[Translation] Mad World (lyrics)

[tenshi no hane]

^ It's just an English expression. It means the same as: "in your case, what would you..."

[4Seasons]

Originally Posted by tenshi no hane

^ It's just an English expression. It means the same as: "in your case, what would you..."

Oh yeah, I know the expression, but I don't understand it in this context lol.

A time like "this"? in "this" case"? What's going on?

And it uses WOULD, so it's a hypothetical.

It's not "in this modern day, what are you thinking in your case? in this modern day, to whom can I confess what I'm thinking in tears?".
That would make sense to me.
But the would and the time like "this" kinda make it vague for me. It's written as if it's about a different fictional situation.
It sounds like she's talking about something that's not actually happening but something that could happen? Is she talking about the metaphor of the trees being cut down? Like "what would you do if you were like that tree"? Ummm.

Tell me, if it were you,
how would you live in this era?

Again, the "would" confuses me here. If the *you* person is not living in the era already, where are they? Time traveled to the past? Lol

Edit: btw I'm not criticizing the translation or anything ^^ just don't understand the lyrics lol

[Aga-chan]

Wow, those lyrics are really something else. I don't think she has ever written something like this. Amazing.

Originally Posted by 4Seasons

Again, the "would" confuses me here. If the *you* person is not living in the era already, where are they? Time traveled to the past? Lol

I think I get what you mean.

Tell me, if it's you,
what do you think at a time like this?

Tell me, if it's you,
how do you live in this era?

You think that this is more logical, don't you? I think I agree.

[4Seasons]

Yeah, that makes more sense to me.