The Hammer Song and the Tower of Pain

Japanese Romanji Lyrics:

Dondon tsuyoku motto tsuyoku
utagoe hibiku itami no tou
Sono teppen ni shigamitsuite
furueteru no wa dochirasama

Sutetakute mo suterarenakute
chiisana itami tamatteta
soitsu wo zutto shimatte kita
ikkome no hako mitasareta

Betsu ni imasara tsuraku mo nai kedo
dareka ga mite kuretara na
kore dake areba yurusarenai kana
sukoshi yasashiku sareru kurai

Suteta mono mo hirotte tsumete
mantan no hako tsumiageta
toorisugari wo yokome ni mite
jukkome no hako tsumiageta

Sou ka kore demo mada tarinai no ka
dareka ni mietenai you da
sore ja dondon takaku shinakucha
sekaijuu ni mo mieru kurai

Dondon takaku motto takaku
tori ni mo todoku itami no tou
sono teppen ni yojinobotte
ousama kibun no nanisama

Nanigoto to ka ookuchi aketa
yajiuma tomo wo mioroshita
koko kara mitara ari no you da
hyakkome no hako tsumiageta

Oatsumari no minasamakata
kore wa watashi no itami desu
anatagata no nagusame nado
todokanu hodo no takasa ni imasu

Kitto watashi wa tokubetsu nan da
dare mo ga miageru kurai ni
Kodoku no kami ni erabareta kara
konna keshiki no naka ni kita

Dondon takaku motto takaku
kumo ni mo todoke itami no tou
Sono teppen ni agura kaite
kamisama kibun no ousama

Kikoeru no wa kaze no oto dake
senkome no hako tsumiageta
Shita wo mitara memai ga shita kaketa
hashi wo tobasareta

Soshite hontou ni samishiku natta
dare ni mo mietenai you da
Koe mo denai hodo kowaku natta
fui ni kikoeta hanmaa songu

Shita kara jun ni daruma otoshi
dareka ga utau hanmaa songu
minna anta to hanashitain da
onaji takasa made orite kite

Dondon tsuyoku motto tsuyoku
utagoe hibiku itami no tou
sono teppen ni shigamitsuite
hana wo tarashiteru kamisama

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English Translation Lyrics:


Louder and louder, ever louder
A voice rings out in song in my tower of pain
Who is that there
Clinging to the top?

I collected the small pains
I wanted to throw away but couldn't
I put them all away
And filled the first box

It's not painful now
If someone's looking, that is
Is this too much to be forgiven?
Enough to be treated a little kindly

I collected things I threw away and things I found
And stack up the full boxes
Looking sidelong at passers-by
I stacked up the tenth box

Oh, so that's not enough
Nobody seems to be looking
I've got to make it even taller, then
So the whole world can see

Higher and higher, ever higher
My tower of pain that birds can reach
I climb up to the top
Who the hell am I to feel like a king?

I looked down at the curious onlookers
Gaping up at me
They look like ants from here
I stacked up the hundredth box

Ladies and gentlemen
This is my pain
I'm up so high
Your consolation can't reach me

I know I'm special
Everyone's looking up at me
I was chosen by a lonely god
To come up here

Higher and higher, ever higher
My tower of pain will reach the clouds
I sit cross-legged at the top
A king who feels like he's a god

All I can hear is the wind
I stacked up the thousandth box
Looking down made me dizzy
My ladder fell down

Then I really felt lonely
Like no one was looking at me
I was so scared I couldn't speak
Then suddenly I heard the hammer song

Knocking each one down in order
Someone was singing a hammer song
Everyone wants to talk to you
Come down to the same level

Louder and louder, ever louder
A voice rings out in song in my tower of pain
Clinging to the top
Is a god with a runny nose

Just me, feeling like a god
Just me, upside down
That's the truth
Who is it?

(The Hammer Song is where you literally grab a hammer and hit the blocks that was stacked up. In this song, the Hammer song is where a couple of friends sang it as they hit those boxes one by one, helping the 'king' come down from his palace one box at a time. It's fine if you don't understand. Go google the song if you want to hear it with music...)