Another one of those songs I couldn’t translate when it was first released, but very easy to interpret now.
DAYBREAK’S BELL
Vocals: L’Arc~en~Ciel
Lyrics: hyde
Composition: ken
Arrangement: L’Arc~en~Ciel
Hey, could we only meet in this way? How sad
Even if you are to die, I don’t want you to kill …Please
Even fate is swallowed up by the sea and seems to sink into it
Nothing Is Scary Anymore, It’s Not Scary
Vocals: Ishikawa Chiaki
Lyrics: Ishikawa Chiaki
Composition: Ishikawa Chiaki
Arrangement: Nishida Masara
Every time someone takes a breath
The crystal-clear water turns murky
When I’m in this forest, I feel nervous
The flowers shaking wholeheartedly
Rush through their lives
Because I came here without picking up their voices
Closed World
Vocals: THE BACK HORN
Lyrics: Suganami Eijun
Composition: THE BACK HORN
Arrangement: THE BACK HORN
The die are cast by fingertips soaked red
And they fall deep, deep into space
To the yonder of darkness, where they can’t return again
trust you
Vocals: Ito Yuna
Lyrics: MARKIE
Composition: MARKIE
Arrangement: Nakamura Jin
Flowers sway in the wind as if dancing
So that the rain moistens the earth
Even though this world is alive, coming closer together
Why do people hurt each other?
Why do partings come about?
TOMORROW
Vocals: Tsunematsu Ayumi as Marina Ismail
Lyrics: Kuroda Yosuke & Aa
Composition: Asami Kosei & Kawai Kenji
Arrangement: Nishida Msara
If losing things is for picking them back up
Then parting is for meeting
After “Goodbye,” certainly
We’ll meet with a “Hello”
Across the Tears
Vocals: Stereopony
Lyrics: AIMI
Composition: AIMI
Arrangement: Stereopony & northe+
Even if you can’t laugh
Until you make someone sad
Saying so, she
Looked down
In notes published in Animedia about the song, it was mentioned that the ‘Kanashi’ part of the song title was intentionally rendered in katakana so that it would have a double meaning, 悲し/哀し and 愛し. All three variations are pronounced the same and carry similar meanings, but 愛し would denote that something is so dear and lovely that it’s heartrending sad.
A Brief Yet Eternal Sorrow
Vocals: UVERworld
Lyrics: TAKUYA∞
Composition: Katsuya & TAKUYA∞
Arrangement: Katsuya & TAKUYA∞
Before love says that love is, “Too heavy,” rejects comprehension
And turns into hatred…
Just about everything is so, right?
In situations where you get bad penalties, there’s always the reality of covering them up and faking it
In the era of distorted dilemmas
Even we, who should have made a promise together, pass by each other without noticing
I love Ishikawa Chiaki’s songs. Her lyrics flow like regular sentences and are very easy to interpret.
Prototype
Vocals: Ishikawa Chiaki
Lyrics: Ishikawa Chiaki
Composition: Ishikawa Chiaki
Arrangement: Nishida Masara
When innocence turns into a simple power
It creates shadows in the world
Even if you wanted to touch the existence of light
That lies across the glass case
You couldn’t lower your raised hand
But crouched down as if falling
Ash Like Snow
Vocals: the brilliant green
Lyrics: Kawase Tomoko
Composition: Okuda Shunsaku
Arrangement: the brilliant green
An ebony darkness that dyes the sky red
Swallowed the stardust
Ash like snow falls and accumulates briefly
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