Lyric

1982

Showa Fifty-Seven!

That’s when we were born!

Nineteen Eighty-Two!

We are the

Pressure Generation!

**[Verse 1]**

They said you can do it, just give it your best

Show some guts and never take a rest

They told us dream big, told us hurry up

Like finding your way was easy enough

Seniors were right, that was the rule

Boss said jump, we played it cool

Swallowed the things that made no sense

We thought that was just how life went

Pushed around!

Knocked around!

Compared again!

Somehow we made it all this way

Showa!

Heisei!

And now Reiwa!

The world never waited anyway!

Nineteen Eighty-Two!

We are the Pressure Generation!

Born in Showa, we crossed through Heisei

Now we’re standing in the middle of Reiwa

Pushed and pulled but we made it through

After everything, we’re still standing here

Nineteen Eighty-Two!

We’re not done yet!

Home phone first, then pagers came

Then mobile phones changed the game

Cassette, CD, MiniDisc

Now every song is on a streaming list

Meet me outside the station at eight

If you didn’t show, I’d stand there and wait

No read receipts, no GPS

Somehow we still found each other, I guess

We knew analog, we learned digital

Kept moving on through it all

Call us old and it gets on our nerves

But somehow we learned every new world!

Sore na? What kind of answer is that?

I’m your boss, not your drinking buddy, man

Ryo? Just say the whole damn word

One little sound? That’s just absurd

Kusa? You’re laughing but I see no grass

Shika katan? Who you trying to surpass?

Talk for an hour, then at the end

Shiran kedo? Don’t run away, my friend!

Everybody dancing on a vertical screen

Doing the same thing, whatever it means

What the hell is this? That’s what I said

This has got nothing to do with me!

What are these words?

What is this vibe?

Yeah, I admit it pissed me off sometimes!

But times have changed

And people do too

Maybe our normal was never the truth

If I don’t get it, I can just ask

I don’t have to love it to understand!

When we were kids

We looked at grown-ups

Forty and older

They had it worked out

Money in the bank

Nothing to fear

Every damn answer

Perfectly clear

That’s what we thought

Then we got there!

Not even close!

Still get lost!

Still screw things up!

Still drink too much!

Still regret that stuff!

But after all

We’re standing here!

Sore na!

...Yeah, I kinda get it!

Kusa!

...Yeah, I know what it means!

Shika katan!

...Whatever, you do you!

Shiran kedo!

...That one’s pretty useful!

Ryo!

No!

Still don’t like that one!

We didn’t stay the same!

We changed

And made it here!

One!

Two!

Three!

Four!

Nineteen Eighty-Two!

We are the Pressure Generation!

Born in Showa, we crossed through Heisei

Now we’re standing in the middle of Reiwa

Call us old and it still gets on our nerves

But we learned that changing takes some strength

Nineteen Eighty-Two!

We are the Pressure Generation!

We didn’t have to win to make it here!

Never thought of ourselves as losing!

We don’t need some legendary story!

We’re still here and that’s the proof!

Showa!

Heisei!

Reiwa!

Every one of them

Was part of our time!

Nineteen Eighty-Two!

We’re not done yet!

Nineteen

Eighty-Two

Showa Fifty-Seven

The Pressure

Generation