The world is wide
Your way of seeing things
Is smaller than you think
So damn your criticism
Even when they laugh and say they don’t get it
Even when they keep their distance, call me strange
I could never fit myself
Into that perfectly straight line
Only the loudest answers
Cover everything in the air
The quiet little voices
Are treated like they’re not there
You give it a name, put it in a box
Turn away and feel safe again
But you feel it too, don’t you?
This discomfort
Spilling everywhere
SEKAI KAWAII
Different eyes, different shapes
Different kinds of beauty
That’s what makes us shine
SEKAI KAWAII
You don’t have to understand
I’ll walk the road
That I believe in
Joke-like rumors
Innocent cruelty
Thrown away so easily
With the words “I don’t know”
Careless words and actions
Quietly come to stab someone
Even when someone is hurting
We pretend not to see
The more we match, the safer it feels
If we don’t question, life is easier
But if nobody speaks up
Nothing in this world will change
The very first step takes courage
And I believe you can take it
SEKAI KAWAII
Skin colors, eye colors
Walls made of language
Difference becomes beauty
SEKAI KAWAII
It’s okay if we don’t agree
Let’s at least
Affirm each other’s existence
You don’t have to love everything
You don’t have to protect it all
But don’t turn difference
Into a reason to trample someone
Slanted eyes, drooping eyes
Strength and weakness too
Not to be compared
Just allowed to exist
Please don’t take away
The world I see
SEKAI KAWAII
It’s fine the way it’s imperfect
All these mismatched colors
Are right here
The world today
Is never really easy
Even so,
I’ll keep saying “kawaii” to the world
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