ヒットチャートをかけぬけろ
スガシカオ Lyrics

The lyrics to スガシカオ's "ヒットチャートをかけぬけろ" are about the struggle to find meaning and purpose in life, even when the answer is elusive. The singer says that even his father, who has lived longer and presumably has more wisdom, doesn't know what to do to survive. The singer himself has been led astray by the concept of success that he has heard before, exemplified by the "サルマネのコンセプト" (Salman's concept), which seems to be a reference to the business strategy book "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing" by Al Ries and Jack Trout.

The next stanza continues the theme of searching for purpose, this time specifically in the context of making music. The singer wonders what he should do to create music that expresses love, and admits that he only started to think seriously about it recently. But he quickly dismisses that thought, saying that he should just keep running and escaping his problems. He then wonders what expression he should put on his face while singing a song, and admits that it's trivial compared to the promise he made to someone with a serious face.

The repeated chorus of the song, "ぼくのいやしき魂よ ヒットチャートをはしりぬけ 君の胸にとどくがいい" (My twisted soul, run through the hit chart and reach into your heart), is a call to action for the singer's soul to keep striving for success and to connect with the listener's emotions. The second chorus adds a request for the listener to shine a light on the dark side of life and to sing for someone else's sake. The final chorus ends on a note of accepting that the singer's music might someday disappear, but that its impact on the listener's future is what's important.