Carnation
You’re like a yellow carnation in matchless velvet
But naked bodies are the soul of love
I touched your left breast with my hand
Twisted carnation spitting out smoke
It never changes, really
It opens in love
But it gets wiped away with a bouquet of blades
Waiting, waiting, I loved you like this
Waiting, with flower petals of felt
Waiting, waiting, I can’t see you anymore
I’m just waiting, here in an ocean without you
Outline of a carnation pasted on the mirror
But no one’s filled in the colors
We’re the ones who understand each other
Waiting, waiting, I wrote it like this
Waiting, the color of waxy indigo flowers
Waiting, waiting, I’m hoping
That somewhere, you aren’t hating me
Waiting, waiting, I loved you like this
Felt flower petals are waiting
Waiting, waiting, I can’t see you anymore
But I promise you I’m waiting
Here in an ocean without you
Emily
I’m lost in that scent I’ve touched so many times
You were such an elegant pleasure
Your silver piercings move with your expression
To desire to be a romantic is empty
I sang with the affectation of a naked emperor
But suddenly this music sounds so melancholic
Even my plummeting sense of security grows uncertain
I took off the scarf covering the tattoo on my neck
HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH Now is over
HALLULUJAH You’er feel like a Ballerina
Ballerina
Emily, the fairytale was the paradise at the end, and so you fade
I might forget you
Emily, as a sweet melody plays, I’m gently looking at you again
From across the candles
Emily, I remember the smell of the heroin you loved so much
And how your veil was the color of ice
Emily, you appear then disappear, you always will, so fame
My Emily
Spring is so short, but it sucked in my weak emotions
Even when I’m with you, it’s like I’m alone
I searched for tomorrow on foot, looking for the dark exit
A cowboy wearing fake fur boots
It’s not sad, it’s not serious
So smile, so you’ll never wake from this dream
HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH Now is over
HALLULUJAH You’er feel like a Ballerina
Ballerina
Emily, the fairytale was the paradise at the end, and so you fade
I might forget you
Emily, are you secretly wishing a pride of lions would tear your dress away?
Emily, I remember the smell of the heroin you loved so much
And how your veil was the color of ice
Emily, I can keep repeating our reunion forever, by magic
My Emily
I’m lost in that scent I’ve touched so many times
It was such a wonderful feeling of dissolution
You dumbfounded me, put out the light of my imagination
My one love, who rescued me in this tiny world
note
I followed my memories, searching for you
They weren’t even gone so far to sepia
To someone else this would look so clumsy
It’s not the end, it’s a bit before that
All I can think of is your smiling face
And the times you spoke happy words…
“It was a song that made me understand for the first time
So from now on, I’ll just keep listening”
That day I said, “You must be tired, let’s go home together”
I finished singing, and that was that…
These limited days are the beauty in birth and life
By good luck today, I noticed you
The first act ends under the light grey sky
It’s sad, but I forget your name, I forget time
I read the notebook that chronicled our days together
I’ll break away from the grey sky, ah
Your hand was weak holding mine
You left me, saying “I’ll come again”…bye bye
“The end was faster than we are”
“Was it just that I wanted more time?”
I said, “I think I just gave up a little”
I wanted to stop it, but it didn’t change
Our limited days are the beauty in meeting and living
By good luck today, I walked with you
Tears have stopped falling from the light-grey sky
The letters I wrote broke off halfway, and soon so will I…
I read the notebook that chronicled our days together
I’ll run away from the grey sky, ah
I touched the palm of your hand and it was cold
Until the next time you come, I’ll be waiting…bye bye
Rinne (Cycle of Souls)
We were lonely, but I guess we avoided the subject
But today, our future is so uncertain, so I’m gonna hold you
You’ve gotten used to me
What matters with words is how you combine them
I waited for sin and got my punishment
You cried and I went away
I know you’re smiling on the other side of that bridge
Coloring that far-off landscape with your overflowing joy
One day, I got lost asking a simple thing—don’t leave me
Don’t tell me that you’ll vanish from before my eyes
I got through to you that there was someone I cared about
But sometimes I think I didn’t get through when talked about love
Yeah yeah, about how I love you
Yeah yeah
I’ve solved it, I’m not confused at all anymore
I love the darkness, and accept the light—I’m right here, so please hold me
These sweet, fragrant days are the proof of my life
And when this ends, wait for me—I’ll come right after you
One day, I got lost asking a simple thing—don’t leave me
And also, don’t rush to vanish from this world
When I love someone, I want to see them, I want them to know it
Don’t you think the same thing sometimes—
“I didn’t get through to you, but I want you to love me”?
Yeah yeah
About how I love you
Yeah yeah
I didn’t get through to you, but still, please love me
One day, I got lost asking for the only thing I needed—don’t leave me
Don’t tell me that you’ll vanish from before my eyes
Note: “Rinne,” the title of the song, refers to the Buddhist cycle of death and rebirth.
Slow
Ah, in the night when I think of you
In the sweet-smelling breeze
A comforting gentleness passes me by
When you’re with me
Your laughing voice is like a song
We don’t need any flowery words
Time stops, it flows slowly
And now, I’ve broken away from the freedom of loneliness
I know it so well it hurts
How sad it is when our dialogue breaks off
And now, we’ve walked away from an empty existence
Ah, in the night when I think of you
In the sweet-smelling breeze
I’m rescued by the traces of the days when we touched
Ah, when you sing
Carried on the wind blowing far away
A comforting gentleness passes me by
Even when we separate, I’m fine, you know
My memories won’t fade
Ah, in the night when I think of you
In the sweet-smelling breeze
I’m rescued by those traces that will never disappear
Ah, when I wake up tomorrow
Will the words have lost their meaning?
Ah, the dreams we had that day
Have blown far away on the wind
But I hope for your future
That your happiness never ends
Ah, if I could sing about you
It would come to me, would sew on the shadows
The comforting gentles passing by my heart
Cutting tenderness into me
Yokan (Premonition)
Ah, the sun is sinking
But it doesn’t disappear
The far off-sky
Is a vivid cobalt blue again today
Tonight I’ll grant your wishes and make your dreams come true
You let me choose, didn’t you?
You let me be free, didn’t you?
Tonight, your shadow tells me what I want
But the glittering time comes
Smelling like April
September brings the end
For narrating Romeo—stay around
Ah, the sun is rising
Cobalt like this forever
My dreams begin today, I smile in my sleep
The glittering time comes again
With a premonition of April
September brings the end
For singing Romeo—stay around
But the glittering time comes
Smelling like April
See the answer to an aesthetic
In narrating Romeo—stay around
The glittering time comes
Smelling like April
Yes, in September
For singing Romeo—stay around
You’re like a yellow carnation in matchless velvet
But naked bodies are the soul of love
I touched your left breast with my hand
Twisted carnation spitting out smoke
It never changes, really
It opens in love
But it gets wiped away with a bouquet of blades
Waiting, waiting, I loved you like this
Waiting, with flower petals of felt
Waiting, waiting, I can’t see you anymore
I’m just waiting, here in an ocean without you
Outline of a carnation pasted on the mirror
But no one’s filled in the colors
We’re the ones who understand each other
Waiting, waiting, I wrote it like this
Waiting, the color of waxy indigo flowers
Waiting, waiting, I’m hoping
That somewhere, you aren’t hating me
Waiting, waiting, I loved you like this
Felt flower petals are waiting
Waiting, waiting, I can’t see you anymore
But I promise you I’m waiting
Here in an ocean without you
Emily
I’m lost in that scent I’ve touched so many times
You were such an elegant pleasure
Your silver piercings move with your expression
To desire to be a romantic is empty
I sang with the affectation of a naked emperor
But suddenly this music sounds so melancholic
Even my plummeting sense of security grows uncertain
I took off the scarf covering the tattoo on my neck
HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH Now is over
HALLULUJAH You’er feel like a Ballerina
Ballerina
Emily, the fairytale was the paradise at the end, and so you fade
I might forget you
Emily, as a sweet melody plays, I’m gently looking at you again
From across the candles
Emily, I remember the smell of the heroin you loved so much
And how your veil was the color of ice
Emily, you appear then disappear, you always will, so fame
My Emily
Spring is so short, but it sucked in my weak emotions
Even when I’m with you, it’s like I’m alone
I searched for tomorrow on foot, looking for the dark exit
A cowboy wearing fake fur boots
It’s not sad, it’s not serious
So smile, so you’ll never wake from this dream
HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH Now is over
HALLULUJAH You’er feel like a Ballerina
Ballerina
Emily, the fairytale was the paradise at the end, and so you fade
I might forget you
Emily, are you secretly wishing a pride of lions would tear your dress away?
Emily, I remember the smell of the heroin you loved so much
And how your veil was the color of ice
Emily, I can keep repeating our reunion forever, by magic
My Emily
I’m lost in that scent I’ve touched so many times
It was such a wonderful feeling of dissolution
You dumbfounded me, put out the light of my imagination
My one love, who rescued me in this tiny world
note
I followed my memories, searching for you
They weren’t even gone so far to sepia
To someone else this would look so clumsy
It’s not the end, it’s a bit before that
All I can think of is your smiling face
And the times you spoke happy words…
“It was a song that made me understand for the first time
So from now on, I’ll just keep listening”
That day I said, “You must be tired, let’s go home together”
I finished singing, and that was that…
These limited days are the beauty in birth and life
By good luck today, I noticed you
The first act ends under the light grey sky
It’s sad, but I forget your name, I forget time
I read the notebook that chronicled our days together
I’ll break away from the grey sky, ah
Your hand was weak holding mine
You left me, saying “I’ll come again”…bye bye
“The end was faster than we are”
“Was it just that I wanted more time?”
I said, “I think I just gave up a little”
I wanted to stop it, but it didn’t change
Our limited days are the beauty in meeting and living
By good luck today, I walked with you
Tears have stopped falling from the light-grey sky
The letters I wrote broke off halfway, and soon so will I…
I read the notebook that chronicled our days together
I’ll run away from the grey sky, ah
I touched the palm of your hand and it was cold
Until the next time you come, I’ll be waiting…bye bye
Rinne (Cycle of Souls)
We were lonely, but I guess we avoided the subject
But today, our future is so uncertain, so I’m gonna hold you
You’ve gotten used to me
What matters with words is how you combine them
I waited for sin and got my punishment
You cried and I went away
I know you’re smiling on the other side of that bridge
Coloring that far-off landscape with your overflowing joy
One day, I got lost asking a simple thing—don’t leave me
Don’t tell me that you’ll vanish from before my eyes
I got through to you that there was someone I cared about
But sometimes I think I didn’t get through when talked about love
Yeah yeah, about how I love you
Yeah yeah
I’ve solved it, I’m not confused at all anymore
I love the darkness, and accept the light—I’m right here, so please hold me
These sweet, fragrant days are the proof of my life
And when this ends, wait for me—I’ll come right after you
One day, I got lost asking a simple thing—don’t leave me
And also, don’t rush to vanish from this world
When I love someone, I want to see them, I want them to know it
Don’t you think the same thing sometimes—
“I didn’t get through to you, but I want you to love me”?
Yeah yeah
About how I love you
Yeah yeah
I didn’t get through to you, but still, please love me
One day, I got lost asking for the only thing I needed—don’t leave me
Don’t tell me that you’ll vanish from before my eyes
Note: “Rinne,” the title of the song, refers to the Buddhist cycle of death and rebirth.
Slow
Ah, in the night when I think of you
In the sweet-smelling breeze
A comforting gentleness passes me by
When you’re with me
Your laughing voice is like a song
We don’t need any flowery words
Time stops, it flows slowly
And now, I’ve broken away from the freedom of loneliness
I know it so well it hurts
How sad it is when our dialogue breaks off
And now, we’ve walked away from an empty existence
Ah, in the night when I think of you
In the sweet-smelling breeze
I’m rescued by the traces of the days when we touched
Ah, when you sing
Carried on the wind blowing far away
A comforting gentleness passes me by
Even when we separate, I’m fine, you know
My memories won’t fade
Ah, in the night when I think of you
In the sweet-smelling breeze
I’m rescued by those traces that will never disappear
Ah, when I wake up tomorrow
Will the words have lost their meaning?
Ah, the dreams we had that day
Have blown far away on the wind
But I hope for your future
That your happiness never ends
Ah, if I could sing about you
It would come to me, would sew on the shadows
The comforting gentles passing by my heart
Cutting tenderness into me
Yokan (Premonition)
Ah, the sun is sinking
But it doesn’t disappear
The far off-sky
Is a vivid cobalt blue again today
Tonight I’ll grant your wishes and make your dreams come true
You let me choose, didn’t you?
You let me be free, didn’t you?
Tonight, your shadow tells me what I want
But the glittering time comes
Smelling like April
September brings the end
For narrating Romeo—stay around
Ah, the sun is rising
Cobalt like this forever
My dreams begin today, I smile in my sleep
The glittering time comes again
With a premonition of April
September brings the end
For singing Romeo—stay around
But the glittering time comes
Smelling like April
See the answer to an aesthetic
In narrating Romeo—stay around
The glittering time comes
Smelling like April
Yes, in September
For singing Romeo—stay around