1st single The Silent Majority
It was a shock.
21 girls who still had a touch of innocence.
Dressed in British-style green uniforms, they danced at Shibuya Station, where redevelopment had only just begun.
"Where are you going, swept away in the crowded intersection?"
When the light turns red, they all stop at once; when it turns green, they all start walking at once.
Just like a trained army.
"Wearing similar clothes, with similar expressions, walking as if to blend into the herd, without a doubt."
Clad in similar black clothes, with those dark expressions of people who sleep late and wake early, they never stand out; no one among them questions the strangeness of it.
"What are you hesitating for, just because you're different from someone else?"
"Those ahead look back and preach the rules, telling us not to break the line, but their eyes are dead."
"You have the freedom to live your life in your own way."
"Don't be controlled by the adults."
In this world, rotten adults make rotten rules and pluck the young buds.
If you even try to rebel, you will likely be crushed by the majority.
"If we give up like that from the start, what were we born for?"
What do you "live" for?
Work? Status? Self-preservation?
"Dreaming can be lonely at times; you walk a path where no one else is."
It has always been those outside the bounds of common sense who have paved the way.
"This world won't begin if you just flock together. Is 'Yes' really okay, Silent Majority?"
Throw away your pride! Choose to be alone!
"A president of some country once said, twisting the meaning, that those who do not raise their voices are in agreement."
Nixon? Donald Trump?
"It is important to be able to choose. Do not leave it to others."
Life is choosing to "live," and then "choosing how to live" in your own way.
"If you do not take action, your 'No' will not be conveyed."
"You should just do what you want to do in your own way. Do not stoop to being 'One of Them.' There are as many paths as there are people here. You should just walk toward your own dream."
"Leave behind those boring adults who seem chained by vanity and pride."
"Come on, the future is for you. Say 'No!' Silent Majority."
"If you follow someone else, you won't get hurt, but that herd will be lumped together as a consensus."
"You have the freedom to live your life in your own way. Do not be controlled by adults. If you give up from the start, what were we born for?"
"Dreaming can sometimes be lonely. You walk a path where no one else is."
"This world won't begin if you just flock together. Is 'Yes' really okay, Silent Majority?"
Even in the latter half, we were not allowed to speak much.
The fact that it fits perfectly with the current era is proof that it is a masterpiece.
Do not underestimate it as just an idol song.
Yasushi Akimoto is formidable.