Illumination

Meninggalkan pendidikan formal untuk mencapai cita-cita dan masa depan, itulah yang ingin diceritakan dari sebuah lagu yang berjudul My Generation. Tidak mudah memang dan juga butuh keberanian, mengorbankan pendidikan karena kita berfikir bahwa pendidikan merupakan suatu jalan (yang mudah dan masuk akal) untuk mencapai masa depan. Namun, ada juga yg menjadi icon keberhasilan dengan jalan tersebut, sebut saja Bill Gates, yang meninggalkan kampus dan memulai sebuah perusahaan yang bernama Microsoft (pada tau kan ^ ^). Nah gimana kalo sejak SMP sudah keluar dari sekolah, bukan karena tidak mampu (baik secara kecerdasan maupun materi/finansial) akan tetapi memilih untuk mencari ‘cara yang berbeda’ untuk meraih cita-cita dan masa depannya.

My Generation by YUI – English translation

I breathed in the wind that blew on the field
from a small window and sighed

I became sick of expecting good things
and I became all lonely
but that doesn’t mean I gave up

When the school bell finishes ringing
Reality should move on faster

The feeling was a bit different
than breaking a glass window
We were free from the start

It’s just that I can’t express my dream with words
The time I hurt others not mattering who, and cried the whole night
I don’t expect people to understand
I was controlled by the weakness of not being able to believe in my own dreams
Sixteen My dream

I don’t want to lose to the me when I was 16,
with my uniform thrown away.

Even when I knew people were pointing at me,
I never turned around
I believed I could still keep going on.

The reason I couldn’t sacrifice was because if I lost my hope,
I’ll go back to being lost in my path.

I don’t want to be bothered
I know that if I am ready and aware
I’ll always be free

My dream will never break apart
I started walking despite the unpatience for the next season
and took back the time that I was downcast
The generation that changed since I was able to strongly believe in my dreams
Sixteen My dream

Rested against the cracked wall of the school
I swore I’ll show that I can make my dream come true

It was just that I couldn’t express my dreams with words
and I was controlled by the weakness of not being able to believe in them
Sixteen My dream

(translated by aihart92011yui)