【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】Brett Dennen/ブレット・デネン Ain’t No Reason/エイント・ノー・リーズン【歌詞翻訳・意味解説】

アメリカのシンガーソング・ライター。
２００４年に、アルバム「Brett Dennen」でCDデビュー。
２００６年には「So Much More」、２００８年には「Hope for the Hopeless」をリリースし、着実にキャリアを積み上げている。
ローリングストーン誌で”今注目すべき１０人のアーティスト”に選出された。

また、「モザイクプロジェクト」と称する世界の平和を願った社会貢献的な活動を熱心に行なっており、子供たちがキャンプファイヤーで歌う曲を作る活動等で表彰されている。

最初ブレット・デネン(Brett Dennen)を見た時、「オタクっぽい子だな」程度の認識でした。
この曲のヴィデオの中の彼はかなりぽっちゃりなのですが、現在の彼は別人かと思うほどやせています。
「lanky」という表現が一番当てはまるかも。

there ain’t no reasons things are this way
its how they’ve always been and they intend to stay
i can’t explain why we live this way
we do it everyday
preachers on the podiums speaking to saints
prophets on the sidewalks begging for change
old ladies laughing from the fire escape, cursing my name
i got a basketful of lemons and they all taste the same
a widow and pigeon with the a broken wing
you can spend your whole life working for something
just to have it taken away
people walk around pushing back their debts
wearing pay checks like necklaces and bracelets
talking ‘bout nothing, not thinking about death,
every little heart beat, every little breath
people walk a tight rope on a razor’s edge
carrying their hurt and hatred and weapons
it could be a bomb or a bullet or a pin
or a thought or a word or a sentence
there ain’t no reasons things are this way
its how they’ve always been and they intend to stay
i don’t know why i say the things i say,
but i say them anyway.
but love will come set me free
love will come set me free
i do believe
love will come set me free
i know it will
love will come set me free
yes
prison walls still standing tall
some things never change at all
keep on building prisons,
gonna fill them all
keep on building bombs
gonna drop them all
working your fingers bare to the bone
breaking your back, make you sell your soul
like a lung is filled with coal, suffocating slow
the wind blows wild and i may move
but politicians lie and i’m not fooled
you don’t need no reason or a 3 piece suit
to argue the truth
the air on my skin and the world under my toes
slavery stitched into the fabric of my clothes
chaos and commotion wherever i go
love, i try to follow
but love will come set me free
love will come set me free
i do believe
love will come set me free
i know it will
love will come set me free
yes
there ain’t no reasons things are this way
its how they’ve always been and they intend to stay
i can’t explain why we live this way;
we do it everyday