CRUMBLE

김시온

A flickering shade

A trembling light

The future we once painted starts to crumble

The days we traced begin to fall apart

Our dream is just a quiet, simple living

 

Our ideal is only peaceful, ordinary days

But lacking change, we drift along

With little change, we idle on

A fading gleam

A gentle glow

And the path we wandered, where has it gone now?

 

The road we followed, where did it disappear?

Time can cut and irritate,

Time

 

A tiny flame rises

A small flame sways

Guiding us on, leading ahead

What returns is a tender harmony

What comes back is a gentle harmony

 

“Nothing lasts forever,” you say again and again

“You know nothing lasts forever,” you say and say

And still, we try to laugh and say that’s fine

And still, we laugh and say, “Well, that’s okay”

Even shining light will someday fade to shadow

 

Our dream is just for quiet, simple days

But without change, we float along

With nothing new, we carry on

A dimming gleam, a tender glow

And the road we walked, where did it go now?

 

The road we followed, where did it disappear?

Time can cut and irritate,

Time

 

A tiny flame rises

A small flame sways

Guiding us on, leading ahead

What returns is a tender harmony

What comes back is a gentle harmony

 

Standing in a blazing storm

Though we stand inside a burning storm

The marks of yesterday still sting my, my skin

 

Ripples rise

Ripples rise

Toward the light

Toward the light

 

Cry and whisper, “Yeah, it hurts.”

So we cry softly, saying, “Yeah, it hurts.”

Even balloons will someday wilt or burst apart

 

Tiny flame rises

A small flame sways

Guiding us on, leading ahead

What returns is a tender harmony

What comes back is a gentle harmony

 

“Nothing lasts forever,” you say again, and again

“You know nothing lasts forever,” you say and say

And still, we try to laugh and say that’s fine

And still, we laugh and say, “Well, that’s okay”

Even shining light will someday fade to shadow

Even glowing light will someday turn to shade