How The Devil Dances by Tatsuya Kitani

Feelings, no matter what you do, are a waste, the Devil said.
“Just throw everything away.” Ah, your pleasure, pain, even your emotions!
The unchangeable truth is that humans cannot escape demise.
“Submit to the desires that nobody can resist.”
Don't take a break from your thoughts; keep your brain spinning.
"No one is looking at you."
Why are you ashamed you're going crazy?

I'll teach you all the perfect way to dance incorrectly,
so throw it away on the count of four, if it’s that kind of life.
Study it several tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands of times.
Anyhow, it seems your skull’s empty.
Do you realize that?

Feelings are a nuisance at any time, the Devil said.
"There's no room for refutation." Ah, please give life meaning!
I realized that even 420 can't save people from their demise.
"Doubt the God that nobody doubts.”
Don't take a break from your thoughts; keep your brain spinning.
"No one is looking at you."
Know the futility of hesitating several seconds.

I'll teach you all the perfect way to dance incorrectly,
so throw it away on the count of four, if it’s that kind of life.
Study it several tens, hundreds, thousands, and ten thousands of times.
Anyhow, it seems you don’t realize
that there’s nothing in your head.

Raped by the want for recognition,
the woman hung dead flowers from herself.
Without being able to love anything, unable to do anything, she just waits for animal feed.
Without knowing how to dance,
if those who don't understand the worth of the fine arts are debased,
they won't be able to see anything.

I’ll teach the dance that defied truth, goodness, and beauty,
so go completely insane on the count of four, in your unsightly form.
How could you say that now, out of several tens, hundreds, thousands, ten thousands, and hundred millions, it's fine to just bury it all?

Hey, the fanaticism that the world is afflicted with
even shines its light in and disorients the eyes of the healthy.
Tonight, the Devil will declare this to you all:
"Don't let God and the like mislead you."

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