Enneagram 9 song
(Repost because my silly self somehow didn't notice that the original MV has english subs. I went to get them to share it in this post.)
I recently came across a indie japanese song and I thought that the lyrics reflects the sloth and going with the flow tendencies of e9 quite well, and also the journey to develop ourselves. I saw a lot of so9 and sp9 traces, maybe there's sx9 too and I just didn't recognize them because I'm not very familiar with the subtype. The song is "A man" by AHUB. Even if you don't like japanese songs I think it's still interesting to check its english lyrics, that i put at the end if you're interested on enneagram 9. Either way I think the animation itself is quite interesting also.
A disclaimer: I had tried to translate the lyrics before I saw there was an official translation. However because I did that I noticed that the last chorus of the english translation in the video is fairly innacurate. It's possible to notice just from the audio that it's different compared to the first time the chorus appears, and the meaning itself is very diffent, it's more towards acceptance and self development. So here I left my own version of that specific verse.
With that said, here are the lyrics:
What a dull life/ All I've done/ Is wait to see if the path I chose was the right one,/ To confirm that I'm not lost
It's all so boring/ Even when I find meaning and motivation,/ It's still so painful/ Am I just bein spoiled?
Something must've gone wrong/ But when did things start going this way?/ My mind, melting into sludge, still perceives it all/ I'm trapped, no way out/ And yet, here I am, still alive/ This beating heart that won't be silenced/ It's screaming, "Keep walking!"
That's right, I still believe/ I only believe in these unadorned feelings/ We're alive because we can't die/ That's all it is, yet I'm still clinging to it
Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk/ Walking and walking until I'm tired/ I thought I wanted to know it all/ With all my heart, I wanted to understand
Sleep, wake up, eat, just live as I'm told/ Sleep, wake up, eat, putting a lid on this feeling/ Sleep, wake up, eat, forgetting the things I once loved/ Whatever, I don't care anymore/ Just stop thinking, shall I?
I've forgotten too much/ The joy in life expires so quickly/ Only the unfulfilled dreams stay with me/ Living through today, where everything was gray/ It's nobody else's fault and that's why it's so painful
It's not like waking up from a dream, it never ends/ So I curse myself/ And yet, here I am, still alive/ This beating heart that won't be silenced/ It's screaming, "Keep walking!"
That's right, I still believe/ I only believe in these unadorned feelings/ We're alive because we can't die/ That's all it is, yet I'm still clinging to it
Walk, walk, walk, walk, walk/ Walking and walking until I'm tired/ Surely I've earned the right to take pride in how far I've come
Sleep, wake up, eat - I won't live as I'm told anymore/ Sleep, wake up, eat - these feelings aren't a lie/ Sleep, wake up, eat - remembering what I loved/ Sleep, wake up, eat - I want to accept everything until this very day.