Shinbun
NakamuraEmi Lyrics

Kamen no moji wo minagara mienai aite wo souzou shinagara
While imagining an invisible opponent, studying the hidden characters

Shigoto wa dondon susundeku koohii mo dondon hette iku
Work is steadily progressing, coffee getting colder by the minute

Pasokon no kii wo uttetara warainagara hahaoya ga itta
While laughing at my mother's comment on how my typing sounds like a mouse

"Nezumi no ashioto mitai" futto waratte te ga tomatta
Suddenly laughed and my hands stopped moving, likening my typing to the sound of a mouse's footstep

Atarimae no kono oto ni umorete ita
Submerged in these everyday sounds

Yoake ni shitataru ame no oto kabu no oto to posuto no oto
The sound of rain dripping at dawn, mixed with the sound of the drums and the mailboxes

Nanda ka tokubetsu ni kikoete gushagusha na kao de posuto wo aketa
Opened the mailbox with an odd sense of expectation and a foolish expression

Biniiru ga kakatta shinbun bishonure de todokete kuretan darou
The blue-tinted newspaper must have been delivered all soaked

Tatta sore dake no koto sa tatta sore dake no koto sa
Just that and nothing else, just that and nothing else

Nanka wasureteru ki ga shita taisetsu na koto
Had the feeling that I might be forgetting something important

Suki na hito no ie ni denwa kakete dare
Calling a loved one's house, who might answer?

Ga deru ka wakaranai ano kinchou wa oboeteru
Can't remember if I ever called that place, remembering the nervousness

Ikitai basho e wa chizu de arakajime chekku shite
Starting to check the map for the place I want to go to

Jikoku hyou wa osaifu ni haittete
Putting the timetable in my wallet

Ato wa michi wo tazunereba iketa
After asking for directions, I was finally on my way

Machiawase no jikan ni konakattara
If I miss the meeting time

Saki ni itteru tte eki no dengonban e
I'll call the station message board and leave a message

Densha de kirei ni chiisaku tatande
Stood neatly and compactly in the train

Shinbun yomeru hito ga nanka kakko yokatta
Thought people who read newspapers were kind of cool

Dondon benri ni natta kara dondon mendou ga afurete
More and more convenient, but more and more troublesome at the same time

Demo zenzen hito no kokoro wa itsu made tattemo benri ni naranai
But the human heart will never be convenient, no matter how much time passes

"Kyouiku" no senbiki no ooku wa "taibatsu" to narihajimeta
Many of the supply routes for "education" have turned into "suppressing"

Gokinjo to kaonajimi datta jidai ningen kankei ni nayamu jidai
The era when we were neighbors and best friends is now an era to worry about our human relationships

Are are? sono sakaime wo kono me de mite ita
What? I was looking at that slope with my own eyes

Are are? "taisetsu na koto"
What? Something important?

Ryouri mitai na rajio mitai na rekoodo mitai na mono ka na
Something like cooking, or the radio, or a record

Heya ni wa hitori na no ni dareka ni sawatte hanashita you na
Even though I'm alone in the room, it felt like someone touched me and spoke to me

Tegami mitai na shinbun mitai na mannenhitsu mitai na mono ka na
Something like a letter or a newspaper or a fountain pen

Hitori na no ni dareka ni sawatte hanashita you na
Even though I'm alone, it felt like someone touched me and spoke to me

Keitai ga nai sonna jidai shitteru saigo no sedai kamo shirenai
I know what it's like to live in a time without cell phones, maybe the last generation to do so

Tema wa chanto magokoro ni naru
The theme will become genuinely heartfelt

Sonna koto omoinagara biniiru wo totta shinbun wa
Thinking that way, I picked up the blue-tinted newspaper

Yomiowaru to uchi no neko no oyatsu wo oku osara ni natta
Found myself saving the cat's snack inside of the plate I read on