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Carrying Mountains
山を背負って
The person everyone depends on keeps smiling beneath impossible weight until even the promise to call a grey sky blue breaks mid-line.誰からも頼られる人が、笑顔の下で重すぎる責任を抱え続け、灰色の空を青と呼ぶという約束さえ、最後には言い切れなくなる。
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Carrying Mountains opens after the person the narrator's family depended on has passed away. The responsibilities do not disappear; they shift onto him. Bills, other people's needs, and exhaustion pile up while a bright ukulele keeps insisting the grey sky can be called blue.
The joke slowly gives way to the truth: being the pillar does not mean feeling strong. In the final chorus, the reassurance falters before blue returns as a distant echo — but tomorrow is still at the door.
Carrying Mountainsの物語は、語り手の家族が頼りにしていた人を亡くしたあとから始まる。その人が担っていた責任は消えず、今度は語り手の肩へ移ってくる。請求書も、周りからの頼み事も、疲れも積み上がっていく。その間も、明るいウクレレの音は「灰色の空だって青と呼べる」と言い張り続ける。
やがて冗談の隙間から、本音がこぼれ出す。誰かを支える柱でいることと、自分が強いと感じられることは同じではない。最後のサビで、何度も繰り返してきたはずの励ましはblueの直前で途切れ、その一語だけが遠いこだまのように戻ってくる。それでも、明日はもう扉をたたいている。
Lyrics歌詞
Alarm goes off, I hit the floor Same shoes, same road, same revolving door Fridge is empty, bills are not Giving everything I never got Stack 'em up, I won't complain Smile so wide, you'd miss the strain Everyone says "you're doing great" Yeah, I'm great — I'm carrying weight But hey, what's one more thing on the pile? I'll just keep going for a while Carrying mountains on my back Pockets full of things I lack Laughing 'cause what else to do? The sky is grey but I'll call it blue (I'll call it blue) Phone keeps buzzing, "can you help?" Everybody's needs before myself Pillar, anchor, safety net The one who never gets to rest yet Funny how the strong don't get to fall Funny how they don't feel strong at all Pour from empty, fake a grin Another day — let's do it again But hey, I've made it this far, right? One more dawn, one more good night Carrying mountains on my back Pockets full of things I lack Laughing 'cause what else to do? The sky is grey but I'll call it blue (I'll call it blue) 時々ね、もう関係ない 笑ってるけど、なんのために？ でも…明日はまだ来るから Sometimes, none of it matters at all Smiling but I don't know what it's for But still… tomorrow's knocking at the door Carrying mountains on my back Pockets full of things I lack Laughing 'cause what else to do? The sky is grey but I'll call it (Call it blue… call it blue…)