AKB48 - Keibetsu Shite Ita Aijou / The Love I Used To Scorn (english lyric)

The TV news tells
Of tragedies protected by anonymity
These days are like the emoticons
In the text messages I send

Adults search for motivations
With knowing expressions
Their analyses are so far off
It’s like a bad joke

Our futures are decided
By our grades
We
Just realised
Long ago
That there’s no point
In trying now

Before I know it, I’m longing
For the love I used to scorn
I don’t want to be lonely
I wanted to be held
By someone...

That girl who tried to become a bird
Laid her shoes neatly on the rooftop
Did she want someone to praise her manners?
Or was it a pointed gesture?

Even if you do a survey now
About whether we “have” or “haven’t” been bullied
The voice in her heart that she wanted people to hear
Is now in the wind and will never be heard

The buck-passing process
Makes important people cry
They still don’t know
About this totally stupid chain...
And the finger is pointed
At me
For not doing anything

Underneath, I’m starved
Of the love I used to scorn
In my anxiety I pretended not to realise
But I was searching for gentle eyes
All the time...

Before I know it, I’m longing
For the love I used to scorn
I don’t want to be lonely
I wanted to be held
By someone...
All the time...