Living in the Gray

人は誰かを、自分の物差しで測ってしまう。誰かを測れば、いつか自分も測られる。白か黒かでは割り切れない矛盾も、迷いも、痛みも抱えたまま、誰かが引いた線から少し離れて、測れないものを抱えながら、自分だけの答えを探していく。

We all measure other people by our own yardsticks. But when we measure someone else, sooner or later, we find ourselves being measured too. Some things can't be reduced to black or white—our contradictions, our doubts, our pain. So we step away from the lines others have drawn, carry what cannot be measured, and keep searching for an answer of our own.

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ーーThe English lyrics are written below the Japanese lyricsーー

Verse 1

誰かが落とした白黒の答え

拾った私たちは得意げに掲げる

笑った写真を切り抜いて

幸せそうだと誰かが言った

黙っているだけで「機嫌が悪い」

離れているだけで「冷たい人」

ほんの一瞬を見ただけなのに

知らない誰かを決めつけていく

Pre Chorus

We always see

What we wanna see

私もあなたも

きっと同じなんだろう

Chorus

If I measure you by my own yardstick

On your scale, I'm the one who's wrong

白でも黒でも決めきれない夜

急いだ答えほど何かをこぼす

綺麗な答えじゃ測れないものを

I'll carry them deep inside

And keep moving on

Verse 2

譲ったつもりが傷つけてたり

黙ったつもりが逃げたと言われる

同じ言葉でも立つ場所が違えば

優しさにもなれば刃にもなる

「そんなつもりじゃない」

そう言う私も誰かの痛みを

見落としてきた

Pre Chorus

Every time we measure someone

We get measured too

鏡の向こうまで

逃げられないみたい

Chorus

If I measure the world by my own yardstick

On its scale, I'm the one who's wrong

白でも黒でもない場所で

私は私の矛盾と暮らしていく

誰かの目盛りじゃ測れないものを

I'll find out with my own hands

And see where I stand

Bridge

欲しがれば 「欲張り」

捨てれば 「薄情」

愛せば 「重たく」

離れれば 「冷たい」

どっちへ転んでも誰かが線を引く

So I'll find my way

Outside the lines

Last Chorus

I won't throw my yardstick away

I'll question every mark along the way

白でも黒でも決めないまま

胸の奥の灰色を生きる

誰かの答えじゃ測れないものを

I'll hold them in my own hands

And carry them with me

ーーーーーEnglishーーーーー

Verse 1

Someone dropped a black-and-white answer

We picked it up and held it up high

Cut a smiling picture from the frame

And someone said, "Looks like she's happy"

Say nothing, and you're in a bad mood

Keep your distance, and you're cold

They've seen you for a moment

Yet they think they know your whole story

Pre Chorus

We always see

What we wanna see

You and I

We're probably just the same

Chorus

If I measure you by my own yardstick

On your scale, I'm the one who's wrong

Some nights I can't tell black from white

The faster the answer, the more it leaves behind

There are things no perfect answer can measure

I'll carry them deep inside

And keep moving on

Verse 2

I meant to give in, but somehow I hurt you

I stayed quiet, but you called it running away

The very same words can mean something different

Depending on where we're standing

"I never meant to hurt you"

That's what I tell myself

But I've looked right past

Someone else's pain

Pre Chorus

Every time we measure someone

We get measured too

There's no way to hide

From the mirror looking back

Chorus

If I measure the world by my own yardstick

On its scale, I'm the one who's wrong

In the space where black and white don't fit

I'll live with all the contradictions in me

There are things no ruler can ever measure

I'll find out with my own hands

And see where I stand

Bridge

Want too much, and you're greedy

Let it go, and you're heartless

Love too hard, and you're too much

Walk away, and you're cold

No matter which way I turn

Someone's drawing another line

So I'll find my way

Outside the lines

Last Chorus

I won't throw my yardstick away

I'll question every mark along the way

I won't call it black or white

I'll live with all this gray inside

There are things no answer can ever measure

I'll hold them in my own hands

And carry them with me