Freeter
Freeter (フリーター, furītā) (other possible spellings are furītā, furiita, freeta, furiitaa, or furitaa) is a Japanese expression for people who lack full-time employment or are unemployed, excluding housewives and students. The term originally included young people who deliberately chose not to become salary-men, even though jobs were available at the time.
Freeters may also be described as underemployed. These people do not start a career after high school or university, but instead earn money from low skilled and low paid jobs.
The word freeter or freeta was first used around 1987 or 1988 and is thought to be a portmanteau of the English word free (or perhaps freelance) and the German word Arbeiter ("labourer"). Arubaito is a Japanese loanword from German. As German (along with English) was used (especially for science and medicine) in Japanese universities before World War II, Arubaito became common among students to describe part-time work for university students.
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by: FirewaterWell if I was a satellite
I'd watch you when you sleep
And if I was an undertow
I'd drag you to the deep
And if I was a prison
I would hide you in my walls
And if I was an angel
I would catch you when you fall
It's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Long way to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
It's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Up there to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
And I will give you everything I have
If I had anything at all
And if I was a memory
I'd creep into your mind
And if I was a tourniquet
I'd never let you die
It's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Long way to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
And it's such a cold day
Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Up there to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
And I would give you everything I had
If I had anything at all
Anything at all
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Down here in hell
And it's a long way
Long way to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
Anything at all
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Down here in hell
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Down here in hell
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Long way to heaven
But it's okay
'Cause we're singing with the angels
Anything at all
If I was a hurricane
I'd blow your world apart
All over the world
Winners are cheating
Losers are weeping
Take anything at all
All over the world
Lovers are killing
Suckers are willing