One man (pig) chooses to live freely, in a place mired in fascism and depression.
“A pig that can’t fly is just a pig”
“I only fly for myself.”
Porco
One of my favorite anime themes:
Toki ni wa Mukashino Hanashi o; Occasionally shall we talk about the old days?
Lyrics and music by Kato Toki
時には昔の話をしようか
Occasionally shall we talk about the old days?
通いなれた なじみのあの店
That old familiar restaurant we used to go
マロニエの並木が窓辺に見えてた
A row of horse chestnut trees visible from the window
コーヒーを一杯で一日
A cup of coffee a day
見えない明日を むやみにさがして
Recklessly searching for that uncertain tomorrow
誰もが希望をたくした
Where everyone entrusted their hopes
ゆれていた時代の熱い風に吹かれて
Blown by the hot winds of a changing era
体中で瞬間(とき)を感じたそうだね
We seem to felt the instant in our bodies
道端で眠ったこともあったね
Weren’t there times we slept by the roadside?
どこにも行けない みんなで
All of us, with nowhere to go
お金はなくても なんとか生きてた
Although we had no money, we managed to live somehow
貧しさが明日を運んだ
Future carried by poverty
小さな下宿屋にいく人もおしかけ
A number of us would go to a small lodge house
朝まで騒いで眠った
Slept until morning amidst noises
嵐のように毎日が燃えていた
Everyday burning like a storm
息がきれるまで走った そうだね
We ran until we had no more breath. Isn’t that so?
一枚残った写真をごらんよ
Look at that one remaining photograph
ひげづらの男は君だね
You’re the man with the moustache, right
どこにいるのか今ではわからない
I don’t know where you are right now
友達もいく人かいるけど
Although some of our friends are here
あの日のすべてが空しいものだと
Everything about those days was empty
それは誰にも言えない
That is something no one can say
今でも同じように
Even now, it’s the same
見果てぬ夢を描いて
Painting those unfulfilled dreams
走りつづけているよね どこかで
You keep on running right, somewhere out there
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