Better Man シーコウ (Sekou)

彼の声にがっちり心を掴まれました。深くて力強いあの声。語りかけてきて体の芯から揺さぶってくるようなあの声。ものすごい掘り出し物です。
I was hooked by his voice.  That deep powerful voice which talked to me and shook me to the core.  I was overwhelmed.  What a find.
Better Man  (Sekou)

[INTRO]
I find it hard to talk to myself
I was afraid to ask for help
But I know just how it feels
The pain reminds me it was real

[CHORUS]
I find it hard to figure it out
I gave it my all without a doubt
I made my mind up, to rise up and then
I made my mind up, to be a better man
A better man

[VERSE]
No use crying about the past
There’s no way to take it back
Some loose ends they don’t get tied
I had to learn to change my mind

[BRIDGE]
Even when the night gets dark
I look up and count the stars

[CHORUS]
I find it hard to figure it out
I gave it my all without a doubt
I made my mind up, to rise up and then
I made my mind up, to be a better man
A better man ohhhh
A better man ohhhh

[BRIDGE]
A better man
A better man

[OUTRO]
I find it hard to figure it out
I gave it my all without a doubt

[INTRO]
声に出してひとりごと言うのもなかなかできないし
助けを呼ぶのも怖かった
ただその感じはわかってる
あの痛みを感じると現実だってわかるんだ

[CHORUS]
答えを出すのは難しい*
これっぽっちも疑わないで精一杯頑張ったけど**
決めたんだ，立ち上がってその後で
今よりマシな人間になろうと決心したんだよ
もっとマシな人間に

[VERSE]
過去をいくら悔やんでも，そんなのは無駄なだけ
どうやったって取り戻せない
まだ決着のついてないほったらかしのこともある***
考えを変えることを学ばなきゃ

[BRIDGE]
夜の闇が深くなっても
夜空を見上げて星を数える

[CHORUS]
答えを出すのは難しい
これっぽっちも疑わないで精一杯頑張ったけど
決めたんだ，立ち上がってその後で
今よりマシな人間になろうと決心したんだよ
もっとマシな人間に
もっと立派な人間に

[BRIDGE]
もっとマシな人間に
もっと立派な人間に

[OUTRO]
答えを出すのは難しい
これっぽっちも疑わないで精一杯頑張ったけど

（補足）
* figure out　・・・　解決策を見つける，理由や原因などを解明する
** give it all　・・・　全力投球する，精一杯頑張る
*** loose end　・・・　未決事項，やり残し

（余談）

かの国の弾の多さには羨望を覚えるばかりです。


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Better Man is UK based 18 year old singer songwriter Sekou’s debut single released 11th May 2023, in 2022 Sekou performed Better Man at Glastonbury Festival which was his first live performance

Sekou has said on BBC Radio 1 Future Pop with Mollie King on the release day of Better Man that the song is about Sekou’s relationship with his father and the struggles he’s faced with the problems created within it

Better Man was written by Sekou himself, Jakob Rabitsch who also produced the song and Mary Weitz

Better Man was also featured on series 10 of Love Island UK, shown in Sekou’s Instagram post linked below
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