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
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1982 - We Are the Pressure Generation!
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A fast and energetic generational anthem for everyone born in 1982.
Born in Showa, raised through Heisei, and now standing in the middle of Reiwa. From home phones and pagers to mobile phones, from cassettes, CDs and MiniDiscs to streaming, this generation has lived through an extraordinary era of change.
New technology, new values and even new words did not always make sense at first. Sore na, Ryo, Kusa, Shika katan, Shiran kedo. Sometimes confusing, sometimes frustrating, but slowly becoming part of a changing world.
We did not stay the same.
We changed and made it here.
Nineteen Eighty-Two
We Are the Pressure Generation
A loud, fast and nostalgic punk rock anthem about growing older, adapting to a new era and still moving forward.
