World Citizen è una delle tracce del quindicesimo album in studio di Sakamoto , un disco sperimentale sviluppato coi suoi ex compagni della band Yellow Magic Orchestra , Haruomi Hosono e Yukihiro Takahashi . Due brani contenuti nell’album, uno è proprio World Citizen, fanno parte della colonna sonora del film Babel del 2006.
… What happened here?
The butterfly has lost its wings
The air’s too thick to breathe
And there’s something in the drinking water.
… The sun comes up
The sun comes up and you’re alone
Your sense of purpose come undone
The traffic tails back to the maze on 101
… And the news from the sky
Is looking better for today
In every single way
But not for you
… World citizen
… World citizen
… It’s not safe
All the yellow birds are sleeping
Cos the air’s not fit for breathing
It’s not safe
… Why can’t we be
Without beginning, without end?
Why can’t we be?
… World citizen
… World citizen
… And if I stop
And talk with you awhile
I’m overwhelmed by the scale
Of everything you feel
The lonely inner state emergency
… I want to feel
Until my heart can take no more
And there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t give
… I want to break
The indifference of the days
I want a conscience that will keep me wide awake
… I won’t be disappointed
I won’t be disappointed
I won’t be.
… I saw a face
It was a face I didn’t know
Her sadness told me everything about my own
… Can’t let it be
When least expected there she is
Gone the time and space that separates us
… And I’m not safe
I think I need a second skin
No, I’m not safe
… World citizen
… World citizen
… I want to travel by night
Across the steppes and over seas
I want to understand the cost
Of everything that’s lost
I want to pronounce all their names correctly
… World citizen
… World citizen
… I won’t be disappointed
I won’t be.
… She doesn’t laugh
We’ve gone from comedy to commerce
And she doesn’t feel the ground she walks upon
… I turn away
And I’m not sleeping well at night
And while I know this isn’t right
What can you do?
by: David Sylvian / Ryuichi Sakamoto
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