Fools' Parade

This track is a satirical song rendered in cynical, melancholic blues, depicting two forms of "folly" prevalent in modern society: the thoughtlessly compliant "puppet" and the self-righteous "king of the solitary island."

The song opens with a cold assessment of authoritative figures on television as "soulless marionettes" who simply read from books, and it cynically observes the masses who noddingly accept their words. Conversely, in the back alleys, we find the "solitary king," who listens to no one and drives himself towards the brink. The song sings with deep resignation and irony about the current state of the worlda "parade of fools" marching everywhere.

The chorus's use of archaic Japanese ("Moutoki mono yo, Hototoki mono yo" - The ignorant, the perilous) sharply highlights the danger of the contemporary situation.

The sorrowful slow-blues guitar and the wailing harmonica solo articulate the sadness of people who, isolated and mutually hostile, fail to change anything. This blues song is a requiem of lament and warning, searching for a glimmer of hopethat "something might change if they just held hands"amidst the parade of unwitting folly.