ONLY A NUMBER IN THE SYSTEM [Verse 1] Twenty hours beneath the artificial sun, A clock keeps counting what I have become. No time for laughter, no time for tears, I trade my youth for invisible years. Family waits behind a silent door, Friends become names I don't call anymore. Love fades away like a forgotten dream, While the system runs its endless machine. [Pre-Chorus] 予定された道を歩いて 心は少しずつ消えてゆく 誰のために生きているの？ 名前さえも数字になる Yotei sareta michi o aruite, kokoro wa sukoshi zutsu kiete yuku, dare no tame ni ikite iru no? namae sae mo suuji ni naru. [Chorus] Bye Bye Bye — to the life I never knew, Bye Bye Bye — to the dreams I never grew. Punch the clock, repeat the line, Another number, another sign. Bye Bye Bye — when the final bell will ring, Bye Bye Bye — no one remembers anything. Your name disappears, your chair remains, Someone takes your place and wears your chains. [Verse 2] A calendar tells me when I should breathe, A schedule tells me what I should believe. Monday to Sunday, year after year, The future gets closer, but never gets here. No sunset shared with the ones I love, No wandering streets beneath the stars above. The world keeps turning outside the glass, While another human waits for the shift to pass. [Japanese Verse] 家族の声は遠くなって 友達の笑顔も夢の中 愛する時間さえ与えられず ただ役割だけを果たしてゆく 希望は予定表の隅に消えて, 自由は時計の針に溶ける. 生きることさえ仕事になるなら, 私は誰なの？ [Chorus] Bye Bye Bye — to the life I never knew, Bye Bye Bye — to the dreams I never grew. Punch the clock, repeat the line, Another number, another sign. Bye Bye Bye — when the final bell will ring, Bye Bye Bye — nobody remembers the king. Delete the name, replace the face, Tomorrow someone else will take your place. [Bridge] One day the lights will turn off, One day the monitor will go black. One empty chair, one empty desk, And nobody asks what I gave back. 私がいなくなっても 世界は何も変わらない 次の誰かが席に座り 同じ夢を殺してゆく Watashi ga inakunatte mo, sekai wa nani mo kawaranai. Tsugi no dareka ga seki ni suwari, onaji yume o koroshite yuku. [Final Chorus] Bye Bye Bye — was I ever really here? Bye Bye Bye — was my whole life just a year? Twenty hours, every day, Until my heartbeat fades away. Bye Bye Bye — erase me from the file, Bye Bye Bye — replace me with a smile. My name is gone, the system survives, Another number keeps the machine alive. [Outro] No flowers… No story… No photograph on the wall. ただ一つの番号―― ただ一つの名前。 Until the system calls again… Bye… Bye… Bye… Bye… Bye… Bye…
