This is the cd "Kingdom of Desire" by Toto. This booklet shows some lyrics which appear to be Chinese (E: nope, Japanese according to comment) Those are not sung in the song.
Bought in Thrift store, so maybe bootleg? Doesn't look like it though, it has a sticker on the front with touring dates of the band. So probably sold at a tour?
Definitely Japanese.
Ah, I thought because of the very dense few characters it might be Chinese. Thanks, will update post.
Incidentally, Japanese “kanji” (漢字) were more or less outright stolen from China roughly 1500 years ago
Isn't 'stolen' a bit harsh?
If kanji were truly stolen, then the Chinese would need to use a simplified...
Oh no.
Next you are going to say that we stole our alphabet from the Romans, who stole it from the Greeks, who stole it from the Phoenicians!