Do you fall too?

You said it’d be hard to fall, almost impossible. But you were wrong…

You really can’t see it, can’t feel it?  Don’t you realize how hard it is not to fall?

If you were sure there is no afterlife, no reason for our existence, you’d kill yourself, right now. Or so you said… But if life has no meaning, then neither does death, if there is nothing after the jump, why waste away what little you have left?

If all we have in this world is these years – ten for some, a hundred for others – why make it even shorter?

If life is an island floating in, surrounded by darkness, by nothing, why would you jump from the edge? How can you be sure the tiny piece of land won’t just sink to the bottom of this endless sea?

You told me time has no meaning, time does not exist, as it bends with our perception, making mere moments seem like years, yet passing all too fast, making lifetimes disappear without notice…

But how is that possible, when all we are and all we thrive to be depend on the line time draws?

How can it be, that all that is good, all that is beautiful in this world is bound to get crashed under the iron boots of this invisible and fragile creature?

All that’s valuable to us needs time. Not always days, or hours, often only moments. But without time, the happy family is but a dusty picture in a long-forgotten case. Without time, music is no more than a simple sound, infinitely…

Infinity.

You believe we will rest in heaven eternally, We will float in happiness infinitely, when time loses its meaning and ceases to define our existence. Nothing but the feeling will remain, and we will be content as we wait for an eternity – for a single moment.

But happiness is relative. Without pain there can be no joy, and vice versa, if we do not know grief, we can not appreciate the small wonders that those in need would see as their salvation.

How could we be happy forever, unconsciously, floating in some godly ambrosia?

Why would we?

By the way, if I ever said anything negative about Kyo’s (Dir en Grey) English, I take it all back. Seriously. How did I not realize how terribly beautiful Glass Skin is?

Honestly, who gives a shit if his pronunciation isn’t perfect, who cares if it’s not as tough as their other songs are?

Go listen to the song. Seriously. (here’s the Japanese version by the way, just as pretty)

Thanks for reading.

Dalymar

~ by dalymar on April 13, 2009.