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The Shōwa period (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai, potentially "period of enlightened peace/harmony" or "period of radiant Japan"), or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926, through January 7, 1989.
The Shōwa period was longer than the reign of any previous Japanese emperor. During the pre-1945 period, Japan moved into political totalitarianism, ultranationalism and fascism culminating in Japan's invasion of China in 1937. This was part of an overall global period of social upheavals and conflicts such as the Great Depression and the Second World War.
Defeat in the Second World War brought about radical change to Japan. For the first and only time in its history, Japan was occupied by foreign powers; this occupation lasted seven years. Allied occupation brought forth sweeping democratic reforms. It led to the end of the emperor's status as a living god and the transformation of Japan into a democracy with a constitutional monarch. In 1952, with the Treaty of San Francisco, Japan became a sovereign nation once more. The post-war Shōwa period also led to the Japanese economic miracle.
you are taking time away from us,
discipline becomes necessary,
when it's undeserved and incredibly unjust?
and the clock drags razors over naked flesh,
cause i can't find a way out of the loneliness,
in securities driving nails under my skin,
time slowing to a crawl, fear of abandonment tying the noose around my neck,
and i pull this veil over my eyes,
you'd be happy to punish,
because i dipped into her blood, and she spilled me from inside,
what can it matter now, thanks to this latent understanding of worthlessness,
so you take time away from us,
a lack of trust that cuts my throat, my paralysis made by me,
fear of abandonment tying the noose around my neck,
and i pull this veil over my eyes,
this time the bond i've made and given,
is stronger than i am, and i can't tell if she's made anything,
i thought she needed me because i needed her,
arms around each others waists,
we soak our pillows and you are all knowing,
you are wrong for this, and you take her away from me,
you take my happiness away, you take my happiness away,
i soak my pillow, and i was all knowing,
i was wrong for this, and she left me all alone,
did she take my happiness away, or did i forget hot to be happy?
it's killing me, it's killing me, it's killing me,
it's killing me, it's killing me, it's killing me, it's killing me