GALLOWS

music & lyrics / Hazuki

wake up and look into the mirror again
who is this person (I’ve become)
how could I (know) which way to (go)
have I been headed to the best or the worst of me

the things I’ve witness (the things I’ve done)
the little pieces I gathered like dessert sand
but before you know the rain will pore washing it all gone

now look at where you are
the things that you want are right here in front of sight
now look at what you are
is this what you are is this who you call yourself

If you’re standing here
still alive it’s not too late
so go
you can make it right
the dreams left inside
they never deserved to die

so, what are you hesitating for, what’s making you think twice?
the yet unseen future is darkness, before long despair comes pouring down
what will you lose, what will you risk?
prepare yourself now, even if your tears remain

sometimes the sky brings rain
the winds rage and rip your dreams away, but still

you’re not living to just waste away without achieving anything, are you?
now let’s go, beyond death


In a March 28, 2014 tweet, Hazuki wrote that the lyrics for this song are just him soliloquizing — asking and answering his own questions to himself.