrics by; Sakurai Kazutoshi
music by; Sakurai Kazutoshi
performed by; Mr. Children
Track 09 on the Home album

Itteshimaeba bokura nanka nisete tsukutta magaimono desu
sugu ni sore to miyaburarenu you ni agezokoshite kurashiteimasu
    If I may say, we're just imitation fakes
    So that people won't see though us we readily live with a false bottom
(1)

Hoppeta kara oukakumaku made dareka o norotteyaru tte kimochi fukuramashi
"konnan ja iyada!" tte
kuniku no saku o nette nantoka kyou o ikiteru yo
    Build the feeling of wanting to go and put a curse on someone from your cheeks to your diaphram
    Saying "I don't want it like this!"
    Polishing our plans made of desperate measures, somehow we're living through today

Munashisa o kakaete yume o burasage nikaidate no ashita e to TAKE OFF
hai ni nattemo
akiramecha mata hajime kara denaoshitari shite
mada jibun o kirai ni narezu ni iru mitai da oh oh oh
karadajuu ni shimitsuiteiru uso o shinjiteiku
    Carrying your futility, swinging your dreams, Take Off to the two-story tomorrow
    Even if you should turn to ash
    Giving up and starting over from the beginning
    It seems you are still unable to hate yourself oh oh oh
    Going on believing the lie ingrained throughout your body

Dore kurai no peesu de ikou? mazu wa nanbante ni tsukou?
arekore tte chie o shibotta ageku ga urame ni demasu
    At what pace shall we go? What position should we reach first?
    We honed our senses through this and that but, unfortunately it backfired on us

"Ai shiteru" tte onna ga ittekita tte
dareka to tokkae no kiku daiyouhin de shika nai n da
hokku hazushiteru tochuu de kizuiteita tte tada koshi o furitsuzukeru yo
    A woman came saying "I love you"
    But as nothing more than a substitute in exchange for someone else
    You say you realized as you undid the hook but you're still moving your hips

Sabishisa o seotte koi ni tsunagae chikanikai no kako kara TAKE OFF
haiena no you
tsumazuite nukareta kedo byun to oitsumete
chotto jibun ni puraido o torimodoseta no ni oh oh oh
kono te ga tsukanda mono wa matashite mo feiku
    Shouldering solitude, connected in love, Take off from the second basement floor past
    Like a hyena
    We stumbled and fell out but we flew and chased after
    Even though we got a little bit of our pride back oh oh oh
    What this hand grasped was another Fake

Tobikondekuru oto me ni hairu eizou
shibaraku shadanshite kokoro o sumashite
nani ga miemasu ka? dare no koe ga kikoemasu ka?
itsumade mo dakishimeteireru ka na?
    Sounds that leap out at you, images that enter your vision
    Let's cut ourselves off for a little while, clear our minds
    What can you see? Whose voice do you hear?
    I wonder can we hold on like this forever?

Munashisa o kakaete yume o burasage nikaidate no ashita e to TAKE OFF
haijanpu shiyou
damasarecha mata korimo sezu shinjitari shite
mou daremo utagawazu ni ireru nara oh oh oh yurushiaeru nara
taisetsu ni dakishimeteta takaramono ga aru hi
kyuu ni nisemono to akasaretemo oh oh oh
sekaijuu ni surikomareteiru uso o shinjiteiku
subete wa feiku
sore sura...
    Carrying your futility, swinging your dreams, Take Off to the two-story tomorrow
    Let's do high-jump
    Being deceived again believing it without learning from experience
    If you still can't doubt anyone oh oh oh If we can forgive each other
    Even if the treasure we held on to preciously
    is suddenly proven to be a fakery oh oh oh
    We can go on believing the lies ground into the world
    Everything is fake
    Even that...

Notes;
1) 'agezoko' is like a trunk with a 'false bottom' like with a hidden compartment underneath