I posted a translation of this song yesterday based on the lyrics as I heard them only, since official lyrics haven’t been published online and my digital copy of The Only Garden and the “Existence” single didn’t come with liner notes. Reader Silphion was gracious enough to show me the liner notes from his physical … Continue reading
UPDATE (4/11/2021) A million thanks to Silphion for showing me the liner notes! I wasn’t too far off, but there are several things that I can correct now so I’ve made a separate post for the updated translation. I’m leaving this here because it’s fun to see what I got right, wrong, and why. I’m … Continue reading
March 7th is miko’s birthday, as well as that of BUCK-TICK’s Atsushi Sakurai. Might I suggest the song “Mortal” from his solo project The Mortal as an appropriate pairing for “Owari no Nai Sekai”? Anyway, this song isn’t terribly appropriate for a birthday (which is why I’m somewhat superstitiously publishing it on the 6th instead), … Continue reading
One of the challenges of translating poetry versus prose is that when an artist takes poetic license in a unique way, the translator might not be able to figure out what the artist meant without asking the artist directly. In this case, the line “Burn that trembling voice” left me scratching my head. Though that … Continue reading
Dark though things are in the States right now, for what it’s worth, Happy Igu Day! This track appears on both TWIN GATE and Ambivalent Symphony. Lyrics in Japanese can be found here on Rock Lyric. Below is the short version of the music video. Not gonna lie, I’m unsure about whether or not I’ve … Continue reading
Happy New Year, O Reader! May 2021 treat you well. ^o^/☆ I’d been going through the songs on TWIN GATE in order, but “RESONANCE” isn’t particularly fitting for these last hours of 2020 (as I write this) heading into the first hours of 2021 (when I will finish writing & publish this). The track “Cradle,” … Continue reading
It’s raining where I am, so I couldn’t see the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Oh well. Moving on to the next track on the TWIN GATE EP: “Neverland,” clearly inspired at least in part by Peter Pan. Lyrics in Japanese can be found here on Rock Lyric. ☆ Neverland Take me… fukigenna sora … Continue reading
Happy Belated December Igu Day! I thought I could make it before midnight, but alas. ^o^; Anyway, I love how clear Jyou’s voice is on this track. I think miko wasn’t doing deep per-song commentary on her blog this far back in the day, but I did find an interesting tidbit about the song “KNIFE” … Continue reading
Whenever I’d see the title of this track, I’d think of New Orleans. It wasn’t until I was really paying attention to the lyrics that I was like “Wait a minute…is this about Joan of Arc?” I knew her general story but didn’t know that “Maid of Orléans” was her nickname. Wump wump… Anyway, lyrics … Continue reading
Long introduction. Jump to lyrics here. I’ve really been enjoying The Only Garden and was thinking of jumping to a few tracks from there, but it seems lyrics have not been officially released to online sites, and since I bought the EP from iTunes I don’t have the liner notes. Assuming the physical copy came … Continue reading
